From metalhead to mass monster, Craig Golias has grow to be a giant deal

Lots of young men have joined gyms and started lifting weights to get as tall as possible. If you took her deepest thoughts and turned her into a real person, the result would be Craig Golia. At 6 & # 39; 3, Golias usually weighs near 350 pounds - with abs! Golias told Dennis James on a special episode of The Menace Podcast that he knows only too well how these beginners felt because he was one himself.

"In junior high and high school, I was the skinny, long-haired metalhead who played in metal bands," he told James. “I wasn't into sports. I've been in bands. "

After spending much of his younger years in bands opening up to act on a national level, Golias began to train and grow ... and grow. A chance encounter with a photographer in the Cleveland area resulted in his being introduced to a man many in the bodybuilding community know, Ed Connors.

“I spoke to Ed, and Ed flew me [to California] in January 2006. I think I was 21 or 22. I came out of there and thought, 'OK, I want to do bodybuilding.' "

After participating in several amateur shows from 2007 to 2010, Golias focused on size and on being as tall as possible. His photos have gone viral many times since then and his name has been linked to many of the great mass monsters in bodybuilding history such as Rich Piana and last year's Mr. Olympia Mamdouh "Big Ramy" Elssbiay. That served as a motivation for him to really push it forward and see how much potential he had.

"I sat down and said, 'Damn it, if you really think I'm crazier than all these other guys then really let me try.'"

Golias has plans to eventually lose weight, but not before he tries one last time to gain new levels of mass. He hopes to be as tall as 375 pounds with abs.

“I want to document it, show the world that a person can get so tall and slim and then keep the waist small too. I'm really known for that, ”he said proudly. " bowels, no bloated stomach."

The social media sensation had a very frank conversation with James about business, health and life as a mass monster. Check out this episode of The Menace Podcast on the Muscle & Fitness YouTube channel. Also, subscribe to and enable notifications so you can keep track of each episode as it airs.

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0:30 - intro and first injury

3:25 - Background and Introduction to Bodybuilding

9:00 - First show

11:03 - low season

12:20 pm - Is there a chance he will compete again?

15:04 - Motivation to be such big / mass monsters

19:14 - health problems

21:15 - Future goals

23:09 - Loss of size and the price of being big

29:50 - Recognition for his mass

31:20 - His head