![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/gym-workout-ends-in-tragedy-as-fit-dad-collapses-lifting-weights-with-brother/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_image2.jpg&description=Martin Cleaver, 43, was visiting the gym after work one summer's evening with his brother when he suddenly had a heart attack and collapsed, in front of his brother Phil and other gymgoersMartin Cleaver, 43, died from a heart attack while at the gym with his brother A heartbroken man fought to save the life of his brother after he suffered huge heart attack while working out in the gym. Martin Cleaver, 43, from Widnes, went to Body FX gym in Runcorn, with his brother, Phil, 40, on August 17 after they finished work for the day. The two of them were taking turns weightlifting when Martin experienced chest pain, reports the Liverpool Echo. Phil turned around and saw his brother collapse from the bench he was sitting on, and onto the floor. The 40-year-old and other gym members put hackney cab driver Martin onto his back and performed CPR. Phil said: "Martin had just finished his set and sat on the bench, and I started mine. I heard him say 's**t' so I turned around and saw him holding his chest. He then fell straight forward off the bench. "There was about five of us in the gym in total and we rolled him on his back, I went to feel for a pulse but there wasn't one. None of us were trained in first aid and we just started doing what you see on the TV. "Another lad in the gym was doing chest compressions and I was breathing into his mouth. He started being sick and I thought that was a sign of him getting better, we cleared his airway but about ten seconds later his face went blue. "It was mad because we were having a laugh one minute and the next minute he was dead." A first aider from a nearby Boots pharmacy arrived to take over compressions, while Phil waited for an ambulance. Other gym-goers also ran to a nearby Weatherspoon's to get a defibrillator. Martin was then taken to Whiston Hospital by paramedics, and was pronounced dead, with doctors telling the family he had a heart attack. Phil said his family were "devastated" by the loss of Martin, who would "do anythi){kind=link}
Martin Cleaver, 43, was visiting the gym after work one summer’s evening with his brother when he suddenly had a heart attack and collapsed, in front of his brother Phil and other gymgoers
A heartbroken man fought to save the life of his brother after he suffered huge heart attack while working out in the gym.
Martin Cleaver, 43, from Widnes, went to Body FX gym in Runcorn, with his brother, Phil, 40, on August 17 after they finished work for the day.
The two of them were taking turns weightlifting when Martin experienced chest pain, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Phil turned around and saw his brother collapse from the bench he was sitting on, and onto the floor.