RIP Chris Hickson

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I might be dating myself a bit, but for those that remember him Chris Hickson passed away a week ago at 29 years old. For those who don’t remember he was one of the original powerlifters on youtube. Was a crazy deadlifter (pulled 800+ at 20 years old). Trained with Pete Rubish and the Lilliebridges. And even used to post here as hulk963. He went to prison some years back on drug charges. Got out a while back and was said to be lifting again.

I used to watch him lift to get amped up for deadlift sessions. Way too young.

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Jesus Christ that’s nuts. What a wild story. Goddamn.

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Lilfatboy on Bodybuilding forums.

He had some pretty good deadlifting tips and always responded to questions.
Sucks.

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Wow. 29 is way too young. Any word on cause of death?

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I remember him. Was also a good athlete and had some nice dunks posted if I remember correctly. Any word on cause of death? Hope his family is doing as well as possible.

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My gut says heart attack, stroke or arrhythmia.

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Couldn’t figure out how to link to his profile, but here’s his last post on this site:

Strong kid! Sucks any way you slice it.

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Him, Rubbish and Leeman were all part of that generation of crazy strong deadlifters that established an internet presence in the early days of such things, and all 3 have had such a wild ride. Gotta wonder if there’s some sort of chicken and egg thing. Did internet fame create some sort of hubris, or does it take a wild individual to be so strong so young?

Either way, just nuts.

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It was definitely part of the culture and attitude of PL at the time, to stop at absolutely nothing to be as strong as humanly possible.

Ii might still be. I dunno. I haven’t paid much attention to it in quite a while.

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Nope- the culture is all about clout.

The attitude is “i’m better than you if the formula says so but only if you compete how I want you to compete”

There’s a lot of good in this sport but there’s a lot of Tom Foolery.

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Damn that sucks. I remember old videos of him deadlifting. He never had a shortage of balls when it came to attempting a weight.

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On YouTube people mentioned it was due to a blood infection. Sad he passed away at a young age.