Most of us recognize 26-year-old Hafthor Julius Bjornsson as "The Mountain" on HBO's Game of Thrones, but he's also a professional Strong Man. Bjornsson, a former basketball player, has been competing in (and winning) various Strong Man competitions since 2009. Last year, he was named Europe's Strongest Man and took second place in the overall World's Strongest Man competition. This past weekend, Bjornsson set a new world record at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio, in a "weight for height" event, in which he hurled a 56-pound kettlebell over a 19' 3" bar.

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Note: This post originally stated that Björnsson had revealed a heart condition on his Facebook page, but he had actually shared a note about a heart condition from another Icelandic Strong Man, Stefán Sölvi Pétursson. We regret the error.

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