A gym fanatic who worked out twice a day and hoped to emulate film star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson died after tearing an artery in his chest, a court heard.
Andrej Gajdos, 19, stood 7ft 2in tall and weighed around 20 stone when he died. The teenager, who was born in Slovakia but later moved to Weston-super-Mare, collapsed outside a Tesco and could not be revived.
An inquest heard traces of anabolic steroids and testosterone were found in his body.
Mr Gajdos, a student, died almost instantly due to a ruptured thoracic aorta.
Dr John Oxley, who carried out the post-mortem exam, told the court this was extremely unusual in a young person and he had only seen one other similar case in 15 years. He added he had "never met a man so big".
Mr Gajdos had organs which were much larger than usual, including his heart which weighed 680g, almost twice the normal size of between 400 - 500g.
Mr Oxley told the court: "Steroids would have enlarged his heart, and having a big heart predisposes thoracic rupture."
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