His leviathan effort, not through his peers' lack of trying, still remains to be beaten. In fact, it was a year earlier, during the competition when their feud began. Since his WSM win in and his WR deadlift in , Eddie Hall has retired from competing, meaning the pair's relationship became a tug-of-war, punctuated with mutual respect and sporting admiration, that was almost always waged online.
Hall has published 'press releases' on social media to try and retract certain defamatory comments. There is one enormous, body-breaking common denominator between the two strongmen — the determination to break previously unthinkable world records.
The catch? It's a decision that has landed the ex-basketball player and Game of Thrones star in hot water among fans and sporting peers, with polarising comments being made on either side of the debate. I did something special, I broke that kg barrier when everybody thought it was impossible.
We wouldn't even be talking about the kg deadlift if it wasn't for me right now. I'm sick to death of seeing my name in his titles on YouTube videos I'm sick to death of it, if you're going to pull it, then pull it. It's been four years. But it's the testing environment and the timing that has got the internet — and Eddie Hall's temperament — lit up. He's had plenty of opportunities — he could've done it in Dubai, late last year, in Europe's Strongest Man [and at] Giants Live, it doesn't feel right to me.
Why not wait 'til this is over, 'til, I don't know, October? What's more, he's not bothered about being disrespectful to his Strongman peer. So I'm calling BS on Thor. It was a lift that has got fans believing a lift at kg is more than possible in May. Regardless, the feud between the two hasn't stopped other athletes from stepping into the fold and weighing into the battle for In almost every other major sport on the planet, there's a corresponding governing body to ensure competitions, races and matches are done fairly and with unprejudiced decisions.
The catch here — fortunate for some, unfortunate for others — is that despite its growing popularity, there is no official governing body for the sport of strongman. In this particular sport, the slack is made up by those running the sanctioned events — think Giants Live and World's Ultimate Strongman — using the bigger competitions as a way of validating world records.
So, when it comes to setting a strongman world record, could one really be set outside of an event like those used before? I will say that. It's not because of anything with the bar not being what it's supposed to be, or the weights not weighing they're supposed to weigh.
Instead, Shaw's hesitance comes from the competition factor, or a lack thereof. You don't know how long they're going to take. For example, if somebody gets a bloody nose and bleeds all over the platform, they've got to take time to clean that up. That will be a nice safe level for me. Fitting through single doorways, I have to turn sideways. But the Stoke powerhouse, 29, said his weight gain has brought on sleep apnoea and the only way to deal with it is to snooze wearing an oxygen mask.
Being this size and this weight is a dark place. Sleep is horrendous as there is so much muscle mass on my lungs and throat. He was expelled from school at 15, despite being a gifted student, and started lifting weights to fill the time.
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