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Despite its tiny population, Iceland has a reputation in the World’s Strongest Man competition that stands higher than perhaps any other country’s. This small, black rock in the middle of the ocean has produced a lineage of strongmen dating back to the Vikings.

VICE went out there to investigate why this tiny island produces such strong people. Hanging out at Jakabol—a gym run by ex-champion Magnus Ver Magnusson—we met a whole host of Icelandic strongmen, which includes Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson, the 6’9″ star of Game of Thrones.

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31 COMMENTS

  1. That's scary! Aren't they scared of having heart attack, imagine putting your heart into that kind of transformation. Sheesh, all body organs will get huge and that's not good. Although, they might have supervision from the doctor, I still don't think eating every 2 hours just to get big is appropriate. Imagine the heart attack, cardiomegaly etc etc etc even your artery is literally going to have some kind of thrombosis with all that food that they intake. Just my opinion though. i knew it! That guy had a heart attack! Imagine he's only 32 yrs old.. tsk tsk tsk..

  2. so what he's saying is, you can't just take roids and get huge. you gotta take roids and have the right diet plus a workout routine. did u buy me a computer in the woods what's going on just ch

  3. It's not a giant in iceland that bothers me.
    It is the deep snow sniper of the west that concerns me a great deal.
    believed to be able to show himself in dreams.

  4. The Nords are the children of the sky, a race of tall and fair-haired humans from Skyrim who are known for their incredible resistance to cold and magical frost. They are fierce, strong and enthusiastic warriors, and many become renowned warriors, soldiers and mercenaries all over Tamriel.

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