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He hasn’t needed any external inspiration because of his self-motivation - but he changed his mind. In many ways it turned Briscoe self-reliant and independent - almost.

That carried well over into my adulthood.” “I’ve always seen myself as fat and weak and even small. I had very low self-esteem and body dysmorphia,” he says. But even those may weigh less than what’s he’s carried with him to this moment. In escalating weights, Briscoe will have to lift each stone, carry it 15 feet and place it on a pedestal.

That’s become the quintessential even most people identify strongman with.” This is a Level 2 event which is a starting point,” he says. Briscoe will be competing in the 275–355 weight class and yes, he’ll be doing the stuff people see on television’s World’s Strongest Man. Olympia contests (the apex title in bodybuilding), the annual classic consists of competitions in weightlifting, arm wrestling, CrossFit, bodybuilding and strongman. “Where I would really like to be is at 350 pounds,” the 28 year-old says. He’s doing all this to make his strongman debut Saturday at the Ronnie Coleman Classic in Fort Worth. At 6-foot-4 and 320 pounds, he’s been training five days a week in two different gyms for months. RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Briscoe is all about numbers these days. BODY BY JAKE | Atlas Stones, balls of solid concrete, are part of the strongman training regimen.