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Not really. Back then you had people like Alexander Zass, The Great Gamma, Bruce Lee, and many old time strongmen with very freakish levels of strength and fitness.
In EVERY Eddie Hall video they fail to mention that he's literally a mutant, his mutation allows him to pack on more muscle not his "routine" or "lifting range of motion" or "rest."
Press is the only exercise I ever do where other gym goers come up and start watching along as I finish out a heavy set, people are impressed with press. No cooler feeling than taking weight someone else thinks is heavy and pushing it up to the sky.
You mean, when you go to the squat rack and everyone expects you to squat and then...you lift this weight over your head ! OI know the feeling . Feels good to be in the 0.01 % of strongest people 😋
The deadlift “ladder” he does in the gym adding a plate each side until he reached 420kgs and then going back down again is one of the most unbelievable feats of strength in history. A very small number of elite lifters could pull 420kgs for 1 rep and Eddie’s already done 380, 340, 300…etc with no rest at all. And if that’s not insane enough he still has to do a second rep on 380, 340…etc on the way down. I can’t think of another athlete who has the power and endurance to replicate that.
Same, I love someone to go deep-in the training programs of the pro-guys. its even better when that guy is Bromley, a respected and accomplished guy,not some random youtuber.
@@losvatos6714 Like all the millions of daily lifting vlogs posted by physiqueless nobodies trying to be the next Sam Sulek. 'How I Train Arms' - dude you look like a middle-distance runner on a diet break why would I take training advice from you when Derek Lunsford exists?
Mitch himself has broken this down, where he says he is the best, as proven by his WR, at getting the axle from A-B within the strongman rule set. He then goes on to say he would have no chance in hell of strict pressing anywhere near that.
Iron Biby also stricted pressed it though and his technique was far worse than Eddie. Also, Zydrunas never really took the record where any other atlthe could touch it, after his 215 he never had the chance to do that record again is further 5 excellent years of pressing.
@@antoniocenteno1483 biby is also a better presser than Mitch. The fact that they have a tied world record but biby near strict pressed it just proves Mitch doesn’t have the same strength. He’s still an incredible athlete and earned his spot, but for being the worlds strongest man” he really doesn’t seem the strongest in a lot of ways.
Out of 8,000,000,000 people there’s a reason only 10-20 people seem to ever get close to these insanely high numbers like Eddie’s. It’s insane 230 is very impressive. 230 kg is insane
At his strongest, Eddie might have had the strongest shoulders in history. The way he could shoulder press with no leg drive will always stick out in my mind. Only Big Z is in the same conversation.
bs.what the hell has eddie ever lifted overhead more than anyone else?larry wheels is stronger at all db and incline or flat benches.irony bibby is stronger at the log lift.you dont base how strong someone is by he could have or if he focused or he did reps with x weight he could surely lift..it doesnt work that way.did he ever lift it?no,then STFU about eddie being stronger than everybody else.almost doesnt count.
@@carltifyLarry wheels has never got close to eddies set of 265kg for 6. Eddie has the axle world record. Iron biby never dedicated his life to wsm so on course he would break more ohp records than eddie
I love videos like this one, someone to go deep-in the training programs of the pro-guys. its even better when that guy is Bromley, a respected and accomplished guy,not some random youtuber. You have a video about the training programs of the 70-80's guys and it was really informative and fun to watch . Would love to see videos of that type and like one about the other modern strongmens .
Eddie hall attempted the 230kg but one thing u left out was he sprained his ankle 2 weeks before that. Tripped on a doormat . I believe he would’ve gotten it but you never know Also he’s mentioned this a few times, the reason he doesn’t use leg drive is that it always gives him knee pain and knee injuries
Yes this. I think it’s to easy to just blame his training. His technique on axle and log are damn near perfect. There are also videos of him teaching others technique details so it is wrong to make him look like just a brute force.
I came to the comments to see if anyone had mentioned this. I’m surprise Brom missed that. He rolled his ankle so hard it looked like he was gonna lose his foot.
@@carltifyJust thought i'd say this to help you out because for some reason you don't understand this, there's a thing called putting 2 and 2 together, it's so on point as a thing to do that it's literally used in the highest of courts during the biggest of cases on this planet, so yeah you don't actually have to see something happening to know it's 100% possible 🙂
Eddy's bro type of training can only take you so far. Eddie hit a platue on his 420kg DL with this style of training, so its only good for beginners :P
He realized doing a Max Deadlift needed 10 days recovery after listening to Brain Shaw. He used to try it once a week and wondered why he wasn't getting stronger.
Fans don't have an issue with the 1 kg, they got a problem with the not official lift, in his own gym, with his own staff, with his own weights, and so on.
When ever I see Eddie Hall this is the physique and strength I image fantasy Dwarfs must have. And when ever he is together with Brian Shaw, they both form a DnD group with Brian being a Barbarian.
@@CrniWuk 🤣🤣 DnD 🤣 Brian is more like a ogre, could even be a cyclop if I imagine him with one eye. And yeah Eddie even has the temperament of an angry alcoholic dwarf warrior.
Really informative video. It’s funny how the best people to ever do stuff sometimes don’t follow the “correct” principles. Love principles but also good to learn from observing the best
I want to point out that even other pro strongman make fun of Eddie's half reps. Watch any collab with Brian Shaw or Robert Oberst and you'll see them roasting him for his cheat reps. Big Z himself always trained with full ROM in his training videos, or at least as full as joints will allow for that day
There’s nothing inherently wrong with not utilising full range of motion. As long as you’re not using excessive body English too help you. If those half reps translated too increased power and strength how can anyone downplay his training
@@BuJammywhich part of "making fun" makes you think OP can't tell it's banter? Bro you don't need to learn how to read social cues, you need to learn how to read period.
I started out as indifferent towards eddie hall, but the more i see and hesr about eddie hall, the more of a fan i become. Hes now my favorite lifter/strongman, and for more than just his brute strength. Hes clever, gritty, humble, and supremely dedicated to anything he does. Hes also hilarious to top things off.
Bodybuilding work is so underrated for strongman. Most of my training is bodybuilding and then I train some kind of strongman event at the end as a finisher.
I agree with everything you’ve said, right on brother. 👍🏼 He’d have smoked that log lift fit - I believe he had a damaged Achilles for the attempt on the 230kg. Shame, I think he had plenty more in the tank..
I've seen lots of athletes in strongman be even stronger than Eddie, but they're not at their genetic limit. The mindset, the warrior soul in you to go all the fucking way, is what Eddie had and is so rare to see these days. He took out 100% potential of his body. If you look at someone like Hafthor, I don't think he's even at 90%. He's already a legend, has lots of money, beautiful wife, several kids, successful businesses and so on. It would be stupid of him to risk his life and health. Eddie risked it all and had to go all the way. He was probably only months for death. Since the Eddie/Thor era, the sport has changed. Even back in their prime the sport was already changing. In the early 2010s all the athletes were going for bodyweight, mass moves mass. Eat, eat, eat and drink a double shot of the special orange juice with every meal. It was only a matter of time before someone had a heart attack or what have you during a competition. They had to force the athletes to change, force them to be able to move atleast a bit. So I fear we'll never see a completely maxed out human being like Eddie was back in 2017 for a very long time. Apparently they've also made some pretty big breakthroughs with the PEDs and significantly reduces the dosages for same positive results (+ some new ones, Reaper talked about it among others), and with the added money into the sport most of the top 10 athletes have nutritionists working with them and they have a much better understanding of how that works. As a pure bro lifter, Eddie is probably the most impressive of all time. For the record. Most impressive, strongest overall human to have ever lived is probably Hafthor. Most impressive strength/strongman athlete in terms of pure competition prowess is probably Mitchell Hooper.
Nicely said, Eddie was the ultimate BROLIFTER, its crazy how he managed to win with a brosplit with some strongman events throw in (he did yokes/carries at the end of his leg workouts and atlas/farmers at the end of his back workouts ). But it shows that sometimes the ultimate factor in winning is your will and drive, I also dont see anyone of today top 10-20 guys , to be so dedicated and be all in as Eddie was back in 2015-2017. Im gonna try to search for that video where Reaper talks about drug use .
Yeah I agree, Halfthor is the strongest ever, Hooper is already arguably the best athlete ever to join the sport and if he keeps up this energy for a few years it'll be undisputed
Great video. It must be said that when Eddie tried for the 230kg press he had broke his ankle before and had to recover, you notice his one foot with the extra wraps on them as he decided to try do it anyway. I always felt like Eddie had the 230kg if he was 100%. Would have loved to see Eddie come back and do the 230kg Also Eddie has the genetics for endurance strangely enough rather than power, so he often can out work most people. He also has the Hercules gene as well but iirc only one of them not the pair that others have.
whether or not eddies technique was the limiting factor in his 230kg log press is up for debate. He did say that he injured his ankle, maybe even broke it not long before the comp. He said that he felt unstable on that foot wen he got the weight overhead, which is wat prevented him from locking the weight out. His left ankle (right wen looking directly at him) can be seen to be strapped up with tape which cld be proof of this injury, and lack of stability in this ankle. Awesome vid just like all the others 🤙
The reason Eddie was such a strong presser was because of his genetics, not bro split, rep range or anything else. Many powerlifters and strongmen do hypertrophy work as well. Not having the clip of Eddie bench pressing 4 women on the incline feels like injustice, one of the craziest feats of strength I've ever seen.
@@AlexanderBromley I never said they do a bro-split like Eddie. Arguably if Eddie didn't do a bro-split he might even have been a better strongman lol. I said many powerlifters and strongmen do hypertrophy work. Thor does a bunch of hypertrophy in his videos, Martins Licis, Graham Hicks, Mitchell Hooper, Pavlo Nakonechnyy, Žydrūnas Savickas. There are highly likely many more too. I've seen many training videos of strongmen doing hypertrophy, especially for pressing and back work. Big Z f ex used to do a lot of seated smith machine pressing among other hypertrophy exercises.
@@Nikoncha What makes Eddie unique is that his entire training revolved around the exact same boiler plate bodybuilding program confined to the same non-strength specific rep ranges for years on end. You made the point "a lot of guys do hypertrophy work", as a sort of a rebuttal. So I'm missing something.
Probably the wrong place to ask but does the Base Strength app do stuff for athletes other than weight sports, like is there settings or presets for rugby or a similar sport?
I have the same split as Eddie randomly enough lol. Why am I not that big yet? I don’t really do abs though, they get hit a little if you do a shtload of pull-ups.
I used to do all power building when no shows were in sight and then specialize for the events of the contest; I felt like a lawyer trying to exploit every loophole in the show!
Vasily pressed 236.5 Kg in 1972. I suspect that if the press was still included in WL competition, there would be 250 Kg. press by now, by weightlifters. Of course that would be with a bar, not a log. But they also had to clean and press (not continental style), so there are some trade offs.
I STILL believe peak Eddie Hall to be the statically strongest man to ever live. I wish he had chosen powerlifting as he was more naturally gifted for that than he was strongman. I truly belive that if he had pursued powerlifting he could have set a record for the total that would still stand today.
he also talked about recovery A lot. he will rest for a millennia before doing another set. he also was very rigorous with nutrition and sleep. he is the growth king basically. lesson is grow as much strength AND mass in every place possible.
@@kryptonianstrength8461 guess what. that shitty programming made him the greatest static lifter of all time.stop chasing the imaginary "optimal' and get some experience and see what works and what actually matters.
You're almost right about the Thor theme the sore thing was the fact that he did it in the gym and the officer was his own father Jim lifts don't count unless there's an official
No. The referee was Magnus ver Magnusson. Calling a sanctioned exhibition that's sponsored by every major fitness label, given world class judges, plates weighed live on camera, and livestreamed in front of millions (and aired on ESPN) a gym lift is fucking retarded.
There isnt a fixed rule. Individual differences along with the training style you've adapted to are going to dictate your recovery ability more than raw experience level. Whatever rules people come up with that seem to make sense will always have exceptions so you're on the hook for trial and error anyways
@@AlexanderBromley I agree to an extend but more volume is used at an advanced level which requires more recovery. When you get to those advanced levels where you hit the muscles extremely hard to get minimal gains because you're near your genetic potential, it will probably require more rest than a novice or intermediate that can build muscle with 24 sets per week per muscle.
@@AlexanderBromley I agree there is not a fixed rule but when training individuals we need to have a baseline idea of where to train someone at that level. Then adjust depending on how they respond to the training. I am not saying you need to do the same thing every time but I am saying depending on the individual's level you should have a specific point where you start before you adjust. I think we can agree on that.
The numbers that Eddie put up in training without even training those lifts was already a near powerlifting record at the time. He could’ve been so easily one of the greatest if not the single greatest powerlifter in terms of weight.
0:40 my first meet ever was USSF back in 2019. The press was a contested lift. Most of the normies were going bonkers when I was struggling to press 170 lbs over my head back then 😂. I got it up but two reds due to downwards movement. This is a feeling you get with OHP being a contested lift. In all of my PLing meets most of the normal people go and get food or coffee while waiting for bench to be over. I wish USSF had not died so fast. Great federation. And I always wish I had another shot at training the press with actual man strength. Vs being like 18-19 when I competed with them.
Don't knock the 1kg steps... If we're breaking world records, you don't want to end the pursuit and you don't want to end the interest.... NOW IF YOU'RE RETIRING and you've left 20kg on the table, by all means tear it up.
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Not really. Back then you had people like Alexander Zass, The Great Gamma, Bruce Lee, and many old time strongmen with very freakish levels of strength and fitness.
In EVERY Eddie Hall video they fail to mention that he's literally a mutant, his mutation allows him to pack on more muscle not his "routine" or "lifting range of motion" or "rest."
Step 1: be a 450lb unit
Step 2: Cranberry juice and hydration
Cheesecake also
Pint of ice cream every meal don't forget
+PEDs
Step 1: steal all the underpants
Step 3: profit
Nah bro my juice is Capree Sun. Gives better test levels after a tren-Bologne sandwich
Unmatched power, unmatched dehydration.
Way fuller than Grizzly.
This is so 2018 lol
Lol 😂
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If you know, you know.
That cranberry
Press is the only exercise I ever do where other gym goers come up and start watching along as I finish out a heavy set, people are impressed with press. No cooler feeling than taking weight someone else thinks is heavy and pushing it up to the sky.
You mean, when you go to the squat rack and everyone expects you to squat and then...you lift this weight over your head ! OI know the feeling . Feels good to be in the 0.01 % of strongest people 😋
@@daywalkermike The best feeling: "You hitting legs today, man?"
"Nope"
*casually presses your squat for reps*
I'll never stop training barbell press.
What's heavy though?
@@deanberkowitz5376100%, gets kinda evil though when you do it to girls tho😂
I miss being able to do standing presses my best was 205x7. Nothing crazy but would still have people staring
The deadlift “ladder” he does in the gym adding a plate each side until he reached 420kgs and then going back down again is one of the most unbelievable feats of strength in history.
A very small number of elite lifters could pull 420kgs for 1 rep and Eddie’s already done 380, 340, 300…etc with no rest at all. And if that’s not insane enough he still has to do a second rep on 380, 340…etc on the way down.
I can’t think of another athlete who has the power and endurance to replicate that.
I got a sympathetic feeling of wanting to throw up the first time i saw it.
Didn't Mitch do it? I'm sure he at least attempted it?
Mitch failed before reaching the second half lol. A few deadlifters could probs do the ladder up, but not the way down as well.
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@@immasurvivor 😂😂😂😂 I got light headed watching that, glad I wasn't the only one 😂😂😂
@@richtheunstable3359 he didn't get close although I think the two people were not loading the plates properly
guys Bromley telling us that Eddie is hefting, hoisting, horse-cocking heavy ass weight
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Jacked, stacked, succulent, and dense. Rotund bulbous muscles.
No pencilneck shit. Just pure horsecockery
More and more bugenisms are making into the main stream lmfao. The horse cockery shall not be stopped
HOLY BUCKETS
I love these strongman deep dive videos on the different lifters
Same, I love someone to go deep-in the training programs of the pro-guys. its even better when that guy is Bromley, a respected and accomplished guy,not some random youtuber.
@@losvatos6714 Like all the millions of daily lifting vlogs posted by physiqueless nobodies trying to be the next Sam Sulek. 'How I Train Arms' - dude you look like a middle-distance runner on a diet break why would I take training advice from you when Derek Lunsford exists?
Watching Mitch break the axle wr, you still can’t make an argument that Mitch is a better presser. Eddie strict pressed a world record.
Mitch himself has broken this down, where he says he is the best, as proven by his WR, at getting the axle from A-B within the strongman rule set. He then goes on to say he would have no chance in hell of strict pressing anywhere near that.
Iron Biby also stricted pressed it though and his technique was far worse than Eddie. Also, Zydrunas never really took the record where any other atlthe could touch it, after his 215 he never had the chance to do that record again is further 5 excellent years of pressing.
@@antoniocenteno1483 biby is also a better presser than Mitch. The fact that they have a tied world record but biby near strict pressed it just proves Mitch doesn’t have the same strength. He’s still an incredible athlete and earned his spot, but for being the worlds strongest man” he really doesn’t seem the strongest in a lot of ways.
If Bill Kaz had modern PEDs and training at his peak he'd be the best presser IMHO.
@@soi68 i don't think peds were ever the issue lol
I just hit a strict press PR of 230lbs/105kgs in a commercial gym. Needless to say everyone was staring in mouth open surprise. Best feeling ever 😅😂
Congrats, man! That’s epic, I’d love to be able to do that.
Aye let's go, nice work
Out of 8,000,000,000 people there’s a reason only 10-20 people seem to ever get close to these insanely high numbers like Eddie’s. It’s insane
230 is very impressive.
230 kg is insane
Yes sirrrrr!!!!!!!
I've push pressed it for sets of singles in a commercial gym and it still got everyone looking 😂
I love being in planet fitness, loading up the smith machine with 225 and people think im going to squat, but no its millitary press
At his strongest, Eddie might have had the strongest shoulders in history. The way he could shoulder press with no leg drive will always stick out in my mind. Only Big Z is in the same conversation.
Iron Biby?
@@Hhhlll7778 Close contender for sure, but his form looked slightly sloppier in his record press. Eddie had absolute pistons for arms at his peak.
Big Z push presses lol.
bs.what the hell has eddie ever lifted overhead more than anyone else?larry wheels is stronger at all db and incline or flat benches.irony bibby is stronger at the log lift.you dont base how strong someone is by he could have or if he focused or he did reps with x weight he could surely lift..it doesnt work that way.did he ever lift it?no,then STFU about eddie being stronger than everybody else.almost doesnt count.
@@carltifyLarry wheels has never got close to eddies set of 265kg for 6. Eddie has the axle world record. Iron biby never dedicated his life to wsm so on course he would break more ohp records than eddie
I love videos like this one, someone to go deep-in the training programs of the pro-guys. its even better when that guy is Bromley, a respected and accomplished guy,not some random youtuber. You have a video about the training programs of the 70-80's guys and it was really informative and fun to watch . Would love to see videos of that type and like one about the other modern strongmens .
Eddie hall attempted the 230kg but one thing u left out was he sprained his ankle 2 weeks before that.
Tripped on a doormat . I believe he would’ve gotten it but you never know
Also he’s mentioned this a few times, the reason he doesn’t use leg drive is that it always gives him knee pain and knee injuries
Yes this. I think it’s to easy to just blame his training. His technique on axle and log are damn near perfect. There are also videos of him teaching others technique details so it is wrong to make him look like just a brute force.
I came to the comments to see if anyone had mentioned this. I’m surprise Brom missed that. He rolled his ankle so hard it looked like he was gonna lose his foot.
yeah you never know.so stfu about eddie could have...
@@carltify you're a big man on the internet
@@carltifyJust thought i'd say this to help you out because for some reason you don't understand this, there's a thing called putting 2 and 2 together, it's so on point as a thing to do that it's literally used in the highest of courts during the biggest of cases on this planet, so yeah you don't actually have to see something happening to know it's 100% possible 🙂
"women, in the time of Swayze" got me. Nicely done, Brom.
Eddy's bro type of training can only take you so far. Eddie hit a platue on his 420kg DL with this style of training, so its only good for beginners :P
Had me in the first half, ngl.
I think he added the hyperbaric chamber to recover better to break that plateau? And just kept using bro split then used hypnosis to lift 500kg lol
He realized doing a Max Deadlift needed 10 days recovery after listening to Brain Shaw.
He used to try it once a week and wondered why he wasn't getting stronger.
I like this video style! Just having a voiceover while showing the actual training being discussed was more entertaining than your usual videos.
How to be "very happy" like Big Z next video? Also, liked for Ricky Bruch footage in the first 5 seconds.
An "I don't know maybe" like Pudz tutorial could also be useful
@@NorthStrongSC How to do things "for America" like Phil Phister.
"if weights are heavy I just use more strength"
My father in law is from Norway, works in Sweden, and has a bizarre Ricky Bruch story.
@@BuJammy Do tell...
Fans don't have an issue with the 1 kg, they got a problem with the not official lift, in his own gym, with his own staff, with his own weights, and so on.
1.the drive to complete/train at the highest level
2. Genetics
3.nutrition and “Supplementation”
One of the best training videos I've seen, full stop. Brilliant work mate.
When ever I see Eddie Hall this is the physique and strength I image fantasy Dwarfs must have. And when ever he is together with Brian Shaw, they both form a DnD group with Brian being a Barbarian.
@@CrniWuk 🤣🤣 DnD 🤣 Brian is more like a ogre, could even be a cyclop if I imagine him with one eye. And yeah Eddie even has the temperament of an angry alcoholic dwarf warrior.
Really informative video. It’s funny how the best people to ever do stuff sometimes don’t follow the “correct” principles. Love principles but also good to learn from observing the best
0:40 AYYOOOO WHAT?!
I want to point out that even other pro strongman make fun of Eddie's half reps. Watch any collab with Brian Shaw or Robert Oberst and you'll see them roasting him for his cheat reps. Big Z himself always trained with full ROM in his training videos, or at least as full as joints will allow for that day
There’s nothing inherently wrong with not utilising full range of motion. As long as you’re not using excessive body English too help you. If those half reps translated too increased power and strength how can anyone downplay his training
@@BuJammywhich part of "making fun" makes you think OP can't tell it's banter? Bro you don't need to learn how to read social cues, you need to learn how to read period.
I started out as indifferent towards eddie hall, but the more i see and hesr about eddie hall, the more of a fan i become. Hes now my favorite lifter/strongman, and for more than just his brute strength. Hes clever, gritty, humble, and supremely dedicated to anything he does. Hes also hilarious to top things off.
Great video!
Appreciate the work you put in to these.
God Bless,
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Eddie Hall's static strength is just phenomenal.
"Disrespecting gravity" is how i'll describe strongman to anyone i know from now on.
You should do this exact same video but about his deadlift and squats
@@sutton_trout spot on! Would love to see Bromley dig in more into Eddie's bro split
Bodybuilding work is so underrated for strongman. Most of my training is bodybuilding and then I train some kind of strongman event at the end as a finisher.
I lost it at Florida public school haircut 😂😂😂 (Florida public school grad)
This is why he's so popular. Relying on strength in STRONGman instead of using tricks
In static lifts even to this day his feats of strength are incredible tbh, i think he could of done more in strongman if he chose to continue
I agree with everything you’ve said, right on brother. 👍🏼 He’d have smoked that log lift fit - I believe he had a damaged Achilles for the attempt on the 230kg. Shame, I think he had plenty more in the tank..
This is really cool, I'd love to see a Strongman greatest lifts series
What I'm working on now!
Nice! Looking forward to it@@AlexanderBromley
I've seen lots of athletes in strongman be even stronger than Eddie, but they're not at their genetic limit. The mindset, the warrior soul in you to go all the fucking way, is what Eddie had and is so rare to see these days. He took out 100% potential of his body. If you look at someone like Hafthor, I don't think he's even at 90%. He's already a legend, has lots of money, beautiful wife, several kids, successful businesses and so on. It would be stupid of him to risk his life and health. Eddie risked it all and had to go all the way. He was probably only months for death.
Since the Eddie/Thor era, the sport has changed. Even back in their prime the sport was already changing. In the early 2010s all the athletes were going for bodyweight, mass moves mass. Eat, eat, eat and drink a double shot of the special orange juice with every meal. It was only a matter of time before someone had a heart attack or what have you during a competition. They had to force the athletes to change, force them to be able to move atleast a bit. So I fear we'll never see a completely maxed out human being like Eddie was back in 2017 for a very long time. Apparently they've also made some pretty big breakthroughs with the PEDs and significantly reduces the dosages for same positive results (+ some new ones, Reaper talked about it among others), and with the added money into the sport most of the top 10 athletes have nutritionists working with them and they have a much better understanding of how that works. As a pure bro lifter, Eddie is probably the most impressive of all time.
For the record. Most impressive, strongest overall human to have ever lived is probably Hafthor.
Most impressive strength/strongman athlete in terms of pure competition prowess is probably Mitchell Hooper.
Nicely said, Eddie was the ultimate BROLIFTER, its crazy how he managed to win with a brosplit with some strongman events throw in (he did yokes/carries at the end of his leg workouts and atlas/farmers at the end of his back workouts ). But it shows that sometimes the ultimate factor in winning is your will and drive, I also dont see anyone of today top 10-20 guys , to be so dedicated and be all in as Eddie was back in 2015-2017.
Im gonna try to search for that video where Reaper talks about drug use .
Yeah I agree, Halfthor is the strongest ever, Hooper is already arguably the best athlete ever to join the sport and if he keeps up this energy for a few years it'll be undisputed
Brilliant Bromley!
Thanks this was very insightful, with a ton of useful info that us mortals can use in our own programming
Great video.
It must be said that when Eddie tried for the 230kg press he had broke his ankle before and had to recover, you notice his one foot with the extra wraps on them as he decided to try do it anyway.
I always felt like Eddie had the 230kg if he was 100%.
Would have loved to see Eddie come back and do the 230kg
Also Eddie has the genetics for endurance strangely enough rather than power, so he often can out work most people. He also has the Hercules gene as well but iirc only one of them not the pair that others have.
whether or not eddies technique was the limiting factor in his 230kg log press is up for debate. He did say that he injured his ankle, maybe even broke it not long before the comp. He said that he felt unstable on that foot wen he got the weight overhead, which is wat prevented him from locking the weight out. His left ankle (right wen looking directly at him) can be seen to be strapped up with tape which cld be proof of this injury, and lack of stability in this ankle. Awesome vid just like all the others 🤙
Can you do a video on core and abs?
How to Press Like Eddie Hall:
Step 1: Be Eddie Hall.
Step 2: Lift and Eat Like Eddie Hall
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
my favorite thing with all of these athlete bios is the bro split they all do
You are a very good storyteller
Eddie had static strength like no other, absolutely insane.
The reason Eddie was such a strong presser was because of his genetics, not bro split, rep range or anything else. Many powerlifters and strongmen do hypertrophy work as well. Not having the clip of Eddie bench pressing 4 women on the incline feels like injustice, one of the craziest feats of strength I've ever seen.
Name a strongman who trains like this
@@AlexanderBromley I never said they do a bro-split like Eddie. Arguably if Eddie didn't do a bro-split he might even have been a better strongman lol.
I said many powerlifters and strongmen do hypertrophy work.
Thor does a bunch of hypertrophy in his videos, Martins Licis, Graham Hicks, Mitchell Hooper, Pavlo Nakonechnyy, Žydrūnas Savickas. There are highly likely many more too. I've seen many training videos of strongmen doing hypertrophy, especially for pressing and back work. Big Z f ex used to do a lot of seated smith machine pressing among other hypertrophy exercises.
@@Nikoncha What makes Eddie unique is that his entire training revolved around the exact same boiler plate bodybuilding program confined to the same non-strength specific rep ranges for years on end. You made the point "a lot of guys do hypertrophy work", as a sort of a rebuttal. So I'm missing something.
@@AlexanderBromleyThis just shows how impressive he was. I’m 17 and he trains like I do but he’s a fucking monster 😭😭
@AlexanderBromley it's the eddie hall nut riders, there is next to no way to make them understand.
Probably the wrong place to ask but does the Base Strength app do stuff for athletes other than weight sports, like is there settings or presets for rugby or a similar sport?
Anything he does overhead lifting wise is mindblowing
Finally giving UK athletes the respect they deserve
What a strong fellow. Interesting thing.
thats why i like GZCL programming, lots of volume for those juicy gainzzzz. Bigger muscles, more potential to lift heavier loads
Great video
I have the same split as Eddie randomly enough lol. Why am I not that big yet? I don’t really do abs though, they get hit a little if you do a shtload of pull-ups.
Everytime I see Eddie Hall lift, it amazes me and think to myself. There can’t be anyone stronger. Then I remember Brian Shaw exists.
Besides the video what do you think about conjugate
I used to do all power building when no shows were in sight and then specialize for the events of the contest; I felt like a lawyer trying to exploit every loophole in the show!
Eddie really was a "BEAST" Loved to watch Eddie during his run.
Definitely 1 of them , Brian shaw , big Z , stolman they all got to be in the top 1 percent
People forget that both times he attempted the log record he had either a broken or torn ankle, so he couldn’t support the leg drive needed.
Can you do a video on his journey to 500kg deadlift?
Eddie seems to be the most passionate in his career ,not doing it just for money
Vasily pressed 236.5 Kg in 1972. I suspect that if the press was still included in WL competition, there would be 250 Kg. press by now, by weightlifters. Of course that would be with a bar, not a log. But they also had to clean and press (not continental style), so there are some trade offs.
"British Bloat-Lord" That was hilarious.
I STILL believe peak Eddie Hall to be the statically strongest man to ever live. I wish he had chosen powerlifting as he was more naturally gifted for that than he was strongman. I truly belive that if he had pursued powerlifting he could have set a record for the total that would still stand today.
This! He was never meant to compete against the giants in throws and other mobile events. But his static strength was untouchable.
If he did mad dogs in australia with hixxy, that would have been awesome!
just stop it.if eddie had done this or that..he would be the greatest..bs
What do you mean he would? He was/is. He did. I hope he sats another long lasting WR though.
He was strict basically strict pressing people push press
he also talked about recovery A lot. he will rest for a millennia before doing another set. he also was very rigorous with nutrition and sleep. he is the growth king basically. lesson is grow as much strength AND mass in every place possible.
His programming was shit , he himself said he trained bro split like a bosybuilder and om the 5th day he would train events
@@kryptonianstrength8461 guess what. that shitty programming made him the greatest static lifter of all time.stop chasing the imaginary "optimal' and get some experience and see what works and what actually matters.
@@isekaitruckkun Thats the thing , juice and genetics led him to be one of the strongest , his training was pure dogshit
If only Eddie was hydrated, imagine what he could do
I'm not going to lie, Eddie Hall is definitely my favorite strong man ever
A true Beast.
Same, miss him when he was in his strongman days, now he is just a big MEME youtuber man-child. Kazz also comes second of my favorites.
@@losvatos6714 do you think guys can keep doing strongman forever? Not considering the bad health effects?
Who is the dude doing bicep curls at the begening of the video
You're almost right about the Thor theme the sore thing was the fact that he did it in the gym and the officer was his own father Jim lifts don't count unless there's an official
No. The referee was Magnus ver Magnusson. Calling a sanctioned exhibition that's sponsored by every major fitness label, given world class judges, plates weighed live on camera, and livestreamed in front of millions (and aired on ESPN) a gym lift is fucking retarded.
I agree but you need to elaborate on the difference between intermediate and below, advanced, and expert lifters regarding recovery time.
There isnt a fixed rule. Individual differences along with the training style you've adapted to are going to dictate your recovery ability more than raw experience level. Whatever rules people come up with that seem to make sense will always have exceptions so you're on the hook for trial and error anyways
@@AlexanderBromley I agree to an extend but more volume is used at an advanced level which requires more recovery. When you get to those advanced levels where you hit the muscles extremely hard to get minimal gains because you're near your genetic potential, it will probably require more rest than a novice or intermediate that can build muscle with 24 sets per week per muscle.
@@AlexanderBromley I agree there is not a fixed rule but when training individuals we need to have a baseline idea of where to train someone at that level. Then adjust depending on how they respond to the training. I am not saying you need to do the same thing every time but I am saying depending on the individual's level you should have a specific point where you start before you adjust. I think we can agree on that.
He described his split in a video before?
Mon - squat & legs
Tue - bench & chest
Thu - deadlift & back
Fri - OHP & shoulders
???
The numbers that Eddie put up in training without even training those lifts was already a near powerlifting record at the time. He could’ve been so easily one of the greatest if not the single greatest powerlifter in terms of weight.
He actually had a strand ankle during that log press world record
YES
0:40 my first meet ever was USSF back in 2019. The press was a contested lift. Most of the normies were going bonkers when I was struggling to press 170 lbs over my head back then 😂. I got it up but two reds due to downwards movement.
This is a feeling you get with OHP being a contested lift. In all of my PLing meets most of the normal people go and get food or coffee while waiting for bench to be over.
I wish USSF had not died so fast. Great federation. And I always wish I had another shot at training the press with actual man strength. Vs being like 18-19 when I competed with them.
I’m 5 ft 9 and 194lbs. I can max strict press 230. I see this man and cry because I’ll never match lol. Too smol.
Can we have more Eddie vids?
Who is the guy at 0:04?
Edward S. Hall
The S stands for strong
I think Graham Hicks is another presser that is superhuman
Man, seeing these world class athletes just doing bro splits makes me feel like there's something "functional" using gym time to get STRONG AS FUCK.
***kkkaaaaaPLLLOWWWWW**** (mind blown)
Andrew Richard from Canada or iron biby
Whats amazing about Eddie is he is nearly 400lbs and still has abs.
Or in fewer words: Eddie Hall is just built different.
The single strongest static lifter in recorded history.
Some man lift 535 pounds with he’s pinky I think or just one finger forgot
Is it the only lift that counts in reality taking something from the ground and picking it up above your head ?
Why every videos thumbnail changes like 3 times?
4:17, yeah that's not why people have issues with thor's(fake) deadlift
They have an issue because they are tangled up I'm Eddie's scrotum
Don't knock the 1kg steps... If we're breaking world records, you don't want to end the pursuit and you don't want to end the interest.... NOW IF YOU'RE RETIRING and you've left 20kg on the table, by all means tear it up.
Legend has it he would have pulled 1100kg if he was fully hydrated
Plot twist : eddie was doing his 1 rep max for 6 reps
You misspelled mitch hooper who is current axel wr holder press
Lol mitch couldn't hold Eddie's lunch sack
@@AlexanderBromley ok 90iq 1 hit wonder worshipper.
Eddie appeals to the lowest common denominator and is a nobody in the grand scheme of strongman
@MC-ep8cu sure. Now tell me all the reasons Mitch makes you moist.
Tjors liftvwasnt in comp was at his home gym w al judges and persinell from homeland all friends of Thor. Imo Eddie holds record as done in real comp
bro splits ftw
biby?
Agree with everything HOWEVER, Eddie missed the log because he had a broken ankle and it gave out during the lift
Zero chance that's the case. If you can clean and jump into a 500lb log twice, it's good enough to support the last few inches of movement
His ankle was broken at the time of attempting the log press world record
Brother eeehh 😂😂😂