6'9" 400 POUNDS with abs and vascularity at the age of 24?!

**meathead320** · 06-03-2013, 05:40 PM

Here is an interesting guy for RX muscle to feature!

BEHOLD Thor of Iceland!
Stepping out of Myth, the ManTitan, the viking Giant of the North, 209cm and 180kg (6’9" and 400 pounds!) HafThor Bjornsson.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Haf%C...32803286824288
"Thor" started his journey as the center for the Icelandic Basketball team. After an ankle injury he decided to find a new sport.
With very little training he entered a strongman contest in Iceland and placed high in a field of competitors who had been training for many years, even breaking the event record in the stone carry.
There he got the attention of Magnus Ver Magnusson, 4x WSM winner. Magnus noticed that Thor was almost 7ft and has the thickest bone structure he had ever seen. Magnus informed Thor, that if he followed ALL his instructions he would become the best in the world one day.
That was in 2009 at the age of only 19.
By 22 Thor had already placed 6th in the WSM Finals, and at the age of 23 he has already taken 3rd last year.
The first thing they had to do was get Thor’s colossal frame filled out. Tall task indeed. This involved bulking up by over 80kg pounds, all the way up to over 200kg (440 pounds).
6 months ago Thor got his diet under control working with his nutritionist Fjarþjálfun Valgeirs Gauta and got himself down to a solid 180kg (400 pounds) now "looking" more like a bodybuilder.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fjar%...ation=timeline
This year Thor has taken 2nd (controversially many thought he should have won) at the Arnold Classic Strongman contest in Brazil, and he won the Strongman League Championship in Latvia last weekend.
Thor continues to get stronger with every event, growing more muscle, and even his physique has come a long way.
　

Here is a video of Thor doing the Atlas stone from this Weekend at Norways strongest man (results not yet posted), the heaviest of which is now 205kg (451 pounds):

couple more from youtube:

Here are some photos of his transformation:
Starting out as a towering guy who needed to fill out:

These days looking like someone stepping out of myth:

**Matt Meinrod** · 06-03-2013, 05:50 PM

I remember reading Bryan's story on him in the RxStrength section...

http://www.rxmuscle.com/strength-art...n-the-nfl.html

**sassy69** · 06-03-2013, 08:29 PM

Dang!

**ManimalPatB** · 06-03-2013, 09:44 PM

Monster!!!!!!!!!!!!

**GREENMACHINE23** · 06-03-2013, 10:05 PM

Impressive.

**data4** · 06-04-2013, 10:01 AM

Man he looks really aged for 24

**Hoss06** · 06-04-2013, 10:45 AM

Holy crap

**Dadup** · 06-04-2013, 10:46 AM

big dude...all the way big dude...

**~Maz~** · 06-04-2013, 11:17 AM

~ I loved watching him in the Worlds Strongest Man finals on TV last year!! Expecting great thing to come from the Icelander especially with a trainer like Magnus Magnessen!!

He is the guy on the far left an inch taller than the giant that is Brian Shaw ... Just to put it into perspective!! ~

**JG1** · 06-04-2013, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by data4

Man he looks really aged for 24

I would have guessed around 40.

**Mr.Dedication** · 06-04-2013, 04:05 PM

jesus that guy is a monster. His status is basically the same thing as master chief (except he is 2" shorter but still)...and that is a fictional character O.0

**Colin K** · 06-04-2013, 10:30 PM

Haven't watch the videos yet but that picture that shows his stats states a 6.2%..... Sure it is!

**s2h** · 06-04-2013, 10:39 PM

He looks like the guy from Iceland that took 4th 3-4 yes ago at WSM...Stefan Petersen I believe is his name...I met that guy once and he was and still is the biggest man I have ever seen...he is 6'8" 400+...

**meathead320** · 06-04-2013, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by s2h

He looks like the guy from Iceland that took 4th 3-4 yes ago at WSM...Stefan Petersen I believe is his name...I met that guy once and he was and still is the biggest man I have ever seen...he is 6'8" 400+...

Well here Thor is with Stefan Petersen: