Is this the new Popeye? TikToker follows in the footsteps of Russian social media star and his ridiculously modified biceps – and viewers are up in arms!

A TikToker has left viewers shocked after showing off his massively modified biceps, gaining a significant following online.

The man, going by the name theanimalhilemakumu on TikTok, has nearly 140,000 followers on the platform, with a whopping 1.3 million likes for his videos.

Despite his popularity on the platform, several of his videos have been flagged with a content warning, an indication of the serious health risks of altering his upper arms.

Although he has used the account to share other content, in 2021 the man seemed to start showing off his altered appearance.

A video of him dancing and flexing his muscles has shocked viewers at the drastically changed size of his biceps.

A man going by the name theanimalhilemakumu on TikTok has left viewers shocked after showing off his massively modified biceps, gaining a significant following online.

One user said on Twitter, “They call him the Punisher…they even say when he sleeps at night he doesn’t lock the doors.”

Another joked, “How can he wear shirts.”

A third commented, “He bought inflatable SpongeBob arms.”

It comes after an ex-Russian soldier nicknamed ‘Popeye’ because of his artificially huge biceps had 3 pounds of dead muscle removed by surgeons in 2019.

Kirill Tereshin, 23, was warned he could die or be amputated if he didn’t get rid of the three liters of Vaseline he had injected into each arm.

Tereshin increased his biceps by 25 centimeters in just 10 days after injecting ‘gallons’ of synthol into his arms.

The use of synthol can lead to emboli in the lungs, strokes, cysts and ulcers.

Before the dead muscle was removed, Tereshin was defeated in the space of three minutes in October 2019 in an MMA fight against Oleg Mongol in Siberia.

Footage from the “crazy” fight shows Tereshin demolishing with his opponent in the city of Abakan before being forced to the ground.

The disastrous implants caused Mr Tereshin ‘high fever, severe pain and weakness’

His opponent, 20 years his senior, settled the fight by pressing an elbow to his throat – an attack that could be considered illegal under Russian MMA rules.

However, Tereshin relented and the fight was over in three minutes.

Surgeon Dmitry Melnikov, who removed the substance from Tereshin’s arms, warned against the practice, saying, “Petroleum jelly saturates the muscles, subcutaneous tissues and the skin itself.”

“I think Kirill didn’t fully realize the consequences of what he had done,” he added.