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The cleaner disguise returns with a loaded rowing machine, a backpack vacuum and a fan who threatens to give the game away.
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JANITOR vs THE BIGGEST GUYS IN THE GYM. They Didn't Expect THAT MOVE
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Video summary
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- 1:27At the rowing machine, ANATOLY asks gym members to stand on the weight horn as extra resistance.
- 3:04The customized weighted mop gets handed to gym-goers.
- 9:21The supposed cleaner challenges powerlifters while presenting himself as a lifting novice.
- 10:34A gym-goer recognizes ANATOLY and asks for a photo; his response comes moments later.
- 13:40A backpack vacuum cleaner becomes part of his weighted pull-up routine.
Extra plates aren't quite enough for ANATOLY's warm-up. On a chest-supported rowing machine, the supposed janitor asks grown gym-goers to stand on the weight horn, turning the people watching him into added resistance.
That is one of the new variations in his latest gym prank, which has drawn about 1.4 million views since yesterday. Vladimir Shmondenko is back in his cleaner disguise, offering unsolicited lifting help before demonstrating why he needs rather less assistance himself.
The humor comes from the gap between the job he's pretending to do and the strength he keeps revealing. He handles loaded barbells as though they're light rehabilitation work, hands over his unexpectedly heavy mop and later performs pull-ups wearing a backpack vacuum cleaner. Asked whether he's going to curl, he supplies a different introduction: "Not girl, I'm Anatoly."
The disguise does have a practical weakness: people know him. A gym-goer recognizes him and asks for a photo, prompting ANATOLY to offer an alternative explanation: "I'm from Discovery Channel." Several commenters return to that problem, wondering how he still finds gyms where his arrival doesn't immediately give away the prank. Others single out the human resistance on the rowing machine.
The episode includes a sponsored drinks segment and closes with a promotion for his own fitness app. Between those breaks, even the cleaning equipment remains part of the lifting routine.
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- Channel
- ANATOLY
- Subscribers
- 9,950,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 6,127,359
- Channel views, pace per day
- 415,931 (on a normal day: 1,074,517)
- Video published
- November 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,368,963 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,741,872
The numbers
The new episode passed a million views before completing its first day online.
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Which television channel does ANATOLY jokingly say he works for?
When a gym-goer recognizes him, ANATOLY jokes that he's from Discovery Channel.