Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson He changed his strength for his fists, and with it his physical body, which has lost 55 kilos since he decided to go on a diet and get his body ready. A change from which “nothing has been really easy. everything has been difficult”, as he has exclusively confessed to the British tabloid The Sun.
In a conversation with the tabloid, the now boxer has admitted that without a doubt the most difficult thing has been the diet that he has had to follow to meet the goal of losing so much weight: “It was extremely challenging for me”; but he has also revealed that his training has changed a lot, now working on conditioning and endurance. “The workouts I’m doing and the diet… there are days when I think, ‘My God, I don’t feel like eating fish and spinach again’. Sometimes I want to stuff my face with a hamburger or pizza or something else, but I have to stick to my diet and keep going,” he added.
The Mountain of ‘Game of Thrones’ could eat about 10,000 calories a day, but with his transformation he reduced them to more than half, 4,000, and he also has some days when he can skip the diet: “I’m allowed to cheat once a weekwhat actually it’s great for your mental health, believe. You have to allow your body to breathe once a week and also rest. When I say ‘cheating’, yes, I could have a pizza or a hamburger, but mostly it’s just enjoying a good family meal.”
Your secret to keep going
Of course, in addition to the diet and all the physical exercise that Björnsson has had to do, the Icelander has also wanted to bring his secret to light in moments of despondency, when he needs one more help, and that is exactly what provide you one or two cans of Reign Total Body Fuela type of energy drink that it has “300mg of caffeine, which is good for me”.
“Electrolytes are super important, they can prevent you from having slumps. When you train extremely hard, you sweat a lot and lose electrolytes. That means you have to replace them and also when you train you can feel a bit tired, this also has 300mg of natural caffeine. Amino acids also have many ingredients that are very important to get the most out of your training sessions.“, it is finished.
And it is that with this great transformation, The Mountain arrives at the fight against Hall without setbacks and without injuries, something that is also due to his good preparation, both in his diet and in his physical training.