Richard Sandrak, a native of Ukraine who settled in the United States after emigrating there 15 years ago, is known as the strongest youngster in the world.

When Richard was a young kid, he started participating in vigorous exercise. By the age of eight, he could do a bench press that was more than 30 pounds. At the age of 11, he was able to lift 53 pounds!

It would be inaccurate to call him a jock at this point in his life, since he is now 24 years old.

As he was given the moniker “Little Hercules,” he began receiving invitations to a variety of activities, including contests, television events, ads, magazines, and even movies. Because of this, Richard’s family decided to move to California in the hopes that it would help their kid realize his full potential.

The boy’s regimen, including his training, eating, and routine, was closely monitored by the boy’s father, who was a previous world champion in martial arts. The man was reprimanded on many occasions for abusing his kid and placing an unreasonable amount of pressure on him.

After seeing his father verbally and physically assault his mother when Richard was 11 years old, he called the police. The guy was taken into custody and charged with assault on a family member.

The child had stopped communicating with his father and had become oblivious to his existence. He continued to practice for a time, but each session became progressively shorter.

Richard adds something to the effect of “I am very proud of my successes as a youth, I am not ashamed of them, and I do not strive to conceal this chapter of my life from anybody” at the time. “I am quite proud of my achievements as a youngster.” “I really don’t want to live like that any longer,” he adds. “I truly don’t want to live like that.” “They attempted to make it seem as if I was some kind of natural monstrosity.”

Richard maintains his exercise routine, but not with the same level of fervor as in the past. He likes to skate and goes for a run first thing in the morning. As part of his job as a stuntman for the show “Waterworld” in Los Angeles, he is required to jump into the water from a great height after being lit on fire at least five times every day.

His answer was surprising when he was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up: “A scientist practicing quantum physics… or an engineer at NASA, why not?”