Could Icelandic strongman Hafthor Bjornsson be the next great vegan? Recently, IFBB professional bodybyuilder Kai Greene posted a photo on his Instagram poking at Bjornsson to try the plant-based diet after Bjornsson shared his Instagram video below with the simple caption, “carnivore”.
He shared the re-posted photo from Bjornsson’s video eating steak and captioned it,
You gotta try the plant based diet, @thorbjornsson
Look at gorillas bro they only eat plants! All joke aside tho, a vegan diet is more effective for a strongman than a bodybuilder – so you’ll see better benefits then I would.
Bjornsson, who is the 2018 World’s Strongest Man, responded.
Definitely an interesting topic! I might as well give it a try for a week on my offseason. I’m always willing to give everything a chance! Especially when it comes from legends like @schwarzenegger & @kaigreene.
We don’t doubt Bjornsson will give the plant-based diet a try, especially since this past year he’s been fully on board with a variety of crazy food challenges. But, it will be interesting to see how someone who is six feet, nine inches tall, over four hundred pounds, and a frequent consumer of red meat, will do eating primarily plants.
Bjornsson does mix in quite a few low-FODMAP vegetables, fruit, and simple carbs into his diet now, but red meat is a huge staple for him. One of his classic meals is called a “monster mash” and includes ground beef, white rice, and bone broth.
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We’re curious to see Bjornsson’s next YouTube video come out is of him giving a plant-based diet a go.
It seems the plant-based diet has become more and more common among strength sports athletes. Greene is only one example of a plant-based strength athlete, but in the strongman community there is just one well-known vegan, professional strongman Patrik Baboumian.
Feature image from @thorbjornsson Instagram page.
