(Eddie Flexing his Muscles, showing of his sheer mass)

Dimensions

•  Height: 6ft 3in
•  Weight: 410 lbs

Notable Lifts

In Competition:

• Deadlift with straps and suit 500 kg (1,102 lb; 79 st)– world record
• Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift with straps – 465 kg (1,025 lb; 73.2 st)
• Axle press – 216 kg (476 lb) strict press – world record
• Log lift – 213 kg (470 lb) strict press – British record, done at Europe’s Strongest Man 2018

Gym lifts (all raw):

• Squat – 405 kg (892.9 lb)
• Bench press – 300 kg (661.4 lb) and 265 kg (584 lb) for 6 reps 
• Leg press – 1,000 kg (2,204.6 lb) for 10 reps

(Eddie deadlifting 455 kg (1,003 lb) during Europe’s strongest man, 2015)

Biography 

Eddie hall grew up in the rough part of the neighborhood, in the skeleton of a once wealthy city. Besides the finical burden that being a strongman has, Eddie has overcome many other personal and external obstacles that where put in his way of becoming the strongest man to have ever lived. This week, we take a look at one of strongman’s greatest success stories, Eddie “The Beast” Hall.

(Eddie during his swimming days as a teenager, 2003)

Hall was born on 15 January 1988 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. As a teenager, he was a successful competitive swimmer and rugby union player. In 2008, he began working as a mechanic. He trained and competed as a bodybuilder and entered the strongman circuit. In 2010, Eddie had a chance to compete in the England championships organized by Elite Strongman because of injury. Hall making it into the 2010 finals, which he won on his first attempt by half a point.

(Hall dropping a 220 kg (484 lb) log onto his neck after passing out mid lift, 2015)

In 2015, Hall nearly broke his neck while attempting to lift a 220kg (484 lb) up over his head. Hall had gone through the warm ups with no problems. His first and second attempts went up smoothly and were successful. On his last attempt, he gets the log to his shoulders and presses it with speed, and at first it looks as though the log will go up with no problem. Suddenly, Eddie begins to stumble, with nearly a quarter ton over his head and drops the log onto his neck, which then rolls over his head, and then catapults him back against the wall. Hall had passed out during the most dangerous part of the lift and it nearly cost him his life, but that didn’t stop Eddie and his quest to become the worlds strongest man, and shock the world with his feats of strength.

 

(Eddie lifting an all time world record of 500kg (1,1002 lb) during Europe’s strongest man, 2016)

A little over a year after the log press accident, Eddie hall shocked the world In July 2016 when Hall had done the impossible. Hall had proclaimed that he would lift half a metric tone (500kg or 1,1o2 lb), which would make him the first man to have ever lift such a weight. Many critics laughed at him saying it could not be done, but when Eddie had begun to move the earth from under his feet so that he could lift the bar, a 10,000 person crowd erupted as they had just witnessed a piece of human history. The lift however took a huge toll onto Eddies body. The 500 kg lift made Hall pass out, and he had been bleeding from his mouth, nose and ears, an attempt that Hall said nearly killed him.

(Eddie barely standing over his opponents, Hafthor Bjorsson (left) and Brian Shaw (right))

In 2017, Halls life long dream of becoming the Worlds strongest man came true. He had bested the Icelandic giant Hafthor Bjorosson and Americas Brian Shaw to win the title of the World’s Strongest Man competition. Moments after his victory, Hall announced his plans to to retire from the strongman. It was no secret that the weight that Eddie was maintaining was taking a huge toll on Eddies health, and Eddie knew that he could not stay at the weight he was and live for very long. Since he retired, Eddie has lost over 50 lbs and is still making gains in  he gym, with a new goal in mind of bench pressing 700 lbs.

Sources

English, Nick. “Eddie Hall Is Losing Almost 2 Pounds Per Week – Will He Do Bodybuilding?” BarBend, 13 Dec. 2018, barbend.com/eddie-hall-weight-loss/.

Sport, Telegraph. “Britain’s Eddie Hall Defeats Game of Thrones Star The Mountain to Be Crowned World’s Strongest Man.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 28 May 2017, www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2017/05/28/britains-eddie-hall-defeats-game-thrones-star-mountain-crowned/.

Jack de Menezes @JackdeMenezes. “World’s Strongest Man Athlete Nearly Dies Breaking World Record.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 12 July 2016, www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/eddie-hall-nearly-died-after-passing-out-following-new-deadlift-world-record-of-500kg-a7132306.html.