So first up, we're going to watch
Eddie Hall's 500 kilo deadlift from 2016.
Probably
one of my favorite moments in my time in Strongman.
Why this is so iconic
is because this is really the first time
somebody who has had a chance to deadlift 500
kilos was going to be going for it,
especially in an arena like this.
So obviously,
probably the greatest strength moment in history.
Yeah, The Beast pulling in 500 kilos.
First man to ever do it or even attempt it.
I miss him being fat. Honestly.
This is thicc Eddie days
Not the boxing Eddie days.
I miss the Chubby Cheeks
He's doing his waddle, his classic waddle.
He was like 260 kilograms or something.
Since he's retired, we forget how big he actually was
when he did this.
No offense, Eddie, you were huge.
Amazing sold out crowd.
Dave Warner looking stern. Dave Warner.
I call him Oldberg.
Yeah, I can clearly remember.
Sorta screaming so loud I'd lost my voice
by the time we did the next event,
when we were going into this, I genuinely didn't think that
he were going to he was going to do it.
Some smelling salts. Clears the mind wakes you up.
Maybe a trigger takes you to that place
You need to go. It's wild when.
When you really think about the dark places
that some of us go to, to pick up these heavyweights.
When I go to that dark place, I don't really
like to talk about it too, too much.
I can only imagine what that man's going through.
I actually spoke to Eddie.
It was two weeks before I saw him an expo in London,
and I asked him if he thought that he could do, the 500 kilos,
and he looked at me with such conviction.
He was like, I will definitely do it.
And I started to believe him.
How many people were in this arena for this?
10,000. ¡Wow!.
And then as soon as I saw his warm up lifts, when he did the 464
465, whatever that one was.
He smoked it so easily that, I was kind of like,
he’s definitely going to do it there's no doubt about it.
Strapped in. Here we go.
Showtime.
Fucking incredible.
I mean, the speed of the floor was pretty impressive.
That speed off the floor.
My God!
He pulls it so fast off.
I think that's so ridiculous about this,
because you can see him, like, set his hips, get low,
get into a great position, and he rips the bar off the floor.
And then right about mid-thigh starts
to hit a little bit of a sticking point.
But I've never actually watched this.
He shrugs at one point during Who does that?
I mean, that's the thing
that really sort of shocked me was the speed
he managed to get it moving off the floor.
Obviously, that sort of weight is just, just incredible.
Probably one of the best things I've ever seen in my life.
Immense lift holds it for a couple of seconds
as if it's nothing. Half a ton.
Gets the lift, just with the bloody nose, just unbelievable.
How can you make the argument that that's
not one of the greatest lifts ever?
First guy to ever deadlift 500 kilos just
I mean ground breaking.
First man to pull 500
barely any hitching lightning off the floor.
Takes its toll
Yeah, it looks pretty fucked there but
Thor's coach was very impressed with that lift.
I mean, he was good for more on that day.
I mean, if he
you know,
if he were talking about an absolute grinder of a lift,
he’d have been good for more.
But for me, that is the best moment in strength
Sports of all time.
I'm so pleased that I was there and got to be a part of it
that immediate, like all that blood rush,
gettin’ the suit off how hot he was.
He has no idea where he's at right now.
He's got 10,000 people cheering his name.
I'm fine.
Get off me! ¡Yeah!
It was sort of a very,
very good moment for us all to be part of.
And yeah, I was really proud of Eddie
doing it as well because, you know, he said he would and
as he always says, he backed up his bull shit.
You know, and did it. So that's how it should be done.
That's how world record should be done.
You pull them off and then you die.
Yeah. Thanks for watching, guys. Hope you enjoyed it.
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