He defeated a giant

The most famous strongman ever toppled a giant and didn’t lift weights. Here’s the story:

When the most famous strongman was 10 he was stuck with 400 grown men and forced to do squats in front of a king until he was the last standing.

He couldn’t walk for two weeks after.

Growing into an accomplished strongman and wrestler, at 17 he became India’s national wrestling champion by defeating a 7 foot giant.

He then made history by lifting a stone weighing 2,600 lbs. - yet it was his diet and workout routine that you won’t BELIEVE:

For starters, he didn’t lift weights at all.

Instead he wore a massive neck collar made of solid iron, weighing over 200 lbs…

And he swung a HUGE weighted club - a lot.

To top it off, he did MASSIVE quantities of air squats, push ups, pull ups and dips.

But his diet was even crazier:

Multiple gallons of milk and several pounds of almonds and fermented butter every day.

For training, he drank a jug containing a mixture of ground almonds and fruit juice.

Strongman.

Wrestler.

Idol to Bruce Lee.

He was called “The Great Gama”.

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[theicebreaker]

Gama had to go in to retirement because no one wanted to fight him now that’s a real GOAT

[Jackflowers]

You say he didnt lift weights then proceeded to tell me how he lifted weights

[Mightyhawkk]

He lifted that stone in my hometown Vadodara 🔥

[syedismail]

Gama pehalwan was first noticed at the age of ten, in 1888, when he entered a strongman competition held in Jodhpur, which included many gruelling exercises such as squats.The contest was attended by more than four hundred wrestlers and Gama was among the last fifteen and was named the winner by the Maharaja of Jodhpur due to his young age.Gama was subsequently taken into training by the Maharaja of Datia.

[toso]

There's Beta. Above that is Alpha. And above the Alpha is Sigma. But above the Sigma, is the Gama.

[Femilypeckidge]

He didn't lift weights... He lifted weights

[harisjaved]

He was not forced to do squats in front of a king. He was in a competition, that's why he did those many squats at the age of 10 and he also used to wrestle 50 men (one by one) and pull and push against an immovable tree during training

[scottharrison]

Great gama 5ft 7inc 260lb in bodeyweight undefeated in wrestling

[marcionhoPW]

For those talking about the rock, go search about, in India and many countries they lifted stones as some kind of spiritual meanings, the stone he lifted is exposed till this day

[KoushalChoudhary-egbo]

I know himm.. he was good and pious man.. he helped many Hindus and Sikhs men in riots and fights of 1947..

[RevvHead]

Gama Pahalwan is what he is called in India. He is a folklore inspiration for modern day wrestlers in India

[arisbhagat]

Thanks man for this, He was really big and humble guy despite his short height he never let that factor came in his way. And the stone he lifted over 1 tonn is legit, my grandma's brother watched that. ❤

[udaydubey]

We Indians are proud of the great Gama 🇮🇳

[ChadVirana]

Gama and Dara Singh, Gems of indian wrestling 🙏🏻🇮🇳

[kaushaladeeb-jleg]

And while fighting 1000s of bouts all across the world in his 50 years of carrier he never even lost a single bout

[vanniyo]

Dude supposedly had over 3k fights and won every fight.

[David-seom]

"Didnt lift weights at all" followed by "wore a titanic neck collar made of solid iron, swung a huge weighted club"

[mr.jturtle]

I love this story have heard it many times, it’s the main reason why I do Hindu Squats now!

[هايالقناةفقطتجربة]

idol to bruce lee? that's how you know he's strong

[jaggeryreviews]

He didn't lift weights.... He lifted solid ass weights. 💯