Previous record of 500KG set by Eddie "The Beast" Hall in 2016.
Previous record of 500KG set by Eddie "The Beast" Hall in 2016.
Don't really matter. Everyone is using.
He is beating a level playing field, although there aren't too many guys relatively athletic at 450+ pounds.
But am wondering what the rest of the world thinks of this. I think many countries place more emphasis on classic weightlifting no?
Runningart - I know next to nothing about lifting and I know you've been doing it for years. Honest question, in your opinion, what is better: this deadlift or 220kg snatch (the wr afaik)?
BS lift. His own gym, schedule, etc.
Everyone else has to wait for formal competition for it to count. Gym PRs do not count.
Plus, Eddie Hall did it the right way and lifted 500 first. He's the Roger Bannister of deadlift. He probably could lift 520+ a year later.
501 out of competition is just social media marketing crap.
I’m surprised no one has comments yet about his 5k pr? Or how they were lifting 400kg on their first effort on their first day on training and now earn $250k per year just in stocks?
It’s a mighty impressive feet to do lift that much, wherever it’s done, oh I forgot he is not America.....
Former powerlifter here.
This lift has no chance to be valid for several reasons.
Most importantly, no straps are allowed in competition. A lot of very strong deadlifters are limited by their grip (short fingers, etc).
Very strong, but not a valid deadlift.
Darby wrote:
Former powerlifter here.
This lift has no chance to be valid for several reasons.
Most importantly, no straps are allowed in competition. A lot of very strong deadlifters are limited by their grip (short fingers, etc).
Very strong, but not a valid deadlift.
Eddie Hall used straps and a deadlift suit so what the hell are you talking about? If you tried to lift that amount of weight with an over-underhand grip the under hand arm would most certainly result in a torn bicep.
Darby wrote:
Former powerlifter here.
This lift has no chance to be valid for several reasons.
Most importantly, no straps are allowed in competition. A lot of very strong deadlifters are limited by their grip (short fingers, etc).
Very strong, but not a valid deadlift.
Current powerlifter here. You’re correct that Bjornsson’s deadlift would be considered invalid by any powerlifting federation -not only was he using figure-8 wrist straps, he was barefoot as well- but he did it following the rules of Strongman, which are less stringent. So, it was a world’s best in Strongman-style deadlift, period.
Given that he made the lift in his own gym, on his schedule, outside of a competition, this was the strength sport equivalent of Kipchoge’s sub-2.
Sandownia wrote:
he did it following the rules of Strongman, which are less stringent. So, it was a world’s best in Strongman-style deadlift, period.
This.
[quote}]Given that he made the lift in his own gym, on his schedule, outside of a competition, this was the strength sport equivalent of Kipchoge’s sub-2.[/quote]
And this.
And I think he knows it and that is why he didn't go for the 520 he was certainly capable of looking at how easily the 501 went up (Eddie Hall needed medical attention after his lift)
He saved the 520 for a real competition.
Deadlift is King!
Eddie Hall's 500kg lift in comparison (bout 4:00 in):
tin can man wrote:
https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a27150995/thor-bjornsson-steroids/
Well...of course. Why would anyone expect anything else? Deadlifting that much weight is impossible otherwise for almost everyone who has ever lived. Doesn’t mean it’s not an amazing achievement.
He didn't even lift it over his head.
Darby wrote:
This lift has no chance to be valid for several reasons.
Most importantly, no straps are allowed in competition. A lot of very strong deadlifters are limited by their grip (short fingers, etc).
Very strong, but not a valid deadlift.
It's a great training deadlift.
It is an enormous weight and a great spectacle.
It puts it in perspective that it is less than 2.5 times bodyweight. I used to do more than 3 times BW, and with regular rules...no straps.
I think not having to travel to a real competition was worth at least 25 kg. If you train in the evening, but then after traveling, staying in a hotel, less sleep, early morning weigh in. There is all kinds of stress and competitors milling around. Things don't run on your schedule. All of this adds up. Anyone could do a lot more at their own gym on their own schedule.
Powergeezer wrote:
It is an enormous weight and a great spectacle.
It puts it in perspective that it is less than 2.5 times bodyweight. I used to do more than 3 times BW, and with regular rules...no straps.
I think they reach other limits than BW multiples. Hall said he bruised his back severely in his lift and hurt several of his vertebrae.
Alan, can you even deadlift 400 pounds yet?
Brofessor wrote:
Powergeezer wrote:
It is an enormous weight and a great spectacle.
It puts it in perspective that it is less than 2.5 times bodyweight. I used to do more than 3 times BW, and with regular rules...no straps.
I think they reach other limits than BW multiples. Hall said he bruised his back severely in his lift and hurt several of his vertebrae.
Yes, no doubt, the heaviest lifters can't be expected to lift as many multiples. The whole concept is to make the lighter guys feel better.
Perhaps of more interest to this forum. Hall claims that when he was a bit lighter, 308 lbs, he ran 54 minutes for 10k...
Him and his brother do have pretty good aerobic engines, based on the rowing machine performance, but still...
Powergeezer wrote:
Brofessor wrote:
I think they reach other limits than BW multiples. Hall said he bruised his back severely in his lift and hurt several of his vertebrae.
Yes, no doubt, the heaviest lifters can't be expected to lift as many multiples. The whole concept is to make the lighter guys feel better.
This isn't about making "the lighter guys feel better," this is about physiological facts. Superheavyweights like Bjornsson and Hall are so strong on an absolute level that they're at the outer limits of what the human musculoskeletal system can handle.
The great Lamar Grant was able to deadlift 5x his bodyweight in the 123 and 132lb classes. That's mind-blowing, but if Hall or Bjornsson were to attempt an equivalent lift -which for them would be well over 2,000 pounds- even if they had the strength to get the bar off the ground they'd suffer immediate traumatic injuries, on the order of pulled muscles or ligaments, and maybe even compression fractures of certain load-bearing bones.
Ryan Kennelly, who has benched over 1,000 pounds equipped, has reported feeling the bones in his arms bending when he does such lifts.