THE world’s strongest brothers who began weightlifting as soon as they could walk are now unrecognisable as teenagers.
Giuliano and his four-year-old brother Claudiu Stroe made waves across the internet in 2010 when eye-popping images of them flexing their muscles emerged.
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The pair were made to complete a gruelling two hour workout each dayIulian Stroe
But now, twelve years later, the pair – who are now teenagers – look completely different.
Despite the change in appearance both boys are still as fit as a flee and have turned their hands to boxing.
According to their social media, Giuliano is training to participate in the youth National Boxing Championship.
As toddlers, the siblings from Icoana in southern Romania could perform incredible acrobatic feats and lift heavy weights.
Their dad, Iulian Stroe, was determined to make his sons famous and made them do a gruelling two-hour regime each morning.
In 2009, Giuliano was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records after setting the record for the fastest ever 33 feet hand-walk with a weight ball between his legs.
The following year he broke the world record for the number of 90-degree push-ups, which is an exercise where push-ups are performed without letting your feet touch the ground.
Claudiu followed suit of his record-breaking brother and could perform handstand push-ups on a bar.
Both boys would lift 4kg dumbbells and heavy weights to pump up their biceps and build up their chest muscles.
Many doctors believe that weight training regimes have little positive effect before children reach puberty.
Some warn it could even be harmful because of the risk of injury.
But dad Iulian angrily rejected criticism that he could be damaging the boys’ health.
He previously told the Daily Mail: “Someone once told me that the boys won’t grow properly, but there’s no proof.
“Even a flower will still grow if you put something on it. It’s a natural growth.”
These are not the only youngsters with a passion for bodybuilding as recently we told of the world’s youngest bodybuilder with abs of steel.
Kynlee Heiman went viral online for having a six-pack at only seven years old and her athletic prowess.
And at such a young age, she can already show off a six-pack that any gym bunny would envy.
Kynlee’s mum, Angel Heiman, owned a cheer gym for a few years when Kynlee was a baby.
When she was about three years old, she showed interest in sports for the first time.
The brothers have now taken up boxing
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