{"id":4067,"date":"2022-06-02T20:17:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2022-06-02T20:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:45:51","slug":"strongman-legend-hafthor-bjornsson-has-lost-13-pounds-since-fight-with-eddie-hall-continues-new-athletic-pursuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/strongman-legend-hafthor-bjornsson-has-lost-13-pounds-since-fight-with-eddie-hall-continues-new-athletic-pursuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongman Legend Hafthor Bj\u00f6rnsson Has Lost 13 Pounds Since Fight With Eddie Hall, Continues New Athletic Pursuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been two months since Hafthor Bj\u00f6rnsson defeated his rival Eddie Hall in the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/eddie-hall-vs-hafthor-bjornsson-fight-breakdown\/\" data-lasso-id=\"110642\">Heaviest Boxing Match in History<\/a>.&#8221; Both men have continued to <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/eddie-hall-swimming-50-meter-freestyle-27-seconds\/\" data-lasso-id=\"110643\">stray along different paths<\/a> in their respective retirements from strongman. Bj\u00f6rnsson recently had some eye-opening news as he continues to figure out what he now wants to achieve athletically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On June 1, 2022, Bj\u00f6rnsson shared an update about where his physique stands after his fight with Hall. The 2018 World&#8217;s Strongest Man (WSM) Champion says his body weight is now 146 kilograms (322 pounds). Since Bj\u00f6rnsson weighed 152 kilograms (335 pounds) for his match with Hall, that means he lost 13 pounds in roughly eight weeks. For additional context, Bj\u00f6rnsson weighed 205 kilograms (452 pounds) when he won his 2018 WSM title.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeQxQkGAfcg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeQxQkGAfcg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"110650\">A post shared by Haf\u00feo\u0301r Ju\u0301li\u0301us Bjo\u0308rnsson (@thorbjornsson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/eddie-hall-tattoo-worlds-strongest-man-hafthor-bjornsson\/\" data-lasso-id=\"110645\">Eddie Hall Honored Boxing Bet With Hafthor Bj\u00f6rnsson And Got A Tattoo Of His Full Name<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The radical shift in Bj\u00f6rnsson&#8217;s physique is apparently part of an ongoing athletic experiment after strongman. After a decade-plus of pushing himself to be one of the planet&#8217;s strongest people, it&#8217;s understandable the 33-year-old Bj\u00f6rnsson wants to figure some things out before taking another step forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m human like everyone else, and I\u2019m going through a period in my life where I\u2019m not 100 percent focused or dedicated all the time,&#8221; Bj\u00f6rnsson wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. &#8220;It\u2019s weird because, for the last 10-plus years of my life, I\u2019ve been super focused and driven because I\u2019ve always had a goal to strive towards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Bj\u00f6rnsson describes might be relatable to <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/robert-oberst-retirement-2023-worlds-strongest-man\/\" data-lasso-id=\"110646\">a lot of strength sports athletes<\/a>. It can take some time to adjust to a new life after being so dead-set on one singular goal for so long. In Bj\u00f6rnsson&#8217;s case, he at least certainly understands that his current struggle is normal and human and won&#8217;t last forever.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being in the unknown now has my motivation lacking a bit,&#8221; Bj\u00f6rnsson writes. &#8220;If you are lacking motivation at this moment, know that it\u2019s normal, and we all go through that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-road-ahead\">The Road Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>At the time of this writing, Bj\u00f6rnsson maintains that he&#8217;s looking for another boxing fight. While still early, it seems boxing is the next professional athletic endeavor he wants to dive into fully.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some had surmised that Bj\u00f6rnsson would take Hall up on a rematch offer on that front. However, in a YouTube response to Hall&#8217;s offer in early April 2022, Bj\u00f6rnsson said he doesn&#8217;t think the timing lines up for an immediate rematch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"videos\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Response To Eddie\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UDKIVXh1Kq0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whoever Bj\u00f6rnsson ultimately does line up for a fight, it should be another fascinating matchup of skill-sets for the former strongman great.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-bjornsson\">About Bj\u00f6rnsson<\/h2>\n<p>If his strongman career is any indication, Bj\u00f6rnsson might be in a quality position to excel at whatever he puts his mind to.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his 2018 WSM title, Bj\u00f6rnsson is a three-time winner of the Arnold Strongman Classic (2018-2020) and a five-time winner of <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-oleksii-novikov-wins-europes-strongest-man-2022\/\" data-lasso-id=\"110647\">Europe&#8217;s Strongest Man<\/a> (2014-2015, 2017-2019). He&#8217;s also the current official <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/deadlift\/\" data-lasso-id=\"110648\">deadlift<\/a> World Record holder with a pull of 501 kilograms (1,105 pounds) from the 2020 World&#8217;s Ultimate Strongman Feats of Strength series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In essence, the strength sports world knows what Bj\u00f6rnsson&#8217;s capable of with motivation. Be it in boxing or another avenue, it might not be long before we see Bj\u00f6rnsson thriving as a professional competitor again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: @thorbjornsson on Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-legend-hafthor-bjornsson-loses-13-more-pounds\/\">Strongman Legend Hafthor Bj\u00f6rnsson Has Lost 13 Pounds Since Fight With Eddie Hall, Continues New Athletic Pursuits<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\">Breaking Muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been two months since Hafthor Bj\u00f6rnsson defeated his rival Eddie Hall in the \u201cHeaviest Boxing Match in History.\u201d Both men have continued to stray along different paths in their respective retirements from strongman. Bj\u00f6rnsson recently had some eye-opening news as he continues to figure out what he now wants to achieve athletically.\u00a0 On June &#8230; Read more<br \/>\nThe post Strongman Legend Hafthor Bj\u00f6rnsson Has Lost 13 Pounds Since Fight With Eddie Hall, Continues New Athletic Pursuits appeared first on Breaking Muscle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":""},"categories":[20,1,21,22,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4068,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions\/4068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}