His wife, Anna, supposedly performed chest compressions on him while they waited for the ambulance.
“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,” the grieving widow told the local media.
“I thank everyone for their condolences. It’s very heartwarming to realize that I am not left alone in this world, and so many people have offered me help and support.”
Yefimchyk did not compete in professional bodybuilding, but shared his workouts online, where he had over 100,000 followers across all platforms.
He was supposedly inspired to start lifting weights after seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stalone at their physical peaks, Muscle and Fitness said.
Yefimchyk claimed he could perform a 600-pound bench press, a 700-pound deadlift, and 700-pound squats.
News of Yefimchyk’s death comes not long after the deaths of British bodybuilder Neil Currey, 34, and Brazilian competitor Antonio Souza, 26.
Currey was found dead in his apartment in September 2023. His parents blamed his passing on prolonged steroid use, the BBC reported .
Souza died from cardiac arrest shortly after he finished in the top 3 at a competition on Aug. 3, UNILAD said .
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Well we no it wasn’t the steroids that killed him it’s the food he ate body cannot digest all those calories I don’t care how many IU’s of growth or how much test you inject. I stopped because I saw my good Mike Mattarazzo die the same way not work it no way
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