A Santa Claus from Salem, Oregon is competing for the "World's Strongest Man" masters title in North Carolina next month.
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Albie Mushaney says he was inspired to get in shape after battling diabetes.
"I was terribly out of shape, obese," he said. "Getting beat up by diabetes and I realized, you know, if I want to see my kids graduate from high school, I was going to have to lose some weight and get in shape."
And when he's not pumping iron, he's contributing to a good cause.
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Mushaney has also launched Operation Big Bad Santa, which raises money to buy Christmas presents for the children of wounded vets.