Hey YouTube, Jim here! Welcome to Top10Archive! How are you feeling about yourself today?
Feeling pretty good? Well, I’m here to knock you down a notch! Ever consider that there
may be a child stronger than you out in the world? Don’t believe us? Just take a look
at this list of the top 10 strongest kids and be prepared to be shamed.
So, maybe you aren’t stronger than some of these kids, but you’re certainly strong
enough to hit that subscribe button and bell. If you have anything left after this video,
use it to also give it a thumbs up and drop a comment about the exercise routine you’ll
be starting to match their strength! 10. Andrey Kostash
Can you do 4,000 push-ups? No, not in your lifetime. In less than three hours. Well,
not to make you feel bad, but 13-year-old Andriy Kostash could when he was only seven-years-old.
The Ukrainian child entered the nation’s Book of Records with his incredible feet of
4,000 push-ups in two hours and 29 minutes. Since he was only five, he had been training
to set the record – but 4,000 isn’t even his most impressive. His own personal best
was 6,000 consecutive push-ups. 9. Yang Jinglong
Thirteen-year-old Yang Jinglong isn’t your average teenager. Though he hasn’t done
much in the past six years, the young Chuzhou, China resident made headlines when he was
seven-years-old for pulling a 1.85-ton van. At 110lbs (50 kg), Yang may have weighed a
bit more than the average peer his age, but that extra girth allowed him to carry anything
from his father to a 220lb (100kg) bag of cement.
8. Maryana Naumova In 2015, headlines read “’Strongest Girl
in the World’ Trades Weights for World Affairs.” Intelligent and physically capable Maryana
Naumova became known for her physical feats when she earned her spot as the first female
under 18 to join the professional powerlifting tournaments, starting with the Arnold Classic.
Not long after wowing the world with her accomplishments and requesting ‘ole Arnold Schwarzenegger
to run for President and fix the relations between the U.S. and Russia, Naumova was sent
to Damascus to show Russia’s support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
7. Varvara Akulova She set two Guinness records and was known
for being able to lift four times her own body weight. Ukrainian Varya Akulova hails
from the mining town of Krivoy Rog and entered the spotlight when she was found performing
handstands at only one year old. By three, she was engaged in acrobatic routines and,
within a year of that, started preparing for powerlifting. At 12-years-old, she could carry
both of her parents, but her most impressive feat came at eight-years-old, when she set
her first record for lifting 220lbs (100kg). At the age of eighteen, she'd go on to lift
661lbs (300kg). 6. Richard Sandrak
Eleven-year-old Richard Sandrak earned attention as the “World’s Strongest Boy” when
images of his six-pack went public. His parents, a martial arts champ and aerobics instructor,
on the other hand, earned criticism for hiring a personal trainer to get their son into shape.
Though he was once a muscled Hercules, Sandrak gave up his life of personal training to work
as a quantum scientist for NASA. 5. Giuliano Stroe
Giuliano Stroe’s father, Iulian, came under fire shortly after his then ripped nine-year-old
earned mild fame on the internet for his physical strength. Stroe was known for earning world
records for performing push-ups without touching his feet to the ground or running his hands
with weights tied to his legs. After amassing 15,000 YouTube subscribers, child services
targeted the young boy and his father and requested that the courts place Stroe into
their care. Eventually, Iulian regained custody, but not after taking to the internet and ranting
against everyone that spoke out against him. 4. C. J. Cummings
At the end of 2017, 17-year-old American CJ Cummings set a new snatch record at the 2017
IWF World Championships- with a 3-for-3 performance in snatch. What does that mean, exactly? Well,
for the Senior, Junior, and Youth American categories, he set records with successful
lifts of 299lbs (136kg), 306lbs (139kg) and 310 lbs (141kg) respectively. At the time
of his record-breaking performance, Cummings weighed only 150lbs (68kg) and was just over
5’ (1.5m) tall. 3. Naomi Kutin
New Jersey high schooler Naomi Kutin went about her days like any other student, focusing
on her studies, friends, and family. When that was all behind her for the day, she set
her sights on the mass amount of weight sitting in front of her. In Dec. 2017, it was reported
that Naomi could squat 321lbs (145kg) and dead lift 365lbs (165kg). The teenager started
young – lifting at only eight-years-old and breaking records in adult powerlifting
categories. At only nine-years-old, she squatted an impressive 215lbs (97kg).
2. Liam Hoekstra How does the saying go? When life gives you
lemons, make lemonade? That’s precisely what Liam Hoekstra did with his rare condition
of myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy. Essentially, he would grow up with a greater muscle mass
than other toddlers his age. That’s right, I said toddler. At only 3-years-old, Hoekstra
became known as the World’s Strongest Toddler. Though he didn’t lift hundreds of pounds,
he was recorded doing things other toddlers – and some adults – simply couldn’t,
like do 17 sit-ups in one minute. At such a young age, Hoekstra sported 40% body muscle.
1. Arat Hosseini In 2015, two-year-old Arat Hosseini was reportedly
capable of performing even the most complex of gymnastic maneuvers. His impressive strength
and agility garnered a vast following on Instagram, which was present for every post that depicted
him doing things that many adults can’t even pull off. There’s even this image..