A portly company director who was told exercise could kill him because of his ‘ticking timebomb’ heart defied doctors’ orders and honed an enviable six-pack.
Father-of-two Amir Ali, 43, was stunned to be diagnosed with the life-threatening heart condition arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in October 2015, after suffering chest pains and palpitations that he had largely ignored for months.
