“Cleans the Ego and Leaves”: Elite Powerlifter’s Prank as a Cleaning Man Continues to Amuse Bodybuilding World

In the world of social media, everything you share on the internet does get everyone’s attention at some point. In recent times, a gym cleaner or janitor has gone viral for his astonishing powerlifting abilities. He can even beat the ‘so-called’ bodybuilders with his deadlifting technique. However, he is not really a cleaner but a powerlifter.

He goes to the gym and pretends to be a janitor in front of the people who are training. Then he asks them to move aside to clean a particular area, shocking everybody around by lifting weights with ease and confidence. His name is Vladimir Shmondenko, aka Mr. Anatoly.

Vladimir Shmondenko garners a huge fan following for his wittiness

Shmondenko is a powerlifter who uses the name Anatoly while competing. According to the U.S. Sun, he is from Ukraine and participated in the GPA World Championship in 2018. The lifter secured third place in that competition. The 24-year-old weightlifter boasts of a million followers on his social media account.

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Anatoly is captivated by the American Bodybuilders. He started his training at a very young age, and after that, he started making prank videos of himself and uploaded them to his YouTube channel. According to his fans, his unbelievable stunts are hilarious.

His prank videos will make you laugh

He recently uploaded one of his prank videos on Instagram with a caption that read, “Mr. I’m sorry 😅” This post already crossed 21 million views with 2.3 million likes and still counting. In the video, he made his classic move, going to the gym in his cleaning costume with his face hidden by his beard and cap. A fitness enthusiast doing a deadlift left and sat at a nearby table.

This is when Anatoly sprung to action and started cleaning. Then, he moved the barbell without any support. This blew the other bodybuilder’s mind, and he looked at Anatoly in complete shock. Viewers reacted to this with disbelief. One of his fans wrote in his post, “He comes. He cleans the floor, cleans the ego and he leaves 🚶🏽.” Many claimed that he could ruin anybody’s pride, calling him “The destroyer of egos .” Another user wrote, “That man is embarrassed asf😂😂😂.”

A few of the fans also asked Vladimir how he did this. “Anatoly!!!! I love your videos but keep wondering, what’s the technique behind lifting heavy weights with a slim body physique?”. Another person described the whole video in one sentence by saying, “Excuse let me just move this 500lb out of the way for a sec. Ok all good now, thanks!” Anatoly came, moved a barbell, and went back to his work like nothing happened. How are you going to react if this prank happened to you?

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