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Rare Condition Gives Toddler Super Strength

Posted by samzenpus on from the put-your-father-down dept.

Liam Hoekstra is only 19 months old but he already has washboard abs and amazing strength. Liam suffers from a rare genetic condition called myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy. The condition promotes above-normal growth of the skeletal muscles; it doesn't affect the heart and has no known negative side effects, according to experts. Liam has about 40 percent more muscle mass than normal and needs a lot of food because of his increased metabolism. "He's hungry for a full meal about every hour because of his rapid metabolism," said his adoptive mother, Dana Hoekstra. "He's already eating me out of house and home." When Liam wants a toy, Liam gets a toy.

8 comments

  1. Should be a good sportsman one day by nicc777 · · Score: 1

    Especially for something like rugby

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  2. April fools, tools. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    April fools, tools.

  3. Will he attend... by CityZen · · Score: 1

    Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters?

  4. Thank you by azav · · Score: 1

    Thank you for that two year old news flash. I'm all caught up now on what happened in May of 2007

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    1. Re:Thank you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh get off the lawn already. If Slashdot coposted every article Fark did, there'd still be cool and bizarre stories missed...

  5. Oh you pretty things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    (oh you pretty things)
    Don't you know you're driving your
    Mamas and papas insane
    Let me make it plain
    You gotta make way for the homo superior

  6. Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    He's 3 now...old story

  7. Bam Bam, stop hitting the table! by mgrinshpon · · Score: 1

    Bam bam! Bam bam bam!