Was John Cena always this strong? Yes. John Cena was always this strong. The former U.S. Champion uploaded a mighty #TBT picture on Twitter of his younger self deadlifting the approximate weight of planet Earth at the University of South Florida gym as a 19-year old bodybuilder in training.

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Of course, given Cena’s current shoulder injury, it doesn’t seem he’ll be pulling off this much tonnage anytime soon, but if the caption is to be believed, he’s not too worried about getting back to fighting form.

This was a photo taken at USF when I was 19 #TBT although now this would be tough, in a few months it will b warmup pic.twitter.com/DLmmfbcKvx

— John Cena (@JohnCena) January 28, 2016

Your move, Rock.