There's an old adage 'eat big to train big'.
It turns out they're not sh*tting us. This was the exactly what Hafthor Julius Bjornsson did to transform his body from scrawny basketballer to 28-stone monster.
The 26-year-old, who plays The Mountain in
Game of Thrones, is now one of the strongest men on the planet with a 450kg raw deadlift and two Europe's Strongest Man titles to his name.
But the Icelander's diet and ridiculous eating plan played a big hand in forging his giant physique.
This video shows what Bjornsson was like before he started smashing the weights and devouring every potato and chicken fillet in sight.
https://youtu.be/4BHifeAeBk4
But in an interview with
GQ magazine he revealed exactly what he has been eating to make him absolutely massive.
"The biggest changes were that I didn't do much cardio anymore, and I put more food into my diet," he told the magazine.
"It's just like constantly work for me: I have to eat every two hours to maintain my body mass. It is not easy. When I'm filming, I always have to have breaks to eat."
That means eating between six and eight meals a day.
"I eat a lot of sweet potatoes, a lot of meat, fish, chicken, good fats like cocoa butter, almonds. I love greens, like spinach, avocado, broccoli.
"I eat very healthy overall — but because of my weight, I need fast carbs, easy carbs. So maybe before a training session or after a training session, I eat what I want."
