365 pound Eddie Hall runs 1.5 miles in 11:27

I'd like to see a fight between everyone here and Eddie. I wonder how many letsrunners you would need to make it fair

I think most guys could DL 220 lb once they get the technique down. Let us take all the testosterone, GH, insulin, and whatever else he was on, and we'll get closer.

I went from DL 135 to DL 315 in about 6mo. Granted I wasn't running 100mi a week then.

Yes....if you stop being about running you can gain a lot of strength.

Alan

I was probably closer than anyone here.

I was at 700 DL at 214 lbs.

Plus, mine was PL style, not strongman style.

He likely couldn't hold onto it at 1100...

I have stood next to Eddie Coan doing close to 900 at 220, so 1100 is impressive in an absolute sense, but not pound for pound.

Hall's pressing strength is actually most impressive to me.

Powergeezer wrote:

I was probably closer than anyone here.

I was at 700 DL at 214 lbs.

Plus, mine was PL style, not strongman style.

He likely couldn't hold onto it at 1100...

I have stood next to Eddie Coan doing close to 900 at 220, so 1100 is impressive in an absolute sense, but not pound for pound.

Hall's pressing strength is actually most impressive to me.

I mean pound for pound the smaller guys always put up better numbers as far as per BW. But 500 kilos is f'n 500 kilos!

I don't really care for Halfthor's gym lift record.

Alan

Banana Bread wrote:

So he would literally be running 7:38 per mile. He would be a second faster with every pound lost. If he dropped 235 pounds to an ideal 130 then he would also have the WR of 3:43

Wow Alberto Comments on Letsrun!

a guy that is 6-3 at 130 is very unhealthy

WHERE IS MATT LONDON GET HIM HERE RIGHT NOW

John Scott wrote:

Eddie Hall only became a strongman because first he couldn't make the draft, and then he was too slow in the 60 yard dash.

What draft? What are you talking about? I know Eddie was a British champion swimmer as a youth and then got into lifting at age 15, I follow strongman and watched documentary on Eddie and somehow missed this story. Military draft in Britain? What draft has you run a 60 yard dash?

Genuinely curious.

I agree with this post. Some people are just simply ATHLETES, meaning they are exceptionally good at some athletic event and above average in everything else. It's not inconceivable that he could run that fast. I mean, look at how fast grizzly bears are. Big does not necessarily mean extremely slow. All depends on how your tendons and ligaments are laid out.

We should all be terrified of a guy his size able to run at that pace.

Beastly wrote:

Genuinely curious.

Just consider it a homage to our resident americentric conversion factor enthusiast with a last name that reminds you of the old country.

Old Man Runners wrote:

We should all be terrified of a guy his size able to run at that pace.

He's still relatively young (32). Like to see how his body holds up at 40.

Even Nick Bare is like 29 or so.

Impressive. Not 1.5 miles. The guy that ran 9 minutes ran backwards multiple times, constantly checking his watch, and he is like 200 pounds. No way he was running 6 min/mile pace for 1.5 miles in that video. Short course. These guys are still super fit and impressive! Fun to watch. It won't be fun when he gets older. He can't even sit up straight due to the muscle in his core. At 70 years old it won't be pretty.

I really liked how both the guys had their shirts off because they like to show off their steroid physiques.

John Scott wrote:

Beastly wrote:

Genuinely curious.

Just consider it a homage to our resident americentric conversion factor enthusiast with a last name that reminds you of the old country.

Huh?

Still don't know the story or what draft you're talking about.

probably the run was the most legit part in the video. push ups/pull ups/sit ups need to be done non stop, no resting. He is a fast swimmer but for navy seals you need to use military side stroke which he did not use (because 12 minute cut off is deathly slow in freestyle)

Sorry, lifting your butt off the ground and breaking interlocked fingers on sit-ups - doesn’t count.

Well said Peter.

Mat London?