About me
My name is Rúnar Geirmundsson, ex professional powerlifter, photographer, musician, tattoo fanatic and an avid adventurer. Born in 1991, raised in Grundarfjörður, Iceland.
In 2007, I started training powerlifting, because of a serious ankle injury. 12 years into my career as a power lifter, I have accomplished every single thing I set myself out to do, but the work is never done. I went from weighing 58kg/127lbs to 88kg/194. In this journey I have set 1 teenage world record, 9 junior world records, over 150 national records, 2nd Icelander to be awarded “Best lifter” at a European tournament, one of a few Icelanders to hold national records in 4 different weight classes, at competitions held all over the world.
All of this has given me over 50 national titles, 3 European titles, and a World Championships title (took 3rd the year before).
Now I’m the coach at Thors Power Gym, home of the strongest man in the world, and life long friend, Thor “Mountain” Bjornsson. Coached a lot of Icelands finest celebrities among many other fine people. I have held seminars all over the country and held my first seminar out of Iceland, the summer of 2017, in Connecticut, USA, and then 2 in the UK in 2018.
The more I train, coach, experience, compete, travel, I feel how much I don´t know, and I’m just starting to learn right now. For many years I was ignorant, today I can say I’m just thankful and humble to be able to do what I do.
In 2014, I stumbled into the world of photography. I needed something new to motivate me and spark my mind again. I have always had the desire to take pictures and create art. From the absolute beginning I was hooked. I went out everyday for about 2 years and photographed something, developed film, and shot digital. The more I shoot the more I see what I need to learn. After shooting Canon and Sony for 4 years, I found my overwhelming love of Fujifilm.
I have now worked with amazing professional athletes like Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Stefán Sölvi Pétursson, Linval Joseph, Kyle Rudolph, D Hunt and more.
Shot a commercial for the NFL team Minnesota Vikings, NUUN Hydration, Virus, along with many big companies in Iceland like Sportvörur, KeyNatura, Netgíró, Viðskiptablaðið (magazine), restaurants, pubs, gyms and more.. Also modeled for photographers from Nikon, National Geographic and more.
