{"id":890511,"date":"2026-02-06T03:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/bodybuilder-kali-muscle-hospitalized-after-fainting-at-gym\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T03:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:20:00","slug":"bodybuilder-kali-muscle-hospitalized-after-fainting-at-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/bodybuilder-kali-muscle-hospitalized-after-fainting-at-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilder Kali Muscle Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<header>\n<h2>\n                          <span>Kali Muscle<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span>Bodybuilder Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div id=\"cb-c9480267192c199de3f33f9c30539f26\">\n                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260118_b1e02658ae844c9f9851b4a882b75f21\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f9894fa-51be-4e15-b669-7ce5c35b01c8\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b1\/4by3\/2026\/01\/18\/b1e02658ae844c9f9851b4a882b75f21_md.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Kirkendall, instagram\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\">\n                <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<section id=\"cb-4a6bbe1ed19b4907987d5551d1051752\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kali-muscle\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Kali Muscle<\/strong><\/a> 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<section id=\"cb-43d2c8537496ab2e65de1ff45f84c418\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\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<div id=\"cb-46cfa6819555e90eab8aeaa966506631\">\n                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260118_e9cf78e6c10340aea33f3a1a1de550fb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f9894fa-51be-4e15-b669-7ce5c35b01c8\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}\"><\/p>\n<div>\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\">\n                <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<section id=\"cb-b3154d3736eede256515af43cda70903\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\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<section id=\"cb-fa42e245d1628a4110ea6b19cd45322d\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\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<section id=\"cb-34698702c57fa620d1a24a08d7c79dd0\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>He married his wife, <strong>Helena<\/strong>, in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h3>\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<ul>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kali-muscle\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":1}\"><br \/>\n                Kali Muscle<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/sports\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":2}\"><br \/>\n                Sports<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/tmzsports\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":3}\"><br \/>\n                TMZ Sports<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/exclusive\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":4}\"><br \/>\n                Exclusive<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/health\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":5}\"><br \/>\n                Health<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/health-and-fitness\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":6}\"><br \/>\n                Health &#038; Fitness<br \/>\n              <\/a>\n                      <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <\/main><\/p><\/div>\n<p> TMZ Staff<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/17\/bodybuilder-kali-muscle-hospitalized-after-fainting-at-gym\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kali Muscle Bodybuilder Hospitalized After Fainting at Gym 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 exercising in a fitness center in California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40685,22743],"tags":[10714,14548],"class_list":["post-890511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bodybuilder","category-muscle","tag-bodybuilder","tag-muscle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}