Nicknamed “The 350-Pound Beast” or “The Mutant,” who is Illia “Golem” Yefimchyk, died suddenly at the age of 36 ?

Culturiste de l’extrême, Illia “Golem” Yefimchyk a été victime d’une crise cardiaque. instagram – @golem_illia

Extreme bodybuilder Illia “Golem” Yefimchyk suffered a heart attack at his Dubai residence on September 6. He died a few days later at the age of 36.

He had carved out a reputation for himself on social media, particularly on Instagram, thanks to his extraordinary muscles.

Illia Yefimchyk, known as Illia “Golem”, in reference to the mythological creature, died at the age of 36 following a heart attack at his residence in Dubai on September 6, 2024, according to BFM. His death was confirmed by the Instagram account @whoisthebestbb.

To be "finally noticed" for his work

He had never competed in professional bodybuilding competitions and simply wanted to be “finally noticed& quot; for his work, which he has managed to achieve.

With his 154 kg for 1, 80m, his build with numerous tattoos earned him the title of “most monstrous bodybuilder of the monster” or even the nickname of "mutant", cite BFM.

Schwarzenegger and Stallone as models

“I spent every day with him, hoping he would recover. His heart started beating again for two days, but doctors told me his brain had stopped working,”, his wife Anna told Belarusian media before thanking “everyone” for their condolences, also reports Le Parisien.

Illia Yefimchyk's role models were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

More than 100 sushi per day

Illia & quot;Golem" boasted of having 25-inch biceps and of lifting 600 pounds on the bench press and 700 pounds on the deadlift and squat. The bodybuilder said he followed an impressive protein diet consisting of seven meals a day, with more 100 sushis and some 2.5 kilos of steak. That's a total of more than 16,500 kilocalories a day.

Born in Belarus, he moved to the Czech Republic and then to Miami before settling in Dubai .

Instilling “a work ethic in people”

“My physical transformation is the result of years of intensive training and discipline, along with good nutrition”, said the Belarusian, who had started bodybuilding as a teenager, then that he weighed only 70 kg and was not able to do a single push-up, cites Le Parisien.

His goal was to instill “a work ethic in people, so that they could overcome their fears while taking action with confidence for their own good and that of those around them.