Björnsson will next compete in World’s Strongest Man, so good luck, mere mortals foolish enough to challenge this guy. In January 2015, he beat a 1,000-year-old record at the Worlds Strongest Viking Competition for the five-step 1.433 pound log.

The man they call Thor carried the same monster log for five steps. 'The Mountain from 'Game of Thrones' Breaks 1,000-Year-Old Weightlifting Record'. After he took his third step, his back broke under the enormous pressure and he was never the same after that.” ( Via) It took 50 mere mortals to help him place it on his back. “The legend of the Icelander Ormur Stórólfsson goes that he walked three steps with a monster wooden log which weighed over 650 kg and was 10 m long. “The record has been described in the Icelandic Sagas,” said Ilkka Kinnunen who reported on the event for Iron Mind. 'The Mountain from 'Game of Thrones' Breaks 1,000-Year-Old Weightlifting Record'. Bjrnsson has made a successful career in acting, too. During this weekend’s World’s Strongest Viking competition, Björnsson “ a record that has been part of history for 1,000 years,” for as they foretold in the ancient scrolls, I KILLED THE RECORD. He broke a 1,000-year-old world record in weightlifting, by carrying a 650 kg log for five steps. Björnsson has made a successful career in acting, too. But he’s also the strongest man…in a millennium. He broke a 1,000-year-old world record in weightlifting, by carrying a 650 kg log for five steps. Discover the real story, facts, and details of Hafpor Júlíus Björnsson. Terrifying mobile sculpture Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, better known as the Mountain from Game of Thrones, best known as TV’s most famous eye-squisher, won Europe’s Strongest Man Contest in 2014. Explore Hafpor Júlíus Björnssons biography, personal life, family and real age.

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