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Tom wasn’t just into bodybuilding; by 21 he had become a strongman competitor. His brother, Luke, remembers watching Tom’s first competition, Scotland’s Strongest Man, where he lifted and towed huge, heavy objects such as cars, logs and atlas stones. “Watching your brother do that, you’re, like, oh, he’s like a Hulk.” Tom wanted in.
He joined a strongman gym, trained nonstop and focused on eating to get strong enough to compete, ditching snacks for protein-rich meals. “autism became my cheat code.” He could lock into routine; block out distractions.
Now 31, he weighs approximately 190kg (418lbs) – the same as a large lion. it took 10 years to double his weight. He eats five times a day to fuel training: eight boiled eggs with cheese and mayonnaise on sourdough for breakfast, than two meals of spicy mince and rice before training at 12.30pm. These days he’s a strongman full-time – running a gym with his brother Luke near his home, where he lives with his wife. He spends his downtime like a biohacker – using an oxygen chamber, red-light therapy, a sauna and cold tub – and works with a nutritionist and sports doctor who monitors his health, including his cholesterol (it’s low). “When I go to the doctor, I’m classed as obese,” he says, but his BMI doesn’t reflect his health.
“A lot of people think strongmen are fat guys lifting one rep. But you can be fit at any shape or size.” He can run holding a 200kg atlas stone, can deadlift 350kg for 12 reps. “I’ve pulled two monster trucks.”
How does he feel about his body now? “I’m proud of it.” Not because of the inches on his biceps – that’s artificial, he says – but because of the mental toughness his body represents and the superhuman strength it gives him. Last week he helped a man push his broken-down car off the road.In 2021, at 27, Stoltman became the World’s Strongest Man for the first time, defeating industry veterans to take the title. He successfully defended his title in 2022 and again in 2023
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