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Strongman competitions are about more than just lifting heavy weights; they epitomize the fusion of mental and physical strength. The Mountain from Game of Thrones stands above the rest because of his extraordinary abilities. The Actor won the World’s Strongest Man competition in 2018, and he’s been a prominent figure in sports since. He has achieved many records and titles throughout his career.

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Recently, Arnold Sports Festival’s Instagram page shared a post about Bjornsson Hafthor. They’ve uploaded a throwback video of him. He captivated the audience with his incredible and record-breaking weight lift. He took the strongman competition by storm, everybody was stunned and cheered for the strongman by his impeccable strength and prowess.

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Hafthor Bjornsson’s throwback video garnered the attention of fans

The Icelandic athlete, currently dealing with some hard times and taking therapy to cure his pec injuries. In one of his YouTube videos, he shared the complete details about the therapy and he also updated his fans that he needed some time to come back on the competitive stage from weightlifting. Evidently, fans were saddened but extremely supportive of his decision.

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Moving on, the throwback video of Bjornsson is making the waves again on the surface of the internet. Arnold Sports captioned the video “Throwback to @thorbjornsson breaking the then Elephant Bar Deadlift world record with a 1041lb lift at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2018.” They further added, “We can’t wait to welcome him back to action in March!.”

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Fans flooded the comment box

This old video of him lifting 1041 pounds’ weight stunned people around the globe. “That’s like deadlifting a racehorse. Insane,” Another wrote about how impressive it was by saying,Best at deadlift both elephant bar and standard deadlift in history. Crazy impressive!!

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One fan thought he could do this but then he wrote, “Can I clea… never mind,” Other fans wrote in the post “That was awesome! Viking Power!!” fans’ comments were hilarious such comments read, “Even the bar. The bar is crying for him to stop….” and “I’m 100% sure that a new continent emerged when he dropped that amount of weight!”

The power and strength he has shown over the years by breaking his own records is unbelievable for everybody. What are your thoughts on Ser Gregor Clegane? Tell us in the comments below.

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Arpita Shrivastava is a Bodybuilding writer at EssentiallySports. Marching towards the 1000 articles mark, she specializes in covering the off-court developments of the sport and the Bodybuilding stars. With a Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Arpita has been putting to use her knowledge of content creation to produce engaging content for her readers. Arpita has studied the lives of her Bodybuilding idols thoroughly, which include Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler. In her articles, she explores and tries to understand the nitty-gritty of building a shredded physique. At the semblance of a chance to venture for a vacation, she prefers hiking to satiate her wanderlust.

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