Golubochkin was born in Moscow, in the former Soviet Union. He joined the Russian army in the late 1980s and started to workout intensively during that period of time. He soon became a highly successful bodybuilder. He won the Moscow Bodybuilding Championships multiple times, and is a silver medalist of the European Bodybuilding Championships. He appeared in few Russian films and television projects, including 2007's "Nulevoy kilometr". He's known as one of the most charismatic athletes from Russia.