{"id":10925,"date":"2026-01-18T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2026-01-18T07:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:15:41","slug":"bodybuilder-kali-muscle-hospitalized-after-fainting-at-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=10925","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilder Kali Muscle Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Kali Muscle<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Bodybuilder Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-01-17T21:04:36-08:00\"><br \/>\n                              January 17, 2026<br \/>\n                            9:04 PM PST<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-c9480267192c199de3f33f9c30539f26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260118_b1e02658ae844c9f9851b4a882b75f21\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f9894fa-51be-4e15-b669-7ce5c35b01c8\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          \n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c9480267192c199de3f33f9c30539f26--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eceafe676d886e50d308b6f605cbc673\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Kali Muscle<\/strong> suffered a major health scare Saturday while doing what he does best &#8212; working out at the gym, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eceafe676d886e50d308b6f605cbc673--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-43d2c8537496ab2e65de1ff45f84c418\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The popular bodybuilder and YouTuber &#8212; whose real name is Chuck Kirkendall &#8212; passed out cold while exercising in a fitness center in California, his ex-wife, Dvyne Dirkendall, tells TMZ.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-43d2c8537496ab2e65de1ff45f84c418--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-46cfa6819555e90eab8aeaa966506631\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260118_e9cf78e6c10340aea33f3a1a1de550fb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f9894fa-51be-4e15-b669-7ce5c35b01c8\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e9\/4by3\/2026\/01\/18\/e9cf78e6c10340aea33f3a1a1de550fb_md.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Kirkendall, instagram 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-46cfa6819555e90eab8aeaa966506631--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b3154d3736eede256515af43cda70903\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kali was rushed to a hospital for treatment, but Dvyne tells us she doesn&#8217;t know why he fell unconscious or the status of his condition. She noted Kali previously had a heart attack and needed a stent inserted into his heart to restore blood flow.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b3154d3736eede256515af43cda70903--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fa42e245d1628a4110ea6b19cd45322d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kali has been posting on YouTube for more than 15 years and has nearly 4 million subscribers on the site, and is a fan fave on Instagram and TikTok. He&#8217;s also a personal trainer and last year, began teaching social media tips and offering coaching sessions on financial stability.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fa42e245d1628a4110ea6b19cd45322d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34698702c57fa620d1a24a08d7c79dd0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He married his wife, <strong>Helena<\/strong>, in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-34698702c57fa620d1a24a08d7c79dd0--><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kali Muscle Bodybuilder Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym Published January 17, 2026 9:04 PM PST Kali Muscle suffered a major health scare Saturday while doing what he does best &#8212; working out at the gym, TMZ has learned. The popular bodybuilder and YouTuber &#8212; whose real name is Chuck Kirkendall &#8212; passed out cold while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":10926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bodybuilder Kali Muscle Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=10925\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bodybuilder Kali Muscle Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kali Muscle Bodybuilder Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym Published January 17, 2026 9:04 PM PST Kali Muscle suffered a major health scare Saturday while doing what he does best &#8212; working out at the gym, TMZ has learned. 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