“Had to Have Two Surgeries”: 6’9 Strongman Giant Hafthor Bjornsson Once Made a Shocking Revelation About His Shattered NBA Dream

Strongman Hafthor Júlíus Bjornsson once dreamed of becoming a professional basketball player. However, he switched his career to strength sports and became a winner of Iceland’s Strongest Man competition in 2011. In an interview with Talksport, Bjornsson finally spoke about a shocking revelation about why he quit basketball. 

Bjornsson’s revelations about his shattered NBA dream 

During the interview with Talksport, Bjornsson spoke about how he had to undergo multiple surgeries and damaged his ankle twice during his basketball career. “Had to have two surgeries, that ended my career”, he spoke. Strangely enough, he was less than 20 years old when this incident took place. 

The strongman then disclosed how he could not do any training till his foot healed. Later, Bjornsson spoke about how he began training with weights after his recovery. “I just fell in love with the weights, fell in love with training hard, started to put weight on quite fast, started to get strong really fast. I saw results”, Bjornsson said.

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In fact, numerically speaking, his weight amped to a colossal 400 pounds after leaving basketball as opposed to 231-241 pounds prior to the career shift. The popular actor also revealed his unique two-hour diet plan after he stopped playing basketball. This typically involved The Mountain giant eating meals every two hours and consuming more than five meals a day. 

 Strongman Bjornson’s shocking disclosures about his boxing career 

Recently, Bjornsson made a shocking announcement that he has quit boxing. Speaking about this decision, Bjornsson has set his eyes on two new goals. While the former catered to him purring his days away with his two cats, the latter was about breaking a weight record of his own. 

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Bjornsson’s two decisions show how he has experimented to find out what he likes to do. This shall always inspire fans to try out new things and discover their true self. As fans, we await to see Thor’s new accomplishments and future ventures.