Rich Piana's 5 Day Split

Richard Eugene Piana (September 26, 1970 – August 25, 2017) was an American bodybuilder and businessman. He won the National Physique Committee (NPC) Mr. Teen California title in 1989, NPC Mr. California in 1998 and National Physique Committee (NPC) competitions in 2003 and 2009. Piana had his own nutrition product line called Rich Piana: 5% Nutrition. He publicly admitted that he had been using anabolic steroids (including Trenbolone),synthetic human growth hormone and insulin as part of his bodybuilding regimen during his career, starting when he was 18 years old. He had said he was aware that the steroids would do damage to his body, but had also said steroid use was a necessary part of competing at the highest levels of bodybuilding and that it was a risk he was willing to take.

Piana died at the age of 46 after two weeks in a coma. At death, his heart and liver weighed over twice the average amount for an adult male, and he had "serious heart disease"However, the autopsy report was ultimately inconclusive on the cause and manner of his death, due to the hospital's disposal of all specimens prior to his death.

Stats

Height: 1.85 m

Weight: 221–315 lb (100–143 kg)