Richard Sandrak - Miniature HeMan. Is he for real?
21st July 2003 by Simon
This little lad is Richard Sandrak. You may think he looks like a slightly strange body builder - that’s because he is TEN. Having looked at his site, my first reaction was that it was a faux site with Photoshop’d images on it, but having watched the videos I’m less sure. I still think they still look a bit suspicious (the BBC video edit cuts of his body are really fast, which isn’t their normal style, and there aren’t many single shots with his body and head show) but reading through some discussions on Martial Arts Planet’s site, some people are claiming to know him or having see him. The claims about him is quite amazing
At the martial arts school Richard trains for speed, balance, power and mind and at the age of 8 has the fastest and the strongest kicks and punches in the world measuring in at 110 punches in 15 seconds and 30 kicks in 15 seconds.
And talking of little power houses, take a gander at Dzhambulat Khotokhov, the 4-year-old Russian wrestler.
[Richard Sandrak piece via Something Awful]
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uhh hes for real… ive seen him compete.
He is for real…saw him on Howard Stern and Ripley’s Believe it or not. HMMM..Is it healthy to be that musculer at that age?
the part of the 4 year old power house the link wont work gimme a working one plz
I really like Richard. Anyone who wants to mail about him, do it with me!! He is so strong!
gabwammes@yahoo.com
I think that this is disguting. Fancy allowing a child to “pump Iron” or whatever it’s called. I am sure that this is no good whatsoever to his health, he may be strong, but the srain could cause serious problems in future.
just how strong is this kid now? am fascinated!
richard is cool and an amazing kid. he has changed many peoples lives
to be healthier,ricky.
I am 37 years old. I have trained in bodybuilding for 3 years. I can do leg presses for working sets of 4×20reps @ 150k. I weigh only 43k and I can run 10 miles without breaking sweat, I can do a lot of the stuff Richard can do,except martial arts as Im not interested in it, I bench press 60k for 12 reps @ 3 sets. I have 9% bodyfat last time I tested, however I am resting out for a couple of weeks….I have not had a day off training for years. I once held a litre tin of paint with my little finger and painted my lounge fast, balancing on a ladder and the painting was perfect and straight. It was like I had no nerves, but unbelieveable strength,,,,Is this weird? Am I a freak? Blood tests show nothing negative does this mean I am fit? Has anyone out there experienced this?
what are you talking about?? That is off topic.
jameschino88 at hotmail dot com
Wow, yes i saw him on Ripleys too.. He has inspired me.. even though I’ve kind of missed my chance..I just turned 17 and i’m a girl so a lot of people think it’s gross but i’d like to get started! I’m absolutely amazed with richard! and I’m sure he’s healthy or else he wouldnt be doing it. I bet other kids are scared of him! how cool! And mia yes that was so off topic but mia sounds like a feminine name..maybe you could e-mail me and help me out?
richard do you like wrestling
That is real but that is very unsafe and is very unstable, also for a kid that age to possess that definition u need testorone which firstly only start devloping when you hit puberty for a six year old to have that body means he has been taking some sort of steriod which can kill him!!
(q).I just turned 17 and i’m a girl so a lot of people think it’s gross but i’d like to get started! I’m absolutely amazed with richard! and I’m sure he’s healthy or else he wouldnt be doing it. (/q)
he’s a kid who’s been diverted from life.
anyone adult who think Richard’s past was good- stand still so i can dope-slap you. No fine line of distinction, it’s just explotation and child abuse.
My m8s told me richard is a fake and he took steroids i believe them. I saw hid docomentory and his former manager said he did, so i believe he took steriods and i anit changing my mind untill i have proof he didnt.
someone respond to my comment
I’ve got no proof either way mate.
On a serious note, I would advise on being cautious about making allegations without proof.
hey Emmanuel learn how to spell people like you ruin this world cant you give the kid credit if its healthy or not? retard
There was a documentary on him on the TLC channel. Physiologically, before puberty a boy can not be defined like that. He was being fed a strict diet of vegetables (good for him), and an unknown drink(potentially anabolic steroids). He was not allowed friends or to eat pizza. I do not blame the boy, and later on problems occured in his parents’ marriage and in 2005 his father went to jail for domestic assault. After his father left his physique has started to change, as he no longer drinks whatever it was that his father was giving him.
The thing is testosterone is what is needed for building muscles like that, and they don’t “kick in” until a boy hits puberty (ages 11-13 or so). As for the girl on here, please note that women have, for the most part, very little testosterone (guys have a tiny bit of estrogen), so the women you see at body building competitions, for the most part, are taking anabolic steroids.
Ok safe for the advise but one thing i gotta say is that i believe wat the docu said and i also believe my m8s because they have GCSE in science so there quailified. But i fail to understand y i should give him credit for nothing.
Safe simon i would like to no wat u believe.
someone reply
What do I think?
Well, I wrote this post over three years ago and I haven’t really thought about it since then. He sounds like a kid who has had an unfortunate start in life, one with a few problems at home.
Three years back I thought he had an incredible physique that was clearly way outside what is generally thought of as ‘normal’ - if he hadn’t I probably wouldn’t have ever heard of him and certainly wouldn’t have blogged about it.
As to how he achieved it, I have no view.
What I do know is that using TV programmes as the basis for making your mind up about something is a dangerous thing.
hey this is brooke ur one cool kid and u have a awsome body and how old r u and email me backand ur hot
for nothing? look at the kid thats alot of hard work for anyone, especially at that age.
Okay guys! I AM REAL!
that’s fantastic richard!! you tell them. i am a personal trainer and as to the question of is he real… well there is a picture of him isn’t there? and he has had lots of peolpe interview him. richards body is amazing and i havn’t seen anybody else looking like that at richards age… but OBVIOUSLY it is possible… as long as you are happy richard.
IMHO, Richard belongs to the genetically gifted type of people. He might be a mesomorph whose myostatin gene is damaged. I have friends who just started to lift but grew so much at once even without anabolics or supplements. Age difference is high though. Lol.
you are so good looking and so big
I believe hes real but I think that its kinda wierd. Because when hes older he could be abusive.
sorry but it could happen. rite
this kid is all fake…lil bitch on steroids…come and compair to a 5′8 165 pound 13 year old…give us some videos of u benching ur max weight and then ill believe you…get off da steroids.
yo kid w.e ur name is jacob puls u think ur soo tuff if u and richard fought he would kick ur as soo hard and he’s only like 10 imagine when he’s ur age he’ll be double ur weight
i am just as cut and strong and i am not in any videos or on TV, HELP ME OUT !!!!!
someone reply PLEASE
@Travis - You could always start your own Blog and build it slowly.
That is so cool.
I still cant beleive you have a 8 pack!
Well i have a 6 pack so we are pretty close.
I have little muscle not like you that have big muscle FOR your age!
Annyway I just want to say THANK YOU for showing me that when you were 10 you had a 8 pack and im 12 and i have a 6 pack now!!!:)
thanks.
bye liana
Hey Richard I just want to ask you some questions. ok?
#1: Do you like having alot of muscles?
#2:Did you like your dad training you when you were 2?
#3:How many abs do you have?
#4:Do you like being famous?
#5:Do you think you had a happy and fun life when you were younger?
Well that’s it…
so anwser them please by doing a comment…
thanks
byebye
liana
PLEASE richard i wan to know your answer.
please send a comments with your anwsers.
Richard Sandrak is the most muscular kid and is really awesome. One of the first times I saw him was on Ripley’s believe it or not and when he walked his pecs were like bouncing and flexing. Really awesome muscle.
u fucking losers, that kids just fucked up
anyone on steriods n growth hormones such as testosterone can hav a body like that after a few years of training
poor kid, he’ll be a 5″1′ short for the rest of his life n he’ll hav aching balls for a while too
Don’t you guys know.. He isn’t as strong as he looks, he takes anabolic steroids which can make ANY boy of that age to develope muscle too. So he isn’t naturally strong like body builders are sopposed to be. His father slipped powdered steroids in his health drink and injected anabolic steroids when richard slept.
Now he is fifteen and lost every single muscle he had since he stopped using steroids, He is not the strongest boy in the world anymore.
His father messed up his life, Richard will now be the same height he is right now, and with nomore muscle or strength he won’t be able to compete when he’s older.
The police forced him to stop working-out till he is at least eighteen. Looks like the next strongest kid might be Denys Urquilla, a boy from Canada, he is naturally muscular and uses no steroids at all. He is amazingly strong and trains with his big brother. He is a muy-thai kickboxer/powerlifter/UFC trainee at the age of Thirteen. I’ve heard rumours that his myspace is www.myspace.com/c1rcask8ter but I don’t have a myspace so I cannot add him.
Denys Urquilla. Fight Style: Muay Thai Kickboxer, Brazilian Jujitsu, Wrestler.
uh…..um…well hes not as strong as naruto i know thats for sure! i bet richard dont know how to do 500 laps around the leaf village…oh wait that was gai sensai……….never mind….by the way naruto is an anime look it up on google.
i LOVE kakashi!oh wait thats off subject
by the way im in martial arts.
oh and by the way im the strongest girl in my school im 10 and im pretty ripped with muscle! ok ill shut up now …..bye!
Just to let you guys know richard is for real i know him personaly we skate all the time and yes he is for real and all you people that think hes sick hes not
and john i dont think he likes wrestling ill get back to you on that
and bob shut your goddamn mouth hes almost six feet tall
chris stop making up bull shit because hes still working out and no fuckin cops stopped him from doing anything and he never ever took steriods
if he still works out how come he ain’t all over the news anymore and shit
He’s not real, tons of websites saying his dad went to prison or something for putting powdered steroids in his health drinks..
lmao… and what the hell happened to that “little hurcules” movie?
the truth you want the truth ill tell…
im a steroids freak i took em since i was 2 my dad he used to get em for me they wer so tasty yumyumyum u should try em go on fuk urself up like me :)
Richard is not taking Steroids. You are not Richard because Richard didn’t know what the hell his dad was giving him! There you have it now maybe you should go fuck yourself!
HI RICHARD I THINK YOU ARE A VERY SMART KID AND A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR THEES AVERAGE SIZE KIDS THEE DAYS KEEP IT GOING AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU. FROM YOUR FRIEND VICKY
Richard isnt on steroids! y ru tryin 2 act like him? he didn’t know what he was drinking he just drank and ate what his stupid dad gave him!
I am not on steriods. i have no idea what my dad was giving me. stop with all the silly things you peolpe keep saying.
weight training and fitness is great but its no sport. I think Richard should try to go out for football, baseball, anything that would make him more well rounded. I’ve been an athlete for many years and guys like Richard are simply missing out. Who gives a crap if he took steroids he was and still is a kid, move on.
Richard go play a sport!!
he took drugs
That kid is so disgusting! Why would he waste the first ten years of his life bodybuilding! That’s so wrong, because you could do so many other things. They probably don’t like to be around him in school. Unless he’s homeschooled, in which case he probably doesn’t have any friends. This is sickening…
Anyway… I’m stuck between the steroid issue… it seems like he did, yet it seems like he didn’t… oh well, he’s the one on tv not me or any of you commentators.
oh btw richard… how do you know ur not on steroids when u dont know wat ur dad was giving u?
i am 78668 yrs of age, i weigh 34453 pounds with only 1 percent of body fat… i once held up a house with my pinky while farting the swedish national anthem, and i burped out the russian alphabet all in a matter of 30 seconds… does this sound weird? well then go eat a hamburger RICHARD SANDRAKUS.
hi richard how can i lose wight fast
You are all jealous!!!It`s possibly to make body as richard just be hard worker!!!I am 15 year old and i have very strong muscled body because i always exercise(waterpolo,football,basketball,bodyboilding).I was started bodybuilding at age 10 and now i am tall 6`2 and big 220ibs(my father is 6`2 too,and my mother is short about 5`5).Really if you exercise at young age and after you will increase your health,height and your bones will be much bigger and stronger.Don`t be jealous because you don`t have healthy body as richard and me!!!Just exercise and you will be happy and more attractive.ps:maybe i did some mistake because i`m serbian…Viva Novak Djokovic and all SERBIA!!!WE ARE PROUD!!!
Im much stronger that That richard sandrak and im only 11, i can carry 3 time my weight for 5 minutes.
Nicholas and Petar don’t bullshit too much, your strength is nothing compared to Richards.
Also if you guys want to know the strongest kid in the world now, His name is Denys Urquilla.
He’s a kickboxer, brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter, and weightlifter.
If anyone knows more about Denys, please let me know.
Evan.
how much does he wey and how he got that big eh eh
iv seen this really young boy who lives in China similar to Richard very strong hes a very quiet his father is a friend on my uncles and the boy is so strong and he is 9 and has the same strength as Richard when he was 10. This boy’s father who trained him is very skinny but he is quite strong.Not much people have seen this young boy because his father dosen’t want the public treating him as a freak!
I think people who get on here acting as Richard are full of s*%$ and you need to grow up so that people who are actually trying to discuss this can have a mature conversation.
When richard was younger he had more muscled body,but now his muscles are very small and almost unvisible.I don`t understand whats wrong with that?Maybe he sleep less?Lol really does anybody now whats wrong with him? ps:maybe he is transforming into a woman?lol again
i cant believe a person in this place is trying to act like richard.he is probably 300 pounds and he wishes to be like richard
im 11 years old wit a 6 pack
oh and richard worked out and toke steroids
Does anyone have any information on Denys Urquilla?
I want to know more about him but there doesn’t seem to be very many thing’s on him except that he wants to be a UFC fighter when hes older..
i have followed richard sandrak for years, this kid is real, hey like him or hate him really does not matter, he is in demand and the public wants more. this talent has a secured future. -Corey Pintauro
Richard has little pennis!
LOL Dude this kid is on roids.. theres no way your body can develope like that unless youre on something… and this is just plain sick
Call me a loser or jealous or whatever idc lolololol
i would love to be like him i try my hardest but it dont work
Anyone who thinks a child can develop a physique of an adult without the same input (i.e. hormonal) is wrong. children cannot develope significant musculature before puberty. fact. It is a clear case of abuse of a non-consenting minor to develop the ego of the parents.
Steroid abuse can have appalling concequences in adults, and there is currently little knowledge of the effects it could have on a child.
Finally..why the hell would anyone want to look like that? steroids squew the development process leading to muscles where they shouldnt be. athletes who dont cheat have the right physique.
hi richard where do you get the steriouds then and i will try it
hi richard have you ever tryed collosum milk before it makes you realy musuley in a few minates
some of you guys are idiots.
Richard has never been proven to have taken steroids, bodybuilders arent naturally strong (THEY TAKE STEROIDS), Richard does have freaky genetics, and the police didn’t make him quit working out (they dont even have the authority to do that)
however, he has gained barely any muscle since he became a phenomenon and his workout routine is composed mainly of isolation exercises (which is STUPID)
he isnt really very strong, just extremely ripped
the cost of me taking steriods gave me tiny pea sized balls.. and i am strong ethan go look at my documentory, i weighted 65 pounds when i could curl 60 pounds.. shoot ur self bitch.
no way its not possible, not even a freak of nature can be that ripped/strong without taking steroids
how did you get so ripped up like that please reply
To Richard Sandrak AKA Steroid Taker:
Richard Sandrak, I am a gifted and talented individual with a high IQ and If my dreams of becoming the President of the United States of America I’ll Find You and Make you take a Lie Detector Test and you’ll be caught taking Steroids.
To Others:
I am the Strongest Boy In My School and Im Ripped with Muscle. Im ten and I have a six Pack and 12″ Inch Biceps. I can lift two kids at a time and I can beat up a twelve year old. I can do one arm Pushups and two hand Pullups. I can bench 70 Pounds and have veins in my Biceps. I also have big Pecs. Once I used a kid as a weight. I workout 3 times a week. I only Lift light weights and girls fight over me. I am mini little hercules.Richard Sandrak took Steroids.
The Twelwe inch biceps were actualy Fourteen Inch, and I can Bench 250 Lbs
okay guys first of this kid dad was 6″2 and his mom was 5″6 and look at him hes only 5″5 hes short as hell for a 16 year old
also its gay i lift weights ever other day and the days i dont lift weights i run 5 miles im 6″2 and i have a better body then this kid will every dream of having but he toke steroids so he did’nt have to work nearly as hard as i have which is dumb
another thing if you noticed right when his dad went to prison is when he stoped with the steriods so if you look at his myspace account he has lost most of his defintion in his arms but when he was using steroids he had some defintion in his arms
so this kid is fake and does’nt deserve any of the fame hes recieved
also if you dont believe me then just go to this sight and you will see an am infact not pretending
http://www.pvillepanthers.com/06_roster.html
sorry i forget to metion my name its Greg Nwoko
I am Dr. Wilcox, a licensed medical professional and before I start making any false accusations I would just like to say a few things. Firstly a physique of young boy that age is HIGHLY regarded as an impossible achievement, that is by NATURAL means. There seems to be alot hype going around about the subject of AAS-anabolic-androgenic steroids. The fact being that such high hormone levels cannot be attained, let alone put to full potential, until puberty(ages 11-18+),there is reason to explore this factor. Secondly, if the reason for this genetic make-up is due to early develpment of the endocrine system,(specifically speaking of the Hypothalamus), or a dissruptive gene disorder, the host will most likely stop growing at a young age. Hence, whether it be natural or mediated developement, the subject or host will most likley not grow as tall or as fully developed, including muscle growth, as the average adult. One thing for sure is that he will not live a normal life, all we can do for the time being is to see what happens.
-Dr. Willcox
Boston University, School of Medicine