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There really is a number of things that it could be. He could have vagal'd himself out while training. In a nutshell it's when you strain so hard and it dramatically drops your blood pressure and heart rate which makes you pass out briefly. Same thing happens when people are taking a shit and they strain really hard and the next thing they know they wake up on the floor. It could be a minor, one time thing..... Or it can be a warning sign of cardiac problems so it's worth checking in to. Just to give you an idea, this is how Elvis Presley died. He obviously had significant medical issues that were from his years of drug and alcohol abuse. He went to take a shit, strained really hard and his heart was so weak that he died from it.
It also the same idea as when people stand up too fast and pass out. The bararecptors in your body can't compensate for the rapid blood pressure change from sitting to standing and you pass out. Typically when this happens to healthy adults it means that they're severely dehydrated.
After he fainted did he wake right up and was talking to you within a minute or so? Or did he pass out and when he awoke it took 5-10 minutes to return back to normal? If he returned back to normal very quickly then he just fainted, but if it took a lot of time for him to get his head back on straight then he most likely had a seizure. After a seizure you're in a postictal state which is the time immediately after the seizure that your brain is "resetting" before turning back to normal. If he just woke right up and was clear minutes after the episode then he just fainted. A lot of people confuse the two bc even fainting episodes can cause you to shake a little so it mimics a seizure, but if someone had a legitimate seizure then they will be very confused for 5-10 minutes after the episode.
If he didn't eat it drink and took stimulants prior to working out then he was most likely dehydrated, the ECA made him even more dehydrated, plus it increased his heart rate and blood pressure way above normal so the body shuts down briefly to "reset" itself and try and return to normal homeostasis.
My explanation is very vague bc your original post didn't contain much information on your friends situation so if you have more info then throw it my way and I will help out as much as possible.
Hope this helps!
No when he went out he was out. And didnt remember shit. The dr said he had a seizure. Doesn't help he has high blood pressue and is taking meds for that. He also is a bigger guy hence the reason he is take ECA.