You might look at a beastly dude like Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who famously plays The Mountain on Game of Thrones, and think that he must have been massive his entire life. You stop for a second and feel bad for his mother, who had to give birth to a baby that probabally already weighed 100 pounds at birth, and it’s easy to forget that even massive strongmen like him had to start somewhere.
These days, he does things like pulling trucks…
Fighting for the Lannisters…
Fighting Conor McGregor…
Lifting crazy amounts of weights…
And other beastly things…
But wait until you see where it all got started…
Check out these rare photos of The Mountain before he was massive, before he was a household name, and before he was one of the strongest men to ever walk the face of the earth. You won’t be able to recognize him!
Before getting into acting and lifting, he was a professional basketball player in his homeland. He kept getting injured and hurting his ankles, so he moved on. Looks like he made the right choice!
