Bob Odenkirk Says His Intense Training For ‘Nobody’ Helped Save His Life After Heart Attack

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Bob Odenkirk has said that working out for the 2021 film “Nobody” helped save his life. The actor spoke to Howard Stern on his show Monday, with the host asking him about suffering a heart attack on the set of “Better Call Saul” on July 27.

He said of whether all the intense training contributed to his heart attack, “It saved my life. And it’s really technically a heart incident.

Although I would be dead if somebody hadn’t immediately screamed and got someone there to give me CPR.” READ MORE: Bob Odenkirk Had No Pulse When He Collapsed After On-Set Heart Attack Odenkirk said of it taking three attempts to restore his heartbeat, “Which is actually a lot, Howard. “I don’t know any of this stuff, but I was told later that, when the defibrillator doesn’t work once, that’s not good.

When it doesn’t work the second time, that’s kind of like… forget it. But then they jacked it up a third time, and it got me back to a rhythm.” The star went on, “We were talking about ‘Nobody’, and one of the things that saved me was that I learned how to work out [in preparation]. “And because I was in good shape, you kind of enlarge some of the… other veins around your heart, if you work out a lot.