Frederick Hatfield

Hatfield died May 14th, 2017 from sudden heart failure at age 74.

He was inducted in the National Fitness Hall of Fame in 2016.

He was diagnosed with metastatic skeletal cancer in 2012 and was advised by 3 doctors that he had 3 months to live. However, he told CBN News that he had tried to slow progression with a ketogenic diet and the cancer went away completely.

As a powerlifter, Hatfield won 2 IPF World Powerlifting Championships titles in 1983 and 1986. At the age of 45, he set a squat world record by lifting 1,014 pounds (460 kg) in the 125 kg (276 lb) weight class, which at the time was the heaviest squat in history regardless of bodyweight. He weighed 255 lbs.

Frederick C. Hatfield (October 21, 1942 – May 14, 2017), nicknamed Dr. Squat, was an American world champion powerlifter and PhD holder in sports sciences. He was also the co-founder and president of the International Sports Sciences Association, an organization of fitness experts which certifies personal fitness trainers from around the world. He went on to make the ICOPRO bodybuilding protein and supplements for Vince McMahon's World Bodybuilding Federation. After the promotion folded, McMahon continued to market the product until 1995.

Hatfield was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1942. He graduated from Cromwell High School. He served in the United States Marine Corps where he worked with the Office of Naval Intelligence in the Philippines until 1964, when he enrolled in Southern Connecticut State University.