By the time he was 8 he could bench press twice his weight. At 11, he could do three times his weight. When he weighed probably only 50 or 60 pounds himself, he could go into the splits with each of his feet on a platform, while holding a 30-pound plate. However, all this was because his father, Pavel,forced him to train non-stop (he had no toys and was not allowed outside) and fed him a special diet of almost nothing but a powder that he himself concocted (and which many have said likely contained steroids). His trainer, who eventually quit becausePavel wouldn't tell him what he was feeding Richard and because he was worried about the child's health, laterreported that Richard had barely 1% body fat.Pavel later became more and morephysically abusive towards Richard and his mother and was arrested. Richard thendecided to do only lighttraining to take time to be a normal kid. The courts evenstated that he was not allowed tolift any weightsuntil he was 16. He is now 16, and is still well-built but not nearly to the extent that he was when he was younger. He has been in a movie ("Little Hercules") with Hulk Hogan, and did a workout video for kids. He is also into dancing.
So, long story short, he is strong, but not nearly as strong (pound-for-pound) as he was as a little kid).
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Richard Sandrak is 19 years old (birthdate: April 15, 1992).
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Richard W. Strong died on 2008-01-27.
Charles Best died on March 31, 1978 at the age of 79.
he is alive, aged 84. but still going strong