Guiliano Stroe, 5-Year-Old Bodybuilder From Romania, Makes Guinness Book Of World Records (VIDEO)

Guiliano Stroe, the 5-year-old bodybuilder from Romania, has become an internet sensation as this viral video of him working out has spread like wildfire. The little guy is also in the Guinness Book of World Records for finishing the "fastest ever 10-meter walk with a weight ball between his legs in 24 seconds."

Questions have been raised about whether it might be unhealthy to begin lifting weights at such a young age; the practice is highly unusual. Regardless, Guiliano is capable of some incredible feats of strength, evidenced by his workout video below.

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[Balzac]

This kid might be training a bit too hard. It might help to have some human growth hormone to balance out what appears like it could be excessive androgens which will shut down his vertical growth early.

Maybe he should stop challenging himself with feats of strength because he's at a peak of capability and he can only decline from here. Better to have an easier training regimen in acknowledgement of this, perhaps.

[Mattjoe3]

Extremes are the problem here. Children should not train to failure. This kid may be an exception however, I know plenty of short dudes who started lifting young.

"Heavy lifting can put too much strain on young muscles, tendons and growth plates, especially when proper technique is sacrificed in favor of lifting larger amounts of weight,"

...says Edward Laskowski, M.D., a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

[kiddub]

I find it funny the number of people who are commetning about possible ligament and joint issues. How many Americans will suffer ligament or joint related pain due to their weight/exercise levels? Bad backs are probably the most common joint/ligament injury prevalent in america, and they have nothing to do with overuse, but rather under use, and weakness in the ligments and musculature of the spine.

[Mattjoe3]

epiphyseal fusion

[BuzzingAlong]

Child abuse.

[booboo111]

He never once looked like he wasn't having fun. Of course that was just on the video.

[jimrs]

Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680 = 28 hours.
http://www.csun.edu/science/health/docs/tv&health.html

Many of our children are fat, some are obese. They need less t.v. & considerably more activity to help deal with a deficient diet.

[devildog21]

Good point, but this is extreme in my opinion.

[GalinMcMahon]

Impressive, but can he lift an American 5 year old?

[rpr]

Given that there are 5 year olds with over 200 pounds the answer is probably no.

[futate01]

clar iesti roman:)

[James in ucity]

There is only 1 way that little kids get bodies like that.

Their parents feed them steroids.

DUH.

[rpr]

Maybe twice as much muscle mass as average, which is easily possible without drugs. You don't know what a steroid fueled body looks like.

[Paganus]

He will be burnt out by the time he's 20, just like all the Communist-era child-athletes.

[youknowwhat]

The way he measured that backflip on the table, and not go to far, I thought was pretty good. I wonder if it's just a genetic abnormality or premature training, that his muscles and bones are able to allow him to do all of this? Maybe a little of both.

[PhineasGage730]

I hope it doesn't stunt his growth. I know a couple male gymnast that started young and they're around 5'3-5'4. Maybe coincidence...maybe not.

[Doc0976]

The human body is an amazing thing, isn't it? Children who start strenuous physical activity at early ages (gymnasts, dancers, etc) are typically in much better shape for the rest of their lives than those who lead sedentary lifestyles. I think that he is an amazing child that illustrates that nothing is beyond our reach.

That said, he's a cute kid, but the muscle tone is weirding me out.

[TheGigaShadow]

Might be unhealthy? His bones aren't even fully formed yet at that age.

It's fun and games now but my guess is somewhere down the line, this leads to something bad. Of course, I'm not a doctor or anything so, what do I know?

[Doc0976]

How do you explain gymnasts who start training at age two and three years old? That's how early many Olympic gymnasts train and they are considered some of the strongest and flexible people in the world.

I think unhealthy might be a stretch, no pun intended.

[BuzzingAlong]

Maybe you don't know that many young gymnasts who started training at an early age suffer joint problems in their early twenties and pain for the rest of their lives.

Just saying.

[Merckx]

This is mostly gymnastics. This is what young Chinese acrobats go to school for.
I would discourage the weight training until his older.
But at least they are keeping the weights low.
Kid has great balance. A future Olympian for sure, unless he gets bored.

[Doc0976]

I agree! Looks like his parents are setting him up for good things in the future.

[Conk]

This child will suffer terrible joint and ligament issues later in life. It's simple not natural to place those huge forces on his undeveloped structure.

[futate01]

You've got it backwards my friend. A child's cell structures are still developing and improving, thus the more you stress them out the stronger and healthier they get. It is people who are sedentary as children that end up bad joints and sick as adults. I was lucky that I started weight lifting when I was sixteen years old and went from benching 100lb to 250lb in three months without even breaking a sweat, and I have never lost my strength no matter how long I go without a workout, which lately has been a long time. Last time I hit the gym I found weight lifting frustrating because I could no longer gain strength like I did back then, but at least I'm fortunate enough to not have lost what I gained.

The body has a threshold somewhere in your twenties. Whatever you have done by then you are stuck with for the rest of your life. So if you were healthy before you will be healthy for the rest or your life, and if you were unhealthy you will be unhealthy for the rest of your life.

[Decode]

I don't think you can compare a 16 year old working out and a 5 year old working out. his parents most definitely should NOT be letting him freaking do back flips in the house, handstands on the kitchen table, flips on the table, flips off the table, etc. using the chair to do push up hand stands....yeah, that's definitely dangerous for a 5 year old. Considering that you could stunt your growth if you work out a lot before you reach puberty...

[devildog21]

This is pretty amazing, but I'd like to here from a pediatrician about this. I was always told that weight training is a bad idea until kids skeletal formation is complete.

Was I given incorrect information?

[rpr]

Scientists are mixed about this. The jury is still out.