Hafthors 970 kg Powerlifting Total After 6 Week Prep
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I think he'd have gotten 1000 if he wasn't sick just two days before. He lost 5kg of bodyweight over those two days. That's massively impactful. I recently lost 11kg of bodyweight myself due to an illness, and looked like a husk of my former self. I've since gained it back, but that took months. I can imagine it made all the difference.
Edit: And as said in the comments, Thor didn't even accept this as an excuse when it was Kelsey mentioning it, not himself. What a legendary mindset. That's why he's the best.
love your username
Tbf loosing 5 kg is probably like taking a shit for someone like thor
+ he didn't tell us that as an excuse instead tried his best to give us a 400 Squat and 410 Deadlift. Massive respect and he will come back stronger! 💪🏻
Yeah, getting sick or ill at that point and losing weight make a lot of difference, i remember in the DL championships of 2021 Pavlo got sick and loss weight and got greatly affected by it
This the same guy who was hating on jamal browners sumo deadlift
I hope he continues gaining bodyweight and training. He could seriously set some records in raw powerlifting
i know hes not elite powelifter, but if you compare it with talents like john haack / jamal who are in 1000kg club with 90-100kg body weight hafthor is just one of the many guys who compete, but noone even notice, well everyone does, because hafthor is big name, but there are guys who holded world record in total, but nobody knows them, like Petr Petráš from Czech Republic who did 1160kg total, but sadly almost nobody knows that he even exists
Hafthor uses knee wraps and elbow sleeves, it's not raw
@@alessioferr2805there was no elbow sleeves in comp n wraps are considered raw as well
@@lonestar2495 wraps are not 100noercent raw that's why there's a separate division... realistically he had 775 wrapped and probably 700 with just a belt
@@robertwilliams5618 wraps are classified as raw
It's funny how people are completely fine with this but kept questioning his 501 even though it was done at the same gym and same equipment and an extremely credible judge.
It’s because it was not in a competition which resulted in a record
Just delusional eddie fan things
I agree with you. The head referee is a friend of his who has trained with him multiple times.
doesnt feel like a true competition when it's held at your gym and 1 or 2 of the 3 judges are your friends.
@@alexisvnc I mean lots of these power lifters are friends with organizers and judges. Eddie Hall is friends with Colin Bryce. Martins Licis is friends with Magnus Ver Magnusson. Nick Best is friends with Brian Shaw. Does that mean we can't trust any of them? Are the organizers and judges not allowed to have friends in the same industry?
@@alexisvnc He (Thor) used Magnus to officiate 501 kg because he didn't have to travel far and he is one of the most reputable strongman competition judges in the world currently. The strongest man of the 1990s.
It’s funny because the 460kg squat (redlighted) from 2018 was faster than his 360kg in this meet.
yeah but he also weighs160 now and back then he was 200+... Also he got sick before the comp and lost 5kg
Yea but that was before he hit his giant cut to do the boxing match
He needs to compete in a real meet with pros, would be a joy to watch
We are extremely proud of you Hafthor, and well done team Iceland... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇮🇸
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Just crazy how strong he still is after losing all that weight. I lost around the same amount of weight and it is humbling. When it comes to Thor I never believe anything is impossible, if he truly wants to do something I fully expect him to succeed.
PEDs are amazing.
@@edntz you can take all the PEDS you want, and you would never get half as strong as him.. heck i know guys who took PEDS for yeeeears, but cant lift even close to what he can.. yes they ALL do PEDS, but as the E stands for, its only enhancing.. without the right diet, sleep, sups, training and genetics, you wont ever come close.
There is a reason there is a nr 1. and a nr. blah, in strongman.. but they all do PEDS..
@@bjarkesvenningsen6885 I never said i would come close to Thor's strength. @JaredTG mentioned how he lost strength after losing weight. Well, if you're on PED's, you'll mostly keep your strength. Hence why i mentioned PED's. No one talked about getting as strong as Thor or anything like that. You started talking about that yourself. Perhaps work on your reading comprehension.
not bad at all for 6 weeks prep. He was on his boxing voyage for a while, I honestly am impressed with the amount of strength he retained during that time. Good Job
well with his muscle memory from when he deadlifted 501kg and all of the strongman years i think its very easy for him to regain these strenght numbers
@@Your_nearest_toyota_dealer For sure, muscle memory is one helluva drug
Still not enough to beat a tiger in tug of war. He got embarassed.
@@tv26889 no man on earth would beat a tiger in tug of war lol
@@shadowlegend2948 In the clip, Haftor was getting pulled so hard when he quit he almost fell over. Meanwhile, the tiger is literally just sitting on the other side with the rope not even really trying. True force of nature.
Very impressive from Hafthor, even if he didn't meet the 1000kg goal
*lbs
@@dominik7246 No, 1000kg total
I hope he continues to compete at a healthy weight. Very impressive.
Good on Thor! He is a living strength legend who has well and above proven himself in the hardest strongman competitions as one of the strongest men ever 💪🏼
Update, former world’s strongest man is strong.
Barely.
@Eduard M I don’t think anyone is totalling 500kg first time in they gym
Well done very good numbers after major weight loss and only 6 week prep..
I agree with the attempt selection adjustment. He looked like 390 squat would have been there, 212.5 bench would have been there, and 397.5 would have been a grinder of a deadlift. Maybe he will try again this summer or late spring.
What a beast! I like this version of Thor. Lean, big and strong!
so close! i hope hes not to sad about this!
That pause on bench was insane... I have never had one that long in comp..lol geesh
Thor looks good right now. I hope he continues to gain lean mass.
More time more bodyweight and hes gonna be absolute elite again no doubt about that
Kinda curious how much strongman thor(”prime”) would get.
Makes me feel trash about my 220 kg orm haha.
Btw how do you get highlighted?
Very impressive. One of the strongest humans alive, but it just goes to show how insane the sport has gotten when the John Haacks of the world totaling over 1000kg consistently at low BW's. Out totally a WSM at half the BW. Haack is the GOAT of GOATs. Can't wait to see what Thor can put up next
Saw John at a regional bench and deadlift event, the eisenhart. Crazy how strong he is for his bw. 240 kg bench and 390kg dead with safety margin is crazy at 90 kg bw
Wait until you see the FULLthor who will total 1200 this December.
Hafthor is absolutely insane he can lift absurd numbers one of the world's strongest people probably one of the world's strongest man.
*John Haack has joined the chat*
To know having a 1000lb total is already impressive, this guy ending up over 2000lb is amazing.
He can deadlift more then 1000lb, when he gets more into weightraining again.
@@runnerbabathan
*My guyyyy. Spotters did great!! Tip those guys*
Getting sick just before the meet was very unfortunate, if he would've been 100% he would've smashed the 1000kg goal.
*lbs
@@dominik7246 sorry lad, you're wrong on that
0:38 straight bars
To the speaker, if you say kilogram as an adjective you don't need the 's', but if you say it as a noun 'a bench of 220 kilogram's'' you do need the 's'. You rarely need the 's' if you say 'kilo'.
You definitely need the s when pluralizing it
.it's a pet peeve of.mine.
@@robertwilliams5618 Exactly, with such a large audience he should hire an english teacher for a month.
You see how he is benching and pausing kids? That’s how you pause a bench. Good job it’s becoming more and more rare to see a proper paused bench now.
In most feds a pause isn't obligated
as expected of the Mountain!
wait how much does thor weigh currently i would love to see him go back to weighing 455 pounds 206 kg when he did the deadlift
Does dropping a squat bar with superhuman weight on it make you a bit of a jerk or is this well tolerated in a power lifting competition?
is the deadlift on stiff bar ?
Proof that at the end of the day “strong is strong”
Apart from being sick before the comp, here what we can see is a not so good planing of Thor's lifts, maybe he wouldn't have hit the 1000, but he definitely could 've grasped it with a 990-995 total. Experience will give him the vision yo avoid that kind of errors.
So like he did a “competition” in his home gym? Like did anyone else lift or just him? Is it now considered a competition lift or a gym lift?
Other dudes were lifting as well, not just him
Very interested in seeing his current deadlift with suit and straps, if he's able to pull around 400 kg raw he might be closer to 500 kg equipped than I thought
At his heaviest his raw deadlift could have been 440 on his last powerlifting meet he just missed due to grip
@@ivang8805 so (roughly) 10%, which (in theory) would put his equipped dead at around 450 atm
I don't think percentages work as well at such high amounts of weight
Just a casual 120kg off
@@holliswilliams8426 Why wouldn’t they? 10% is 10% whether that’s of 100lb or 1000lb
Bailed on the spotters 💀
That looks like his gym. Was the meet there?
That bench wasn’t locked out
Imagine if he went for +10kg instead of 20kg on squat, he might have nailed 400kg deadlift instead of 410kg, giving that 1000kg total
Hathors knees start to cave in as he rises, is that normal?
Puts into perspective how strong John haack is
U can cover Ivan Makarov deadlift update...
withthe amount of weight he has lost its no surprise, once he bulks back up again he will push those numbers higher.
Let’s see your total
I can’t wait to have him powerlifting at full capacity. These aren’t official numbers are they?
Iirc this was a WRPF sanctioned event
his 1st meet he totaled 1100kg
@@MrTrollDevil he competed a few times in 2010 and 2011
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His "last" meet before this.
I've not been keeping up with him but he did deadlift 501kg so I'm confused as to how he failed 410?
He lost a lot of weight for his health and to focus on boxing
@@ryanmehenni9517 Ah ok that makes sense.
Dude he definitely has 1000gk in the bag he was so close
It's crazy how.stromg he is.considering he is so.tall, so.his ROM is a ton
Just needs more time. 1100 next yeat
It's great to see Thor lifting again
The Squats are in wraps i see - is this like a half raw meet?
Most feds count knee wraps as raw. This was a WRPF meet and their rules say knee wraps are raw.
6 weeks prep boys, fucking scary
what would he have done in his prime total ? 1100kg ?
he already did that on his 1st meet
@@MrTrollDevil second
The Hafthor will soon be FULLthor
Hafthor is very strong and easily do 300kgs of bench very potential
in my opinion its harder to put weight and power than geting kilos down to be fit
This should put John haacks strength into perspective
Newbie gains In 6 weeks goes from 750 condition to 970
Cenk Koçak 980 kg
Why the fuck aren't there safeties on the Squat?
Hafthor is awesome but for me this really puts into perspective the stuff people lile jamal browner are doing, hafthor got a 970 kg total @ ~160kg BW, jamal got a 1052kg total @ 110kg. That just seems unreal
imagine if sheiko coached him for 20+ weeks, we could've seen around 1050
he already has a 1100kg total
Thor has a 10x better coach
Eddie should do a powerlifting competition also
100% agree that he could hit 1000kg with better attempt selection. This meet i believe without a doubt he could have hit 390/210/400, choosing 400 for his 3rd squat was the only mistake but was a reasonable decision at the time considering how good his squats looked. Sometimes playing it safe can pay off.
Plus with this being his first real attempt at powerlifting in a while and his strength coming back, I bet its superrr hard for him to predict what his body can and can't do
Agreed
I really like these channels and these videos are great, but I really feel like these 4 videos covering Halfthor's meet could have just been one video
He was posting them as they happened
Was this even at a sanctioned competition? Is this not in his gym?
It was sanctioned.. His dad weighed the plates
@@SammySprinklers69 your dad making sure the weights are calibrated isn’t sanctioned. Sanctioned meaning an official competition with competition stressors, other competitors, official refereeing, official weigh ins etc.
If no, this is gym a mock meet in your local gym
@@jacoblifts guess that went a little over your head lol
@@jacoblifts they never said it was sanctionned, people are allowed to have fun. And it was done proper rules anyway, just not an offical fed
@@J.c410 I agree man, he wanted a 1000kg total though, if he got it it wouldn’t have been official is what I was getting at
Should’ve gone for the second rep on the bench
He could have done 390kg squats and deadlift+ 210 bench for 990 tot but still insane xD
So he got more than 100kg less than his PB, I know he’s a lot lighter now than then but still a long way off
Bro how tf is John totalling more than this man at 90kg💀💀( ik ik training pl for a long time vs for 6 weeks and he was sick etc) but still man, johns crazy especially the bench
John is in the conversation as the greater powerlifter of all time. Thor just happens to be incredibly strong, but his forte is a well rounded strongman. John IS crazy, lol.
@@shawnmichaud4484 I mean thor doesn't just happen to be strong, he also trained for strength for many many years and also the size and gear. But yea John is built dif
If he had a longer prep more likely would’ve gotten it
390kg squat and 400kg deadlift would have seen 1000kg. He was about 10kg too high on both.
How is it possible to loose that much amount of strength?
Losing 50 Kilo Bodyweight, less steroids, no weight lifting for 2 years
@@bigmac9800 might be a reason, ye. only maybe though
GREAT QUESTION OR TROLL🤣
He's extremely disappointed with this, but it is nice.
more motivation to go and smash it next time. crazy to do this after only 6 weeks prep. he barely even touched a weight for over 2 years doing the boxing. scary to think the numbers he could do it he really went for it
we've all been there
Strongest human who has ever lived.
I’m confused because guys like Colin Weng are doing 500lb bench easy and Thor was worlds strongest man, so shouldn’t he be doing way more? I know a good amount about weightlifting. I’m guessing it’s because he doesn’t train these specific movements?
1030 kg+ total is possible if he has a good day
Prime thor achieved 1100kg total in a competition
Just really shows you how nuts John Haack is 👀 not taking anything away from Hafthor though
Well John Haack has a lot less range to move the weight, and he's hyper-specialized in those three movements. Thor comes out of boxing, gains a bit of weight, preps for 6 wks, and totals 970 kg while missing lifts lol.
Its Thor's 2nd meet ever both with only 6 weeks preps and no other specific training. He has lifted very little of naything in over 2 years and is getting used to a 60kg smaller body.
John has literally done 100's of meets and is a full time powerlifter and his weight flucates 20lbs max.
@@joebot9309 this is Thor’s 6th powerlifting meet.
Just to clear everyone. This is Thor's 3rd Full meet. First was in 2011, Second in 2018 and now 3rd.
@@hithro5466this guy lives to defend him it’s really pathetic
No doubt he’s strong but isn’t that bench kinda wacky?
didn't he deadlift 500kg in the past??
Thors benching isn't amazing, but really good cuz he thor
but it is because of his insane shoulders, strongmen are often shoulder dominant over chest
He might crawl to a 2400 total but he will never beat Dan Bell
Wow really puts into perspective how strong Jesus is
John Haack at 220 pounds destroys that.
Why is this relevant or applicable?
Hafthor will crush records when he actually trains for more than a couple of weeks 😂
John haack won't stand a chance
@@a-a-rondavis9438 comparing performances in the same sport?
@@nk0723 I mean they would compete on dots and I doubt he would beat hack on those.
@@nk0723 Thor won't stand a chance guy was 460 pounds did 500 kg dead....guy weighing 235 pounds just beat that. Always been overrated imo, 460 pounds barely benches 550 at his best. He won't break any records , top super heavy powerlifters will smoke him bc they use bodyweight as a scale too. His DOT score would NEVER be anywhere near the top guys. Sorry.
Why are you spoiling at the end?
Damn he needs to work on that bench
15 Kg more Bodyweight and 3 month more of training and i´m sure he can make a total from 1050 Kg.
He has a 501kg wr deadlift but barely lifts 410kg off the ground? He should be able to lift that for reps even if you wake him up at fucking 3am
No wraps. It was his grip that gave out, not his body.
Crazy how Brian Shaw can outbench him and he doesn’t even train bench
Did he always have a 'poor' bench? It seems every other big powerlifter that competes with/against him will have a better bench than him. Is it just due to his size and reach because he is absolutely massive when compared to ever other powerlifter at that level
Now imagine what he can do if he prepped for a year
True. All of us are curious. Dan Bell himself said if Thor prepares and go for it, he will 'smash' his WR. Yes, smash is the exact word he used.
@@Nirsterkur Jesus Olivares way stronger than Haftor, not even the same league
@@Jackedaniels93 He is a pro Powerlifter and only does 3 lifts. Hafthor is not a pro Powerlifter, but a pro Strongman and does more than 100+ different lifts and events. There is no comparison.
It's like him doing a Strongman competition and you compare him to Hafthor Julius Bjornsson. 🤦🏻♂️
Way Stronger than Hafthor? 😂 Nobody who ever lived is stronger than prime Hafthor.
@@Nirsterkur bro strongman is not only about strength , it involves endurance , speed , strategy ecc... if u say that a 190 kg strongman who can’t do more than 250 kg bench is the strongest person to ever lived you smoking crack lmao
@@Nirsterkur powerlifting is the most accurate way to test static and general strenght, so stfu Haftor fanboy
Bro it he only benches 460
damned, he would have taken 400 Kg on the deadlift? then i would have voted totally right with my 990 Kg total. Of course only if he had made it?
The unofficial home gym Brad Casselberry trophy man , Hafthor. Sounds like you have a crush going on. Thor’s record will always be unofficial non competitive
Indeed
Sounds like E.Hall still pissed about losing record and beatdown that followed
@@peterpapadeas6475 Winning a decision on points is only a beat down in the fantasy world a little boy and as we all know Eddie Hall did not lose any official competition record. But you keep that poster up in your room of Hafthor.
@@JRake32 Floored him twice and would have finished him off with more experience. As for HIS WORLD RECORD he had another 10kg in him in any setting. Eddie looked literally like death getting there.P.S I am a fan of Eddie Hall.
@@peterpapadeas6475 fan or no fan, Hall performed under competition conditions and still is the only man to lift 500K under competition conditions. You can claim Thor had 10 more kilograms all you want in his tank but he did nothing to demonstrate that. You’re correct Eddie went down twice but certainly those were sloppy knock downs and they weren’t knee benders they were more like half shoves. No one is claiming half Thor did not win the fight but for a guy 5 inches taller and that much bigger he couldn’t do much more than went on points. I don’t buy his left is legitimate neither do many people. He’s always been jealous of Eddie always been resentful of Eddie’s charisma and Eddie’s popularity the guy is a mound of dirt and boring as wall paint and he simply can’t get over that.
It’s impressive don’t get me wrong but it’s hard to be as impressive when there’s people doing this 55kg lighter and with sleeves not wraps
Thor trained for about 6-8 weeks for this lift and hadn't done any big lifts for about 2 1/2 years whereas the ones who are lighter are probably doing nothing but powerlifting
@@richardthomas3697 yes but thor has obviously lifted for many years before his break and is untested
Коленки гуляют, надо работать над техникой!
Yes, he’s way stronger than me, but he has become the king of at home competing lmao.
Thors gym is used as it has the space to accommodate a decent crowd and a lot of the equipment is already there. Also it's a public gym that anyone can use - it's not just for Thors personal use
He does 1 frienndly meet witht he lcelandics at his gym and you say he is the king of home lifting ? His 501 was sanctionned by WUS, and this powerlifting thing was just for fun
I’m sorry but a 210kg bench is kinda shit considering who he is idc if he’s never trained it, I swear I’ve seen this man hit that for reps on overhead press he should easily be benching 250+