“It’s Sad Seeing the Lost Progress”: Recovering From a Horrifying Injury, Hafthor Bjornsson’s 2-Week Vacation Turns Him Into a 341-pound Beast With Lost Gains

Hafthor Bjornsson, known as the Mountain, is a beast when it comes to training and achieving his personal best. He displays true sportsmanship in his professional and personal lives. The tenacious strongman refused to give up, regardless of the challenges. Recently, the European powerlifter went through a terrible mishap that caused a tear in his pectoral muscles.

Hafthor was on the verge of breaking his record with a 556-pound bench press. However, the workout went wrong. The weightlifter needed surgery to recover from the injury. But proving to the world what a powerful athlete he is, Hafthor recovered steadily. He has taken up training with lighter weights for now. However, in a recent social media post, The Icelandic athlete lamented the reversal in progress when he jetted off for a two-week vacation. Followers flocked to the comments section and had mixed views regarding Thor’s weight loss. 

Two weeks’ vacation proves costly for Hafthor Bjornsson, as he loses muscle mass

On Instagram, The Mountain posted a carousel of reels that showcased the athlete working out in a gym. In the first snippet, he weighed himself; the machine displayed a number that did not go down too well for the Strongman. “Just finished a two-week vacation in Canada with my family, so had to check my body weight. Weighing in at light 155.7kg,” added the wary iconic Hall of Fame inductee. For the unversed, Bjornsson weighs close to 400 lbs on a towering 6’9 frame. The injury and the vacation have set back the fitness influencer by fifty pounds.

In the reels, the 34-year-old world record holder was working out his arms. He performed some bicep curls, lateral push-downs, and overhead presses. Although the chest injury has slowed down, the Arnold Strongman Champion is focusing hard on expanding his gym community. The Game of Thrones actor expanded ‘Thor’s Power Gym’ by adding swanky and sturdy machines to his collection.

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The update cost him close to $116,000. Wearing an arm sling, the proud gym owner took his fans on a journey of the gym, introducing the hefty machines specially designed for aspiring Strongmen. It Looks like Hafthor will have to wait for some time before trying out the machines. Although it might be a difficult proposition for a gym fanatic like him. Netizens were also concerned about Strongman’s health. It puzzled some with his massive loss of mass.

Followers show faith in Strongman’s ability to bounce back

Netizens opened the floodgates of comments when they saw a visibly thin Bjornsson. One netizen wrote, “Bruh lost his gains.”Another follower made a pointed reply by saying, “It looks like you’ve come off the juice.” Some ardent fans of the athlete quickly came to the rescue of their idol. They said, “It’s sad seeing the lost progress, but now it’s time to get better than before.”

“It’s insane how you are still massive and have muscle, but everyone is saying you look small. I guess people are comparing you now to when you deadlifted 501 kg, and you were literally a tank. They must have forgotten you also trained and cut huge for a boxing match,” observed another fan. Netizens also wished Thor a speedy recovery. Many believed that in no time the Viking would come back with greater force and take the bodybuilding world by storm. Are you missing Hafthor from the sporting arena? Comment below. 

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