Meet Gujarat’s Youngest Strong Man

Varun Dave was 15 when he decided to fight body-shaming with weights. Three years later, he won the title of the strongest man in Gujarat.

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00:00I was a short-eyed guy, so no one believed in me that I could do this.

00:27Teachers have also said that you are a good-for-nothing guy, but I never took it to my mind.

00:57My fight is not with these people, my fight is with myself.

00:59And I had a passion that I just have to do it and show it.

01:25I was not discouraged, because I knew that I was at zero, and if you are at zero, you

01:32don't have anything to lose.

01:33In 2017, it was a year when everything changed, my living style, I used to take two bags,

02:00three lunch boxes, one tiffin.

02:01In the last four or five years, I have not gone out in the evening, no parties, no hangouts,

02:11nothing.

02:12Home-cooked food is like the best thing we can have, roti, rice, dal, paneer, fruits,

02:26obviously protein powder.

02:27I am a vegetarian, so I have to keep the protein content high.

02:57If you have the courage to dream, then you can also fulfill it, never underestimate yourself.