• Child Body Builder Grows Up

“I want to pump you up!” How often do you exercise, run or lift weights? Are you a gym rat, a cardio fiend or a couch potato? Once in a while, news stories like the 2004 documentary The World’s Strongest Boy leave audiences around the world in a complete state of shock especially when it comes to an eight-year-old boy named Richard Sandrak who looked more like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mini-me or a circus act than anything possibly real.
Lifting weights since he was two years old, Sandrak’s rise to popularity came a time when he could bench press nearly three times his weight at the encouragement of his father and the support of his mother. As people watched in horror, rumors of steroid use and parental abuse ran rampant leaving many to question if the young child was ever allowed to be exactly that, a child. Unfortunately, the worse proved true.
With his fame dwindling and his private life unfolding in the public eye, Sandrak disappeared from the spotlight for nearly a decade before returning in 2015 for a “Where Are They Now?” special. Looking much different and definitely happier than ever before during the interview, we couldn’t help but wonder about Sandrak’s life and just how far he’s come. Are you curious? Join us as we take a look at the story of Little Hercules!

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