FFS. Why does no one care that this lift was done in an unsanctioned meet with non calibrated, unweighed plates, with the shadiest meet director of all time, and that several people in the meet (including Benni) pulled more than they ever did before or after the meet, even with suits, straps, and anything else.
@Rattan Prakash Negi Eddie has a lot, I mean *a lot* of static strength, but mobility is something you don't want to overlook. Most strongmen are fat, so they have to carry more weight than e.g. Mariusz Pudzianowski who has a body of a bodybuilder which is rarely seen in strongmen. This is what gave him his superior mobility.
@@yesyouareright9800 Erm he isnt dead Yet is he ? and You dont loose 20 years of Your Life that Way Try Hard alcohol and cigarrettes for 30 years that helps. By the Way i cant understand written sarcasm if your comment was some.
@@sheldoncooper8199 the doctors said he lost 20 years of his life, it just means if the average life expectancy is 80 then he is mostly likely to die at 60
@@yesyouareright9800 Oh okay due to his diet and the Power Lifter Lifestyle. I thought you meant in that particular Moment of the Lift. Yeah i get that.
If thor did honestly lift that weight we will see him lift 515kilo + in an official setting. The ease with which he lifted that is unparalleled and while he has made it to an impressive amount of worlds strongest man finals and Is clearly a strong and skilled man, I doubt he actually did a 500kilo lift with such comparatively little effort.
@@jacobpinson2834 exactly. Funny how in strongman competitions Thor was nowhere near the deadlifter Eddie was but in his home gym he pulls 501k with what seems like very little effort compared to Eddie's 500k. However even if he did truly pull 501k it was always have that important asterisk beside it read "out of competition". Apparently there's a bounty for 505k at this year's DL championship. We'll see if anyone can pull more than 500k in competition.
@@jacobpinson2834 Thor retired and dropped a shit-ton of bodyweight, so we'll likely never see him attempt it in competition. I believe he did it legitimately. Look at Thor's physique and all-round strength! He was walking around looking fairly lean at 200kg because of his height -- there's very few strongmen/powerlifters who can do that. That being said, Eddie's deadlift was way more impressive in my eyes; not only was 500kg a massive jump from the previous records, but it was done under competition rules. If Eddie didn't tell everyone he was going to lift 500kg and follow through, I doubt anyone else would have got close by now as it seemed impossible.
The lift at 1:53 was made look easy not only to lift that amount of weight but to actually gently place it back down , Dang this is very very Impressive !
not totally convinced that lift was legit, wasn't done in an official meet with calibrated plates and he never did anything like that again and conveniently got injured straight afterwards
Bolton pulling 1000lbs+ was ground breaking - there weren't many in the world over 900lbs back then and he did it without straps. Eddie pulling 500kg was another huge milestone as no one thought it was possible.
I always think that if Thor had done 505(which it looked like he might have been able to) the controversy pretty much goes away. 1kg is probably within the margin of "home field advantage" and "special day, setup just for you" but 5-10kg isn't.
I think 505-510 was absolutley possible. His 501 was really smooth. Would have been Great if he made one more attempt. Sad he didnt, but health and family is nr1
Great video! Enjoyed that it had camera angles on some of the lifts that I haven't seen before. Like Benni with the "What did she say?" Haha! Also, Andy Bolton doesn't get enough credit. He pulled massive deadlifts many times in full meets after squatting 900+ and even 1000+.
@@Dylan-pt1iv dont forget if Eddie didnt have pulled that 500kg, thor would never have tought about doing it himself, im sure of it. and i agree with your opinion aswell
And no straps either... How it's even possible to have that grip strength is beyond me. I remember pulling 170kg and how heavy that was lol. Absolutely mind-blowing that humans are capable of these feats.
@@Blobbyo25 well the 4 strong men once said that the only reason their strong is cause they add weight every set they do , watch eddie hall, he said people that just do the same weight every set will not gain any strength , you gain strength by adding weight on the next set u gonna do
@@slumst1ck789 That is an awsome and unheard of trick. Thank you! I've been lifting 30 kgs. for 30 years now and I never thought of adding weight. The weight lifting community is like the pinnacle of intelligence.
1:58 For my opinion Benedikt Magnusson is the best deadlifter on the Planet, the style is pure amazing power, and 460kg RAW have much value on 500kg & 501kg with suit ,rope for hand grip, and band knee.
I feel like this has to be noted: When Eddie did the 500 kg deadlift, he only did the deadlift, he didn't participate in the other events. I say this because some people try to discredit Thor by saying that Eddie had to do other events while that was not the case. Thor and Eddie also did the exact same 2 warmup lifts (420 kg and 465 kg). Thor also had less rest time between lifts than Eddie.
@@Vargashomes Again, proved my first point. Eddie went from 461, disallowed after dropping to 462, 463 and then 465 before he ever attempted 500. Then broke the axle by 1kg and attempted to break the log by 2. I mean it's just ridiculous, he was more than happy to break records by 1kg himself on more than one occasion.
@@Vargashomes breaking a record by 1 kg is perfectly normal, and done all the time. Eddie did it too on mulltiple lift including the deadlift. Most of Eddie'q fans had no idea what strongman was year ago but think they know enough to decide who's lift is legit or not lmao
@@scottgrudziadz9807 To my knowledge locking out the lift doesn't mean there is no shaking but has to do with the average bend of the involved joints, which Eddie had and held for longer than required. (granted I haven't directly read all of the strongman rules but I have watched a decent amount of professional strongman competitions and videos from all the strongman who appeared on history channel)
@@jacobpinson2834 Thor isn't *as* crazy as Eddie. He's way more strategic about things. As far as I've seen he doesn't do any unecessary work, just the right amount to win. Meanwhile Eddie is wasting some of his energy and health to show off. Love him for that, but it takes its toll.
@@jackcough8155 thats one event, i said overall And yes 1 kg is 1kg. He did the lift with more in the tank. Think he easy could lift around 510 if he tried. Eddies lift was Great, but he nearly died. Therefor i think hafthors lift was way more clean
You're underestimating Big Z, he was incredibly strong but also well rounded. Not a single bad event for Big Z. Also Eddie Hall never won the Arnold Strongman Classic, the heaviest competition in the world, and Big Z won it 8 times, so I'm not sure why your pick is Eddie.
Benni Magnusson for sure. Raw with a stiff bar : the ultimate true deadlift. Figure 8 straps, bars that whip like plane's wings during turbulence, a suit so hard to stretch they have trouble reaching the bar... It seems alot of people focus on big numbers rather than the quality of the lift. I'd rather see 1000lbs raw than 1300 pounds with all the previously mentioned gimmick.
In the context of leaping from 465kg to 500kg, it really does show how feeble a victory Thor's pull was. Still impressive, don't get me wrong, but the way the guy talked up the Eddie Hall fight after and basically ended his strongman career off the back of a 1kg win did himself a disservice.
Haftor has nothing more to prove in strongman, especially compared to Eddie. 10 majors vs 1 says a lot. He ended on this deadlift cause Eddie has been trashtalking everyone everytime there was a deadlift event. He did a confortable 501 with less prep time than eddie, went on to win his decade Island strongest man and retired. Nothing wrong with that
Haftor has nothing more to proive in strongman, especially compared to Eddie. 10 majors vs 1 says a lot. He ended on this deadlift cause Eddie has been trashtalking everyone everytime there was a deadlift event. He did a confortable 501 with less prep time than eddie, went on to win his decade Island strongest man and retired. Nothing wrong with that
@@J.c410 He only won WSM once. Whichever way you swing it, that still leaves something to prove. And he started the whole beef with Eddie due to his accusations of cheating. I'm a big Thor fan but there's no doubt he soured his own legacy with the whole smack talking and fight thing. If he'd stayed quiet after the 501, walked WSM2020 (which he would've, injuries not withstanding) then he would've secured his legacy. Only then announce the fight.
@@edwardchester1 wsm isnt the only contest out there lmao. Arnold is even cinsidered better by many. That whole fight thing was already planned and signed before he lifted 501, you're a fool if uou think Haftor talking about it started anything, it was pure promotion. He won everything there is, beat everyoen along his way and retired cause it was pointless to stay at 200kg.
Maggnuson was seeing stars for a long minute with all the internal pressures. the way Eddie hall looks around after lifting 500kg is insane, gets me everytime.
it should be invalid. yes we know that he did lift the weight and the weight lifted was measured accordingly by rogue professionals: but lifting in your own home gym is far far easier than in comp
@@Althubx What part of the world record deadlifts say competition? Eddie has the world record in competition deadlift? If that's the case then go down the line of world records counted prior. None where specific plates or even the same height. It is valid as it is the heaviest weight deadlifted off the floor and locked out. THE END.
@@sourstrawberry6636 "authentic" it was officiated by the most highly recognized referee in the sport. Not only that it was highly stringent by weighing and inspecting every weight and implement used. It was sanctioned by a highly recognized strongman entity. There is no governing body in strongman. The previous records where done no where near to this level of oversight. Its as "authentic" as it can get. In my opinion too "authentic". Strongman isn't about calibrated plates and exact lift height etc. Its about a broad field of strength testing. Records in strong man are just not as important as they are in let's say powerlifting. This guy deadlifted 501kg under the watchful eye of the most highly regarded referee. No one else has deadlifted more under more stringent circumstances in the sports history.
Eddie Hall seems like a nice man. Very humble. I feel Halfthor is more of a show-off. But anyway, both better than me. I can only lift about 4 shopping bags so can't really have an opinion.
500 almost killed Eddie and Thor looks like he could have done it for reps. It's amazing how strength continues to improve as time goes on! Can't wait for the next generation of freaks 💪
@@TheKims82 That 500kg damn near killed Eddie. His heart and cardio system were in extreme overdrive to power his body to that extreme release of energy. We really are approaching the boundary of what can be done as we are without evolving in some way. Maybe with another 3-4 generations of people born through the families of those amazing athletes we might see someone with the right genes to pull it off.
Turns out I'm the only fan of both Hafthor and Eddie. Thor is the better all round strength athlete.. You wanna see him in real life, the giants like Thor, Brian and Tom have a huge genetic advantage.. Mass moves mass. Thor probably could have moved heavier but he didn't need to, he only wanted to beat Eddie. Personally I find Eddie's lift (and wsm win) more impressive as he had to work harder for it and he's also a natural showman so always fun to watch. Once all the filming stopped and thor could focus 100% on strength then he clearly smashed everything. Arnold's, wsm, the deadlift. Debatably the strongest of all time for a bit. Don't get me wrong, Eddie was too but his body just couldn't sustain it, had he have continued he would be dead by now. Thor could have safely kept going I believe but there's a lot of money in boxing I guess. Two legends who probably dislike each other a lot less than people think.
Nope your not the only fan, I like Eddie but his ego near the end, was getting too much for me, Thor has been my favorite for a while, I don't think at this moment there has ever been a stronger man to walk the planet, when Brian and Big Z were doing all the winning, Thor was making movies, TV show's and still making top 3, I think he could smash the powerlifting total with dedication & work on his grip, probably win a couple more Arnolds and WSM titles, in competition 501 out in front of a crowd 510-515kgs with only what he could make look easy
@@stevelynch5843 I agree about everything, thor is a monster, and can understand the dislike of Eddie's character (I don't think the same of course as I like it and find the bravado entertaining, it's tongue and cheek banter. Eddie is humble but 'the beast' isn't). He's a divisive guy so he's doing something right. Due to his personality he has raised the profile of strongman in general however, gets people talking wether they like him or dislike him. Kind of like the mcgregor of strongman, more eyes means more money which means more full time professionals which means better competitions for us all to watch.
@@mgu-vx4ib I can only assume you didn't read my comment as I explain exactly how he had to work harder having less natural gifts. If you want to believe his title was rigged then that's up to you. The other athletes who were there don't believe it so I'll go with them
Andy Bolton, 2009 over 457kg!!!! 😳😲 Benedikt 460kg without straps!!!!😳😲😲😎 ..... Eddie Hall, the 1st man ever to deadlift 500kgs!!!!😳😲😎 And then Strongman competitions??!! After days of gruesome competing in numerous events.... drained, exhausted, in pain..... and still fighting on??!! Freaking awesome!! 😳😲😎
What’s more impressive for me is the way Benny puts that 460kg raw lift down 😂 with a smile on his face aswel
...and held it there. Greatest deadlift.
Absolutely!!!! His lifts and Eddie's are my favorite!💪💪👍
I know right he could have done another rep
With no straps..
@Hellcat Bass yeah
1:40 is the greatest deadlift of all time. Feast your eyes.
A truly incredible lift performed with no suit or straps!
@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN Thanks Eddie!
Greatest deadlift of wall time is Misha bloody pull at Arnolds. That is the spirit of strength.
NO WAY! Eddie’s 500 is GOAT. even in 2014 Benni tried with straps and went from 460 in 2011 to 445 in 2014??? EDDIE!!!
benni tried 500 and FAILED.
Eddie tried 500 and HISTORY.
Benni lifting 460 kg with ease and setting the bar down like a little baby. Such an underrated lift by an underrated lifter!
He could have done a hell of a lot more on that day. The way he lowers it is scary!
It's a shame for fans that Eddie and Bennie couldn't have had a longer rivalry.
Benny lifting 460 with no straps what a beast!
he made it look easy too
FFS. Why does no one care that this lift was done in an unsanctioned meet with non calibrated, unweighed plates, with the shadiest meet director of all time, and that several people in the meet (including Benni) pulled more than they ever did before or after the meet, even with suits, straps, and anything else.
@@ZaneGeeting wat are you on about? You don't think that's impressive?
Just seen you lift Sumo lol I no longer care what you say
@@Smitlors he aint wrong
Wait Eddie pulled 500kg?! I never knew that, it’s funny how he never talks about it
Lol
because if you pulled half a tonne you would keep it quiet
Gather round to hear the story of my world record.
Imagine what he could have done if he was fully hydrated
@@tommcgarvey9518 you can't fit that much weight on the bar
Benedict Magnuson and Eddie Hall are legends
Magnusson*
@@liammorgans7329 thor is incredible but hes making it hard to like him
cept Thor crushed them...keep living the dream.
Savickas was a beast too
Pudzianowski had the best mobility and "less impressive" static strength
@Rattan Prakash Negi Eddie has a lot, I mean *a lot* of static strength, but mobility is something you don't want to overlook. Most strongmen are fat, so they have to carry more weight than e.g. Mariusz Pudzianowski who has a body of a bodybuilder which is rarely seen in strongmen. This is what gave him his superior mobility.
Bennies lift is the the best in my opinion 460 raw is crazy
still GOAT
and so fast
RAW!
And gently put it down instead of dropping it
As a big man said:
"THERE IS NO REASON TO BE ALIve, if you can't do deadjfkft...."
The Flintstone deadlift was possibly my favorite but the half ton was majestic
I love How Eddie Hall just went from 465 Kg to 500 kg like its Nothing.
''like its nothing'' also ''proceeds to almost die and lose 20 years of his life''
@@yesyouareright9800
Erm he isnt dead Yet is he ? and You dont loose 20 years of Your Life that Way
Try Hard alcohol and cigarrettes for 30 years that helps. By the Way i cant understand written sarcasm if your comment was some.
@@sheldoncooper8199 the doctors said he lost 20 years of his life, it just means if the average life expectancy is 80 then he is mostly likely to die at 60
@@yesyouareright9800
Oh okay due to his diet and the Power Lifter Lifestyle. I thought you meant in that particular Moment of the Lift. Yeah i get that.
@@sheldoncooper8199 no I meant the moment he lifted that, he got internal bleeding in his brain
What’s funny is Eddie did 500 cause he was tired of 1 kilo a year jumps and now it took 4 years for 1 kilo
If thor did honestly lift that weight we will see him lift 515kilo + in an official setting. The ease with which he lifted that is unparalleled and while he has made it to an impressive amount of worlds strongest man finals and Is clearly a strong and skilled man, I doubt he actually did a 500kilo lift with such comparatively little effort.
@@jacobpinson2834 exactly. Funny how in strongman competitions Thor was nowhere near the deadlifter Eddie was but in his home gym he pulls 501k with what seems like very little effort compared to Eddie's 500k. However even if he did truly pull 501k it was always have that important asterisk beside it read "out of competition". Apparently there's a bounty for 505k at this year's DL championship. We'll see if anyone can pull more than 500k in competition.
@@jacobpinson2834 Thor retired and dropped a shit-ton of bodyweight, so we'll likely never see him attempt it in competition. I believe he did it legitimately. Look at Thor's physique and all-round strength! He was walking around looking fairly lean at 200kg because of his height -- there's very few strongmen/powerlifters who can do that.
That being said, Eddie's deadlift was way more impressive in my eyes; not only was 500kg a massive jump from the previous records, but it was done under competition rules. If Eddie didn't tell everyone he was going to lift 500kg and follow through, I doubt anyone else would have got close by now as it seemed impossible.
@@jacobpinson2834 he’s retired
@@josephb8499 what a perfect reason to never prove the legitimacy of a lift
I always get goosebumps when I see Eddie's 500kg..
Same
I could watch it over and over again
But it never fails to impress me as much as it did the very first time I saw it
Me too. The way he savors the moment at the top and cracks a smile always gives me chills.
@@legoyoda1244 yeah there's something about it. Hope he destroyes mister film star 🤞
Why he failed at the 500
@@scottgrudziadz9807 He didn’t fail at the 500 lol He got the down signal
The lift at 1:53 was made look easy not only to lift that amount of weight but to actually gently place it back down , Dang this is very very Impressive !
I was thinking that, looked so effortless
With a smile on his face
It means he still got plenty in the tank
Eddie's 500kg deadlift had my jaw dropping.
Benny Hall setting a raw record is a real feat of strength he lowered the bar back down not dropped it like everybody else
I think you meant Benny Magnusson... Although, Benny Hall would probably one hell of a deadlifting hybrid monster 😂
kevin nee’s deadlift was greater than benni. kevin was much lighter too
and benni tried 500 but failed
@@vanguard4065 No it wasn't; it wasn't smooth, it was hitched and then slammed back down... In no way comparable to what Benni did with 460kg
@@dannyb1979 500 crushed benni.
EDDIE CRUSHED 500. next.
Benedikt magnusson has the perfect build for the deadlift. He makes it look so smooth and easy. It's crazy. His form is perfect.
4:48 "Brain Shaw just.... Lifting in basket ball boots?" bAsKeT bAlL bOoTs🤔
Old school basketball teams wore Converse, yes.
From 5:40 goose bumps every time. No one else has an approach like that. Benny's clips got me so hyped up that I just pulled a new PR in my home gym.
Benny takes it for most impressive deadlift of all time. Unbelievable raw lift and he made it look easy
And today 4 new guys are hitting 470 kg+ deadlifts on the gym, another guy is pulling 440 kg raw, crazy stuff
@@mgu-vx4ib 482 suitless on a stiff bar absolutely is.
@@makaan699 Exactly, the whip in a traditional deadlift bar is way too underrated. A stiff bar is killer at that weight.
@@emalinedickinson7492 it’s the same shit. Weight is weight. Stiff bar is easier for most people. Since it doesn’t shake the weight
@@josephb8499 you got it all wrong..it's the opposite. Deadlift bar is easier and can lift more
@@Pantelifts10 well for me it’s easier lol.
1:51 made it look easy and with the slow controled drop, damn
not totally convinced that lift was legit, wasn't done in an official meet with calibrated plates and he never did anything like that again and conveniently got injured straight afterwards
Bolton pulling 1000lbs+ was ground breaking - there weren't many in the world over 900lbs back then and he did it without straps. Eddie pulling 500kg was another huge milestone as no one thought it was possible.
I always think that if Thor had done 505(which it looked like he might have been able to) the controversy pretty much goes away. 1kg is probably within the margin of "home field advantage" and "special day, setup just for you" but 5-10kg isn't.
I think 505-510 was absolutley possible. His 501 was really smooth. Would have been Great if he made one more attempt. Sad he didnt, but health and family is nr1
He could have done 520
home gym lifts don't count lol
@@graemepatterson They do cause that's where you are for 99% of your time gaining your size and strength
Looked suspiciously easy to me.
Great video! Enjoyed that it had camera angles on some of the lifts that I haven't seen before. Like Benni with the "What did she say?" Haha! Also, Andy Bolton doesn't get enough credit. He pulled massive deadlifts many times in full meets after squatting 900+ and even 1000+.
Eddie Hall the real Beast 🦁⚡️💥
Agreed
I would be more impressed with Thor’s lift if it was in a competition like Eddies was
@@Dylan-pt1iv dont forget if Eddie didnt have pulled that 500kg, thor would never have tought about doing it himself, im sure of it. and i agree with your opinion aswell
Except he'll never be able to achieve it in a competition.
7:43 Eddie Hall enters the chat
For me 1:35 this is the most impressive deadlift... that was fcking raw
And no straps either... How it's even possible to have that grip strength is beyond me. I remember pulling 170kg and how heavy that was lol. Absolutely mind-blowing that humans are capable of these feats.
@@Blobbyo25 well the 4 strong men once said that the only reason their strong is cause they add weight every set they do , watch eddie hall, he said people that just do the same weight every set will not gain any strength , you gain strength by adding weight on the next set u gonna do
What's more is he was 6ft according to the wiki so that's even more impressive in my eyes considering the other lads were like 6ft 9 or something lol.
@@slumst1ck789 That is an awsome and unheard of trick. Thank you! I've been lifting 30 kgs. for 30 years now and I never thought of adding weight. The weight lifting community is like the pinnacle of intelligence.
Andy Bolton was a at that next level years before anyone else the true king of the deadlift
very true
I absolutely adore the deadlift, because it is the embodiment of "I pick up heavy thing"
1:58 For my opinion Benedikt Magnusson is the best deadlifter on the Planet, the style is pure amazing power, and 460kg RAW have much value on 500kg & 501kg with suit ,rope for hand grip, and band knee.
Exactly and Thor's was more easy then Halls non lockout
7:17 most wholesome moment 😂
Don’t care what any one thinks BIG BEN IS THE MAN
Same here!
agreed! his 460 lift best ever deadlift!
nd no one cares what bs you think
@@abhijithanilkumar4959 cared enough to comment tho bro 😎
@@abhijithanilkumar4959 Doesn‘t matter, he‘s right!
I feel like this has to be noted:
When Eddie did the 500 kg deadlift, he only did the deadlift, he didn't participate in the other events. I say this because some people try to discredit Thor by saying that Eddie had to do other events while that was not the case. Thor and Eddie also did the exact same 2 warmup lifts (420 kg and 465 kg). Thor also had less rest time between lifts than Eddie.
Agreed. Everyone has the right to like one more than the other, but when fans are jumping in without knowing all the facts it needs to be mentioned.
At least Eddie hall beat the world record by close to 100 pounds. I don’t think 2 pounds should be enough to give Thor the title
@@Vargashomes Again, proved my first point. Eddie went from 461, disallowed after dropping to 462, 463 and then 465 before he ever attempted 500. Then broke the axle by 1kg and attempted to break the log by 2. I mean it's just ridiculous, he was more than happy to break records by 1kg himself on more than one occasion.
@@Vargashomes more weight is more weight lol.
@@Vargashomes breaking a record by 1 kg is perfectly normal, and done all the time. Eddie did it too on mulltiple lift including the deadlift. Most of Eddie'q fans had no idea what strongman was year ago but think they know enough to decide who's lift is legit or not lmao
There's nothing more that makes a skinny guy like me more inspired than watching a video like this
Thing is...
Eddie did 500kg in 2016
Thor did 501kg in 2020
That means Eddie would still deadlift a lot more
still have my doubts about thors lift. If it was that easy for him I want him to go lift 515k+ in an official setting
@@jacobpinson2834 exactly someone with a proper head
@@scottgrudziadz9807 To my knowledge locking out the lift doesn't mean there is no shaking but has to do with the average bend of the involved joints, which Eddie had and held for longer than required. (granted I haven't directly read all of the strongman rules but I have watched a decent amount of professional strongman competitions and videos from all the strongman who appeared on history channel)
@@jacobpinson2834 Thor isn't *as* crazy as Eddie. He's way more strategic about things. As far as I've seen he doesn't do any unecessary work, just the right amount to win. Meanwhile Eddie is wasting some of his energy and health to show off. Love him for that, but it takes its toll.
@@LachskoenigIV that makes some sense
if every strongman could be in his prime for one contest....
my money would be on Eddie !
Benni with Eddie's equipment would be beyond 505kg
My money would be on Thor, better overall, but cant deny Eddie was sick in static lifts
@@johanhornsten2085 thor beat him by 1 kilo i mean if eddie was a lil younger no doubt he coulda matched it at the very least.
@@jackcough8155 thats one event, i said overall
And yes 1 kg is 1kg. He did the lift with more in the tank. Think he easy could lift around 510 if he tried.
Eddies lift was Great, but he nearly died. Therefor i think hafthors lift was way more clean
You're underestimating Big Z, he was incredibly strong but also well rounded. Not a single bad event for Big Z. Also Eddie Hall never won the Arnold Strongman Classic, the heaviest competition in the world, and Big Z won it 8 times, so I'm not sure why your pick is Eddie.
Who is your greatest puller amongst this lot?!
Pritchett.
Also, what are the tunes? Need them for my training playlist!
benni or eddie for sure,thors can't really be counted until in a competition
Benni with Thor being 2nd
Benni Magnusson for sure. Raw with a stiff bar : the ultimate true deadlift. Figure 8 straps, bars that whip like plane's wings during turbulence, a suit so hard to stretch they have trouble reaching the bar... It seems alot of people focus on big numbers rather than the quality of the lift. I'd rather see 1000lbs raw than 1300 pounds with all the previously mentioned gimmick.
Bolton
The 460kg RAW deadlift is the most impressive one in my book. Sure we have Eddies 500kg and Thor's 501kg, but those lifts are with a suit and stuff
He not only lifted the weight, he put it down *slowly* 1:55 what a beast.
I shed a tear watching Eddie pull 500kg that was incredible!!
I did too. From laughter. Hafthor is so much stronger. I get why he's whining and moaning. He could never beat Hafthor in anything.
@@ChocolateMilk.. Except World's Strongest Man
The most impressive part about this is Benni slowly putting the bar back down!
2013 Brian was a monster ! Awesomem
They didn't even show brian's best deadlift on here either
Best compilation I’ve seen yet!
Happy to see Lithuania here, feeling proud. Zydrunas Savickas is insane!!!
No matter how strong no other strongman bodybuilder has a heart of gold like Mikhail Shivlyakov
Video ends at 10:55.
😂😂
@@harrisonsmith6812 whats so funny
@@gouldbergvariations the coping
7:29
what a wholesome moment when they went from warrior mode to bro hug
Benni's 460kg 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Bennys 460 raw is still sets the standard. Best deadlift of all time
In the context of leaping from 465kg to 500kg, it really does show how feeble a victory Thor's pull was. Still impressive, don't get me wrong, but the way the guy talked up the Eddie Hall fight after and basically ended his strongman career off the back of a 1kg win did himself a disservice.
Haftor has nothing more to prove in strongman, especially compared to Eddie. 10 majors vs 1 says a lot. He ended on this deadlift cause Eddie has been trashtalking everyone everytime there was a deadlift event. He did a confortable 501 with less prep time than eddie, went on to win his decade Island strongest man and retired. Nothing wrong with that
Haftor has nothing more to proive in strongman, especially compared to Eddie. 10 majors vs 1 says a lot. He ended on this deadlift cause Eddie has been trashtalking everyone everytime there was a deadlift event. He did a confortable 501 with less prep time than eddie, went on to win his decade Island strongest man and retired. Nothing wrong with that
@@J.c410 He only won WSM once. Whichever way you swing it, that still leaves something to prove. And he started the whole beef with Eddie due to his accusations of cheating. I'm a big Thor fan but there's no doubt he soured his own legacy with the whole smack talking and fight thing. If he'd stayed quiet after the 501, walked WSM2020 (which he would've, injuries not withstanding) then he would've secured his legacy. Only then announce the fight.
@@edwardchester1 wsm isnt the only contest out there lmao. Arnold is even cinsidered better by many. That whole fight thing was already planned and signed before he lifted 501, you're a fool if uou think Haftor talking about it started anything, it was pure promotion. He won everything there is, beat everyoen along his way and retired cause it was pointless to stay at 200kg.
@@J.c410 Yawn. I know. The point I'm making is that he made his exit from the sport about Eddie Hall, rather than his amazing record.
Magnusson: "What did you say?" EPIC
460 kg raw is the best record
I remember almost every this record my god! and i can watch this over and over again!!!!
Awesome video, more like this
Thanks! Will do!
I remember my summer camp idolized Paul Anderson and used him as a source of inspiration to never give up
Anyone else notice how Eddie held up the weight longer after that loss?
I still cry every time I see the halfton lift
460kg with out straps, amazing
People always get mad when I say this, but Thor’s 501 will always have an asterisk next to it in my mind. I just can’t see it as official.
neither was Benni's
7:15 as of this moment he's still in the rarefied air of Valhalla, and thus can't see the woman or address mere mortals - only Odin, over her shoulder
Maggnuson was seeing stars for a long minute with all the internal pressures. the way Eddie hall looks around after lifting 500kg is insane, gets me everytime.
That was a big position you guys took saying that Thor’s record isn’t valid. I’m impartial but damn...
They didn't say it was invalid. Its just, out of competition. Because it was
it should be invalid. yes we know that he did lift the weight and the weight lifted was measured accordingly by rogue professionals: but lifting in your own home gym is far far easier than in comp
@@Althubx What part of the world record deadlifts say competition? Eddie has the world record in competition deadlift? If that's the case then go down the line of world records counted prior. None where specific plates or even the same height. It is valid as it is the heaviest weight deadlifted off the floor and locked out. THE END.
@@MTGBroker nope, on a stage , in front of thousands, is more authentic no matter what you say
@@sourstrawberry6636 "authentic" it was officiated by the most highly recognized referee in the sport. Not only that it was highly stringent by weighing and inspecting every weight and implement used. It was sanctioned by a highly recognized strongman entity. There is no governing body in strongman. The previous records where done no where near to this level of oversight. Its as "authentic" as it can get. In my opinion too "authentic". Strongman isn't about calibrated plates and exact lift height etc. Its about a broad field of strength testing. Records in strong man are just not as important as they are in let's say powerlifting. This guy deadlifted 501kg under the watchful eye of the most highly regarded referee. No one else has deadlifted more under more stringent circumstances in the sports history.
Awesome video!!!
Love Eddie, im british so he's a fukin legend...but I always admired jerry pritchett , always looked good and lifted with ease.
Don't forget Gary Taylor
They lifted me at my heaviest. Wow!
I’m 5’3” at 15 years old weighing 160 and did a max deadlift of 335 pounds is that good?
Lifting 335lbs is highly impressive if you had enough endurance and raw strength exercises. So I must say it's not good...but incredible!
The powerlifters not using straps is just insane, my grip strength means my raw lift is like 50kg less than with straps!
Eddie deadlifting literally 10x what i can lmao
@M I R A C L E i deadlift 40kg
You dont deadlift?
I bearly deadlift 70kg but I may improve am 14
@@AAER-vc4et wait till puberty kicks in
@@Ojthemighty what's the problem
Eddie Hall seems like a nice man. Very humble. I feel Halfthor is more of a show-off. But anyway, both better than me. I can only lift about 4 shopping bags so can't really have an opinion.
500 almost killed Eddie and Thor looks like he could have done it for reps. It's amazing how strength continues to improve as time goes on! Can't wait for the next generation of freaks 💪
It wasnt the deadlift that almost killed him, but he held it for an extra 4 seconds
My lower back starts hurting watching this 🥲
Going from 400kg to 500kg in just a few years is insane. Will we see a 600kg deadlift before 2030?
Who knows, maybe if the Giant Dutchman aims to become a strongman he can manage to do it since he's 2,18 and very healthy
@@gabrielkeni7965 Being tall is a disadvantage when it comes to deadlifts. He would have to pull the weights much higher than the smaller guys
@Mynne140 They said the same thing about 500kg.
@Mynne140 yes some total change in human physique can enable us to do so
@@TheKims82 That 500kg damn near killed Eddie. His heart and cardio system were in extreme overdrive to power his body to that extreme release of energy. We really are approaching the boundary of what can be done as we are without evolving in some way. Maybe with another 3-4 generations of people born through the families of those amazing athletes we might see someone with the right genes to pull it off.
Love that they finished the video with Thor. Perfect😎
Turns out I'm the only fan of both Hafthor and Eddie. Thor is the better all round strength athlete.. You wanna see him in real life, the giants like Thor, Brian and Tom have a huge genetic advantage.. Mass moves mass.
Thor probably could have moved heavier but he didn't need to, he only wanted to beat Eddie.
Personally I find Eddie's lift (and wsm win) more impressive as he had to work harder for it and he's also a natural showman so always fun to watch.
Once all the filming stopped and thor could focus 100% on strength then he clearly smashed everything. Arnold's, wsm, the deadlift. Debatably the strongest of all time for a bit. Don't get me wrong, Eddie was too but his body just couldn't sustain it, had he have continued he would be dead by now.
Thor could have safely kept going I believe but there's a lot of money in boxing I guess.
Two legends who probably dislike each other a lot less than people think.
Nope your not the only fan, I like Eddie but his ego near the end, was getting too much for me, Thor has been my favorite for a while, I don't think at this moment there has ever been a stronger man to walk the planet, when Brian and Big Z were doing all the winning, Thor was making movies, TV show's and still making top 3, I think he could smash the powerlifting total with dedication & work on his grip, probably win a couple more Arnolds and WSM titles, in competition 501 out in front of a crowd 510-515kgs with only what he could make look easy
@@stevelynch5843 I agree about everything, thor is a monster, and can understand the dislike of Eddie's character (I don't think the same of course as I like it and find the bravado entertaining, it's tongue and cheek banter. Eddie is humble but 'the beast' isn't). He's a divisive guy so he's doing something right.
Due to his personality he has raised the profile of strongman in general however, gets people talking wether they like him or dislike him. Kind of like the mcgregor of strongman, more eyes means more money which means more full time professionals which means better competitions for us all to watch.
@@mgu-vx4ib I can only assume you didn't read my comment as I explain exactly how he had to work harder having less natural gifts.
If you want to believe his title was rigged then that's up to you. The other athletes who were there don't believe it so I'll go with them
BRO THE GUYS WHO PULLED WITH NO STRAP IS OP!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice🔥
I might be in the minority here, but the most impressive deadlift of all time to me is Asko Karu's 482kg on a stiff bar with no lifting suit.
Eddie hall 500k was an epic moment, he dint even wannet to let go of the barcause he liked the moment
it seemed like he was holding it there to convince the judges it was a good lockout
Andy Bolton, 2009 over 457kg!!!! 😳😲 Benedikt 460kg without straps!!!!😳😲😲😎 ..... Eddie Hall, the 1st man ever to deadlift 500kgs!!!!😳😲😎 And then Strongman competitions??!! After days of gruesome competing in numerous events.... drained, exhausted, in pain..... and still fighting on??!! Freaking awesome!! 😳😲😎
Official Strongman included Thor's pull? Am i awake?
Yup
LOL usually Official strongman acts like its the Official eddie hall fanpage..
@@sander258258ify but they just had to include it was out of competition.. cheap shot if you ask me... he had less rest times than eddie did
They should not have, it was just a gym lift.
@@PrimeMatt Do gym lifts have official judges?
Great video 👍🏼
thanks
All on the open stage, only one has to do it in his own gym
because it was during a pandemic - he'd have pulled that in a comp (possibly more). I'm not a massive Thor fan either, but credit where it is due.
And Eddie never finished the lockout get over it
Imagine how strong a fullthor would be
awesome power, who else is waiting for 600 kgs? (I assume it will come before 2030)
I dont think the human spine will be ok with that.
@@peterlundstrom6740 yeah, that is possible but with some compresion suit and some belt maybe achievable, we will see
@@kubokuric2075 you grossly underestimate how heavy 600 kg is. Basically the weight of an f1 car. Half that is a really strong lift.
@@bmstylee bro i can lift 880 lbs deadlift and i not compete im strogman ahhaha i gym guy human don´t have limite beacuse we have tecnology
@@vinividivici5844 video or never happened
Old skool Guys NO STRAPS!
At least you're saying the numbers in kg
Benny puts the weight down like i put my cup down on grandmas coffee table
If Thor fanbois want his lift to be respected maybe he should do it in public or competition
Great to see the sportsmanship at 7:35 :)
Back when thor was a decent human
*comes from no where
Ronnie : "Laight weeeight baaabyyy"
What was that song playing at the end? Chills.
Eddie first to pull half ton for second Eddie first to knock out Thor in boxing ring
11:11 Goku becoming SSJ6 in the background.
Benny's lift is the best, Eddie's was the scariest, and Thors 501 out of competition was the sketchiest
Gey it right Thors was more impressive then Eddie's because he locked it out Eddie didnt
I think the straps hurt Benni. I'm wondering if being down for so long strapping in took some wind out of him.
Eddie's 500 will always be more impressive then Thor's :C
Normal deadlifters take their time to get everything in order. Benedict attacks the bar and scares it off the ground.
I can't wait until the Beast destroys thor!
Where is this music from? That opening beat is particularly great.
that 0:25 - 2:05 in particular for me