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Who You Calling Chicken Legs Now?

This scrawny teen became a weightlifting obsessive, doubling his size and winning YouTube fame—but once you get sucked in, “big enough” is always a tad too small.

Angelina Chapin
Apr 08, 2016
∙ Paid
Photos by David Yellen

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