At 9 and 7 years old, these two kids train like genuine bodybuilders

May 27, 2014 10:24 GMT  ·  By
Giuliano Stroe, aged just 9, is the strongest boy in the world, trains like a genuine bodybuilder
   Giuliano Stroe, aged just 9, is the strongest boy in the world, trains like a genuine bodybuilder

The strongest children / boys in the world are coming to the UK: Giuliano and Cladiu Stroe, both international media stars since the former was only 5 years old and he made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, might relocate from native Romania, in the hope they will be able to continue their training.

The Stroes left the country for Italy, where the boys began training like bodybuilders. It was Giuliano who was initiated first, leading his brother Claudiu by example so that he actually got an earlier start in this than he had.

While in Italy, the father, Iulian (35), started making videos of Giuliano whilst training, posting them online on YouTube and similar sites. In a matter of months, Giuliano was the most famous and definitely the strongest 5-year-old ever to go viral.

However, for some time, the Stroes have been back in Romania, after their attempt to get a new life in Italy failed. The Daily Mail reports that they make a living off selling scrap metal and that Iulian has decided to try his luck again, this time in the UK.

He believes that, unless he gets a job here, the boys won’t be able to continue with their training. The plan is to move here alone and to bring his family across after some time, when he’s attained some kind of financial stability.

We assume the media exposure they’d get here, as opposed to Romania, also acts as some sort of incentive for the move.

Not that the boys haven’t gotten already enough press, though. Whilst in their native country, they became bona fide celebrities, with Giuliano most often making headlines for all kinds of public appearances and achievements, like that of performing push-ups on 4 glass bottles without breaking them.

In fact, one might say that too much media exposure has worked to the boys’ detriment because, last year, after the father posted another video of Giuliano training with heavy chains, authorities launched an investigation to determine whether theirs wasn’t a case of child abuse.

Both the father and the mother have always denied claims that they’re being cruel to their children by making them train for hours on end each day, sometimes with weights that many adults would squirm when handling. They always maintained that the kids would stop if they ever ceased to feel good about their training.

“They have a natural ability for this, nothing is forced, it is what God intended for them,” the mother says, as cited by the British tab. “My husband will go abroad to earn money, as a builder or laborer, and we will use it all for our sons.”

Below is an older video of Giuliano showing off his strength at his father’s request. Other videos available online show that his brother Claudiu is just as skilled and strong, even though he’s still some way to go until he rivals Giuliano.