Big Brian Shaw's Heaviest Ever Deadlift

[@StrengthUniverse]

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[@seanoconnor1188]

Another training deadlift that I think is worth noting is his 1067lbs (banded) deadlift double.

[@Kobethornton1234]

😮

[@OhgodImtoosexy]

Equipped or aided lifts are not worth noting.

[@z13l11]

​@ytsux9259 you = weak

[@abdullahyusof4739]

@@OhgodImtoosexy That was a band-resisted deadlift (952lbs plus 115lbs of band tension)

[@annatural7553]

If you notice eddies vs Brian's lifts you can see that Brian always tends to over extend his legs thus effectively making his deadlifts (Romanian or a somewhat stiff legs) hamstring focused. I honestly feel his downfall in his deadlifts is because he never tweaked his deadlift stance. Thus if you notice all of his leg injuries were mainly his hamstrings.

[@seniru95]

I think this stance is what Brian found to be the best for him. I remember him mentioning that he won't be able to produce much power off the floor with a narrower stance

[@anindohowlader8377]

Yes

[@HashBrownDoyler]

He loves a hamstring tear

[@greigite5191]

he got many hamstring injuries, so thats why that happened!

[@kevinmunz]

I've always thought Brian's stance hinders him and causes his many hamstring injuries. He almost certainly could lift more if he adopted a position that better utilized his massively powerful legs. Hafthor's 501 kg pull is a perfect example of this.

[@kacpperkacpperowski3496]

He also did double at 432kg with band tension of 50kg ib 2016, this was something...

[@thesurfer6976]

This video talk facts, it's very accurate about Brian lifts and the one about almost 620kg it's so much impressive ash, also thanks for doing this video then everybody knows Brian strength it's not human

[@alphaownsyou]

Brian Shaw has been an inspiration to me for quite some time. Being in my late 30's and a Dad to two boys myself, wanting to grow my own strength being a little older. Brian shows that you can always improve if you work hard enough for it. I had hoped he would attain his 5th WSM title but it just wasn't in the cards for him. But he does have two sons that could end up following in their Dad's footsteps. Who knows.

[@Dmoriarty1993]

Work hard, bro. You're still young enough to make great gains. Methodology and persistence are the keys. If you don't mind a slow but steady gain, try Douglas Hepburn's method.

[@Nirsterkur]

Brian defied the norm that taller athletes can't excel at the Deadlift. 1:27 was 467.5 kg.

[@andraspalffy7038]

Well, the current WR is 501 kg, achieved by Hafthor Bjornsson, who is even taller by a few centimeters.

[@Nirsterkur]

@@andraspalffy7038 Hafthor is the Greatest Deadlifter Ever!

[@Ian-if2lf]

the norm is that deadlift records are held by taller then average people, defying the norm is when you see a shorter then average guy doing well in deadlift.

[@Nirsterkur]

@@Ian-if2lf Nonsense. The taller the person is, the longer the ROM is. Longer range of motion means there's more work done. It's not rocket science. It's simple mechanics and common sense.

[@Donsaholic]

@@Nirsterkur Ok? The bigger a person is, the more muscle he can pack on his frame to achieve heavier lifts. Stop skipping brain day.

[@Karda_Nava]

Brian is truly THE strongest man in the world. I don’t think anyone is better than Brian, when Brian was/is at his absolute peak best. This man has also consistently stayed that freakishly strong, at his peak essentially for a long ass time!.. most of these strong men only can stay that way physically for a few years & then can’t keep it up anymore, but not Brian! He has stayed at around 450+ lbs of muscle and at peak strength/peak performance of being a strong man & among the top 3 best for literally about a decade now.. that’s basically unheard of normally!.. that’s crazy, & wildly impressive, almost inhuman & monstrous lol. He really is a beast among beasts, & I genuinely believe (with sufficient proof to back it up too) that he is truly THE strongest man to ever do it. If anyone has ever watched the anime series “Fate/Zero”.. the one character is “Iskandar” (aka Alexander the Great) & he is absolutely monstrously massive, his character is like 6’10 tall & like 400lbs of solid muscle, a straight unit, & I always thought that Brian Shaw is basically the real life Iskandar lol. If anyone ever had to play the real version of him, Brian would be the only one suitable for the role haha. Seriously though.. he’s the best of the best, the actual strongest man ever

[@mcfarvo]

I would put peaked, prime Brian Shaw up against anyone in most strength performance competitions and expect that a sufficient variety of strength events combined would demonstrate Brian Shaw to be the overall strongest 💪 and then the area under the curve of his fitness for strength tasks around that peak is so great as his dominance was over a decade against yet more of the greatest Strongman athletes ever, Big Z et al., for these and other reasons, I would contend that Brian Shaw is the greatest Strongman of all time

[@alexbryant5537]

Well said

[@Nirsterkur]

I'd say he will have a very close battle with peak Zydrunas, but as Laurence Shahlaei said: if you hypothetically make a lineup of every single strongman in history in their prime, peak Hafthor will defeat all of them and win the competition.

[@stokiemanbrent4200]

I think peak Thor beats peak Brian. He was statically stronger & faster across basically every moving event.

[@JuggoJuggo]

@@Nirsterkur Thor didn't have an extended run like many of the others but for about 2 years or so he was the strongest person to ever live.

[@Nirsterkur]

@@JuggoJuggo The strongest person to ever live is the strongest person to ever live, irrespective of the duration of the peak. Plus, he's the 3rd most winningest strongman of all time. Only two others have won more international competitions than him.

[@jefffendrick418]

That's is a good video. Brian thinking about the weight at the end.

[@uuzoo]

Brian Shaw is not built for Deadlift. He's tall with a long torso and legs. But, still, he pulls massive weights. Amazing.

[@thatguyfrommars3732]

A shame the 2016 world deadlift championships was run the way it was. Brian wanted to go for 480 kg without a suit but the whole event was set up for Eddie.

[@mark4lev]

Brian could never pull 480kg.

[@thatguyfrommars3732]

@@mark4lev Repping 432 with 50 kg additional band tension and a comfortable 463 at that year's Arnold say otherwise.

[@Nirsterkur]

@@thatguyfrommars3732 Only the latter, but I doubt it. His PR is 467.5 and another 12.5 on top of that is doubtful. Can believe ONLY if he did it. Band assisted pull gives the total weight only at the very top of the lift. He only broke the floor with 432.

[@Ian-if2lf]

@@thatguyfrommars3732 if Brian had not been a pussy and said he wanted to go for 500 then it would have been an argument you could have made, but only one guy was talking crazy back then, so yeah let Eddie have it, everyone including Brian said it could not be done, so it was not even in Brians mind that it was possible, Eddy made it possible ... and to this day it has not been beaten in a competition.

[@thatguyfrommars3732]

@@Nirsterkur Oddly enough for an unequipped lifter, Brian's weak point is his lockout, so the final extension was probably harder for him than the pull off the floor. As to whether or not he could have gotten 480, we can't say for certain but I would like to think he had it in him - that 467.5 moved at about the same speed as Thor's 480, and I think Thor could have done 500 without a suit or at least gotten close to it.

[@zoy13]

I really enjoy these videos. Do a video of Ted Aricidi

[@flyingpuma9729]

Brian shaw lifted 512kg? Why isnt this considered the official record?

[@StrengthUniverse]

A conventional deadlift is pulled from 9" above floor level. Brian's 512kg was a Hummer Tyre Deadlift and that is pulled from 14" above floor level e.g it is not comparable to a conventional deadlift.

[@potatozes]

Can I ask why the tire deadlift at 0:32 wasn't counted as the first person to deadlift 500kg? I don't know much about deadlifts, so could you explain it to me?😅

[@StrengthUniverse]

Because it was pulled from a height of 15" on a more flexible bar which makes the lift considerably easier when compared to a conventional deadlift that is pulled from. a height of 9" ("pulled from a height", meaning the distance of the bar from the floor)

[@potatozes]

@@StrengthUniverse Ah, that makes sense. Thank you

[@timothyscott1951]

the only diff is the bar , tired especially those tires are much larger then regular plates , the 15" was needed just so they could actually leave the ground provided he did a good lift and he did , so the bar really is the only reason if you ask me

[@liamrmorgans921]

Didnt he pull a PR in 2018 or 19 elephant deadlift in competition against Thor where he then pulled his hammy in the next attempt?

[@Nirsterkur]

Brian's PR is 467.5 during training (1:27) and twice 463 at ASC 2016 and 2019. Hafthor has pulled 465 in 2020, 472 in 2018, 474 in 2019 and 480 during training before breaking the WR with the 501.

[@liamrmorgans921]

@@Nirsterkur thanks 👍

[@Nirsterkur]

@@liamrmorgans921 You are welcome. 🤝🏻🙂

[@Lickmabumbum]

That bar on the rack pull is now bent af I reckon 😂😂

[@Doing_It_Wrong]

That was a few years ago, and yes, the combined efforts of Brian Shaw, Brian Alsruhe and Nicolai Myers completely tweaked TF out of that bar.

[@Lickmabumbum]

@@Doing_It_Wrong For sure man, that poor thing... 😂

[@Doing_It_Wrong]

@@Lickmabumbum Found the video from 4 years ago. Search for "1,365LB BELT SQUAT RACK PULL | BRIAN ALSRUHE | BRIAN SHAW"

[@cshaw9083]

I'm sure it is, lol. He's one of the strongest athletes in history. I'm less than half his size ( 190 lbs, lol ). I block pulled 730 x 3 with my cheap Olympic bar in my basement a few weeks ago. It's now terminally bent...😂😂😂

[@hanyadel5702]

OMG 512 kg thats crazy

[@kristiankember8973]

Why did the video cut out near the end?

[@StrengthUniverse]

Unfortunately had a copyright claim on that section of the video.,

[@kristiankember8973]

@@StrengthUniverse unlucky, what was in the moments that was copyrighted? Was it the lift from the thumbnail?

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@kristiankember8973 It was the lift that the video was based on e.g 1350lbs.

[@EveK-North]

0:35 - seems Brian is the first person to lift a half ton. Why doesn’t the tire deadlift count?

[@StrengthUniverse]

Because it's lifted from 14", conventional deadlift is pulled from 9"

[@EveK-North]

@@StrengthUniverse ahh, thanks.

[@cshaw9083]

This is why I find it so confusing to see all these random people on the internet pulling 900+ pounds. Like that blonde guy with thin legs who pulled 1000 lbs on one of those strongman racks with 4 points ( sorry, I don't know what it's called). Clearly he's not remotely as strong as Brian Shaw, but there he is on the internet claiming a 1000 lb deadlift ( sorry. I don't know his name. He's tall, blonde, goatee, thin legs, always wears grey vinyl sweatpants). How the heck is that possible? I'm not hating or trolling, I just don't understand. Thank you.

[@timothyscott1951]

it's called lying , ppl like what you are describing do that all the time , just look at castleberry , well known powerlifting liar , that's what most are doing with those claims , lies lies and more lies , hope that helps 😁👍

[@gitsurfer27]

Its lies, and sumo, sumo adds hundreds of pounds to your pull at these weights....you strip away the fake weights, sumo stance, and dudes with an entire pharmacy in them, then the numbers go way down.

[@Leandro-xx3ok]

Is he human? Kkkkkkkkkk monster

[@Alan-zb5pn]

I think for his size and weight, he should hold the deadlift wold record. But he never will

[@J.c410]

Well, Haftor holds the both strongman deadloft record and he is even bigger than Brian, so that's coherent with your thought.

[@REzado63]

There are cars that weigh less that! 😱😱

[@leoh1191]

But I wonder why..what is there left to prove.. After one retires

[@quelandil5738]

He had one more big comp. He will compete in his shaw classic to finish his career

[@joebot9309]

He broke himself for good on the deadlift - trying to compete with Thor at the Arnolds.

[@thatguyfrommars3732]

That was the exact moment when Brian's static strength prime came to an end. You could even see it on his face - Brian knew Thor was a stronger deadlifter at that point and he couldn't keep up, but being a competitor he put everything on the line to win and it cost him big time.

[@thatguyfrommars3732]

Just re-watched that lift; he jerked the heck out of it. Literally went from bent elbows to pulling at full force with his back and hamstrings, much sloppier than his 2nd attempt. I think he psyched himself out and just forgot his technique thinking about making the lift.

[@mark4lev]

@@thatguyfrommars3732 it ended before that. He was a broken man at the 2017 wsm because Thor and Eddie were obviously statically moving the game on. His deadlift at the 17 wsm was borderline.

[@thatguyfrommars3732]

@@mark4lev His win at the 2017 ASC was arguably the most impressive single performance in strongman history. His deadlift suffered at that year's World's because his hamstring was injured (again), but he was debatably the strongest man there; he infamously ran out of time on the squat while still repping the weight. In terms of his static strength, Brian's peak was from about 2013 to 2019, with the strongest years being 2015, 2016, and 2017. If the 2018 editions of World's and Arnold's were more about pure strength, he might have picked up a win at one of those too.

[@stokiemanbrent4200]

@@thatguyfrommars3732If the 2018 WSM or Arnold's were more static then Thor would have run away with it. His static strength was simply better than Brian's that year

[@keithsandland6869]

Crap compared to 500kg Eddie hall! Clip tries to make 450kg some kind of record! Bloody awful clip

[@StrengthUniverse]

I'm confused, there isn't a 450kg deadlift in the video

[@KUfan62]

Eddie wishes he was as strong as Brian and Thor

[@fareedahnkinzi3182]

Last one was ego lifting 😆!

[@Demane69]

Strongman events can include Hummer tire lifts where the bar is much higher than normal deadlifts. Other events use that partial movement as well. Strongman isn't powerlifting.