Val Vasillief was the AAU Mr America in 1964.
That too, he found out he has a talent for muscle back in Afghanistan when he had to move 200+ dead Taliban he killed with his bare hand to make room for more.
He had to hide in a pool of dirty water from a battalion of Taiban for 5 days before being spotted by a passing helicopter.
When they found him his arms and legs were full of maggots who ate at his gangrene.
2 Weeks later he was back in the hills hunting Taliban.