'Obese' MrBeast reveals shocking beach bod transformation

June 2024 · 3 minute read

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MrBeast is living up to his name.

The popular YouTuber, whose legal name is Jimmy Donaldson, shared an impressive transformation snap to Twitter on Thursday, adding to the list of tycoons getting shredded for summer.

“Woke up and realized I was obese so I started lifting and walking 12,500 steps a day,” he tweeted, along with the side-by-side shirtless photos, eliciting more than 640,000 likes.

“Still got a long way to being yoked but I’m happy with my progress so far,” Donaldson, 25, added.

The YouTuber’s latest tweet is the most recent update on his yearlong fitness journey, which he previously divulged this month.

While he admitted he still has “a long way to go,” he’s proud of himself for how far he’s come on his fitness journey.
This is the “before” pic from the latest update on his fitness journey, which started about a year ago.

“I’ve been lifting religiously for 10 months (with trainer, 12k steps a day, good sleep, good diet) and I’ve gone from obese to just lean. I have a new found respect for jacked people, this takes forever lol,” he tweeted, in part, earlier in June, sharing his body-fat percentage before and after he started weight training.

It appears the content creator is following in the footsteps of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk, all of whom have bared their beach bods as of late.

But it’s impressive that Donaldson has even an hour for the gym — he previously admitted he works tirelessly to maintain his massive viewership online.

The young YouTuber has become a viral sensation, amassing more than 160 million subscribers online. Getty Images for Youtube
On a podcast episode earlier this year, he admitted he sometimes works for days at a time on YouTube content. YouTube/Lex Fridman

At times, he said, he works for up to eight days straight making YouTube content.

On the platform, he touts more than 163 million subscribers, making him one of the most-followed YouTubers in the world, per Forbes.

“There are just some nights where I don’t wanna sleep, and for whatever reason, I feel compelled to go all night,” he said in January, while appearing on a podcast hosted by Russian-American computer scientist Lex Fridman.

MrBeast is most known for his wild stunts, which he shares online. Courtesy of American Dream

“And when I’m really in the grind mode, it’ll be seven or eight days just nonstop going, going, and then I’ll realize, ‘Oh, I need some recharge time,’ and then go f – – king binge a season of anime,” added Donaldson, who is best known for his videos of wild stunts.

The Post has reached out to MrBeast for comment.

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