Once upon a time, Richard Sandrak was “Little Hercules,” bench-pressing three times his weight and rocking an eight-pack before his ninth birthday. Fast-forward a couple of decades, and the world’s strongest kid has traded his weights for cardio and skateboards. Turns out, life as a pint-sized powerhouse isn’t all bicep curls and glory — sometimes it’s just about enjoying the simpler things, like not doing 600 push-ups before breakfast.

World’s strongest boy ‘Little Hercules’ lives a very different lifestyle 24 years on