World record deadlift...

[lspencer534]

Eddie Hall, verified Human, lifted One Thousand One Hundred Two pounds (1,102.31 lb) from the floor to his waist, and held it there for long enough to, say, extract a pinned human from a blazing car or from under an iron girder.

💪 EDDIE HALL - WORLD RECORD 500KG DEADLIFT - YouTube

[Chuck A]

very cool, indeed
2 of my sons have won several competitions not that weight of course , thanks for posting will be showing them this, they probably heard of him

[Kerrmudgeon]

I wonder what kind of damage he's doing to his insides with all that lifting. He may have a miserable later life from it all. He sure doesn't look well at the end of it.

[Chuck A]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

I wonder what kind of damage he's doing to his insides with all that lifting. He may have a miserable later life from it all. He sure doesn't look well at the end of it.

they train for that so hopefully he will be ok

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Bet he can't play a G chord.

[WalkerInTN]

Bet he could get sponsored by Preparation H.

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

I wonder what kind of damage he's doing to his insides with all that lifting. He may have a miserable later life from it all. He sure doesn't look well at the end of it.

He's fine, it's because of the straps when he drops the weight and it rebounds up, it pulls him back down cause they are still locked in. Happens often on these lifts. Could be a quick blackout, but that's not unusual either.

[Fasglas]

Consider this:

ALL that weight, during the lift and static hold was supported by his FINGERS.

ALL OF IT. FINGERS !

[Chuck A]

i asked my 2 sons if they thing steroids were involved, the eldest said he couldnt respond because the lifter has done that before, and that dude is a
very large individual, indeed

[ZipZap]

Originally Posted by Fasglas

Consider this:

ALL that weight, during the lift and static hold was supported by his FINGERS.

ALL OF IT. FINGERS !

He's strapped.

[OddBall]

To put it in perspective, my horse is 1100 pounds.

[NCC-1701]

I wonder if he could lift that with my sciatica pain...

[8Up]

I once lifted a twinkie all the way from a box on the floor to my mouth.

[Fasglas]

Originally Posted by 8Up

I once lifted a twinkie all the way from a box on the floor to my mouth.

You had good spotters?

[jh225]

Lot of weight and pretty damn cool, but since when do they allow lifting straps in competition?

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by jh225

Lot of weight and pretty damn cool, but since when do they allow lifting straps in competition?

I don't know, but I viewed them as a safety item.

[jh225]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

I don't know, but I viewed them as a safety item.

Safety? From what? There really is no danger, if you can't hold the weight, just release and let it go. Straps actually are more of a danger because you are locked in. If something happens and you can't let go, it can get bad in a hurry.

Lifting straps allow the user to retain a tighter grip on the bar, because as someone said before, your fingers are doing a tremendous amount of the work in a pull like that. I took a quick look at the APA site and could not find that they are allowed.

The straps are great for using in the gym because they allow you to lift heavier, thereby allowing for more growth/gains, but they were also kind of considered cheating which explains the non use in competition I never competed, but was into lifting for a very long time, and I just never thought the straps were allowed which is why I asked.

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by jh225

Safety? From what? There really is no danger, if you can't hold the weight, just release and let it go. Straps actually are more of a danger because you are locked in. If something happens and you can't let go, it can get bad in a hurry.

Lifting straps allow the user to retain a tighter grip on the bar, because as someone said before, your fingers are doing a tremendous amount of the work in a pull like that. I took a quick look at the APA site and could not find that they are allowed.

The straps are great for using in the gym because they allow you to lift heavier, thereby allowing for more growth/gains, but they were also kind of considered cheating which explains the non use in competition I never competed, but was into lifting for a very long time, and I just never thought the straps were allowed which is why I asked.

Then I don't know...

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

I wonder what kind of damage he's doing to his insides with all that lifting. He may have a miserable later life from it all. He sure doesn't look well at the end of it.

Originally Posted by lspencer534

He's fine, it's because of the straps when he drops the weight and it rebounds up, it pulls him back down cause they are still locked in. Happens often on these lifts. Could be a quick blackout, but that's not unusual either.

Not Exactly

Strongman bursts blood vessels after lifting record half ton

A British weightlifter set a new record over the weekend when he lifted 1,102 pounds, but the feat didn’t come without consequence. Eddie Hall, 28, burst several blood vessels in his head during the effort, the Yorkshire Evening Post reported.

After the lift, Hall slumped to the ground and staff surrounded him.

"That nearly killed me,” the champion athlete told the Yorkshire Evening Post. “The pressure on my body was surreal. I passed out after. I had nosebleeds. It's not healthy doing something like that.”

Hall’s achievement during the World Deadlift Championships was a world record, as he lifted about 70 pounds more than anyone has done before, the newspaper reported.

Hall, who is 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 406 pounds, hopes to win the title of World’s Strongest Man, a competition that will take place later this year.

"It's that great feeling, like the first man on the moon, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes,” Hall told the newspaper. “It's history, and I'm very proud to be a part of it.”

Strongman bursts blood vessels after lifting record half ton | Fox News

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Strongman Smashes Deadlifting World Record, Immediately Passes Out
“That nearly killed me.”

There’s no gain without pain.

Just ask Eddie Hall, who on Saturday set a new world record by deadlifting 1,102 pounds ― and then promptly passed out.

Viral video shows the 28-year-old British strongman, nicknamed “The Beast,” hauling the astonishing weight off the floor at the World Deadlift Championships in Leeds, northern England.

But after dropping the half-ton bar and weights back down to the ground, he immediately falls to his knees and loses consciousness.


”That nearly killed me,” he told The Stoke Sentinel after coming around. “The pressure on my body was surreal, absolutely surreal, and I passed out and had nose bleeds.”

“It’s definitely not healthy, but I’ve done it, and I think it will be in the history books for a long, long time,” added the father of two, who weighs 400 pounds and is 6 feet 3 inches tall.

Hall smashed his own deadlifting world record of 1,026 pounds, which he set in front of Arnold Schwarzenegger in March, twice on Saturday night.

See his effort in front of Arnie here:

Hall, who set the new deadlifting standard in the strongman competition category, now has his sights on the prestigious World’s Strongest Man title.

“To be the strongest man on the planet is something everyone would want to be,” he said.

Strongman Smashes Deadlifting World Record, Immediately Passes Out

[jh225]

Ahah, I have discovered the answer.

The "meet" he did the record lift at is not any type of sanctioned event by one of the "real" organizations, such as USPA, IPF, etc. That's why he could use straps because it was not a sanctioned meet. There is also no drug testing in that organization.