“Close sources confirm the death of Illia Golem, the 340 LBS beast. Rest in peace,” Instagram account whoisthebestbb has confirmed the news of the bodybuilder‘s death.
He died because of heart attack
As per reports, the bodybuilder nicknamed as “The Mutant” suffered a heart attack on September 6.Reports say he fell into a coma after which his wife performed chest compressions on him to revive him. “I spent every day by his side, hoping, and his heart started beating again for two days, but the doctor gave me the terrible news that his brain had died,” his wife had informed the local media.
Illia ‘Golem’ Yefimchyk was 6 foot tall and 340 pounds in weight, as per Muscle and Fitness reported. He credited his massive physique to his mass monster diet which is close to 16,500 calories. He used to consume seven meals a day which comprised more than five pounds of steak and over 100 pieces of sushi.
“Yefimchyk impressively achieved lifts of 600-pound bench press, 700-pound deadlifts, and 700-pound squat,” DailyMail reported. While not competing professionally, he became iconic on social media with more than 300,000 Instagram followers.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stalone were his inspiration and he started lifting weights after seeing his icons at the peak of their performance.
Yefimchyk’s death comes weeks after the death of a 19 year old bodybuilder from Brazil. As per People, Matheus Pavlak was found dead in his home earlier this month and the cause of the death was a heart attack. Pavlok was a youth icon after his massive weight loss and physical transformation got attention on social media.
The death of young adults and fitness enthusiasts mostly is drawing attention towards the early onset of cardiovascular diseases which was earlier considered a disease of the elderly.
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