English former professional strongman Edward Stephen Hall, as known as Eddie Hall, was
born on 15 January 1988 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Often being cited as "The Beast",
Hall won on multiple occasions both the UK's Strongest Man and England's Strongest Man
titles. He was the World's Strongest Man 2017 competition winner and also the former world
record deadlift holder, lifting 500 kg under strongman rules.
Eddie Hall was born to a well-settled family. During his childhood days, Hall was a successful
competitive swimmer and rugby union player. He attended Clayton High School but later
was expelled at the age of 15, and then he subscribed to home-tutoring.
In 2008, he trained and competed as a bodybuilder and entered the strongman circuit while working
as a mechanic.
There isn't much to talk about Eddie's personal life, but he is happily married with wife
Alexandra. They have a son named Maximus Hall and a daughter named Layla Hall. The world's
strongest man is soft at heart and is loved by his family.
Hall trained at the Iceman gym in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire then won the 2010's England
championships on his first attempt by half a point.
Hall won the UK’S Strongest man competition organized in 2011 at Belfast. In April 2012,
Hall participated in Europe’s Strongest Man event where he competed with six finalists
from the World strongest man 2011; and ended up with 8th position. In 2014, Hall reached
in Final for the first time, secured second in the Squat Lift, and finished with 6th.
Hall won the world record in deadlift of lifting 462 Kg in 2015 and broke his own record by
lifting 463 Kg in the world deadlift championship. In 2016, he made a world record at Arnold
Classic Strongman in a long bar deadlift by lifting 465 kg; then he again broke his own
record of lifting 465kg by lifting 500 kg in a deadlift in July the same year.
In 2017, Hall won 2017 World’s Strongest Man yet later announced his retirement from world
strongest man because of some health issues and returned to Lower-weight lifting competitions.
As of 2020, Eddie Hall's net worth is an estimated $5 million.
Eddie Hall's mansion is located on a suburb of Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England.
The four-story house was built in 1988, features a 7m pool, hot tub, cold tub, sauna, steam
room, a gym and a boxing ring.
The 2017 World’s Strongest Man champion consumes about 10,000 calories a day when
training for strongman competition. Every day, he starts-off by drinking a liter of
water, “to wash everything out and get the organs going,” before enjoying his first
meal. Breakfast number one consists of around four eggs, five or six pieces of bacon, four
or five pieces of sausage, toast, beans, and tomatoes. His breakfast number two, which
is smaller, is made up only of a bowl of porridge, with some fruit.
Then, following physio, it's lunchtime, where things get serious: a 300-gram ribeye steak,
half a kilo of pasta, and 200 grams of vegetables, smothered in mayo and washed down with 1.5
liters of water. A hearty, generous, 3,000-calorie lunch, with a 1,400-calorie dessert of half
a family-size cheesecake with cream. But this is where the excessive intake begins to take
its toll. At around 3 pm when he wakes up from a nap,
Hall will have his fourth meal, mainly consisting of hamburger patties. Additionally, he will
enjoy a couple of pieces of fruit, like an apple and a banana. While at the gym, Hall
pauses his workout for some extra protein in the form of a few slices of roast beef
(114 calories). "I feel like I'm going to throw up.", the strongman said.
Hall’s final meal is extremely loaded with carbs. He will have around 2lbs of meat, and
2lbs of carbs in this dinner. He polishes that off with the other half of the cheesecake
for dessert. Then right before bed, Hall ends the day with a protein shake and protein bar.
Hall's weekly workout routine always follows six principles:
1. Epic Workouts When in training for the Strongest Man, Hall
worked out 4 hours a day, working 2-3 body parts at a time.
2. Consistency Is King
Hall says he never missed a workout session or a recovery session — or a meal while
he was working toward his goal of winning the Strongest Man.
3. Fierce Recovery Hall says his intense physical therapy, ice
baths and hyperbaric chamber sessions is what gives him the edge over his competitors.
4. Six Rep Max Hall’s method is to work at 80-90% for 6 reps.
5. Combo Routine
Some strongmen separate event training from their gym days, but Hall always combined the
two, believing that doing so more closely simulates a competition scenario.
6. Light Cardio Twice a week, Hall does cardio, such as flipping
tires or swimming. He can do 2 lengths in 45 seconds and says he likes swimming because
it keeps him flexible.