[music playing]
NICK BEST: All right, guys.
We're going to do our first Viking challenge today.
So let's see if we find something to carry.
This one's 345.
EDDIE HALL: So what's the weight we've got to pick up?
NICK BEST: It's heavier than that.
ROBERT OBERST: 341.
341?
NICK BEST: For the first challenge,
I wanted to show the guys the feat of strength
that it took to be considered a man in Viking culture
and achieve fullsterkur status.
NARRATOR: As a rite of passage, young men in Iceland
test themselves to achieve fullsterkur
status, a term that literally means "full strength"
in Viking culture.
You can achieve that status by lifting a boulder that
weighs at least 341 pounds.
But that's not hard enough for the four
strongest men in the world.
What we decided to do is walk the stone 100 feet,
and see from there who could keep going the furthest.
[inhales]
[grunts]
There we go.
[groans]
I was worried.
It was real slick.
It was icy.
Every step, you move a little bit.
Even though we had these little cleats
on the bottom of our shoes, we'd still slip around.
You got it.
Full strength.
BRIAN SHAW: Full strength.
Get here.
Full strength.
Come on.
You got it.
Nice.
Whoa.
[growls]
NICK BEST: What's up?
BRIAN SHAW: There you go.
That's good enough for me.
[laughs] Woo!
It's not an easy weight, and it's not an easy thing to hold.
We're used to having handles and grips
and stuff when we use things.
So having to take a stone and squeeze
it into your body like that--
I'm just happy I got it done and didn't get hurt.
BRIAN SHAW: The question is, do you
think the short, chubby guy to my right can
carry it a little bit further?
I've got two biceps still attached,
so I mean, that's slightly better than you, mate.
ROBERT OBERST: Slightly. - Just saying.
Yeah? EDDIE HALL: Get this.
So I'm retired--
Retired.
I'm still stronger than you.
ROBERT OBERST: Retired.
How's that feel?
You're stronger than me? EDDIE HALL: How's that feel?
- You are not stronger than me. - I am stronger than you.
ROBERT OBERST: No way. No way.
Where's your trophy?
Where's my trophy? EDDIE HALL: Where's your trophy?
Where's yours from right now? What did you do last year?
EDDIE HALL: Won World's Strongest Man.
What did you do?
I won World's Strongest Man last year.
We can find out who's stronger right now.
ROBERT OBERST: Yeah.
Your turn on the stone, big boy.
ROBERT OBERST: Let's go, fat boy.
EDDIE HALL: Everything is a competition
between me and Robert Oberst.
We've been in a number of contests.
I've won some, he's won some.
But I think in all honesty, I trump him all the time,
because I've won the World's Strongest Man,
and I've got the half a ton deadlift.
[grunts]
I mean, I'm part Viking myself.
And I suppose that's probably where my strength comes from.
NICK BEST: There it is. - There you go.
Come on, Eddie.
You got it.
20 feet.
Come on, come on.
Come on.
You got it.
[grunts] [groans]
Nice.
Oh!
BRIAN SHAW: There you go.
That was one foot further than Oberst.
Look.
[laughter]
Victorious again.
It was kind of scary.
Sheets of ice everywhere.
But I was able to do it.
And most importantly, I beat Oberst.
ROBERT OBERST: Come on, B!
Come on, Brian.
NICK BEST: He's looking serious, though.
[music playing]
[boulder scrapes]
ROBERT OBERST: There we go.
Easy steps. There you go.
[groans]
Watch the ice.
You've got 20 feet--
20 feet.
Watch the ice.
NICK BEST: Come on.
There, you got it.
You got it.
That'll do?
EDDIE HALL: That'll do.
[laughs] He went further than you did.
Certainly challenging with the--
Your stomach in the way?
BRIAN SHAW: --snow on there.
[laughter]
[clatter]
EDDIE HALL: Go, Nick.
Woo!
Nick's perfect for moving rocks, because when
he first started lifting weights,
that's all they had to train with.
Would be a caveman here and a caveman there,
and they would see who could pick up the biggest rock.
ROBERT OBERST: Oh--
EDDIE HALL: Oh.
Bad technique.
Terrible.
[grunts]
ROBERT OBERST: All right.
Here we go, Nick.
NICK BEST: I hold the world record in the shield carry,
so I knew before I even touched the thing I was going to win.
They don't stand a chance. - Let's go, Nick.
Good job. Yeah.
BRIAN SHAW: Nice!
Oh, he's going--
EDDIE HALL: Oh, he's going for more.
- Oh! - Oh, he's going for more.
Oh, he's gonna do more.
Oh, so--
Way to go, Nick.
EDDIE HALL: Go, Nick. [thump]
Way to go!
What the [bleep]?
[laughter]
What the hell?
You young little kids can't beat the old man at this event.
This is my event--
mine.
I am one step closer now to being a Viking.
And I beat the kids.
Well done, guys.
You just lost to a 50-year-old man.