Dead Weight

Eddie “the Beast” Hall, the reigning World’s Strongest Man, gives you a lesson in deadlifting

- John Plummer

When it comes to ripping heavy weight off the floor, Eddie Hall, who was just crowned the 2017 World’s Strongest Man, is king. Before he won WSM, Hall shocked the world when he dead lifted 500kg—easily, we should add—in July 2016 at the World Deadlift Championships. It was (and still is) the most weight ever dead lifted. So what’s Hall’s (not-so) secret to pulling massive weight?

“Brute strength is the key to strongman,” says Hall. “If you’ve got that, you’re 90% there.”