Former troubled teenager has transformed himself into 'The Beast' with 56 inch chest and over 40 tattoos

If you came across Jens Dalsgaard in a dark alley, you’d probably be terrified; the 31-year-old has over 40 tattoos on his face and body and weighs 20st.
Standing at 5ft 10ins tall, his chest is a massive 56ins, and he has an arm circumference of 22ins – and to maintain his huge size, he consumes a whopping 5,500 calories a day.


He’s known as Jens The Beast, which promotes his image as a terrifying, Hulk-like monster. But in reality, this bodybuilder has a soft centre – he’s been through some difficult experiences, including losing his mother and a spell in prison, so his aggressive-looking persona doesn’t really reflect the laid-back person he really is.


Three years ago, Jens was released from prison and he decided to change his own life for the better by focusing on bodybuilding. He wanted to achieve a similar shape to the cartoon villains he’d admired as a child. But it wasn’t easy – he started eating an enormous nine meals a day, and working out five times a week.
"I started lifting weights when I was 18 years old, but it wasn’t anything serious," he says. "It was only a few years ago that I discovered the true potential of bodybuilding and nutrition. To get the big muscles I’d always fantasised about, I ate right, took the right supplements, such as amino acids and whey protein, and learned how to train most efficiently to build muscle mass."


Jen’s obsession with bodybuilding started as a child, when he became fascinated with bulging-muscled, bodybuilder types.

Jens, who runs his own online coaching company called State of Mind (which focuses on nutrition, fitness and bodybuilding) says, "My interest in big muscles started way back when I was a little kid. When I watched cartoons, I always preferred the villains to the heroes, and I loved the baddies’ big muscly physiques."

He just loves himself.