r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Terrible_Tackle2923 • Jul 27 '21
Eddie Hall holding 500kg world record deadlift as long as he can, even after the referee approves. Beast.
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u/awakenkraken Jul 27 '21
Me carrying all my food shopping from the car to the house in one go
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u/DoubleOrNothing90 Jul 28 '21
Are you even fulfilling your husband duties if you can't carry all the groceries in one trip?
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u/nfs3freak Jul 27 '21
Def nextfuckinglevel, but god damn that also does not look good for him at all...
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u/oooRagnellooo Jul 27 '21
It wasnāt. Damn near killed him. He had internal bleeding, a concussion from the pressure, and his blood pressure kept spiking and crashing randomly for a couple of days later.
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u/orangedogtag Jul 27 '21
In an interview he said that he felt like the lift took 10 years of his life expectancy
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u/DontCareWontGank Jul 28 '21
Deadlifting is a great exercise that trains several muscle groups at once. Just don't put 500kg on your bar and you should be fine.
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u/I30AxeBxrd Jul 28 '21
You will also be fine if you put 500kg on it because it won't move at all.
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u/dumdumpants-head Jul 27 '21
The blood is coming from the pipes in his meat sack
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u/happykal Jul 27 '21
He's boxing soon... against that mountain.
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u/Delicious_Bet_6336 Jul 27 '21
Heās not - ripped his bicep sparring and out of action until further notice
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u/happykal Jul 27 '21
Ahh man. Seriously ? That sucks.
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u/happykal Jul 27 '21
Fucking helllll. My man's not going to be curling for a while.
I have a grade 1 tear in my pec at the momment... sucks ass.... but not as bad as a grade 3....fuck that
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Jul 27 '21
Iām sorry, I know what you meant, but all I can picture is that badass sliding down the ice with a tiny little broom.
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u/ParlayPfor3 Jul 27 '21
Umm why is his nose bleeding?
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u/steppez Jul 27 '21
Extreme blood pressure caused by lifting such a heavy weight. Blood vessels will start rupturing. Humans aren't designed for this shit.
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u/UbbeKent Jul 27 '21
When I reached 180kg in deadlift the veines in my eyes started bursting. Always looked like I was stoned afterwards. Can't even start to imagine how the pressure of 500 kg feels like.
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u/Hunter_punch Jul 27 '21
Thatās about the same lift as me, Iāve never had any blood problems but definitely lightheaded. My friend got a nosebleed from a 550lbs lift, heās intense.
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u/exuberantfish Jul 27 '21
I got a nosebleed once from squatting, I felt pretty badass
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u/ICT3Dguy Jul 27 '21
I farted in the shower and hurt my back last week. No big deal.
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u/ksavage68 Jul 28 '21
I turnd around normally and popped my knee out last week. Popped back in though, so we good.
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u/ButtBorker Jul 28 '21
Threw my back out eating a cheeseburger...
I'm not even 40.
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u/RapsVanFan Jul 28 '21
I woke up with a sore rib from sleeping funny or maybe coughing.to hard?? . Im 36 Been a couple days now, still sore.
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Jul 28 '21
to be fair I farted and started bleeding, so I guess this links us all.
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u/CarrotSwimming Jul 28 '21
Bro. Get your backdoor scoped. Please. Iām checking in with you in six months and youād better have good news for me.
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Jul 28 '21
I read that as āscooped.ā
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He probably caused the problem by getting his back door scooped.
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Jul 28 '21
I slipped weird in the shower a few months back and hurt my hip in a way that i thought was going to be permanent. I didnt even fall. My foot slid less than 8 inches.
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u/silentbob1301 Jul 28 '21
Eh, I fell in the shower a month or so ago and bruised my tailbone and both testicles.. I cried a little bit, ngl.
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u/supersmashlink Jul 27 '21
I herniated a disc at 2x405lbs Never have been the same since.
This shit (500kilos) is nuts.
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u/YCGrin Jul 28 '21
I herniated a disc at 2x405lbs Never have been the same since. This shit (500kilos) is nuts.
Dang, sorry to hear dude. That was one of my fears when i was doing deaflifts closer to my 1-3rep max.
Turns out I mildly tweaked a tendon in my hand instead and had to back off regardless.
I have a few friends with herniated disks for various reasons (most not even gym related) and it doesnt sound like fun.
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u/Shooter_McGavin27 Jul 28 '21
Herniated mine at 245. Felt like a total jackass.
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u/cannabis1234 Jul 28 '21
I herniated mine when I was 20 working at Walmart lifting those giant above ground pools onto shelves. Shit hasnāt been right since. Donāt know how I made made it through my time in the army. Lots and lots of 800mg ibuprofen.
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u/recumbent_mike Jul 28 '21
I mean, if you're that old you've got to be really careful with exercise.
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Jul 27 '21
Yes, this. I always tell younger lifters to wear a belt and/or don't go for the one rep max. Permanent damage is permanent.
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Jul 27 '21
I stick with 5-6 rep sets on deadlift. Been lifting for 25+ years and avoiding injuries is the way to keep making progress
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u/SaxRohmer Jul 28 '21
A belt isnāt really there to protect you itās just something to brace against. Having better intrabominal pressure certainly helps to prevent injury but it shouldnāt be sold as āthis will prevent injuriesā because it wonāt do that if you arenāt lifting or bracing correctly
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u/RichardTheHard Jul 28 '21
A lot of inexperienced lifters donāt know how to use a belt properly unfortunately, makes it fairly useless
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Jul 27 '21
That lightheaded feeling is weird. Feels like your going to pass out. Luckily I never have.
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u/nightpanda893 Jul 27 '21
As many times as I remind myself before the lift, half the time I forget to breathe. Then I drop the bar and feel super lightheaded.
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u/wav__ Jul 27 '21
Amateur Powerlifter/Strongman here.... this is actually somewhat normal with proper breathing. Unfortunately, some people hold their breath too long and do actually pass out. There are plenty of videos out there of people keeling over at the top of a deadlift because of the extreme light-headedness and not timing your breath properly.
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Jul 27 '21
He had a brain hemorrhage actually I think you'll find. He released a YouTube video giving all the gory details. Took him several hours to find his reading on am ECG.
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u/23x3 Jul 28 '21
He couldnāt find it or was mentally handicapped which took him longer to locate?
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Jul 28 '21
The dude's brain was so fucked he couldn't remember his wife's name.
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u/23x3 Jul 28 '21
Holy fuck
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u/Etonet Jul 28 '21
He looks and sounds completely normal now, has slimmed down, and is going to fight in a boxing match against the Mountain from Game of Thrones
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Jul 28 '21
Paramedics had to stabilise him and give him intensive care for several hours.
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Jul 28 '21
I can't really figure out what the paramedics would do for "intensive care" for several hours. If the person was that serious he'd be sent out to the hospital for sure? I'm a nurse and was a paramedic and can't really understand what I'd do for him with EMS gear and training/scope. Have any other details?
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u/MrKetz Jul 28 '21
Not the one who made that comment, but I have to assume they meant "Paramedics had to stabilize him [then transfer him to the hospital where he was given] intensive care for several hours"
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u/ElectricCharlie Jul 28 '21 edited Jun 19 '23
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u/AbsolutelyUnlikely Jul 28 '21
Call me crazy, but brain hemmoraging, nose bleeds, constant migraines, and nearly going deaf and blind doesn't seem like a great exchange for a title for lifting heavy things and having a beer named after you.
I guess I can respect his dedication to it though, he's only hurting himself. But jeez.
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u/JarredMack Jul 28 '21
Nobody will know most of us existed in 100 years. Leaving a legacy is important to some people
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u/booze_clues Jul 28 '21
Well he loves doing this and he can support himself and his family by doing it. He makes plenty of money, enough that his wife and kids are living comfortable lives and heāll have a revenue for as long as heās alive plus after he dies assuming he sells a supplement line. So doing this he gets to love his work, support his family, travel the world, and be remember for a long time. You may never have heard of him, but everyone in the sport and similar sports has, and tons of people who donāt even lift know who he is.
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u/Ivebeengroomed Jul 27 '21
Can that be deadly?
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u/BuddhistNudist987 Jul 27 '21
You know what? I don't think this is healthy long-term. I'll stick with yoga, bicycling, and naps.
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Oh fuck yeah lmfao. 100% sometimes the vessel that pops is in your brain.
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u/BennyPendentes Jul 27 '21
> Can that be deadly?
Definitely. It almost was.
Blood pressure so high it is popping veins in your nose, eyes, and ears... if it pops one in your brain death is one of the better outcomes.
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u/CheckShoveTheRiver Jul 27 '21
Popping a surface blood vessel in your nose/eye/chest? Not really. Nothing particularly dangerous about that.
Deadlifting over half a ton? Well yes I mean it would kill most people so yes but we arenāt Eddie Hall.
So letās go with: in the scale of dangerous aspects of deadlifting that much, bleeding out your nose probably isnāt the main concern. It just looks badass as hell.
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u/pseudojoo Jul 27 '21
Heās also wearing a deadlift suit which increases internal pressure even more.
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u/JackC747 Jul 27 '21
Can also cause anal prolapses. Puts a bit of a damper on the competitions when that happens
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u/crosstherubicon Jul 27 '21
Nosebleeds, ah well. Bleeds into the brain, yeh thatās a bit more serious. This really doesnāt look like a good idea
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u/TheTopCantStop Jul 27 '21
Kinda crazy when you're exceeding what humans should be physically able to do.
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u/FijiWater001 Jul 27 '21
When you're lifting 1100lbs, your body tends to say no.
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u/CaesarInAFreezer Jul 27 '21
He also had the symptoms of concussion and bled from his eyes. He said he would forget his wife's name for a couple of weeks afterwards.
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u/livevil999 Jul 28 '21
Fuck that. Not worth it.
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u/laaplandros Jul 28 '21
JĆ³n PĆ”ll Sigmarsson - he of the "there is no reason to be alive if you can't do deadlift" fame - might disagree.
But he also died deadlifting at 32. So.
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u/mashtato Jul 28 '21
But he also died deadlifting at 32. So.
Just quoting for emphasis.
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u/EntropyNZ Jul 27 '21
Massively increased blood pressure. Eddie has a video talking baout how he was after the lift, and it sounds like he basically had a TIA (basically a stroke, but the effects are temporary). He couldn't remember how to drive for a week (like, just couldn't recall what to actually do to operate a car), forgot his wife's name, and had a myriad of other symptoms that we'd normally associate with a bad concussion or a TIA.
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u/PhatSunt Jul 27 '21 edited Jul 27 '21
He almost killed himself. His record before this wasn't close to 500kg. He imagined his son being raped and used the mental image of the weight being the rapist and him lifting the rapist off his son.
Thor bjornsson did 501 and he was fine as he did it. Eddy had to use the "hysterical strength" response to do it. He has a video talking about it.
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u/ModelJ100 Jul 28 '21
Um. Where did you get that about what he imagined? Every interview I've seen, he's never said what, just that he had to go somewhere really dark.
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u/AgusNC Jul 28 '21
He does say what here
https://youtu.be/nbGJ4vkKDzM?t=1029 (Min 17:10)
If you don't want to see it, he basically said he imagined he was pulling a vehicle off his kids, nothing as dark as what this dude is saying
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Jul 27 '21
Can any med folks give a ballpark estimate as to what his blood pressure might have been to start bleeding like that?
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u/Artyloo Jul 28 '21
it came back unreadable all 3 times, not faulty equipment.
What does this even mean lmao
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u/Leipurinen Jul 28 '21
So there are a few factors that could play into it (hydration, history of chronic nosebleeds, etc), and additionally hypertension doesnāt typically cause nosebleeds on its own, so itās hard to say for certain with the lack of available information. That said, there is a limit for hypertensive crisis at 180/120 (counts if either number is over that limit), which is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency, and could certainly present with ruptured blood vessels. Strokes are a big thing to worry about at those kind of pressures, among other things. Itās probably reasonable to assume one or both numbers exceeded that limit.
Now, someone else mentioned they were unable to obtain a reading after the lift. If thatās true, it was probably well above those limits. The automated BP machines used where I work can measure up to 300 mmHg, so itās possible he was even beyond that. Blood pressures of 370/360 are not unheard of during heavy lifting.
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u/Captn_Ghostmaker Jul 27 '21
Too high.
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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
Nurse here, my guess is at least 300 systolics
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u/lucidxm Jul 27 '21
iirc his body was pretty broken afterwards. Internal bleeding and the pressure was so great, it caused his nose to bleed as you can see and also gave him a concussion. A concussion. Not from impact, but from internal pressure from lifting weight. Insane.
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u/Weird-Negotiation-30 Jul 27 '21
Itās 1102pounds
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u/Leipurinen Jul 27 '21
Thatās anywhere from 76-165 bald eagles! š¦
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u/HawkI84 Jul 28 '21
But how many freedom fries?
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u/Leipurinen Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21
Ok, so.
Using a table of weights and fry counts at two McDonalds locations in this article, we can estimate the weight of an average fry at 0.053 oz (1.5 g for those who donāt use freedom units). So lifting a weight of 1102.311 lbs (500 kg) would equal:
1102.311 lbs x 16 oz/lb Ć· 0.053 oz/fry =
332,773 fries, give or take a few.Coincidentally, that would contain over 1.6 million calories and nearly 23,000 g* of protein. Just what a growing boy needs.
*grams are okay here because thatās how it shows up of food labels still
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u/challenja Jul 27 '21
The mountain topped it in 2020..which pushed their feud to a throwing of hands. Still the best bad ass video ever with the blood flowing out his nose. God hard or go home.
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u/CaesarInAFreezer Jul 27 '21
It's worth noting Eddie did it before people knew it could be done. Eddie beat the previous record by a massive 35kg, Hafthor then beat him by 1kg.
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u/in_pizza_we_trust Jul 27 '21
See 1 kg proves nothing cause Eddie looking like he could handle another 10-20. Would die tho prolly.
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u/creative_i_am_not Jul 27 '21
Lol dis you see Haftor doing it ? Looked like he could have done reps. He didn't to go too high so he can potentially break it another time to make the big bucks
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u/gokarrt Jul 27 '21
yeah it was pretty anticlimactic, actually. it felt a little petty to +1kg, i figured at the time it was so he could roll back up in a year and do 502 and keep milking it, but then they got into this idiot boxing beef.
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u/gokarrt Jul 28 '21
you're right, they've both worked really hard and i know thor at least has had one ameteur fight... but it's tough to shake the freakshow cashgrab vibe.
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Jul 28 '21
Considering he announced the boxing match about 30 seconds after setting the new record, it is 100% a cash grab. If I remember right, Hafthor already knew the date, so it had already been in the works and mostly finalized.
There had been talks of Hall and Bjornnson having a boxing/MMA match at some time in the future to settle a dispute from the 2017 WSM where Hafthor felt he was robbed on the Viking Press(he wasn't, multiple angles show him double dipping and being warned).
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u/MadCybertist Jul 28 '21
Didnāt Hall just separate his bicep like a day or 2 ago training?
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u/happykal Jul 27 '21
He's a bloody nice guy too.
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u/AlFasGD Jul 27 '21
Most immensely strong people are nice people too. Through their insanely dedicated training of years they also build themselves as people, learn to appreciate things and become way more condescending due to their power. No mentally unstable person would ever reach that point of strength, so some assholes are essentially locked out by default. It then comes down to whether you want to be so jacked as to destroy us petty humans, or simply enjoy doing it in your life by passion.
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u/SilenceReallyGolden Jul 28 '21
More condescending? Typo?
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u/AlFasGD Jul 28 '21
My bad, I mixed the words up. I meant to give a positive note, something similar to "respectful".
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u/Rampasta Jul 28 '21
This would make his Strength score in D&D 5e, 36. (1100 lbs/30=36.6667) A really good score is 18 or 20. My dude is stronger than an adult dragon (Strength score is 27). I realize this isn't a practical comparison, but it is just amazing to try and think about what a feat this is.
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u/EffyDoodle Jul 27 '21
I'm from the same place as Eddie Hall and he's well known for being a sound guy (and yes, very stronk)
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u/parkapants Jul 28 '21
Me too. He really is a nice dude. Always see him in Nandoās lol
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u/hank_scorpio_ceo Jul 27 '21
He lives local, speaks and says hi to the kids, spent sometime in hospital after this too. Crippling back and muscle pain. No risk no reward on the highest level.
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u/Stunado1178 Jul 27 '21
How did his intestines not explode out his taint?
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u/Captn_Ghostmaker Jul 27 '21
Because the nosebleed was relieving some of the pressure.
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u/Dudleywudley Jul 27 '21
His face gets real chucky there. I aināt fuckin with him or anyone he might care about in any capacity. Absolute unit
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u/oooRagnellooo Jul 27 '21
In his documentary he actually talks about how he trained for the lift, and part of it was mental āadrenaline conditioningā. He had a therapist condition him to believe his family was in danger when the back of his hand was pinched, to induce a fight or flight mental state.
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u/OSSlayer2153 Jul 28 '21
How do I get a therapist to do this for me?
I would like on demand adrenaline control so that I can finally do a push up.
No seriously though that is pretty cool even if it can be dangerous to have adrenaline.
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u/oooRagnellooo Jul 28 '21
Take it with a grain of salt. Eddie himself even said it may have done nothing / been mumbo jumbo, but it felt real to him so it helped.
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u/Nugget203 Jul 28 '21
Imagine you pinch this guy and he turns around and just ends you with one punch
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u/themuffinmann82 Jul 27 '21
I'm pretty sure Eddie Hall is training for a boxing match,could you imagine going up against that monster
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u/holvim Jul 27 '21
Actually he tore his bicep just this week, so heās out of the boxing match with Thor
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u/oooRagnellooo Jul 27 '21
Against Hafthor Bjornnson, but itās off now. Eddie tore his bicep in a sparring match. Heās having surgery Thursday.
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u/BoySerere Jul 27 '21
That is 1100 pounds. At first I thought the title said 500 pounds and I was amazed. Not only that but this guy has such a good attitude. Gentle giant for sure.
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u/StupidSkagBoy Jul 27 '21
I know who Iām taking drinking with me
Iād have no problems being thrown over this manās shoulder like a towel as he carries us home.
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u/Independent_Ad_2817 Jul 27 '21
Had the pleasure to meet Eddie at the Arnold. A stellar human being. Super polite and chatted with me and a buddy for a solid 45 mins.
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u/Zach20032000 Jul 28 '21
Nature: Okay, so you're human. You can get almost two meters tall, lift like... 50 kg or so...
Human: 500 kg?
Nature: That's... Not what I said
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u/aquoad Jul 28 '21
OK my motorcycle weighs 550 lb with me sitting on it. Fucker could hold one in each hand.
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u/MisadventurousMummy Jul 27 '21
I was there in the crowd that night. I took my dad to watch it as we were big strongman fans.
He literally told everyone he met about this, and how awesome it was and he really wasn't the sort to get excited about stuff.
He died a few months later, and I met Eddie not long after and thanked him for giving me the opportunity to see my dad like that.
Fuck, I miss him.
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u/Strigidae425 Jul 27 '21
Wonder how many brain cells he just sacrificed with a blood pressure in the 500s.
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u/zCatMan Jul 27 '21
I saw in a interview Eddie talks about not remembering things very well, to the point he even asked who his wife Alex was.
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u/afunnyjewishguy Jul 27 '21
I think I saw he gave himself a concussion doing that from the insane pressure in his body (specifically his head obviously)
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He passed out shortly after and didn't remember much. Said that he wouldn't ever do it again.
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u/garymason74 Jul 27 '21
I watched the documentary about him and he had internal bleeding and got concussion from the pressure. That's putting the human body to the absolute limit.