The Game of Thrones star's crazy diet to become a boxer

Pathor Bjornson, known as "The Mountain," lost a huge amount of weight ahead of his debut fight.

Now he looks like that - and he has a tip, too

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09/03/2022

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Icelandic actor Pethor Bjornson rose to fame when he played the character of Gregor Calgain, better known as "The Mountain" in the successful series "Game of Thrones", but since then he has decided to retrain as a boxer, and ahead of the fight against Eddie Hall on March 19 in Dubai. Bjornson followed a particularly intense diet.

The Icelandic giant lost no less than 55 kilograms, dropped from 10,000 calories a day - the amount needed to participate in power competitions - to only 4,000, thus reducing his weight from 205 to 150 kg ahead of his boxing debut. Bjornson has a special tip for those who decide to go on a diet of any kind: “It is very important to have a blood test.

"Very few people do it, but it is necessary if they want to get the most out of the diet." Explains.

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The 33-year-old Bjornson, who rises to a height of 2.05 m, won the "Strongest Man in Iceland" competition 10 times and was also "the strongest man in Europe" 5 times, 3 times "the strongest man in the world" and in addition he holds the world record in deadlifts, after lifting 501 kg. After conquering the world of power competitions, now he intends to storm the boxing industry as well.

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