UK’s Strongest Teen reveals his transformation from a skinny kid to a 22 stone strongman by eating 7,500 calories a day and training all week
- Joe Oliver, 20, from Warwickshire, transformed to the UK’s Strongest Teen
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The UK’s Strongest Teen has revealed how he went from being a skinny teenager to weighing 22 stone.
Joe Oliver, 20, from Warwickshire, won the UK’s Strongest Teen and UK’s Strongest Under-23s in 2022, before competing at the UK’s Strongest Man and becoming the youngest ever semi-finalist.
He was once a slender teenager – but after a six-year journey, he can now deadlift 350kg and is storming through the Strongest Teen and Man competitions, reported The Sun.
Joe, who is 6ft, eats 7,500 calories a day to maintain his strong physique – including seven Weetabix each morning, as well as six eggs, before three portions of chicken and rice or pasta for lunch.
He’ll snack on pancakes, bagels or flapjacks before finishing his day with a meal of meat and carbs, alongside a protein shake and peanut butter on toast, according to the publication.
Joe Oliver, 20, from Warwickshire, won the UK’s Strongest Teen and UK’s Strongest Under-23s in 2022, before competing at the UK’s Strongest Man and becoming the youngest ever semi-finalist. Pictured, aged 14
Joe – nicknamed ‘The Animal’ in competitions – spent his secondary school years playing rugby, and admitted that his strength was also inherited from his father, who ‘has always been strong’.
He first prepared for the competitions to prove himself a strongman during the first Covid lockdown; the athlete would flip big tyres and carry firewood at his old rugby club.
Speaking about his routine, Joe said: ‘In terms of training, it’s really different to standard gym training because everything we do is so awkward.
‘Other than a deadlift in Strongman nothing you do is like a barbell. It’s all crazy we have atlas stones, logs, tyre flips, and farmer’s walks.
Joe, who is 6ft, eats 7,500 calories a day to maintain his strong physique – including seven Weetabix each morning, as well as six eggs, before three portions of chicken and rice or pasta for lunch
He’ll snack on pancakes, bagels or flapjacks before finishing his day with a meal of meat and carbs, alongside a protein shake and peanut butter on toast
Joe – nicknamed ‘The Animal’ in competitions – spent his secondary school years playing rugby, and admitted that his strength was also inherited from his father, who ‘has always been strong’
He first prepared for the competitions to prove himself a strongman during the first Covid lockdown; the athlete would flip big tyres and carry firewood at his old rugby club
Following his success last year, Joe (pictured) hopes to qualify for UK’s Strongest Man 2023
‘Monday to Friday is more basic gym stuff, really heavy with barbells, dumbbells that kind of thing. The weekend is Strongman specific stuff.
‘Ahead of competition I have 12 weeks to build the weight and get my body used to lifting heavy. It’s pretty ruthless in the way everything you do has to revolve around it.’
Following his success last year, Joe hopes to qualify for UK’s Strongest Man 2023.
Discussing his decision to compete in this sport, he previously told SunSport: ‘I had a natural ability for it from the start.
‘My main attribute in rugby was physical power. Most of my family is quite strong. I went in with the goal of hitting the podium [at the U23s].’
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