He probably wouldn’t look impressive. I mean think about it. 40% more muscle mass. How much muscle mass do toddlers even have in the first place? What do average three year olds weigh? 30-40 pounds? I don’t know what fraction of that is muscle…but we could be looking at only like several pounds of muscle difference…
Again, any genetic advantage he has will only become more evident when he hits his teens.
Simple. He isn’t fed crap food. NORMAL toddlers are fed crap food and gaining a lot of fat. Cut the crap food cut the fat. Problem Solved. My logic is flawless.
I have no REAL point here.
Interesting. I’m wondering if this is really as rare as they are putting it out to be, especially given the rather unspectacular video.
All of my kids are super strong. My daughter at 4 does behind the back pull ups (in addition to a host of other stuff), my 2 year old son has a beefy V shaped torso and puts holes in the walls when he’s frustrated. We call my 10 year old son Thor because he’s built like a goddamn Sherman tank.
I think it is just the Danish/Viking genetics and proper nutrition and encouragement. The weights are always available for them to toss around as long as they are being safe. I wasn’t raised like my kids AT ALL in regards to nutrition/fitness and I’m working my ass off just to be able to keep up for when they are all teenagers.
[quote]GVkid wrote:
Simple. He isn’t fed crap food. NORMAL toddlers are fed crap food and gaining a lot of fat. Cut the crap food cut the fat. Problem Solved. My logic is flawless.
I have no REAL point here.[/quote]
That didn’t stop you from making one.
His new dad is a doctor who apparently does know enough about nutrition to feed him right.
There would be a ton more “fit babies” running around if their parents did the same and paid as much attention to everything that goes into their mouth.
I know many people can’t afford what that doctor can, but taking your kids to Mickey D’s 8 times a week isn’t doing them any favors.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I know many people can’t afford what that doctor can, but taking your kids to Mickey D’s 8 times a week isn’t doing them any favors.[/quote]
QFT
That’s what happened with me as a kid and now I’m paying the price. I’ll be damned if my kids are in the majority as adults when it comes to diet and fitness habits.
I think this kid’s potential is vastly underrated. In the article, the father hopes that he becomes the next Michael Hart. I believe he can surpass Hart and many others. His strength, motor skills, coordination, etc are all just being tapped into for the first time.
When he hits puberty, I would foresee him making staggering gains and jumps in his abilities. And like Prof X mentioned earlier, with his new dad being a doctor, there would be no shortage of healthy habits in his upbringing. Awesome stuff man.
[quote]bigdaddygypsy wrote:
Interesting. I’m wondering if this is really as rare as they are putting it out to be, especially given the rather unspectacular video.
All of my kids are super strong. My daughter at 4 does behind the back pull ups (in addition to a host of other stuff), my 2 year old son has a beefy V shaped torso and puts holes in the walls when he’s frustrated. We call my 10 year old son Thor because he’s built like a goddamn Sherman tank.
I think it is just the Danish/Viking genetics and proper nutrition and encouragement. The weights are always available for them to toss around as long as they are being safe. I wasn’t raised like my kids AT ALL in regards to nutrition/fitness and I’m working my ass off just to be able to keep up for when they are all teenagers.[/quote]
Apparently your chipmunks/squirrels are just as buff lol
OK, Biotest, its time for you to capture and study this toddler, so you can determine what nutrients he has that can be extracted for our personal use.
[quote]That One Guy wrote:
bigdaddygypsy wrote:
Interesting. I’m wondering if this is really as rare as they are putting it out to be, especially given the rather unspectacular video.
All of my kids are super strong. My daughter at 4 does behind the back pull ups (in addition to a host of other stuff), my 2 year old son has a beefy V shaped torso and puts holes in the walls when he’s frustrated. We call my 10 year old son Thor because he’s built like a goddamn Sherman tank.
I think it is just the Danish/Viking genetics and proper nutrition and encouragement. The weights are always available for them to toss around as long as they are being safe. I wasn’t raised like my kids AT ALL in regards to nutrition/fitness and I’m working my ass off just to be able to keep up for when they are all teenagers.
Apparently your chipmunks/squirrels are just as buff lol[/quote]
Damn squirrels are juicin’
Here’s a picture of the “iron cross” he did. Also, 40% extra muscle mass isn’t that significant. I would be willing to bet that most people on this forum have at least 40% more muscle than the average person. Obviously, an extra 40% is helpful, but its not like he’s going to win Mr.O or WSM without seeing the inside of a gym.
[quote]B rocK wrote:
pro-a-ggression wrote:
Fucking Mr Olympia right there. Now… what supplements block myostatin release??
few have tried; including Biotest, all have failed.
as soon as one does, that works; buy stock in that company.[/quote]
I would put every penny that I could get my hands on into that!
[quote]brownab wrote:
Here’s a picture of the “iron cross” he did. Also, 40% extra muscle mass isn’t that significant. I would be willing to bet that most people on this forum have at least 40% more muscle than the average person. Obviously, an extra 40% is helpful, but its not like he’s going to win Mr.O or WSM without seeing the inside of a gym.[/quote]
Holy fuck, that’s amazing!
More light shed on this condition is good, although, I have to point out that the kid isn’t actually doing an “iron cross” and in fact looks like he is hanging from his parents’ hands the way millions of kids his age do. That being said, you never know…
There was a show on Discovery Channel (or Science or NatGeo or something like that) a year or so ago about “Superhumans.” One of the episodes had “The Strongest Girl in the World,” a girl in Russia named Varya Akulova. Here is from the FAQ part of the website her father (a true “stage dad” living through his child’s glory) has set up:
What are her best lifts today?
Today her best lifts include lifting a 300 lb. (140 kilogram) barbell off the ground. She can easily bench press 150 lb. (70 kilograms). One amazing thing about Varya Akulova is that her upper body (arms, shoulders) are as strong as her lower body. Within the past 6 months, Varya has lifted 3 people on her back while lifting 3 kettlebells off the ground at the same time, she did this at age 12 and her bodyweight was about 84 lb. (40 kilograms), the total amount of weight she raised up was 775 lb. (350 kilograms). She lifted about 9 times her bodyweight, QUITE AMAZING. After this lifting performance, many Russian newspaper proclaimed her “strongest girl in the world”.
Thing is…she is only 13. On the show it showed her rip out some presses with 2 pood kettlebells while bridging: friggin amazing. Also on the show was an Oly meet she competed in and came in second to a 17 or 18 year old. She probably won’t amount to anything, unfortunately, unless she escapes her father, who has fired every Olympic lifting coach she ever had for not listening to his “expertise.” He seemed like a massive douche-tard.
Hope young Liam fares better!
[quote]FitRugbyDude wrote:
There was a show on Discovery Channel (or Science or NatGeo or something like that) a year or so ago about “Superhumans.” One of the episodes had “The Strongest Girl in the World,” a girl in Russia named Varya Akulova. Here is from the FAQ part of the website her father (a true “stage dad” living through his child’s glory) has set up:
What are her best lifts today?
Today her best lifts include lifting a 300 lb. (140 kilogram) barbell off the ground. She can easily bench press 150 lb. (70 kilograms). One amazing thing about Varya Akulova is that her upper body (arms, shoulders) are as strong as her lower body. Within the past 6 months, Varya has lifted 3 people on her back while lifting 3 kettlebells off the ground at the same time, she did this at age 12 and her bodyweight was about 84 lb. (40 kilograms), the total amount of weight she raised up was 775 lb. (350 kilograms). She lifted about 9 times her bodyweight, QUITE AMAZING. After this lifting performance, many Russian newspaper proclaimed her “strongest girl in the world”.
Thing is…she is only 13. On the show it showed her rip out some presses with 2 pood kettlebells while bridging: friggin amazing. Also on the show was an Oly meet she competed in and came in second to a 17 or 18 year old. She probably won’t amount to anything, unfortunately, unless she escapes her father, who has fired every Olympic lifting coach she ever had for not listening to his “expertise.” He seemed like a massive douche-tard.
Hope young Liam fares better![/quote]
Liam’s off to a bad start so far. He’s a normal kid who’s got a couple of myopic parents screwing him up for life.
[quote]FitRugbyDude wrote:
I have to point out that the kid isn’t actually doing an “iron cross” and in fact looks like he is hanging from his parents’ hands the way millions of kids his age do.
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I know, that’s why its in quotes, think quotation fingers.
A plot feature in The Incredible Hulk (TV series) episode “A Death in the Family” (Season 1, ep 2) is a fictional drug called myostatin. This episode came out about 20 years before real myostatin was discovered.
I probably just haven’t been around babies enough but I feel that picture of him doing an “iron cross” isn’t all that amazing. I feel like it’s something we all could do as kids. But then again maybe not at that age… Anyone else think more kids could do that?
[quote]on edge wrote:
brownab wrote:
Here’s a picture of the “iron cross” he did. Also, 40% extra muscle mass isn’t that significant. I would be willing to bet that most people on this forum have at least 40% more muscle than the average person. Obviously, an extra 40% is helpful, but its not like he’s going to win Mr.O or WSM without seeing the inside of a gym.
Holy fuck, that’s amazing![/quote]
LMAO!!
Guys, I’m disappointed by you. I thought I’d come in this morning, fire up T-Nation and find you’ve posted all kinds of pictures and videos of this child’s amazing feats. I was expecting to see pictures of him doing headstands up against a wall or a video of him chasing a dog in the backyard. Maybe a fantastic leap off the back of a couch. What do I get? Nothing. Shame on you.
Clearly April Fools joke. Why didn’t news about this kid come out before? Why not on other news media (only fox). Last name Hoekstra “Hoexter” Yes I know Hoekstra is a real name but the story comes out April 1st only on fox his last name and the fact that even though they mention his super abs they only show a picture of him with a shirt on, and online the video of him shows that he has no abs definition and is skinny, which is impossible with this condition. I called it first, April Fool’s Joke.