EDDIE HALL 500KG DEADLIFT | STRONGMEN REACT!

Has there EVER been a more GROUNDBREAKING moment in strength sports history?
Evan Singleton, Terry Hollands, Rob Kearney and Gavin Bilton watch ‪@eddiehallwsm‬ lift the LEGENDARY 500kg deadlift back in 2016.
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[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Which legendary moment should we get the guys to react to next? 👇

[@01ajohnson1]

Thor's 501kg deadlift

[@HeliumBloon]

Iron Biby's axel press

[@misterc5783]

I think you’re missing the key concept that reactions work best when the video hasn’t been seen already by the reactor. It’s not a must mind you. But it’s missing a key element. As for what’s next, Kaz and the rest holding red wine on a claymore.

[@brandon_downes]

Thors 501 deadlift

[@craterflakes]

My 200kg deadlift. The boys are gonna love it.

[@flybynight9685]

If I’m not mistaken, on that day, nobody pulled more than 465kg. And it was a tough lift. Then Eddie comes in and speed reps it, breaks his own record, then goes above and beyond and pulls 500kg with even more in the tank. That was absolutely insane. One of the greatest if not the greatest strongman to ever live!

[@Micheldied]

I think Bennie pulled the 465 pretty easily too, but not as easily as Eddie. Jerry definitely had more than 465 in him too, but not 500.

[@haventhebeast6050]

Jerry Bennie and Eddie pulled 465 almost effortlessly but jerry and Bennie still failed the 500 that shows how strong you have to be in order to do such a feat

[@Silky_boi]

Jerry pulled 465 fast too, and on top of that he wasn’t wearing a deadlift suit either.

[@AdamA-qc6nc]

Greatest strongman ever? Incredible feat but come on mate. Not even top 3 to ever do it.

[@pbkimblee1858]

Because 500kg was the next weight after 465kg. Other athletes were suggesting 480kg but the competition was tailor made for Eddie so they put 500kg. Jerry also said in an interview that Eddie rested almost 30 mins for that lift and Benny and Jerry were forced to wait for almost 45mins for their lifts in which they were already cooled down. The rule was always 15 mins rest but since it was tailor made for Eddie, they don't care about others that much.

[@9256steven]

The 500kg deadlift by Eddie was the greatest moment in Strongman history.

[@MollymaukT]

Big Z doing 4 reps in the austian log is a big contender for #1 too

[@shersingh3994]

In sports*

[@binladen34444]

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[@binladen34444]

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[@lf67hh28]

Big Z's log, or Austrian Oak is more impressive. Equally, Thor has lifted more and thus its a greater lift.

[@warblackjack5565]

“That’s how world records should be done… You pull it off, and then you die.” -Evan Singleton

[@hulkslayer626]

Favorite lift of all time! For multiple reasons. First, because he didn't break the record by a kilo or 2 like him and Benny had been doing back and forth for a couple years. He set a milestone goal no one thought was possible. Secondly, because he did it the first time he tried it! Yes, Thor pulled it easier, and I'm almost positive he could have done more, but that wasn't the first time he tried, and he add multiple years of training. Yes, Thor's lift was stronger, but to me, Eddie's was better.

[@SHUBHAM678741]

Thor's lift was conveniently done at home gym and not in the heat of a competition like Eddie's. Thor's lift had no weight

[@joshbrooker5819]

@@SHUBHAM678741 😂😂😂😂 numpty, there was nothing ‘convenient’ about it. Thor was training to pull it in WUS Bahrain comp but the show was cancelled

[@Silky_boi]

@@joshbrooker5819 it is convenient, in a stadium with thousands of people that arena was probably hot as hell, you have less or more time to wait between lifts, and of course the tension of just being there. Whereas Thor was in an Air conditioned gym, was able to take as much rest time as he needed, and had access to any food or drinks needed.

[@joshbrooker5819]

@@Silky_boi Thor had a strict 15 minute rest period because it was live streamed on ESPN. It was literally released in the rule post before his lift. You all act like it was som random gym lift with no rules, it wasn’t. It was stricter than Eddie’s lift, factually. He had half as much rest exactly as Eddie who rested for as much time as he needed, came out every half an hour to lift because he wasn’t part of the main competition so wasn’t constrained to lifting with the other competitors. He was allowed to lift when he liked. He also dictated the weight jumps and brought his own bar & platform. As per, like most Eddie fans, you’ve done zero research on the topic 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@TheJohnbusi]

Third: He managed to do that thanks to an amazing mental work, making him disconnect from reality to save his childrens from a car. His words, he said he tried this because until few months before the attempt he felt like he wasn't even nearly close to lift that weight. He literally gone in another dimension during the lift, that's crazy what our mind can unlimit us

[@BearGryllsSpoofs]

Rumour has it… he was actually hydrated that day.

[@basicmeme1040]

Just death drained him

[@espenstoro]

Nah, hydrated Eddie would have lifted the entire venue.

[@RyanJacksonElectrical]

That was great. I'd like to see more "strongman react" videos, please.

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

We got more!

[@eddiejohnston1853]

@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN Thank you! We watch from Belize 🇧🇿

[@SomeYouTubeGuy]

@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN seeing guys who know what it takes to lift heavy talk about a lift like this really adds a lot to it. Definitely want to see more react videos from you

[@samarthur1847]

Just because the lift has been surpassed doesn’t detract from it. Fantastic milestone in strength. Thanks for posting.

[@maxiebojangles5823]

This lift was never surpassed. Competition an home lifts are just different. Anyone who competes knows this .

[@samarthur1847]

@@maxiebojangles5823 I couldn’t agree more, I was just being diplomatic. I winder who will be first to 505kg?

[@alc4117]

Lmao it never was

[@Kentucky81]

@@alc4117 what's up Eddie puppet

[@maxiebojangles5823]

@@samarthur1847 i honestly think that Makarov fella will eventually get it. As soon as he gets his lockout down. He can definitely get it going off the floor

[@darklordfabrications2324]

Seeing Eddie's wife stood there with everyone cheering as she's so concerned for his well being is a prime example of how dangerous that lift could have been. Eddie is a machine.

[@doomeR_007]

Yeah he had a concussion and and internal bleeding from it. He said he lost his hearing in one ear for 2 weeks

[@darklordfabrications2324]

@@doomeR_007 dudes is the beast

[@hazbaz1440]

I wish someone had recorded the other strongmen's reactions to his 420kg warmup.

[@ChrisSche]

This was what made me start following strongman. Definitely the greatest moment ever. It wasn't just the record, or even that he smashed it by such a large number. It's that he did what everyone thought was impossible. This was such a triumph of the human spirit.

[@tk75jo]

You have to realize that Eddie Hall beat the old record with 35 kg. That's like running 100m under 9 sec. Now that the mental barrier is gone more people will do it. But Eddie Hall will always be the first guy to do it. It's like the 4 minute mile.

[@barath4545]

In percent improvement, it rivals the 8.90m long jump from 1968 or Usain Bolt going 9.58 on his own 9.69 or when Michael Johnson went 19.32 on a WR of 19.68. Or Karsten Warholm going 45.94 when the WR was 46.70!

[@driessen16]

It was actually 36 kg. The records from the year before was 464kg. They broke the record with multiple guys at 465kg and then Eddie broke it again with 500kg

[@i_savagery]

this is the best deadlift of all time. Literally get the chills every time I watch it

[@buikemm]

It's iconic, but Thor breaking the record was far smoother.

[@i_savagery]

@@buikemm that doesn’t matter. It wasn’t in comp and he wasn’t the first to do it. Eddie’s will always be remembered as the 1st to ever do it

[@buikemm]

@@i_savagery Thor is the first to go above 500kg, emphasis on above. We can still say Eddie has the in-competition record. But we can't take away the world record of Thor. That will be unjust. Thor did it in a smoother way too. For all saying he did it in his backyard, all strongmen have tried the 500kg in their bedrooms too and none succeeded. The son of Odin deserves his full respect.

[@craigwheeler4760]

Another one was Ernie Hachett Vs Bill Kazmaier at 1085 lbs back in the early 80's. It wasn't quite as deep of a DL as this one, but it was impressive to watch. Bill actually did the World's first 900 lbs DL in a powerlifting competition -- bare hands no assist RAW. He was thinking the same things in his day, as Eddie Hall thought in this era.

[@davethimmel7135]

No matter how many times I see it…. Awesome

[@institutoshizen]

At the end of the day a WR is a WR. We know Thor break the deadlift for 1KG and his effort were formidable. But you have to understand that Eddie in that day *already broke the WR Deadlift* pulling 465KG off the floor and a few minutes later he pulled the greatest lift in human history being already fatigue. Pulling +35KG on top of a WR you already broke the same night has never happened in ALL strength sports. This is the reason I believe most people credit Eddie Hall to still be the record holder and Deadlift King. Not even mentioning his physical disadvantage between Top 10 Strongmen stats he competed with. A true BEAST

[@JG-lw5uz]

No, we don't know Thor broke it. It wasn't done at a comp level. End of

[@EVO6-]

@@JG-lw5uz there was no comp, it was cancelled because of COVID. At the end of the day, Thor had Rogue weigh his plates, he had the most respected ref in to officiate, and it was all under competition *conditions*. The exact same thing applied to Shivlyakov breaking the masters deadlift record around the same time. No one disputes that lift because they don't have a vendetta like with this. Speaking of competitions, Eddie's 'comp' was a farce set up entirely for him with his deadlift bar, his conditions, his weights picked by himself and Benny and Jerry there to make it look like a comp and not a one man show. He also did it in a multi-ply suit whereas Thor was single ply.

[@JG-lw5uz]

@@EVO6- you're clutching at so many straws showing you know absolutely nothing about Strongman.

[@JG-lw5uz]

@@EVO6- his Dad and yes men weighed the plates 💀😅

[@pichynuchen2053]

@@JG-lw5uz finally get over it and stop making a fool out of yourself. The record was broken by Thor and your opinion will not change that. Look at the lift and just enjoy it instead of talking it down.

[@leehargreaves7473]

Roger Bannister broke the 4min/mile record. Nobody mentions the 2nd man to run under 4 minutes for the mile. Who was the 3rd man the moon? World records come and go. It's all about milestones, and Eddie reached a milestone first. That's forever.

[@alexandrudumitru2435]

I get goosebumps everytime i watch this historic lift. Eddie Hall is a Legend.

[@bawllsdeep]

Evan singleton is hilarious

[@vanessaruiz4705]

yes. But I got the impression that he doesnt really like eddie a lot.

[@Twomps]

This deadlift and Benny's 460 are goated

[@basicmeme1040]

Bennis 460 was unweighed sadly

[@Kado1609]

the raw deadlift from benny is just madness xD

[@andymore62]

I get chills every time I see him set up for the lift. The intensity and energy he had to summon in that moment is unfathomable. If you lift, you can appreciate the intensity of that moment.

[@onemorebrew4070]

This moment will always be number one. End of.

[@americaneric2183]

When I saw it I was legit worried for his life.

[@glennjanot8128]

Me too. After he dropped it back down, he fell unconscious.

[@leonmaclean7759]

My favourite lift of all time ☺️.

[@herb2078]

Eddies 500kg in strongman and Andy Boltons 1000lb in a powerlifting meet are the two greatest and iconic feats in strength history. Both by Englishmen 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@macthecook4484]

But then you got Mark Felix who is one of Britain's best too and he's 56 years old and still active!!

[@herb2078]

@@macthecook4484 mate mark Felix is a legend! Its genuinely unreal that a man of that age can be competitive at that level! Mind blowing

[@ImanPirmo]

Love Gav's comment 'looks pretty fucked there' 🤣

[@dassonntagskind]

Eddie endet up in the hospital while Hafthor was seen on Twitch playing Counter Strike a mere two hours after his 501.

[@JG-lw5uz]

Lol, and? Not only that.. 501 was never verified.. but his dad verified it, so it counts, right?

[@EmilBBechGrip]

@@JG-lw5uz Did you see anyone weighing the bar or plates when Eddie did the 500kg?

[@JG-lw5uz]

@@EmilBBechGrip did you not see it was done at a competition level? Did you not see any of it being properly officiated by the GBOR?

[@dassonntagskind]

​@@JG-lw5uz Not verified? It's literally in the Guiness Book Of World Records, how much more verification do you want??

[@EmilBBechGrip]

@@JG-lw5uz Sure but how is Thor's lift not "verified" when they actually showed the plates being weighed? What more would you have him do?

[@everythingstrength1485]

Colin Bryce reaction: "here we gohablashebadayeahhh" 😏🤣

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Maybe eating chicken wings?

[@robertmather7334]

That's the greatest lift I've ever watched in my life. Unbelievable Eddie.

[@bigsqueeze7231]

What’s really wild is Eddie’s doctor told him to lose weight or he could die and he goes and deadlifts 500 kilos. Madlad

[@FarhanKhan-vb3up]

The logo on the poster behind is same like when eddie lifts 500kg

[@anotherboringclip]

And a wee bit of shrug. . 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheFallenSHDW]

It's like Travis Pastrana doing the first double backflip. No matter how many people do it after, he'll always be first. He was the one who broke that barrier and no one can ever take that away. Just like Eddie with this lift.

[@vanessaruiz4705]

double backflip???? ok,. im searching it now, had no idea that was humanly possible :O

[@bmstylee]

What makes Eddie's and Thor's so insane is that most people will never pull half of that. 200kg is a pretty strong pull for most people.

[@barath4545]

I can walk into my gym right now and not having done deadlifting in 2 yrs, I think I can do 100 kg. 200 kg would take me roughly a year of hard training to get near, but I might just get there (clean) in 18 months, considering I have work to attend. So 200 kg is quite a feat yeah.

[@busabros2480]

I've got two mates who live relatively lazy lifestyles and maybe train 1 day a month, if that. Both can walk in the gym no prep and pull 200kg 😂 but then I have another friend who trained 6 days a week, paid a coach for a year stuck to his plan and food prep and never got past 175kg. Truth is some people are just built different.

[@Therighthanddon]

Even then, only a small % can deadlift that much weight

[@BaldMancTwat]

Bro, 100kg is a strong pull for 90% of people.

[@toocool2bblue]

The ONLY man to ever lift 500kg in competition... The greatest lift in history bar none

[@thomasstansfield5544]

I never noticed before how the bar got stuck on his shorts. I wonder if it would have been even smoother had that not happened. What a Beast indeed!

[@ashtonlenz1301]

That was won of the best videos. And I can’t even describe why. I guess the love and respect they have for one another. And the fact everyone is happy he accomplished it. Amazing.

[@NarkoPreben]

Wauw this is totally new to me, imagine if giants live posted this lift every 14th day for years……

[@richardhawkins2647]

Captain Matthew Webb, Sir Roger Bannister, Sir Edmund Hillary, Eddie Hall.

[@conortoms9575]

Look its another giants live video about eddie hall..wow...

[@thomasbenjamin3557]

Iconic Moment

[@jdrb3040]

One of if not my fav lift of all time because, When he did it almost everyone thought even getting close to 500kg was near impossible and he did it by jumping up in weight.

[@iielysiumx5811]

For me this and lasha snatching 225kg are the two greatest feats of strength of all time

[@dirge4november84]

Lasha’s 225kg was insane the guy snatching over 500lbs over his head in one motion literally blew me away. He looked like he had more in the tank too.

[@dirge4november84]

@jumbo I would say both. I can deadlift 500lbs he can push over that over his head. No amount of technique can put that over your head without the strength to support it

[@Kado1609]

this man is the definition of no limit

[@driessen16]

Well this was pretty close to his limits tho. He almost died doing this😂

[@Piekartz]

Like they said, groundbreaking lift.

[@Stevelangdon93]

React to Rauno’s masters record And Luke Vs Oleksii at Europe’s, when Luke won and then when Oleksii won

[@JohnDoe-mf1jy]

Beast is for a reason simply the strongest man ever lived never to be beaten. He is massive when u stand next to him

[@Bigramt]

Speed is key Yes obviously you need strength, but Eddie followed Andy boltons principles. Speed and not overtraining will build an excellent deadlift

[@edwardmoreno60]

He held that and looked at everyone there before dropping it

[@LMcGearty]

Not only did he smash the previous record, Eddie doesnt have the physical advantages others like Hafthor and Brian have. He is truly a beast, just incredible.

[@richtc8053]

It was the greatest lift of all time💪

[@stephendendy8376]

The bloke that knocked the shit and piss out of Eddy hall also beat his record right

[@g-9222]

Yawn. Always 1 prat with a smart mouth. Yeah thor allegedly beat the record in his own gym, not in competition in front of thousands of fans huge difference really, which is why Eddies lift in most people's view is still the "OFFICIAL" WR.

[@samtastisch86]

The REAL deadlift World Record

[@MCsmileyB]

damn terry 2.0 looks good

[@benkoehler7397]

First and only man to ever do it.

[@48webber]

goosebump creator.

[@scar4892]

This is one of the craziest lifts I’ve ever seen

[@Kratos-005]

He popped all his blood vessels in his head and blood poured out of his nose and other orifices. Just shows the amount of pressure there was to lift this. He did serious damage to his body and took a long time to recover fully after this. Scary. But a wonderful achievement.

[@him050]

It's mad to think that the only reasons Eddie did this was so he could finance his strongman career and win WSM.

[@jonnyhunt6767]

*unpopular opinion.. Knees weren’t completely locked out.

[@Reos-Domain]

Definitely an unpopular opinion since he literally held it up for multiple more seconds then he needed to, doesn't really matter after that bru

[@al-knows-nothing]

Lucas, have a look at Renaissance Periodisation. He explains the idea of regular breaks and de-load weeks to reduce the fatigue you’ve had a few times. I’m mass-gaining too at the moment. Clean food is defo hard work…! For reference, I’ve put on 4.2lbs (just under 2kg) a month with a bodyfat percentage maintaining 14-14.5%

[@g-9222]

I'm an Eddie fan, always have been. I think Thor in his prime, in competition against prime Eddie "THE BEAST" Hall, in front of TEN THOUSAND strongman fans would not be able to beat Eddie hall for the simple fact that the Beast would do whatever it took to surpass anything Thor could lift. I believe that Thor did indeed lift 501 but Eddie's 500KG in competition in front of all those fans will forever go down in history as THE greatest deadlift EVER. Absolute Legend.

[@Abyyss33]

Eddies lift> Thors lift at his home gym

[@scottandrewjohnmiddleton8676]

Definitely 1 for the history books Eddie's determination would be worth a fortune if you could bottle it

[@abbadaufa]

im struggling with 150kg, and this man just pull that heavy ahh weight like a beast

[@unholyloaf]

I'm sure this will be a civil comment section...

[@milesroe5082]

Eddie did this at the end of a 3 day competition when he was knackered and dehydrated! Thor "cheated" by being in his personal gym and only pulled 1 lift. The Beast forever!

[@jebudylajtwejt8051]

No, he wasn't at all! Eddie was only there to lift the 500 kilos. The first event of the competition was the deadlift. He never intended to be in the rest of the competition.

[@petrokemikal]

He could have done 510kg that day, and shut down deadlifts for probably 10 years ...

[@Mk1Male]

What gets me is that 3 years after Thor (easily) lifted 501kg (apparently)he hasn't attempted anything heavier. Perhaps it's because we're not in lock down now and he has no excuse for having to do it in his own gym. A fact which always gets him angry when questioned about it.

[@Fran-rd1nl]

#1 Lift ever

[@espenstoro]

Of course records will always be broken (and it was), but there's no multiverse where anyone makes such a huge leap in deadlifting again.

[@bmstylee]

I'm not sure how much farther that lift will go. Thor probably had a few kg left on his pull. No one has come close to the 500kg mark since. We will probably see 505kg bit it's going to take time.

[@xTwistedFleshX]

It wasn’t broken. You telling me if I break Michael Phelps’ records in my swimming pool with my dad timing me that it’s a real world record? Give me a break. Brain Shaw himself said he’s lifted what would be considered world records while in training, but it’s not a competition. It doesn’t count unless its a real competition. I won’t beat Komen’s 3000m world record by running at the gym or at a park no matter how fast I do it. So stupid.

[@pichynuchen2053]

Incredible lift, big respect to Eddie Hall. The aftermath shows just how superhuman Thor actually was in his prime, beating the 500KG WR easily and walking away like it is nothing. Truly incredible moments, this is why I love strongman!

[@mgrimble3975]

Ye only took him another 4 years of training to beat Ed by one KG. To improve the record as much as Eddie did Thor would have to have lifted around 535KG.

[@J.c410]

@@mgrimble3975 Eddir spend years pulling out of contest after the deadlift everytime and kept training it all the time cause ir was his best lift. He did not took Thor 4 years of hard training to get there, he only did a single prep in a few months and got it easy. Haftor was busy actually competitng and training every events

[@pichynuchen2053]

@@mgrimble3975 The thing is I am fully aware that Eddie Hall did something incredible, I do not deny that at all. This is the problem with this debate, it seems some people think that because the record was broken it makes Eddies achievements smaller, which is not true. Thor was just on another level and beat the record very convincingly, it was also technically a much cleaner pull. And in all honesty I think no one denies that Thor could have gone higher than 501KG.

[@jak71113]

@@mgrimble3975 That was Thor’s way of trolling Eddie’s 2017 WSM win by one point. That’s the WSM that’s led to a beef between the two. Where Thor argued that he had done the same amount of Viking presses as Eddie, but the judges ruled otherwise. Eddie won that WSM by a point, therefore, Thor took the deadlift record by 1 kilo.

[@AdamA-qc6nc]

@@mgrimble3975 Such a stupid argument to make. The only way that would be relevant would be if Thor trained solely for deadlift since 2016. Since Eddie pulled 500kg, Thor got another 4 WSM podiums, winning one. Won another 3 ESM titles, won WUS, won the Arnold 3 times in a row, all on top of the titles he already had. Also, he already broke one of Eddie's deadlift records in the elephant bar in 2018 and pulles 474kg on that bar suitless for a speed rep. Don't pretend he spent all that time trying to beat a record.

[@fazer12779]

Thor after unofficially lifted 501kg but it wasn’t in competition!

[@sandynathan]

Everyone remembers the 1st man to run the 4 minute mile....absolutely no-one(without googling it) can name the second.

[@VideoHostSite]

It's honestly kind of sad the way this channel shills for a brand instead of the sport.

[@fabrb26]

Me as a mechanics struggle to lift and hold up a 35kg gearbox to secure it with a screw...

[@liammoon9309]

The amount of shock and fear on his wife’s face after the lift when he collapsed. Must have been a scary moment for her

[@jlim9411]

I think a lot people miss the point of all of this when we get into the Thor vs. Eddie argument for deadlift supremacy. By doing the 500, Eddie brought the standard up by unbelievable margins and proved SO many people wrong. The previous record was more than 30 kg below that and there were so many people (even people close to Eddie) who were talking sh*t about Eddie’s chances in the months leading up to the lift. He also did it in front of an entire arena of people whereas Thor did it in his home gym surrounded mainly by his friends and family. I don’t care what you say, that has very big psychological impact on the lifter (anyone who has performed I front of a crowd can attest to this). When Thor lifted the 501, he proved that he was a better deadlifter in terms of overall strength and capability. You can definitely argue that both of them were capable of more on the day of their lifts but Thor looked a lot smoother and even had a slight disadvantage being half a foot taller than Eddie and had to pull the bar much farther. But at that point, expectations about pulling 500+ kg were a lot more optimistic than they were when Eddie did the 500. Eddie had already raised the bar and proved it was possible to pull 500 kg. No one was doubting Thor in same way they were doubting Eddie. I think with how good Thor was looking at his peak, almost everyone was pretty certain that he could do it. Therefore in my opinion, Thor was definitely a stronger deadlifter and arguably a better strongman overall when they were both at their peaks, but Eddie’s lift is still by far the more impressive one. His had more significance and was far more impactful than Thor’s. Credit to both of these guys for what they accomplished during their lifetimes and glad they have at least agreed to disagree when it comes to their past beef.

[@kemalcanocak]

He holds it for an extended period...

[@Warhorse469]

Considering how easily he lifted 500kg off the floor makes me think he could have done more Eddie definitely has the Hercules gene.

[@boahnation9932]

Best lift ever.

[@derekthen8825]

With how much pressure that was built up inside him, I’m honestly surprised Eddie didn’t just explode

[@basicmeme1040]

Eddie did 463 in July 2015 465 in March 2016. He got up to 500 over a while. Also this wasn't in a full competition. Eddie drove 20 minutes did 3 deadlifts and left

[@BadgerBadgerBadger28]

It’s 250 on each 5 fingers what a animal

[@Gajargon]

With all the athletes that have tried this lift, it's so much more impressive that Eddie set this crazy PB/WR on the first try. I'm sorry, but Hafthor being an absolute freak and beating this by only 0.2% will never be as impressive to me as Eddie pushing it >10% in his career and redefining what's possible, nearly killing himself in the process.

[@basicmeme1040]

Eddie never pushed it over 10%. He started at 461 and worked it up to 500

[@basicmeme1040]

Also eddie has myostatin deficiency basically no one else does

[@basicmeme1040]

Also 500kg nearly killed eddie. Thor had more in him

[@Manuel-ld7rm]

Thor beat Eddie by one kilo because it's what he wanted, he could have lifted 510kg

[@Gajargon]

@@basicmeme1040 Depends on if you're more impressed by lucky genetics or the drive to nearly kill yourself for a goal. And no, the myostatin deficiency in Eddie's genomic testing has no determined value; you need to analyze the proteome to see what's actually being transcribed. Eddie isn't packing on muscle without training like cattle with true myostatin deficiencies, so it's clearly not a full deletion. The strongest predictor of strength is still simply size, in which Thor obviously has the advantage.

[@daltonzart6581]

This is nice for an AVC.

[@ATomRileyA]

Eddie is the GOAT, makes you wonder how much more he could have lifted someone should have added 10kg and not told him haha.

[@FantasyWriter-ou2hb]

"MY OPINION" I've watched alot of eddies video's, I watched the video where he talks about the lift and the aftermath of it. He explains that he was at a physical limit and couldn't push his body anyfurther. So instead of training physically he trained mentally, and created this scenario in his head that was AWFUL the worst KIND of TERRIBLE. Eddie then convinced him self that it would come true if he "failed" to lift that 500kg. He even says it himself he spent hours in the bathroom just mentally terrifying himself to the point it was literally life or death "IN HIS MIND". I honestly think they could have thrown another 15 to 30 KG's and the result would have been the same. (I don't think we'll ever know) he basically triggered the fight or flight instinct to give him access to "ALL 100%" of his strength the same way a 130lb woman, lifts a car off of her trapped child that she normally couldn't budge.

[@greigite5191]

maybe max 12kg that, i feel like if he kept on training for dl for another 4 years, he could of maybe done a 535kg dl

[@simongitu7311]

Eddie Hall is a real giant beast to ever Walk the face of the earth!!!

[@do__ob]

Everyone: greatest lift in history Evan Singleton: bring back fat eddie

[@niccostangler]

They gotta fit Kearney into everything lol I wonder why😂

[@misterc5783]

It must’ve been so difficult just to live at this size.

[@tonybarfridge4369]

I can't imagine the back strength needed, besides legs and hips. If I added another 35 kg to my maximum, then managed it with mind tricks, I'm sure bones would be broken.

[@logger589]

Oldberg actually looks like Goldberg :D

[@anthonyproffitt5341]

I guess the lesson here is that, if you don’t pass out and nearly die, you ain’t tryin hard enough.

[@KorisnikBr1]

Respect for doing that but when he trash talked Thor before fight saying he could deadlift 540 kg... he almost died there and Thor lifted 501 looking like he could do 510 I don't like his trash talk

[@vanessaruiz4705]

excuse me but if you dont like trash talk then you should dislike thor because it's thor who started everything at WSM 2017.

[@sflblitzgang]

Yet. At some point the average Joe will remember him for losing to the mountain. RIP.

[@g-9222]

You still whining on chuckles.

[@kris1103]

I was in the crowd that day, first time the Europe's had moved from headingley stadium the year before and the atmosphere for a strongman event was crazy! I still thought Eddie had written a cheque he couldn't cash then it went up and the crowd went absolutely mental. Took two non-strongman fans and they probably still have no idea they witnessed something so monumental.

[@xamurai00]

Thor goes on and does a 501kg with noone around but his own team.. .yep.. sure

[@lsdmd3760]

the goat

[@UnbiasedTruth..]

Impressive now let's their reaction to Hafthor

[@MrA340fanyo]

You'll never see that because all of the strongmen community were against him doing it in h9is home gym without any committee members to sanction the lift. Hence why there's barely any recognition to his lift. Its unofficial and the record is reported on but not a true undisputed World record

[@basicmeme1040]

Thors Everyone:amazing lift The stoltmans and UK retainer guys"wait where did this happen"

[@ATomRileyA]

You cant count a lift with fake plates they all know this, thor should have done it in competition.

[@basicmeme1040]

@@ATomRileyA thor did

[@basicmeme1040]

@@ATomRileyA eddie didn't compete in the competition really he deadlifted and left. Thors plates were weighed