Who is the best dead-lifter of all time and why? And worth noting - all these men had log press max before this.... Also must be noted that this set up on a platform, which was set up on a cambered rugby pitch, with a brutally stiff power bar certainly didn't give any great help to the men. Both Hafthor and Eddie went on to lift 400kg in the same year in competition. It also has to be said - Big Loz and Terry Hollands were right up there with Big Z at this point. And for those that don't remember when it was an extreme rarity - but 400kg/880lbs was, and still is, a tremendous pull.
Eddie and Thor could have both done quite a bit more on the day I suspect watching their performance. It was DEFINITELY less taxing on Thor. I'd give it to Thor given his natural (in terms of genetics) physique and I'm sure his maximum potential would be well past Eddies. Pound for pound (regardless of them weighing the same) and sheer determination and pulling well past his limits, hard to go past Eddie.
Zydrunas was simply a level above. Held the log, axle, and deadlift record at the same time. Mateusz said it best, “There will never be another Zydrunas.”
It seems like tall people actually have an advantage when it comes to deadlifting. Andy Bolton and Benni Magnusson are both 6’0, Eddie is (claimed) 6’3, Big Z is 6’4, Shaw is 6’8 and Thor is 6’9. All of them have pulled 1000lbs and/or had a deadlift world record.
@@JPqbss Well, tall people can put on more muscle than shorter guys can, so obviously the world record for deadlift would most likely be a taller man. At first though, when a short and tall guy is starting out, the shorter guy would lift more weight simply because they don't have to lock out higher than the tall people would.
yeah i see that sooo often in the gyms lmao it's ridiculous xD People don't realize the only reason to use mixed grip is to increase grip strength and they risk tears even w straps
@@makaan699 You occasionally see some say, especially powerlifters say they find a mixed grip more comfortable and feels a better position to pull from. Maybe that's how Eddie used to be but it is a little strange 😂
Because of using not figure 8 straps it kinda makes sense so there is no way of the bar rolling out of your hands. But I was still really confused at first
Well people went from 400 for one rep to 400 for reps in just a few years and 440 max to 500 maybe with the advancements in technology maybe just maybe someone might get 600 one day
I would say with our current equipment (suits, belt and straps) NO CHANCE!! But suits will probably get betterover the next 10-20 years so that it flies off the floor when using a deadlift bar so maybe one day
The weight wasn't 443kg on zs lift as shaw broke the record with 442.5 a bit after in 2013 before benni hit 446 and 461 in 2014. Z's record was at wsm 2011 with 440kg. The 433 was correct
Damn it's crazy how big progress those guys made. Especially Eddie and Hafthor. They both added over 100kg to their max deadlift in just a couple years. Sport is progressing super fast. Who knows, maybe in another 10 years someone will lift 600kg?
Kondzio 206 you're right, I was thinking of his wsm win in 2017 for some reason I always mistakenly remember that was done the same year as the 500. Still not a couple years, it was double that
216kg Log and 433kg Deadlift in the space of a couple of hours. I can't think of many men that could have done that as easily as Big Z with plenty of kg left in the tank Eddie Hall? Yeah easy Thor? Might have struggled on Log Shaw? No chance with the log Hicks? Yeah maybe if his back wasn't too fatigued from Log
Well I don't think Eddie would've done that easily considering his best log press in competition is 213 kg and that was while he had been preparing for the log for months and not preparing for other lifts. He has done 216 kg in the gym, but again, that was in the middle of his log press-only preparation. He has also failed 220 kg in competition before. Thor on the other hand did a very easy 213 kg log at Europe's 2018 and about an hour after that he did 6 very easy reps with a 380 kg axle deadlift.
Well this was on stiff bar and on stiff bar nobody can pull 500 for sure even now regardless funny how only Big Z knew back in the day how to pull slack of the bar lmao.
How was Eddie a professional strongman with his deadlift technique being that bad lol. Looks like he didn’t even have a coach to tell him so many basic things like don’t stare at the ground and switch grip is useless when using straps
Y'all got upset because everyone was criticizing your Eddie Hall uploads, so you decide you might as well throw in a Hafthor video while you're at it. Hilarious.
@@benarmstrong6904 Don't mind me, Benny. I honestly don't give a shit. It's just funny seeing all of the Eddie Hall videos and people complaining about it in the comments, only for Official Strongman to upload a video based on Eddie and his rival.
Who is the best dead-lifter of all time and why? And worth noting - all these men had log press max before this.... Also must be noted that this set up on a platform, which was set up on a cambered rugby pitch, with a brutally stiff power bar certainly didn't give any great help to the men. Both Hafthor and Eddie went on to lift 400kg in the same year in competition. It also has to be said - Big Loz and Terry Hollands were right up there with Big Z at this point. And for those that don't remember when it was an extreme rarity - but 400kg/880lbs was, and still is, a tremendous pull.
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Bennie Magnusson because... Bennie Magnusson.
Eddie Hall
1.Eddie Hall
2.Hafthor Bjornson
3.Benedikt Magnusson
Eddie and Thor could have both done quite a bit more on the day I suspect watching their performance. It was DEFINITELY less taxing on Thor. I'd give it to Thor given his natural (in terms of genetics) physique and I'm sure his maximum potential would be well past Eddies. Pound for pound (regardless of them weighing the same) and sheer determination and pulling well past his limits, hard to go past Eddie.
In ten years Official Strongman will release a video titled "A time when person x and y couldn't deadlift 500kg"
Zydrunas was simply a level above. Held the log, axle, and deadlift record at the same time. Mateusz said it best, “There will never be another Zydrunas.”
Well he will be the next big z I think
@@NSD-fp9qj If he can overcome all his injuries, it's so sad that one of the most promising athletes in the world is so injury prone
Oh how the times have changed
-"when you're tall, deadlifting gets extra difficult because of your height"
-deadlift 501kg
That's just a bro myth
It seems like tall people actually have an advantage when it comes to deadlifting. Andy Bolton and Benni Magnusson are both 6’0, Eddie is (claimed) 6’3, Big Z is 6’4, Shaw is 6’8 and Thor is 6’9. All of them have pulled 1000lbs and/or had a deadlift world record.
@@JPqbss Well, tall people can put on more muscle than shorter guys can, so obviously the world record for deadlift would most likely be a taller man. At first though, when a short and tall guy is starting out, the shorter guy would lift more weight simply because they don't have to lock out higher than the tall people would.
Eddie doing over under with straps lol
yeah i see that sooo often in the gyms lmao it's ridiculous xD People don't realize the only reason to use mixed grip is to increase grip strength and they risk tears even w straps
@@makaan699 You occasionally see some say, especially powerlifters say they find a mixed grip more comfortable and feels a better position to pull from. Maybe that's how Eddie used to be but it is a little strange 😂
Because of using not figure 8 straps it kinda makes sense so there is no way of the bar rolling out of your hands. But I was still really confused at first
@@dennisgitke4034 it doesn't tho it's just a less efficient and more dangerous position and w straps you absolutely dont need the grip enhancement
Hard habit to break when you start out lifting that way without straps. Really throws you off to try to change it.
Big Z was the first of this new breed of strongmen, and even now some of his biggest world records still remain.
5:57 that slap, lmao💀
We are lucky to see a living legend in our era......
the big Z
Once again Laurence proving to be the nicest guy in the sport.
Lalas is what I think DoomSlayer would look like without armor, his proportions are nearly 100% the same 😂
life goals
Juggernaut?
@@anthonyproffitt5341 maybe 🤔
In Doom Eternal, Slayer looks exactly as Z when he was lean.
@@kucuser Z has always had the keg of a belly, he definitely didn’t look like Big Z.
these previews in the intro need to go... they just spoil everything that's coming up
Lol this was over 5 years ago
now there are guys same age and almost half the weight that can lift 400kg lol
Yeah literally wtf😂
Stetoids can do everything mate😁😁
@@milos7825 shut up
John Haack just pulled 395kg at around 90 bodyweight lol
That's how strength works
Thor at 23 looking older than my dad who’s 61😂
will we ever see a 600kg deadlift?
Its close to the theorical imposible cause some specific joints cans handle the weight, according to some research’s. But, maybe some day.
@@juap 500kg was also considered impossible 15 years ago 🙌🙌
Well people went from 400 for one rep to 400 for reps in just a few years and 440 max to 500 maybe with the advancements in technology maybe just maybe someone might get 600 one day
I would say with our current equipment (suits, belt and straps) NO CHANCE!!
But suits will probably get betterover the next 10-20 years so that it flies off the floor when using a deadlift bar so maybe one day
And supplements..... and a bigger pool of talent turning towards strength sports
Great videos more needed
Crazy to see anyone beat Eddie at deadlift💪
What was with Hall's form lol the power lifting style dang and that is a baby hafthor Julius bjornsson and wee Laurence this is gold
The weight wasn't 443kg on zs lift as shaw broke the record with 442.5 a bit after in 2013 before benni hit 446 and 461 in 2014. Z's record was at wsm 2011 with 440kg. The 433 was correct
Figure 8 straps changed the game, and use of suits.
More the level of professionalism and the standard set by other competitors. Eddie in particular made other athletes realize what was possible
@@althenimble Sure, but everyone close to 500 use 8 straps holding the bar in their fingertips and using suits like Eddie aswell.
I think it is crazy how thor and eddie couldnt get over 390kg in this but now they are maxing at 500kg.
Imagine if by 2030 500kg is the norm
How humans became strong so quickly? We are in a era of constantly breaking strongs records
I think once one person breaks that barrier it just makes it so much easier for everybody else now that they know it's actually possible
Colin looking like a proper space cowboy
Gotta love Loz man
Damn it's crazy how big progress those guys made. Especially Eddie and Hafthor. They both added over 100kg to their max deadlift in just a couple years. Sport is progressing super fast. Who knows, maybe in another 10 years someone will lift 600kg?
It's not a couple years, was 5 years between this and eddies 500 and 8 years for hafthor's 501
@@IlliterateMoose It was 4 years between this and Eddie's 500. This was in 2012 and Eddie lifted 500 in 2016.
@@kondzio2062 hit him with those facts
Kondzio 206 you're right, I was thinking of his wsm win in 2017 for some reason I always mistakenly remember that was done the same year as the 500. Still not a couple years, it was double that
@@IlliterateMoose Okay but adding100 kg in 4 years or even 8 years at this level is still insanely impresive
Big Z pulling 433 kg on a shitty platform with a stiff bar... my god he's strong.
damn what a throwback
216kg Log and 433kg Deadlift in the space of a couple of hours. I can't think of many men that could have done that as easily as Big Z with plenty of kg left in the tank
Eddie Hall? Yeah easy
Thor? Might have struggled on Log
Shaw? No chance with the log
Hicks? Yeah maybe if his back wasn't too fatigued from Log
Agreed. But I don't think Big Z had "plenty of kg left in the tank"
Well I don't think Eddie would've done that easily considering his best log press in competition is 213 kg and that was while he had been preparing for the log for months and not preparing for other lifts. He has done 216 kg in the gym, but again, that was in the middle of his log press-only preparation. He has also failed 220 kg in competition before.
Thor on the other hand did a very easy 213 kg log at Europe's 2018 and about an hour after that he did 6 very easy reps with a 380 kg axle deadlift.
@@theeyeoftruth1488 Eddie almost pressed a 230kg log.
Shaw did 195kg this year and failed it in 2015
The rules also have changed. Several athletes dropped the weight and got a white light, now that's no longer allowed
And Eddie used a mixed grip here. Do you know when that was dropped?
They were allowed to drop the weight?
Big Z dropped the bar, does that still count?
Uncle Loz without a beard, a non ripped fat Terry Hollands... doesn’t sit right in 2021.
They weren't fat enough
Eddie Hall grew an inch since those days, apparently..
Dude 400kg are a lot
But big z just dropped the weight after he lifted it. Thought you have to set it back down??
Now 400 kgs is scared of Eddie and hafthor
*_GREAT_*
Damn I'm 6/5 380...these guys are monsters wow...takes me back
Wow, you should work with sabastian orb or thor couch
*_GIANTS GREAT👏👏👏_*
Who could sat that they lifted 500 kgs 😂
💯👌🏻💯👌🏻💯👌🏻❤
Now there’s people half of there weight that can rep 400😂
Like? I’m curious
@@johnrubens5603 they generally can't rep it but Jamal browner can and Cailer woolham and some others can lift it raw
Well this was on stiff bar and on stiff bar nobody can pull 500 for sure even now regardless funny how only Big Z knew back in the day how to pull slack of the bar lmao.
How was Eddie a professional strongman with his deadlift technique being that bad lol. Looks like he didn’t even have a coach to tell him so many basic things like don’t stare at the ground and switch grip is useless when using straps
Pure fking talent
Y'all got upset because everyone was criticizing your Eddie Hall uploads, so you decide you might as well throw in a Hafthor video while you're at it. Hilarious.
I doubt that's the case, it's their channel they can do what they like...
@@benarmstrong6904 Don't mind me, Benny. I honestly don't give a shit. It's just funny seeing all of the Eddie Hall videos and people complaining about it in the comments, only for Official Strongman to upload a video based on Eddie and his rival.
I lost count how many times they've uploaded Eddie's 500kg lift but with slightly different titles
@@pbkimblee1858 I also lost count of the amount of times you’ve hated on this legendary achievement
Thor was so fat
Yeah when Eddie was just 6'2"