1 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:12,010 EVERY YEAR, THE STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH 2 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:14,514 IS CROWNED IN THE DEFINITIVE STRENGTH COMPETITION, 3 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:16,057 THE ARNOLD STRONGMAN CLASSIC. 4 00:00:18,059 --> 00:00:21,059 THIS IS THE STORY OF THE FOUR TOP CONTENDERS. 5 00:00:20,770 --> 00:00:24,899 ONLY ONE CAN BE STRONGEST. 6 00:00:30,405 --> 00:00:32,824 I want everyone here right now to think 7 00:00:33,074 --> 00:00:36,074 about what Eddie Hall is going to go for. 8 00:00:35,744 --> 00:00:38,038 I want you to channel your energy. 9 00:00:38,288 --> 00:00:41,624 Eddie! Eddie! Eddie! 10 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:47,209 I just heard someone saying, "You ain't going to do it, Eddie." 11 00:00:46,504 --> 00:00:48,673 Are you gonna do it? Come on, Eddie! 12 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:52,677 The power is within The Beast. Bring it out. 13 00:00:53,678 --> 00:00:55,764 Right. This is it. 14 00:00:56,639 --> 00:00:58,639 This is for all the money. 15 00:00:58,099 --> 00:00:59,642 Eddie! Eddie! 16 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:04,439 1,026 pounds. 17 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:07,525 For the win. 18 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:20,663 BORN STRONG 19 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:31,549 This is the ultimate test for a strongman. 20 00:01:31,674 --> 00:01:33,092 COLUMBUS OHIO, USA 21 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:37,680 It is the zenith, the peak. There's no greater accolade 22 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:41,806 than being chosen to be one of the 10 who compete here. 23 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:47,065 Ladies and gentleman, he comes from Stoke-on-Trent in England, 24 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:51,152 stands six-foot-two tall, 400 pounds. 25 00:01:51,653 --> 00:01:57,575 He is a multiple British champion and Britain's Strongest Man. 26 00:01:57,992 --> 00:02:02,247 Welcome out Eddie "The Beast" Hall! 27 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:04,624 EDDIE 6'3" - 400 LBS 28 00:02:05,416 --> 00:02:07,669 People perceive Strongman as big, fat bastards 29 00:02:07,836 --> 00:02:09,836 that drink beer and lift heavy weights. 30 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:13,546 That's so far from it. It's not just going to the gym. 31 00:02:12,674 --> 00:02:16,674 It's getting up at 6:00 in the morning to force feed. 32 00:02:16,094 --> 00:02:20,094 It's going to the gym at 7:00 in the morning to train. 33 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:21,182 It's coming back and force feeding again. 34 00:02:21,307 --> 00:02:25,307 And then you're force feeding for dinner, force feeding for your second dinner, 35 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:27,644 and then you're going training again, doing weights, 36 00:02:26,729 --> 00:02:29,729 and then you're gonna come back and force feed again. 37 00:02:28,731 --> 00:02:32,731 There's so many factors to it. It is a complete life obsession. 38 00:02:31,359 --> 00:02:32,360 ROUND 3 435 KG 39 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:34,485 2014. EDDIE HALL. LIFTS 435KG -NEW BRITISH RECORD 40 00:02:33,903 --> 00:02:36,903 He gets it! It's a new British record! 41 00:02:37,198 --> 00:02:40,243 You can put it down now, Eddie. Eddie? 42 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:44,326 Eddie Hall, British record of 435, and he's still holding it. 43 00:02:43,621 --> 00:02:44,621 2014. COMMENTATOR. CAROLINE PEARCE 44 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,958 -How does that feel? -Feels amazing. 45 00:02:47,625 --> 00:02:51,625 It's all about work. If you work the hardest at it, 46 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:51,838 you will be number one. 47 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:55,091 This next man, the winner here last year. 48 00:02:55,258 --> 00:02:58,803 You can be very proud of this American from Colorado. 49 00:02:59,053 --> 00:03:02,223 Six-foot-eight, weight unknown. 50 00:03:02,390 --> 00:03:04,976 Brian Shaw! 51 00:03:05,059 --> 00:03:07,103 BRIAN 6'8" - 425 LBS 52 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:09,939 I thrive off of competing. 53 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:13,064 I have to compete in something. I have to. 54 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:16,650 I don't know how anybody could live their life without being competitive. 55 00:03:15,236 --> 00:03:16,236 2015 ARNOLD STRONGMAN CHAMPION 56 00:03:16,404 --> 00:03:20,404 I feel like right now I'm getting into the prime of my career. 57 00:03:19,574 --> 00:03:22,574 I'm the number one Strongman in the world. 58 00:03:22,452 --> 00:03:24,452 Brian has tasted it, you know? 59 00:03:24,495 --> 00:03:27,665 All of the rewards and stuff are great, but with Brian, 60 00:03:27,832 --> 00:03:29,832 MARK HENRY FIRST ARNOLD STRONGMAN CHAMPION 61 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:32,750 Brian wants to prove to the other guys that he's better than them. 62 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:35,048 Brian Shaw's primary rival 63 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:39,173 for the title of the Strongest Man in the World is Zydrunas. 64 00:03:38,801 --> 00:03:42,180 Zydrunas? He's Michael Jordan. 65 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,680 I'm pretty sure I can say this confidently, 66 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:47,143 but there's never been two competitors 67 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:50,396 that have gone back and forth like him and I, ever. 68 00:03:52,315 --> 00:03:53,983 And here he is. 69 00:03:55,026 --> 00:03:58,571 He needs two rooms for all of his trophies. 70 00:03:59,697 --> 00:04:04,285 My most important title is seven times Arnold Classic champion, 71 00:04:04,827 --> 00:04:09,707 four times World's Strongest Man, two times IFSA World Strongest Man, 72 00:04:09,832 --> 00:04:14,003 four times Europe's strongest man, 14 times Lithuania's Strongest Man, 73 00:04:14,295 --> 00:04:18,883 and more than 70 world records in different Strongman events. 74 00:04:19,008 --> 00:04:25,431 Arguably the strongest man in history, he's known by one letter, Z. 75 00:04:25,598 --> 00:04:30,061 Ladies and gentlemen, Zydrunas Savickas! 76 00:04:30,228 --> 00:04:31,228 ZYDRUNAS 6'3-400 LBs 77 00:04:31,354 --> 00:04:35,566 I think that age is going to catch Zydrunas a little bit this year. 78 00:04:35,692 --> 00:04:37,235 Forty years old. 79 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,529 I watched him walk around the other day 80 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:42,612 and gave him the thumbs up, you feel good? 81 00:04:41,239 --> 00:04:42,949 And he was like, uh. 82 00:04:43,032 --> 00:04:46,032 And that's that old-man thing, you know? 83 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:47,951 It's like, uh, you get up, you make sounds. 84 00:04:49,038 --> 00:04:50,915 Zydrunas is gettin' there. 85 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:54,335 Following up behind, 86 00:04:54,669 --> 00:04:57,839 he's just about the biggest man on the planet. 87 00:04:58,423 --> 00:05:02,343 He is a star in Game of Thrones on television. 88 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:09,559 Six-foot nine, 420 pounds. 89 00:05:10,518 --> 00:05:13,271 He comes from the land of ice. 90 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:18,693 The Mountain, Hafthor Julius Bjornsson! 91 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:20,153 HAFTHOR 6'9-413 LBs 92 00:05:20,236 --> 00:05:24,236 I'm willing to do whatever it takes to become the best. 93 00:05:23,865 --> 00:05:26,865 I'm eating my six, eight meals a day. 94 00:05:25,783 --> 00:05:28,783 It's crazy. I have to force my food down. 95 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:33,750 Hafthor, he's tired of being looked at as just the TV guy. 96 00:05:33,916 --> 00:05:37,916 If eating shit would make me stronger, I'd probably do it. 97 00:05:38,046 --> 00:05:42,592 Put your hands together for all of the athletes in today's competition. 98 00:05:48,389 --> 00:05:51,642 In the history of the world, there have been strong men. 99 00:05:54,937 --> 00:05:57,937 And it didn't matter how civilized we became, 100 00:05:57,482 --> 00:06:00,276 we always admired power. 101 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:06,696 You know you had another 10 pounds in there. 102 00:06:05,740 --> 00:06:07,740 -Yeah, at least. -I'm telling you. 103 00:06:07,575 --> 00:06:10,575 Look at how pumped up you are. Ready to go. 104 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:11,786 Thank you very much. Very nice, very nice. 105 00:06:11,579 --> 00:06:15,083 Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it. Eddie Hall! 106 00:06:16,834 --> 00:06:18,336 Yeah! 107 00:06:19,587 --> 00:06:21,587 In the old days, like 100 years ago, 108 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:24,842 they did a lot of the lifting in the beer halls. 109 00:06:25,384 --> 00:06:29,384 Why? Because you didn't have to ask for spectators to come. 110 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:31,766 You had hundreds of people drinking beer, 111 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:34,891 eating chicken, eating meat, whatever else they were doing. 112 00:06:34,852 --> 00:06:36,852 And there, they were doing the lifting. 113 00:06:36,604 --> 00:06:41,604 The beer hall would give them an area, and they said, "You guys lift there." 114 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:45,154 Our people enjoy watching you and enjoy these powerful, monstrous guys, 115 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:46,697 and they enjoy being watched, 116 00:06:46,864 --> 00:06:47,865 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MR. OLYMPIA - 8K 117 00:06:47,990 --> 00:06:51,990 because in the end, you always do everything for showing off, right? 118 00:06:50,368 --> 00:06:54,997 And so out of that evolved then the much more organized Olympic lifting. 119 00:06:55,123 --> 00:06:58,123 I wanted to have it be part of the Arnold Classic, 120 00:06:57,834 --> 00:07:01,834 to promote it, because I grew up with those pictures in the beer halls. 121 00:07:01,420 --> 00:07:05,925 To me, to celebrate Strongman is a natural thing to do. 122 00:07:09,887 --> 00:07:11,180 STOKE ON TRENT ENGLAND 123 00:07:11,305 --> 00:07:15,305 Probably every man's alpha male dream to become the World's Strongest Man, 124 00:07:15,017 --> 00:07:20,017 and if you don't want that title, you're lying to yourself in some deep way. 125 00:07:18,563 --> 00:07:21,563 I mean, everyone would love to have a title like that. 126 00:07:21,399 --> 00:07:22,817 It's the ultimate title. 127 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:25,942 You've got the fastest man in the world. 128 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,572 The fattest man in the world. 129 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:33,786 But in my opinion, the strongest man in the world is the ultimate title. 130 00:07:35,746 --> 00:07:38,746 My journey began when I was five years old, 131 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:39,540 EDDIE HALL BRITAIN'S STRONGEST MAN - 2X 132 00:07:38,499 --> 00:07:41,627 and my mom joined me into the local swimming club, 133 00:07:41,752 --> 00:07:43,754 and that's when I began training. 134 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:48,714 When I was 12 years old, I was a national champion swimmer. 135 00:07:47,175 --> 00:07:50,175 I was the best in the country, smashing British records. 136 00:07:49,552 --> 00:07:53,552 HALL BREAKS MORE RECORDS. NEWCASTLE'S EDDIE HALL IS A FUTURE STAR 137 00:07:51,345 --> 00:07:52,345 LOCAL LAD SWIM SENSATION 138 00:07:52,263 --> 00:07:58,263 That's where I came into my own really. That's when my frame sort of built up. 139 00:07:55,725 --> 00:07:59,725 I grew up in a niche little town called Stoke-on-Trent. 140 00:07:58,561 --> 00:08:00,561 It's a pretty rough place. 141 00:08:00,104 --> 00:08:04,104 Probably in terms of, you know, the unemployment and crime and drugs, 142 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:09,066 Stoke-on-Trent's right up there. It's one of the worst places to live. 143 00:08:08,070 --> 00:08:12,070 I'm not proud of it, but I was expelled from high school, 144 00:08:10,531 --> 00:08:15,531 and I went into employment very early and at 16, I was a full-time employed. 145 00:08:14,911 --> 00:08:17,997 I entered an apprenticeship being a truck mechanic. 146 00:08:18,623 --> 00:08:21,125 I did that until I was 27. 147 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:24,250 You know, so, I've done a good 10, 11 years 148 00:08:23,669 --> 00:08:26,380 of working 55, 60 hours a week, 149 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:28,758 and then training for 20 hours a week. 150 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:32,925 So, you know, I was really burning the candle at both ends. 151 00:08:33,262 --> 00:08:37,262 When I first met him, he wasn't competing on the level he is. 152 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:40,307 He wasn't really winning. He wasn't the size he was. 153 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:41,771 ALEX HALL EDDIE'S WIFE 154 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:45,854 He didn't have his head down and thinking about Strongman every day. 155 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:47,357 It was something he was doing on the side. 156 00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:47,693 STRENGTH ASYLUM 157 00:08:49,570 --> 00:08:51,570 I think growing up in Stoke-on-Trent 158 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:57,995 has given me some sort of drive to sort of separate myself. 159 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:04,373 You know, I don't want to be the average guy from Stoke, 160 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:06,750 who just works nine to five and dies at 60, 70 years old. 161 00:09:06,754 --> 00:09:10,341 When I first started out Strongman 10 years ago, 162 00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:14,716 I had no idea where I'd be, you know, right now. 163 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:19,433 I tell you what did it for me is I pulled a world record dead-lift. 164 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:21,850 That was the turning point for me. 165 00:09:21,936 --> 00:09:23,479 2015 166 00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:37,907 So, it was that weekend that I quit my job. 167 00:09:37,493 --> 00:09:40,493 Never went back to work and I became a pro Strongman. 168 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:41,912 That's when I started to believe. 169 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:44,706 I'm living the dream. I work for myself now. 170 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:46,250 Really, I'm living the dream. 171 00:09:52,383 --> 00:09:55,383 They get upset when I hit him back, though. 172 00:09:57,471 --> 00:10:01,142 Dad, don't! Dad, don't! 173 00:10:05,396 --> 00:10:07,315 -Whatever. -Mine. 174 00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:23,159 He could be very scary to some people, but I'm lucky enough to know him. 175 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:25,996 We love each other, so, I know how to deal with Eddie. 176 00:10:25,916 --> 00:10:30,916 If I want my way, I'll get my way. I just take away his food. 177 00:10:35,926 --> 00:10:38,926 I'll probably have a pizza as a starter. 178 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:41,220 Probably a steak and chips, or a steak and potatoes 179 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:43,351 for a main, and a pudding. 180 00:10:44,226 --> 00:10:49,226 That'll do me until I have a second dinner in a couple of hours. 181 00:10:48,439 --> 00:10:51,609 We probably do spend around $1,000 on food a week. 182 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:54,151 It's just continuous, you know? 183 00:10:53,903 --> 00:10:56,903 Like a cow, you just graze all day every day 184 00:10:56,781 --> 00:11:00,781 from the second you wake up to the second you have to sleep. 185 00:11:00,076 --> 00:11:02,620 There's always something in my hand. 186 00:11:04,789 --> 00:11:08,789 If you haven't got your food, right, Strongman is not for you. 187 00:11:07,958 --> 00:11:09,958 If you can't eat, don't bother. 188 00:11:09,585 --> 00:11:12,585 It's been a running joke in the family 189 00:11:11,462 --> 00:11:15,462 that I've always been the same age as I am weight. 190 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:16,425 In England we measure weight in stones, 191 00:11:16,592 --> 00:11:20,346 and a stone in English terms is around 14, 15 pounds. 192 00:11:20,471 --> 00:11:23,849 When I was age five, I was five stone. 193 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:28,517 When I was 10, I was 10 stone. When I was 20, 20 stone. 194 00:11:28,062 --> 00:11:32,062 And I'm 28 now, and I've just hit 28 stone, 195 00:11:30,898 --> 00:11:34,443 which is just shy of 400 pounds in body weight. 196 00:11:34,652 --> 00:11:38,652 So, in terms of, you know, have I always been a big guy, yeah. 197 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,280 You know, from a kid, I've been big. 198 00:11:41,242 --> 00:11:43,828 Everything changed. Absolutely everything. 199 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,120 From going to a walk, from getting up in the morning, 200 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:48,374 to putting my socks on. 201 00:11:48,958 --> 00:11:51,669 -Even to having sex, you know? -Eddie. 202 00:11:53,754 --> 00:11:57,754 I'm that big now. She can't even fit her legs around me. 203 00:11:56,298 --> 00:11:58,259 -Eddie! -You know, it's... 204 00:11:58,676 --> 00:12:02,676 But, you know, we do it our own way, don't we? 205 00:12:03,722 --> 00:12:05,266 We have fun. 206 00:12:07,184 --> 00:12:11,981 But, you know, life definitely changed, you know? And it's for the better. 207 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:20,401 If you could be the best bodybuilder in the world,that's someone's opinion. 208 00:12:18,696 --> 00:12:21,696 Someone says you look good, I think you're number one. 209 00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:23,242 That's bullshit. 210 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:25,409 Whereas Strongman, you have to prove it. 211 00:12:25,536 --> 00:12:29,536 You have to lift weights for reps to prove you are the strongest. 212 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:34,415 And when you do that no one can say, "You're not stronger than him." 213 00:12:33,043 --> 00:12:37,043 Yes, I am, because I did seven reps and he did six. 214 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:39,550 This sport is about proving yourself. 215 00:12:39,675 --> 00:12:42,675 That's it. It's pure. There's no bullshit. 216 00:12:42,052 --> 00:12:48,052 There's no one to say, "I don't think you're the strongest man in the world." 217 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:49,930 I don't give a fuck what you think. For us, just to be the number one, 218 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:53,397 the strongest man in the world, it's just, it's complete madness. 219 00:12:53,772 --> 00:12:58,944 So that means cooking all his meals, it means washing his clothes. 220 00:12:59,069 --> 00:13:02,114 I know that's things that wives often will do, 221 00:13:02,239 --> 00:13:07,239 but in the kind of volume you're doing it, his clothes are like bedsheets. 222 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:10,122 His meals are like, picnics for 20. 223 00:13:11,081 --> 00:13:17,081 And he can't even put his own socks on, it's little things that you wouldn't... 224 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:19,962 -Oh, hang on a second, I can. -You can. 225 00:13:19,215 --> 00:13:23,215 It looks like, have you ever seen a ladybird fall on its back? 226 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:27,014 Do you want sausages, babe? 227 00:13:28,807 --> 00:13:31,807 I'm probably gonna have four. Max will have... 228 00:13:31,310 --> 00:13:32,895 Two. Two. 229 00:13:33,020 --> 00:13:36,020 Having that kind of weight is its own asset. 230 00:13:36,023 --> 00:13:40,023 You want a lot of weight to move a lot of weight, 231 00:13:38,317 --> 00:13:40,317 DAVID EPSTEIN AUTHOR - THE SPORTS GENE 232 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:43,318 but there's only so much muscle that a bone can support. 233 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:46,320 So, at some point, if you're going to be putting on more of that weight, 234 00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:47,241 some of it has to be fat, right? 235 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:51,705 So, at some point to get good enough at certain strength activities, 236 00:13:52,206 --> 00:13:55,206 it's a necessity that you start putting on fat. 237 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:59,334 In order to be the world's strongest man, you cannot have abs. 238 00:14:00,047 --> 00:14:02,174 You have got to have a keg. 239 00:14:02,591 --> 00:14:04,591 Do you want some or not? 240 00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:06,554 -Shall I have my sausages back? -Yeah. 241 00:14:06,762 --> 00:14:10,762 You're probably one of the most sensible ones, aren't you? 242 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:11,892 You know that once you have done 243 00:14:12,059 --> 00:14:15,059 what you want to do once, you're gonna stop. 244 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:16,272 So, I'm not worried. 245 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:19,355 I could be if it was a different story, 246 00:14:17,815 --> 00:14:20,815 if he wanted to do this until he was 60, 247 00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:23,734 and if he was getting bigger the stupid way 248 00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:25,698 by eating crappy foods and... 249 00:14:27,324 --> 00:14:29,324 But you're not, are you? 250 00:14:36,584 --> 00:14:40,212 Eddie has he's packed his weight on more quickly. 251 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,339 That makes me worry. 252 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:46,010 I think the more quickly you gain weight, 253 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:48,218 TERRY TODD, PH.D. CREATOR - ARNOLD STRONGMAN CLASSIC 254 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:52,386 the more difficult it is for your body to accommodate itself to the extra weight. 255 00:14:52,099 --> 00:14:55,099 So, this is the exact same thing that we did before. 256 00:14:54,351 --> 00:14:56,351 Do you need shirts off now? 257 00:14:55,436 --> 00:15:00,436 Yeah, we're gonna take your shirt off, because after you're done resting here, 258 00:14:59,106 --> 00:15:01,400 -she'll put the EKG on you. -OK. 259 00:15:03,819 --> 00:15:08,819 He doesn't always wanna be this big. He doesn't wanna weigh this much. 260 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:11,281 He knows that he's in danger. It's a risk to him. 261 00:15:11,327 --> 00:15:14,327 He doesn't think he could live for 10 years 262 00:15:13,787 --> 00:15:17,787 if he stayed this heavy and kept lifting the way he's lifting. 263 00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:19,041 I think he may be right. 264 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:24,751 And the fact that he's aware of it and he'll say it, that's important to me. 265 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:29,845 But what else I wondered could we do that might give some edge to the men 266 00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:32,264 in terms of understanding their health better? 267 00:15:32,514 --> 00:15:37,311 I contacted a friend of mine, professor at Ohio State, Bill Kramer, 268 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:41,895 and he got together a group of people there. We talked it over. 269 00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:44,315 He said, you know, you could do a series of tests 270 00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:47,276 and determine how all their bodily functions are working. 271 00:15:47,363 --> 00:15:50,363 This is something we're simply offering to you 272 00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:55,199 if you'd like to know a lot more about your body than you know now. 273 00:15:53,869 --> 00:15:55,996 You can eat anything, really. 274 00:16:02,294 --> 00:16:05,294 Obviously, being on the path that I've chosen, 275 00:16:04,755 --> 00:16:07,883 I've got to be 400 plus pounds in body weight. 276 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:12,596 You know, there's guys out there, like Thor and Brian and Zydrunas 277 00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:16,934 that are sort of a natural six-foot-eight, six-foot-nine, 278 00:16:17,101 --> 00:16:19,101 Four hundred pounds in body weight. 279 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:24,811 So, I've got to be, being able to beat those guys, I've got to be those guys. 280 00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:29,066 But that being said, I'm putting a little bit extra strain on my body. 281 00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:32,070 Let's face it, you know, I'm 400 pounds in body weight. 282 00:16:31,365 --> 00:16:35,365 I'm not gonna walk around for another 10 years at 400 pounds. 283 00:16:34,702 --> 00:16:36,702 It's plenty simple, I'm gonna die. 284 00:16:40,249 --> 00:16:44,249 He knows he's not gonna do this forever. He has a plan. 285 00:16:43,419 --> 00:16:45,419 I need to walk away a champion, 286 00:16:45,462 --> 00:16:50,462 and I'll be more than happy with that, as long as I win it once. 287 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:51,051 And I definitely won't completely quit the sport. 288 00:16:51,176 --> 00:16:52,803 I'll definitely keep involved. 289 00:16:53,095 --> 00:16:55,139 I will still train, for sure. 290 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:59,347 You know, I'll still wanna keep my body in good neck. 291 00:16:57,766 --> 00:17:00,766 In all honesty, I'll probably take up another sport. 292 00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:03,439 Ya know, whether it be fighting, bodybuilding. 293 00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:04,732 No. No. 294 00:17:04,898 --> 00:17:06,191 -No and no? -No. 295 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,569 It'll upset me talking about it. 296 00:17:09,611 --> 00:17:12,611 What are you getting upset about, me being around more? 297 00:17:11,488 --> 00:17:13,157 -Because of you. -Why? 298 00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:15,282 -Because you won't. -I will. 299 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:16,827 You just said yourself. 300 00:17:17,745 --> 00:17:19,745 I've just said I'll... 301 00:17:19,496 --> 00:17:21,206 Start taking up something else. 302 00:17:21,331 --> 00:17:24,331 Yeah, but I'll probably be much more time at home. 303 00:17:24,001 --> 00:17:25,335 No. 304 00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:29,003 -Yes. -You wouldn't. I know what you're like. 305 00:17:31,175 --> 00:17:32,176 You wouldn't. 306 00:17:32,342 --> 00:17:34,342 -I would. -No, you wouldn't though. 307 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:37,890 And you're not boxing. There's no chance, Eddie. 308 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:41,015 You're not boxing or bodybuilding. That's not happening. 309 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:43,604 -OK. MMA then. -No, you just be normal. 310 00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:47,232 -I'll just do mixed martial arts. -No! No! 311 00:17:50,819 --> 00:17:53,405 -How about tiddlywinks? -Yes, you can play tiddlywinks. 312 00:17:53,530 --> 00:17:55,991 I can be a world tiddlywink champion! 313 00:17:57,534 --> 00:18:00,245 -Yeah. -Just do something normal. 314 00:18:00,370 --> 00:18:01,413 OK. 315 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:04,580 Eddie always has to be the best at everything. 316 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:07,750 And I think he's very lucky to have that mentality. 317 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:15,969 Growing up around here with my family, I've got two older brothers. 318 00:18:16,386 --> 00:18:21,386 I think it's just human nature to want to be better than your siblings. 319 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,684 I was obsessed with that. 320 00:18:22,851 --> 00:18:26,851 And I think that's something that's like a void that's... 321 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:30,854 I've got a hole deep inside me that I'm trying to fill, you know? 322 00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:34,655 Obviously, I'm way surpassed my brothers in strength, obviously. 323 00:18:34,863 --> 00:18:38,075 But now it's, I see those, 324 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,578 the Brian Shaws and the Thors have replaced my brothers, 325 00:18:42,037 --> 00:18:44,037 and I want to beat them. 326 00:18:43,705 --> 00:18:46,705 And I'm just trying to fill that void, you know? 327 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:49,128 And I won't feel satisfied until I do. 328 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:51,294 And this is what the obsession is, 329 00:18:51,171 --> 00:18:57,094 is I will literally die trying to win the World's Strongest Man to prove that, 330 00:18:57,302 --> 00:19:00,556 to prove that status. And I'll do anything. 331 00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:09,769 In this day and age, with seven billion people on the planet 332 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:12,109 and a huge portion of people participating in sports, 333 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:15,529 you need more nature and nurture than ever before. 334 00:19:15,737 --> 00:19:19,074 There's a greater sifting to find the most talented people 335 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:22,241 who then have to put in the most commitment 336 00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:24,955 to separate themselves from the other most talented people. 337 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:28,709 So, we're drilling down to these incredible combinations 338 00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:33,130 of nature and nurture, and every single one of these guys 339 00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:38,302 represents a lottery win of nature and of nurture. 340 00:19:44,474 --> 00:19:45,851 REYKJAVIK ICELAND 341 00:19:45,934 --> 00:19:48,770 My name is Hafthor. Very Icelandic name. 342 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:51,899 "Haf" means "ocean". 343 00:19:52,149 --> 00:19:56,403 "Thor" means "god". So, I'm an ocean god. 344 00:19:56,570 --> 00:19:59,615 People really don't know that, but I am ocean god. 345 00:20:03,118 --> 00:20:05,118 HAFTHOR BJORNSSON EUROPE'S STRONGEST MAN - 2X 346 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,119 When you think of a country like Iceland, 347 00:20:05,913 --> 00:20:06,913 and you think about 348 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:09,333 what's been passed down in their psyche 349 00:20:09,416 --> 00:20:11,835 that they identify with, Vikings, right? 350 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,338 These strong, brave... 351 00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:18,133 I think the word "berserk" comes from the Viking tradition. 352 00:20:18,258 --> 00:20:21,258 It has meaning of going into battle with your shirt off. 353 00:20:22,804 --> 00:20:27,804 It was never the plan to go into Strongman and become who I am today. 354 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:28,852 It was just my destiny. 355 00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:34,441 Back in 2009 when I started to compete in Strongman, 356 00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:38,320 in my first competition, I broke an Icelandic record. 357 00:20:38,528 --> 00:20:40,656 That day, when I broke the record, 358 00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:44,826 I definitely realized that I was naturally strong. 359 00:20:44,993 --> 00:20:49,498 I can keep on going even though it doesn't feel comfortable or good. 360 00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:51,792 I have that. 361 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,807 Any young person who's aiming to be a strength athlete in Iceland 362 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:11,140 feels like part of a pipeline that is larger than their self. 363 00:21:10,644 --> 00:21:13,644 And if you ask them what they're doing 364 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:16,271 and why they're doing it and why they're interested in it, 365 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:18,356 there's no way it's going to start and stop with, 366 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:19,275 oh, this is just something that I got into. 367 00:21:20,988 --> 00:21:23,198 -Almost. -Well done. 368 00:21:25,242 --> 00:21:29,621 So much of what goes into a country producing the tradition of greatness 369 00:21:29,746 --> 00:21:32,582 is like storytelling in that culture. 370 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:36,791 There's no reason to be alive if you can't do dead-lifts. 371 00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:38,797 Jon Pall Sigmarsson was competing in Huntly Castle. 372 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:40,964 STEFAN SOLVI PETURSSON HAFTHOR'S WORKOUT PARTNER 373 00:21:40,173 --> 00:21:42,718 There's a competition called Strongest Man Alive 374 00:21:42,843 --> 00:21:45,554 and Jon Pall won the dead-lift event, 375 00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:48,098 and shouted out this sentence, 376 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:52,473 "there's no reason to be alive if you can't do dead-lifts." 377 00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:54,267 There is no point in being alive if you can't do dead-lifts 378 00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:55,562 JON PALI SIGMARSSON LIFTING AT 1005 LBS 379 00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:56,857 One thousand and five pounds. 380 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:02,734 There's no reason to be alive if you can't do dead-lifts. 381 00:22:02,904 --> 00:22:04,114 Ever the showman. 382 00:22:04,239 --> 00:22:06,616 He really is incredible. 383 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:10,829 You've seen that tattoo on Hafthor, and our friend Andre? 384 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:12,873 They actually got it first. 385 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,040 Then we decided to get kind of like a friendship tattoo kind of thingy. 386 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:20,130 Every time I dead-lift now, I see the tattoo. 387 00:22:20,297 --> 00:22:23,717 I remember him. And it gives me power. 388 00:22:51,661 --> 00:22:54,164 Strongmen come in all shapes and sizes, 389 00:22:54,372 --> 00:22:58,372 and this is why today you will see a lot of the strongmen, 390 00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:01,543 like The Mountain, doesn't look so much like 391 00:23:01,004 --> 00:23:03,004 an overweight guy, a massive guy. 392 00:23:03,090 --> 00:23:06,510 He looks to me like a bodybuilder that is off season 393 00:23:06,635 --> 00:23:08,635 but is just twice as big. 394 00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:12,474 Normal chest measures around 40 inches, 44 maybe. 395 00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:15,060 Yeah, it's about 62 or three. 396 00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:17,562 He looks enormous. His arms are like this. 397 00:23:17,687 --> 00:23:20,687 His neck is like this. His traps are down like this. 398 00:23:20,315 --> 00:23:22,984 His deltoids are popping out. His pectorals. 399 00:23:23,151 --> 00:23:25,195 And he has a very small waist. 400 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:29,570 And you say to yourself, wait a minute, where did this guy come from? 401 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:31,073 Well, this is the new kind of a look. 402 00:23:30,283 --> 00:23:33,787 You don't have to be necessarily overweight, per se. 403 00:23:33,995 --> 00:23:37,040 Some guys are, because they come from the Olympic lifting background, 404 00:23:37,207 --> 00:23:38,875 from the power lifting background, 405 00:23:39,042 --> 00:23:42,042 so they know they're putting their lifting belt on, 406 00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:43,919 it gives them kind of a security around the waist 407 00:23:42,712 --> 00:23:45,712 and all that stuff, but it's not necessary. 408 00:23:44,881 --> 00:23:46,883 But it's great to see those monsters. 409 00:23:47,175 --> 00:23:48,260 Twenty-two inches. 410 00:23:48,426 --> 00:23:50,426 A regular neck is 15, 16? 411 00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:54,762 It's probably the biggest neck I've seen in my life. 412 00:23:53,473 --> 00:23:54,766 He thinks he's pretty. 413 00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:57,602 I took him shopping, and he was like, 414 00:23:57,769 --> 00:23:59,813 "Mark, how does this make me look?" 415 00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:06,695 And I'm like, "You look like a six-nine, "420 pound fat guy now." 416 00:24:07,195 --> 00:24:09,364 "I'm not fat, I still have abs." 417 00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:12,492 I'm like, easy, brother, with the abs. 418 00:24:12,742 --> 00:24:14,452 Get rid of the abs. 419 00:24:16,037 --> 00:24:17,998 -There he is. -Yeah. 420 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:21,293 Feels nice, you know. 421 00:24:22,085 --> 00:24:24,085 I feel like I wanna dance. 422 00:24:29,676 --> 00:24:30,510 May I? 423 00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:45,104 People are getting to know Iceland a bit more now these days. 424 00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:48,195 Maybe a few years back, people thought about Iceland 425 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,698 as this cold ice place that's just ice everywhere 426 00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:54,451 and Greenland as this green and beautiful. 427 00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:56,912 Well, it's actually the opposite. 428 00:24:57,454 --> 00:25:00,498 Iceland is more green, obviously in the summertime, 429 00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:02,624 but we have also winter here, 430 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,920 and here in Iceland when the winter is, 431 00:25:05,086 --> 00:25:07,086 it gets pretty harsh, you know? 432 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:12,427 It's windy, it's a lot of snow. Gets cold. More darkness. 433 00:25:13,511 --> 00:25:16,514 I love it. It's not for everybody. 434 00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:21,934 In Game of Thrones, they say, winter is coming. 435 00:25:21,728 --> 00:25:26,524 I know this is hard for you, but winter is coming. 436 00:25:27,108 --> 00:25:29,108 We know what's coming with it. 437 00:25:28,818 --> 00:25:32,948 We Icelanders know how it feels to know that the winter is coming, 438 00:25:33,156 --> 00:25:36,156 and what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. 439 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:43,704 At first, I got a phone call from the Game of Thrones 440 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,376 crew here in Iceland, 441 00:25:45,168 --> 00:25:48,505 because they want to know if I was really as strong 442 00:25:48,588 --> 00:25:51,508 as people was telling them. 443 00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:55,801 So, they said, "Can you pick this guy up?" 444 00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:00,976 Yeah, just, you know, it was just a regular guy. 445 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,270 Yeah, I can pick him up. 446 00:26:04,437 --> 00:26:06,314 "OK, please do so." 447 00:26:06,481 --> 00:26:10,485 I took him, I picked him up so easy. 448 00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:13,655 They were so surprised. You know, whoa. 449 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:16,992 This can look good on TV. 450 00:26:18,785 --> 00:26:21,621 Then I smash their head in like this! 451 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:27,082 I remember the day I start to film the fight. 452 00:26:26,584 --> 00:26:30,547 I thought to myself, why am I not more nervous, 453 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:33,300 because all these people are, all these cameras, 454 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:37,470 and this is the first big thing I'm doing in my life, really. 455 00:26:37,887 --> 00:26:40,887 When I came to this guy who was holding my sword, 456 00:26:40,473 --> 00:26:43,184 when I saw him, how nervous he was, 457 00:26:43,893 --> 00:26:48,732 just giving me my sword, that was his only job, 458 00:26:49,983 --> 00:26:52,986 and I realized, oh, my God, I should be more nervous. 459 00:26:55,822 --> 00:26:57,282 He was, like, shaking. 460 00:26:57,407 --> 00:27:00,827 I was like, fuck, why am I not more nervous? 461 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:11,958 My fans around the world write me letters and ask me to sign them autographs. 462 00:27:12,547 --> 00:27:16,051 So, I always come here and meet up with my dad, 463 00:27:16,176 --> 00:27:18,176 we go over it, we read it together, 464 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:21,136 then he sends it for me because my busy schedule. 465 00:27:25,643 --> 00:27:27,145 "Dear Mr. Bjornsson, 466 00:27:27,395 --> 00:27:30,395 I'm 22 years old and I live in Poland. 467 00:27:29,939 --> 00:27:34,069 I'm a student of University and my passion are films and sports. 468 00:27:34,235 --> 00:27:37,235 I'm a big fan of Game of Thrones 469 00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:40,325 and your character in this series was amazing. 470 00:27:40,575 --> 00:27:44,829 Can you sign my photos with dedications 471 00:27:44,954 --> 00:27:46,954 and send it back to me? 472 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:49,459 I can't wait for your reply." 473 00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:55,632 Then he says, "Sorry for my bad English, but I'm still learning." 474 00:27:56,966 --> 00:27:59,761 I'm also learning, so, it's OK. 475 00:28:01,012 --> 00:28:01,846 Great. 476 00:28:02,138 --> 00:28:06,138 So, I'm gonna sign this and send it back to him. 477 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:08,186 TRAINING TO FIGHT THE MOUNTAIN 478 00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:17,023 I always wake up early in the morning and I always wake up super fresh. 479 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,696 The I eat... eat... 480 00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:22,158 And yes, I eat some more. 481 00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:27,077 And now I want to show you me new product. 482 00:28:27,455 --> 00:28:28,915 This is my vodka. 483 00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:32,252 Look! It's me. 484 00:28:36,339 --> 00:28:39,342 Everybody loves the Icelandic Mountain Vodka. 485 00:28:39,634 --> 00:28:41,136 What did you say? 486 00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:43,261 I love the vodka! I love the vodka! 487 00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:44,931 Everybody. 488 00:28:46,015 --> 00:28:49,811 MOUNTAIN VODKA TRUE ICELANDIC VODKA 489 00:28:54,482 --> 00:28:58,611 I look at Hafthor as having a lot to prove. 490 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:02,031 He wants to win because it will solidify him 491 00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:04,451 as being what he really wants to be, 492 00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:07,826 and that's the strongest man in the world. 493 00:29:06,828 --> 00:29:10,165 He's not satisfied and that's what Strongmen are. 494 00:29:10,331 --> 00:29:13,418 We have a passion like nobody in any other sport. 495 00:29:18,339 --> 00:29:21,801 Strongman is not gonna make myself a good living 496 00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:24,304 the rest of my life, for sure. 497 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:26,848 You can easily get very badly injured. 498 00:29:27,056 --> 00:29:30,056 You know, I have a daughter, I have a family. 499 00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:31,519 My life is busy. 500 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:34,103 I like my life that way. 501 00:29:34,481 --> 00:29:37,481 You know, if I'm gonna fail and fail and fail, 502 00:29:36,983 --> 00:29:42,864 I'll probably compete 20 more years until if I would reach the goal, you know. 503 00:29:43,156 --> 00:29:44,574 I'm not gonna stop. 504 00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:49,829 I am going to be the world's strongest man someday, 505 00:29:50,413 --> 00:29:51,831 and I promise you that. 506 00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:09,349 FORT LUPTON COLORADO, USA 507 00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:13,474 I grew up in a small town, it's Fort Lupton, Colorado 508 00:30:13,436 --> 00:30:18,436 and we had about 4,000 to 5,000 people in my hometown growing up. 509 00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:23,190 The town has grown a lot since I was here, but there wasn't a lot of students. 510 00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:23,152 BRIAN SHAW DEFENDING ARNOLD STRONGMAN CHAMPION 511 00:30:22,111 --> 00:30:25,111 I mean, you pretty much, for the most part, 512 00:30:23,947 --> 00:30:26,533 you knew almost everybody in the school. 513 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,245 What's up, man? How's it going? 514 00:30:30,411 --> 00:30:33,039 -You doin' good? -You're Brian Shaw, right? 515 00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:36,206 It's the first time I'm meeting you, man. Damn! 516 00:30:36,084 --> 00:30:37,710 -You doin' good, man? -Yeah. 517 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:40,836 -Yeah. Awesome. -Didn't know you're that big. 518 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,798 Yeah, yeah, definitely. 519 00:30:41,923 --> 00:30:43,923 -You go to school here? -Ya. 520 00:30:43,591 --> 00:30:46,052 This is a good moment, like, wow! 521 00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:48,555 Well, thank you. 522 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,680 When you look at a world's strongest man, 523 00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:55,019 he looks and carries around his success. 524 00:30:55,228 --> 00:30:58,228 A soccer player has to go and do like, 525 00:30:57,272 --> 00:31:00,272 boom, boom, boom, and kick and kick and boom, 526 00:30:59,649 --> 00:31:04,649 and do the knees and the whole thing, then he can show off that he's good. 527 00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:05,652 With a power lifter, you don't have to. 528 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:08,529 I mean, he is there, he's this monster, people looking up. 529 00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:08,990 He shakes your hand, you say... 530 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:12,867 I've always been a big kid. My whole life I've been big. 531 00:31:12,078 --> 00:31:15,078 I've been bigger than a lot of my friends, 532 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,539 and probably middle school, you know, 533 00:31:16,499 --> 00:31:18,751 somewhere in there, I started to really realize 534 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:21,421 I'm a lot bigger than my classmates. 535 00:31:21,629 --> 00:31:24,883 Sometimes I'm definitely reminded of his size or his strength. 536 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:29,137 I was planting flower pots and we were just kind of discussing, 537 00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:34,262 What are we going to do at the end of the season to put them away? 538 00:31:32,348 --> 00:31:37,348 Like, am I gonna have to dump all the soil out and buy new soil? 539 00:31:34,976 --> 00:31:36,019 KERI SHAW BRIAN'S WIFE 540 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:40,144 And he's like, "Honey, I'm the World's Strongest Man. 541 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:39,937 I can just pick it up. 542 00:31:39,522 --> 00:31:43,860 If we put an athlete like Brian next to someone like LeBron, 543 00:31:43,985 --> 00:31:47,985 I mean, first of all, you'd notice how amazing it is 544 00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:49,362 that LeBron would suddenly look like a normal human being. 545 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,740 I've stood next to LeBron James. 546 00:31:49,824 --> 00:31:54,824 He's a big dude and to think about someone who's the same height 547 00:31:52,118 --> 00:31:55,121 and one and a half times his weight is pretty remarkable. 548 00:31:55,288 --> 00:31:57,288 It's great to see these monsters. 549 00:31:57,457 --> 00:32:00,457 I mean, each one of these guys that go on stage, 550 00:31:59,834 --> 00:32:02,378 you know, the guy that weighs 300 pounds 551 00:32:02,545 --> 00:32:04,881 is considered the lightweight, right? 552 00:32:05,006 --> 00:32:09,006 I mean, to me, I'm still looking up at this guy 553 00:32:07,508 --> 00:32:12,508 and I say, "Oh, my God, this guy makes me look like this little louse." 554 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:15,058 But I mean, it's just amazing the power and how huge they are. 555 00:32:15,183 --> 00:32:18,770 I'm probably about 425 now, something like that. 556 00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:23,149 For a long time, I actually got in a bad place with the scale 557 00:32:23,316 --> 00:32:25,360 because I was weighing myself too often. 558 00:32:25,526 --> 00:32:28,363 In my mind, I started associating being heavier 559 00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:31,446 with being stronger, and that's not necessarily the case. 560 00:32:31,491 --> 00:32:36,491 It's almost a reverse anorexia kind of thing, you know what I'm saying? 561 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:39,620 It's kinda weird, you know. I think people have called it "bigorexia". 562 00:32:48,341 --> 00:32:51,341 The eating is the hardest part of that for me 563 00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:53,846 and the reason for that is that it's constant. 564 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:57,972 To be fair, it's just a lot of chewing and swallowing. 565 00:32:57,558 --> 00:33:02,558 I try my best when I'm traveling to compete to take food that I need. 566 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:07,647 I'll have it with me, or I'll have it shipped there to my hotel. 567 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:11,239 Given the nature of your specific sport, everything boils down to two things 568 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:14,406 that I have to focus on for Brian Shaw, 569 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:15,324 ON THE PHONE BRIAN'S NUTRITIONIST 570 00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:17,325 and that's number one, fuel, and number two, strength. 571 00:33:17,203 --> 00:33:22,203 If you don't have the right fuel and you don't have the right energy, 572 00:33:19,455 --> 00:33:22,455 it doesn't matter how strong we might have been able 573 00:33:21,582 --> 00:33:23,582 to make you through your training. 574 00:33:23,543 --> 00:33:27,543 It won't be there when you need to actually deliver on contest day. 575 00:33:35,138 --> 00:33:37,265 Hello, Brian, you fat piece of shit. 576 00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:39,559 ON THE PHONE EDDIE HALL 577 00:33:39,642 --> 00:33:43,642 Well, that's not a very nice way to answer the phone, is it? 578 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:46,983 Well, I thought it was appropriate since we were good friends and everything. 579 00:33:47,275 --> 00:33:49,275 -Yeah. -We are on that stage 580 00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:50,319 that they call emotional take. 581 00:33:50,653 --> 00:33:54,323 Oh, OK. Well, I guess it's fine then. 582 00:33:54,490 --> 00:33:57,490 How are you doing, you fat piece of shit? 583 00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:59,495 LOVE 584 00:33:59,620 --> 00:34:01,620 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE... AND A DOG 585 00:34:00,955 --> 00:34:02,955 I'm all good, bro. I'm good. 586 00:34:03,416 --> 00:34:04,625 How is your baby doing? 587 00:34:05,293 --> 00:34:08,755 The baby is growing. Yeah, yeah. 588 00:34:09,297 --> 00:34:13,468 Yeah? How big is it? For a two year old... 589 00:34:15,178 --> 00:34:18,178 It's gonna pop out as a toddler, yeah. 590 00:34:19,223 --> 00:34:24,223 It says zero to three months, maybe he could wear it for like, a day. 591 00:34:23,144 --> 00:34:25,144 This is a three-month foot. 592 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:28,896 I would be very proud of him, even if I bought these... 593 00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:32,940 -If they didn't fit? -If they didn't fit. I'd be very proud. 594 00:34:32,653 --> 00:34:36,653 A baby is something we both have wanted for a very long time, 595 00:34:36,491 --> 00:34:38,491 and we're very excited about it, 596 00:34:38,326 --> 00:34:43,706 but like every family, a child changes something. 597 00:34:43,873 --> 00:34:46,084 Like other families, we're gonna lose sleep, 598 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:50,250 and, you know, I think our schedules are gonna get thrown off. 599 00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:55,009 His lifting, his eating, his therapy, 600 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:58,304 that is his career. 601 00:34:58,471 --> 00:35:01,471 Where a lot of people going to the gym 602 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:04,349 is what they do for fun, they do it after work. 603 00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,769 But they can't skip out on work. 604 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:11,105 And so for Brian and I, he can't skip out on the gym 605 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:12,652 because that is his job. 606 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:16,777 He can't skip out on eating, because that is his job. 607 00:35:18,074 --> 00:35:21,074 Probably me only role model to sort of copy 608 00:35:20,743 --> 00:35:23,704 in the Strongman world would be Brian Shaw. 609 00:35:24,163 --> 00:35:28,163 I've never seen such a professional athlete in all my life. 610 00:35:26,707 --> 00:35:29,502 I've never seen someone be so dedicated 611 00:35:29,752 --> 00:35:33,506 and straight-laced on everything he does. 612 00:35:33,756 --> 00:35:35,756 There's no nights off from Brian. 613 00:35:35,591 --> 00:35:39,591 He won't sway off from training or his recovery side of things. 614 00:35:39,512 --> 00:35:40,763 That's commendable. 615 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:44,972 There's not many guys that could do that in the world. 616 00:35:43,057 --> 00:35:46,057 I don't like to lose at anything. At anything. 617 00:35:46,018 --> 00:35:47,687 I mean, your board games. 618 00:35:47,937 --> 00:35:51,937 I mean, just name it, and I just absolutely just despise it. 619 00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:57,524 I can't deal with it and that's just how I've been since I was a kid. 620 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,200 When you trying to be the strongest man on the planet, 621 00:36:04,579 --> 00:36:07,579 and I've been blessed to be one of those guys, 622 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:09,041 I know how much work goes into it. 623 00:36:09,292 --> 00:36:11,460 Like, you cease to almost have a life. 624 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:18,885 To be able to be that guy should fuel you 625 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:23,764 and I think that you'll see in every competitor 626 00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:29,312 in the Arnold Classic that fuel and that drive to be number one. 627 00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:33,858 VILNIUS LITHUANIA 628 00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:37,236 Lithuania was occupied by Soviet Union. 629 00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:39,989 I was 15 years old. 630 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:46,412 Occupied is mean that you must learn occupant language in school. 631 00:36:47,121 --> 00:36:50,666 It mean that you can't go through the border. 632 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,875 ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS ARNOLD STRONGMAN CHAMPION - 7X 633 00:36:52,251 --> 00:36:54,795 You must stay always in your area. 634 00:36:55,588 --> 00:36:57,381 Everything was gray. 635 00:36:57,924 --> 00:37:00,635 Buildings was gray. Everything was gray. 636 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,303 No colors, nothing. 637 00:37:02,678 --> 00:37:07,516 It's very sad life. You live like in big prison. 638 00:37:08,142 --> 00:37:13,272 Gyms, bodybuilding, and Strongman sport was not allowed. 639 00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:18,110 I always dream about life in free country. 640 00:37:18,653 --> 00:37:20,905 We all grow up in a certain way. 641 00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:25,030 I grew up very poor because I was born after the Second World War 642 00:37:24,283 --> 00:37:27,453 and we had famine and starvation, we had misery, 643 00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:30,578 and we were just beaten by the allied forces, 644 00:37:30,539 --> 00:37:35,503 and Austria was like, crushed by Russia and all this kind of things. 645 00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:38,756 So, it was a terrible time to grow up, 646 00:37:38,923 --> 00:37:42,093 but, when I went in the gym working out, 647 00:37:42,218 --> 00:37:46,218 I always said it didn't matter anymore how much money you had, 648 00:37:45,846 --> 00:37:48,846 from what kind of a background you came from. 649 00:37:47,848 --> 00:37:49,848 Are you coming from a royal background 650 00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:51,809 or do you come from a rich background 651 00:37:51,477 --> 00:37:53,477 or do you come from a privileged background? 652 00:37:53,229 --> 00:37:54,272 Nothing mattered. 653 00:37:54,397 --> 00:38:01,153 The 150 pounds on the barbell was as heavy for the rich kid than for me. 654 00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:10,997 Years where we got independence, Strongman sport came that time. 655 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:12,790 It was part of freedom. 656 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:17,253 And I start Strongman sport when we got independence. 657 00:38:17,503 --> 00:38:21,632 And now we are live in nice country with happy people, 658 00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:25,261 with nice nature, colorful buildings. 659 00:38:27,179 --> 00:38:28,556 JURGITA ZYDRUNA'S WIFE 660 00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,639 I see him as a very bright man. 661 00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:33,765 He owns a series of, I don't know, four or five gyms, 662 00:38:33,602 --> 00:38:36,602 and he owns quite a bit of real estate. 663 00:38:36,897 --> 00:38:38,897 To be World's Strongest Man, 664 00:38:38,816 --> 00:38:41,816 enough to lift weights two, three hours per day, 665 00:38:42,028 --> 00:38:44,655 but we have 24 hours. 666 00:38:45,448 --> 00:38:48,200 So, I need to do something more. 667 00:38:48,743 --> 00:38:53,247 I am politician also. I visit at over 80 countries 668 00:38:53,414 --> 00:38:58,377 and I got lot of ideas what we can do better in Lithuania. 669 00:38:58,669 --> 00:39:03,007 I was elected for Vilnius City Council for four years. 670 00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:07,303 I am planning to participate in a parliament election. 671 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:10,723 I felt like I had an equal starting point here 672 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:14,848 and so this is why I went in a direction of sport 673 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:16,351 because it felt like, OK, here I have an opportunity, 674 00:39:16,145 --> 00:39:21,145 and later on, I can go and educate myself and that's exactly what I did. 675 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,690 I went and I crushed them all 676 00:39:21,734 --> 00:39:25,734 and I trained and trained and trained five, six hours a day. 677 00:39:24,779 --> 00:39:26,822 At 19, I became second Mr. Universe. 678 00:39:26,947 --> 00:39:29,947 At 20, I would become the youngest Mr. Universe 679 00:39:28,991 --> 00:39:31,991 and then at 21, a second time Mr. Universe, 680 00:39:31,243 --> 00:39:33,243 and then winning, winning, winning, winning, 681 00:39:32,995 --> 00:39:35,995 and then I came to America with this success. 682 00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:37,416 And here, I was celebrated. 683 00:39:37,541 --> 00:39:41,541 Here, I could make all of a sudden a living from all of that. 684 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,171 But it was the sport... 685 00:39:42,922 --> 00:39:45,922 that gave me the opportunity that opened up the doors 686 00:39:45,674 --> 00:39:48,674 and that is really what we want to celebrate. 687 00:39:48,260 --> 00:39:51,389 Arnold Schwarzenegger was my inspiration. 688 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:55,768 I start training by Arnold Schwarzenegger training programs. 689 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:58,687 2003 690 00:39:58,813 --> 00:40:02,900 Most important victory in my all Strongman career 691 00:40:03,025 --> 00:40:07,071 is first time Arnold Classic Champion title. 692 00:40:08,697 --> 00:40:12,952 It was 2003, and my dream was compete in the Arnold Classic 693 00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:15,162 and meet Arnold Schwarzenegger. 694 00:40:15,329 --> 00:40:18,329 It's just extraordinary to see all these monsters. 695 00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:20,418 Hey, congratulations. That was very extraordinary. 696 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:24,213 Fantastic. Record breaking. Really good. It was good, yeah. 697 00:40:24,338 --> 00:40:28,801 I'd say I must win today and I won that competition. 698 00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:31,303 It was big, big thing for me 699 00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:37,560 and then I believed that I can be really strong and can be strongest. 700 00:40:37,768 --> 00:40:41,689 Power lifting, weight lifting, bodybuilding, and all of those sports... 701 00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:46,902 makes you feel equal. 702 00:40:51,365 --> 00:40:53,159 We are in Vingis Park. 703 00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:56,787 This is very special place for Lithuanian Strongmen. 704 00:40:56,996 --> 00:41:00,458 It was one of the first big competitions in Lithuania. 705 00:41:00,666 --> 00:41:04,670 It was Lithuanian Strongest Man. I saw that competition on TV 706 00:41:05,254 --> 00:41:08,674 and I decided I want to be Strongman as well. 707 00:41:09,592 --> 00:41:12,970 And I train now under the seats 708 00:41:14,096 --> 00:41:17,308 for this year Arnold Classic. 709 00:41:17,725 --> 00:41:23,397 This is very good energy in this place and I feel Lithuanian power. 710 00:41:26,942 --> 00:41:29,987 I train alone because it's harder. 711 00:41:30,571 --> 00:41:34,825 When we coming to stage and it's thousand people, 712 00:41:35,284 --> 00:41:37,536 they give you lot of energy 713 00:41:37,786 --> 00:41:40,915 and weights are lighter and you can lift more. 714 00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:45,336 Where I train, it's harder, it's colder, 715 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:51,217 and I think it must be in training harder than in competition. 716 00:41:53,260 --> 00:41:55,596 There's a huge advantage to doing this 717 00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:58,763 in a sustained way over a long period of time 718 00:41:58,098 --> 00:42:01,185 because what you're ultimately doing is completely rebuilding your physiology 719 00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:03,352 and that takes time to do 720 00:42:02,895 --> 00:42:06,895 because you can only do it a little bit at a time. 721 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:05,814 I feel very young. 722 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:09,068 When I start Strongman sport, I was 16 years old. 723 00:42:09,902 --> 00:42:14,156 I was child. I feel almost same, like I'm now 40. 724 00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:19,325 He might look like the same guy on the outside, 725 00:42:19,286 --> 00:42:22,039 but inside, he's a completely different machine 726 00:42:22,122 --> 00:42:27,122 than he was when he started this, and even than he was five years ago. 727 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:29,880 It's only one way to get stronger, to get more muscles. 728 00:42:30,005 --> 00:42:34,005 There's also a term you might hear sometimes called old man strength. 729 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,550 There is no shortcut to it. 730 00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:37,260 No 18-year-old is coming up behind you. 731 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:37,680 They can't be. 732 00:42:49,275 --> 00:42:52,236 I like to train. I like to compete. 733 00:42:52,486 --> 00:42:53,988 I want to win. 734 00:42:54,363 --> 00:42:57,283 And nothing changes, just I getting stronger 735 00:42:57,408 --> 00:43:00,202 and stronger and have more experience. 736 00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:03,536 You know, this is what it is all about. 737 00:43:02,913 --> 00:43:05,165 Is that you find something that makes you, 738 00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:07,376 that elevates you, that makes you feel special, 739 00:43:07,501 --> 00:43:11,501 and that's what weight lifting, power lifting and sports in general do, 740 00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:13,088 this is what power lifting is also about. 741 00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:14,967 They come from poor countries, those guys. 742 00:43:15,342 --> 00:43:17,386 They come from miserable backgrounds. 743 00:43:17,886 --> 00:43:21,849 But then when they lift, they feel good. 744 00:43:22,182 --> 00:43:25,269 I am strongest because I work hardest. 745 00:43:25,519 --> 00:43:27,062 I train hardest. 746 00:43:27,229 --> 00:43:31,400 And I'm born to be strong. 747 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:44,788 You can lift and make lifts other places and people will respect those lifts, 748 00:43:44,913 --> 00:43:46,913 but if you won it at the Arnold, 749 00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:49,624 that mean that you got tempered by the hottest fire. 750 00:43:49,501 --> 00:43:53,501 There's not one Strongman, they lyin' they ass off if they tell you, 751 00:43:52,546 --> 00:43:53,589 COLUMBUS OHIO, USA 752 00:43:53,672 --> 00:43:58,672 "Oh, I didn't make it, it's OK. I'll go to so-and-so competition." 753 00:43:58,010 --> 00:44:00,262 It's not. The Arnold is it. 754 00:44:00,846 --> 00:44:02,846 The Super Bowl, the NBA Championship, 755 00:44:02,765 --> 00:44:05,559 the Olympics of Strongman lifting. 756 00:44:05,893 --> 00:44:07,561 How's everyone doing? 757 00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:15,653 Four men over 400 pounds competing in this years' Arnold Strongman Classic. 758 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:18,405 The 15th year. 759 00:44:18,781 --> 00:44:22,660 Now, guys, what's going on here over the whole weekend, 760 00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:27,826 all the events will be added together. Ten points for the winner of each event. 761 00:44:27,289 --> 00:44:30,289 Ten men in the event and so on and so forth. 762 00:44:30,793 --> 00:44:33,170 THE DEADLIFT EVENT 1 OF 5 763 00:44:34,797 --> 00:44:38,797 Now just for fun, what are we at at the moment here? 764 00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:41,762 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven plates. 765 00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:44,056 Seven a side, 14 plates. 766 00:44:44,348 --> 00:44:46,475 That's coming in around 700 pounds. 767 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,600 700 pounds is gonna be the starter. 768 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:52,560 All of our lifters surely can take that kind of weight off the ground. 769 00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:52,938 BILL KAZMAIER. COMMENTATOR STRONGMAN CHAMPION. COLIN BRYCE. ANNOUNCER. 770 00:44:51,897 --> 00:44:55,897 It's just a matter of strategy. They only get three lifts. 771 00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:56,318 700 LBS 772 00:44:56,443 --> 00:44:58,904 Get your cameras out folks, here we go! 773 00:45:01,281 --> 00:45:04,281 The way the contest works is, you call your opening weight, 774 00:45:04,243 --> 00:45:08,243 then you call your second weight, and you call your third weight. 775 00:45:07,413 --> 00:45:09,413 So, you can only ever go up. 776 00:45:09,289 --> 00:45:13,289 It's like you're bidding at a silent auction or something. 777 00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:12,418 750 LBS 778 00:45:12,501 --> 00:45:15,501 The dead-lift is very much like a game of chess. 779 00:45:15,629 --> 00:45:18,629 You have to make the right moves at the right times, 780 00:45:18,257 --> 00:45:20,259 and then at the end of all that, 781 00:45:20,384 --> 00:45:23,384 you have to be strong enough to back those moves up. 782 00:45:22,970 --> 00:45:25,970 I'm afraid not. Put your hands together, folks. 783 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,852 Kaz, put your money down, brother. Who's gonna win? 784 00:45:29,977 --> 00:45:32,977 Well, Eddie Hall's pulled the heaviest weight off the ground 785 00:45:32,980 --> 00:45:34,980 in the last six months and year. 786 00:45:34,940 --> 00:45:36,358 975 LBS 787 00:45:38,819 --> 00:45:41,321 Up, up, up, up! 788 00:45:42,614 --> 00:45:44,116 Boom! 789 00:45:44,324 --> 00:45:45,659 846 LBS 790 00:45:45,784 --> 00:45:47,784 Come on, Jim, it's hard. 791 00:45:50,289 --> 00:45:52,332 Well, well, well. That's a no lift. 792 00:45:54,042 --> 00:45:57,042 It's really wonderful to see those guys lifting 800 pounds 793 00:45:57,004 --> 00:46:01,004 and then we'll go to 900 pounds. We're dealing here with monsters. 794 00:46:00,466 --> 00:46:02,968 Thank you. Get to the chopper! 795 00:46:04,553 --> 00:46:07,556 Zydrunas, get to the bar, baby. 796 00:46:07,723 --> 00:46:10,267 Let's hear it for Zydrunas Savickas! 797 00:46:10,350 --> 00:46:12,350 ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS ARNOLD STRONGMAN CHAMPION-7X 798 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,813 Forty years old this year. Seven times the Arnold champion. 799 00:46:14,938 --> 00:46:16,273 891 LBS 800 00:46:18,775 --> 00:46:20,611 Up it goes. 801 00:46:23,322 --> 00:46:25,741 A little bit tentative, I have to say. 802 00:46:26,033 --> 00:46:29,328 Zydrunas, he's maybe not firing on all cylinders. 803 00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:31,580 He did have some back problems last year. 804 00:46:33,499 --> 00:46:36,499 When guys are dealing with this amount of weight, 805 00:46:36,335 --> 00:46:40,506 any little mistake not only will inhibit their ability to move the weight, 806 00:46:40,589 --> 00:46:41,507 916 LBS 807 00:46:41,590 --> 00:46:45,590 but might rip their tendons and ligaments right off of their bones. 808 00:46:44,551 --> 00:46:46,178 Come on, Zydrunas. 809 00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:52,137 So as I said, he pulled that tentatively. That may be all he had in him. 810 00:46:49,973 --> 00:46:52,973 If you're a big Z fan, don't panic. 811 00:46:52,726 --> 00:46:54,726 Getting close to the mythical thousand. 812 00:46:54,436 --> 00:46:55,436 961 LBS. 976 LBS 813 00:46:55,437 --> 00:47:00,437 If I was gonna describe the dead-lift to somebody that's never lifted before, 814 00:46:58,607 --> 00:47:00,607 HAFTHOR BJORNSSON EUROPE'S STRONGEST MAN - 2X 815 00:46:59,983 --> 00:47:03,070 I would say it's a raw testament of your will, 816 00:47:03,237 --> 00:47:04,530 not just your strength. 817 00:47:04,780 --> 00:47:10,494 -Oh, yeah! Yeah. Come on! -Come on! 818 00:47:10,827 --> 00:47:15,040 Hafthor Julius Bjornsson! 819 00:47:16,083 --> 00:47:18,585 -Boom! -Are you kidding me? 820 00:47:18,752 --> 00:47:22,005 The Mountain gives you a mountain of an effort. 821 00:47:22,339 --> 00:47:26,339 Who really gets in the situation where in one moment to the next, 822 00:47:26,009 --> 00:47:28,009 everything they've ever worked for, 823 00:47:27,886 --> 00:47:30,886 you're gonna see if it's success or failure, 824 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,098 black and white, right now. 825 00:47:31,348 --> 00:47:32,891 And where's The Beast? 826 00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:37,271 Yes, we are still waiting for Eddie Hall to join this contest. 827 00:47:37,437 --> 00:47:40,437 It's gonna be very interesting out of the gate 828 00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:41,358 to see what Ed does. 829 00:47:41,525 --> 00:47:44,525 I'm really curious to see what his weight choices are. 830 00:47:44,111 --> 00:47:49,283 Eddie Hall, he's coming in at over a thousand pounds for his opener. 831 00:47:49,491 --> 00:47:51,285 Are you kidding me? 832 00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:54,913 There's only three men in history over 1,000 pounds. 833 00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:57,708 That's a huge gamble for Eddie Hall. 834 00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,710 The tendency is... 835 00:48:00,043 --> 00:48:04,043 that you just wanna write down a bigger number than everybody else has. 836 00:48:03,171 --> 00:48:05,171 If you get a little overzealous 837 00:48:05,090 --> 00:48:08,135 and you call too much, and you fail, you're done. 838 00:48:08,302 --> 00:48:11,302 And there's a reason there's only been three guys 839 00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:14,262 that have done a thousand pounds because it's hard to do. 840 00:48:12,389 --> 00:48:14,389 He is the reigning Arnold Champion. 841 00:48:14,474 --> 00:48:16,474 BRIAN SHAW DEFENDING ARNOLD STRONGMAN CHAMPION 842 00:48:15,601 --> 00:48:17,019 He won the Arnold Australia. 843 00:48:17,185 --> 00:48:20,230 He won the Arnold Brazil. He won the Arnold Columbus. 844 00:48:20,355 --> 00:48:24,355 He won the World's Strongest Man. All in one year last year. 845 00:48:23,609 --> 00:48:26,528 Is Brian Shaw gonna put on a show 846 00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:29,364 to enter a very exclusive club, 847 00:48:29,448 --> 00:48:30,532 1021 LBS 848 00:48:30,616 --> 00:48:35,037 to become the fourth man in history to pull a thousand pounds? 849 00:48:37,372 --> 00:48:39,625 Come on! 850 00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:43,253 How about that? Brian Shaw! 851 00:48:43,420 --> 00:48:45,547 Well within his range. 852 00:48:46,089 --> 00:48:48,089 When you think of Brian Shaw, 853 00:48:47,924 --> 00:48:50,924 you obviously see him as number one in the world. 854 00:48:51,470 --> 00:48:54,470 I'm the hungry wolf at the bottom of the hill 855 00:48:53,805 --> 00:48:56,805 climbing the hill and I wanna knock him off. 856 00:48:57,476 --> 00:49:01,688 1,026 pounds to take it all. 857 00:49:01,855 --> 00:49:03,148 1026 LBS (WORLD RECORD) 858 00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,817 And that is Mr. Eddie Hall. 859 00:49:06,568 --> 00:49:09,780 One of the greatest Olympians in British history was Mark Foster. 860 00:49:09,946 --> 00:49:11,990 When Eddie Hall was 14 years old, 861 00:49:12,115 --> 00:49:15,869 he destroyed Mark Foster's swimming records in Britain, 862 00:49:16,036 --> 00:49:18,036 and then he decided to give up. 863 00:49:18,121 --> 00:49:22,121 A few years later, a little lost in life, he found weight lifting. 864 00:49:21,625 --> 00:49:23,625 EDDIE HALL BRITAIN'S STRONGEST MAN - 2X 865 00:49:23,085 --> 00:49:25,212 And here he is now, folks. 866 00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:29,675 For our pleasure. For his pleasure. 867 00:49:30,926 --> 00:49:36,473 Do you wanna see the greatest lift ever in human history off the floor? 868 00:49:44,189 --> 00:49:49,189 I want everyone here right now to think about what Eddie Hall is gonna go for. 869 00:49:49,361 --> 00:49:51,361 I want you to channel your energy. 870 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:58,491 I just heard someone saying that you ain't gonna do it, Eddie. 871 00:49:57,828 --> 00:50:00,247 Are you gonna do it? Come on, Eddie! 872 00:50:00,414 --> 00:50:02,414 EDDIE HALL WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT - 1026 LBS 873 00:50:01,540 --> 00:50:03,540 The power is within The Beast. 874 00:50:03,166 --> 00:50:04,459 Bring it out! 875 00:50:04,626 --> 00:50:09,172 1,026 pounds. 876 00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:12,300 For the win. 877 00:50:20,809 --> 00:50:23,603 Yes! Come on, Eddie! 878 00:50:23,729 --> 00:50:27,357 Come on, Eddie! Up, up, up, up, up! 879 00:50:41,079 --> 00:50:42,456 There you go. 880 00:50:43,331 --> 00:50:45,500 The Arnold Schwarzenegger effect. 881 00:50:48,712 --> 00:50:50,005 You did it again. 882 00:50:50,172 --> 00:50:53,175 Every single time I see you, you break a world record. 883 00:50:53,300 --> 00:50:54,593 How do you do it? 884 00:50:54,676 --> 00:50:57,676 Well, I don't share records. That record's mine. 885 00:50:57,512 --> 00:51:00,512 That's how I do it, I want it. 886 00:50:59,848 --> 00:51:04,848 Fantastic, let's give him a big hand. The world record holder for the dead-lift. 887 00:51:04,561 --> 00:51:06,897 Bravo. Fantastic. 888 00:51:10,066 --> 00:51:14,738 Ladies and gentlemen, Eddie "The Beast" Hall! 889 00:51:16,031 --> 00:51:17,491 Such a phenomenal performance. 890 00:51:17,657 --> 00:51:18,992 I hope you people realize 891 00:51:19,075 --> 00:51:22,078 you have seen history today on the Arnold stage. 892 00:51:22,204 --> 00:51:24,998 This year at Nationals, Brian Shaw gave me 893 00:51:25,165 --> 00:51:27,375 one of his peanut butter and honey sandwiches. 894 00:51:27,459 --> 00:51:30,629 That's fucking love, that is, mate. That's love. 895 00:51:31,505 --> 00:51:33,505 I wouldn't give him mine. 896 00:51:33,590 --> 00:51:36,760 Now then, we have the Austrian oak to come. 897 00:51:59,699 --> 00:52:01,785 LEADERS. EDDIE HALL 10. BRIAN SHAW 9. 898 00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:04,952 JERRY PRITCHETT 8. HAFTHOR BJORNSON 7. ZYDRONAS SAVI 5. 899 00:52:08,291 --> 00:52:10,669 Hi, babe. Are you all right? 900 00:52:11,753 --> 00:52:13,547 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 901 00:52:13,630 --> 00:52:17,630 I've just done the dead-lift and I've just won. 902 00:52:17,092 --> 00:52:19,553 Did 1,023 pounds I think. 903 00:52:20,136 --> 00:52:22,264 So, I won. Yeah. 904 00:52:24,182 --> 00:52:26,685 Yeah. Thanks, babe. 905 00:52:27,269 --> 00:52:29,269 Are you OK? What are you up to? 906 00:52:30,063 --> 00:52:31,982 Oh, in bed. All right. 907 00:52:32,107 --> 00:52:35,107 Well, listen, you get back to sleep. I love you. 908 00:52:34,317 --> 00:52:37,317 I just wanted to let you know while it's fresh. 909 00:52:36,611 --> 00:52:38,611 I know you like to know first thing. 910 00:52:38,822 --> 00:52:41,822 OK, babe. Speak to you tomorrow. I love you. 911 00:52:41,157 --> 00:52:42,284 Love you, bye. 912 00:52:42,784 --> 00:52:45,784 Now Bill, we have the Austrian oak about to start. 913 00:52:44,494 --> 00:52:46,494 THE AUSTRIAN OAK EVENT 2 OF 5 914 00:52:45,495 --> 00:52:48,707 This is the big boy. Tell us a bit about it. 915 00:52:48,832 --> 00:52:50,667 451 pounds. 916 00:52:50,792 --> 00:52:53,792 It has to be taken through the legs, across the chest, 917 00:52:52,961 --> 00:52:54,961 to the shoulders, and locked out. 918 00:52:56,631 --> 00:53:00,631 Now, last year, there was a lot of men who came out 919 00:52:59,509 --> 00:53:01,928 who were surprised they did not lift this. 920 00:53:02,053 --> 00:53:05,053 It's only been done a couple of times 921 00:53:03,555 --> 00:53:05,765 in the history of the Arnold Strongman Championship. 922 00:53:06,099 --> 00:53:09,269 So, without further ado, I believe we're ready. 923 00:53:10,687 --> 00:53:13,648 Guys, are you ready? 924 00:53:48,934 --> 00:53:50,934 He knows he can do this. 925 00:53:53,730 --> 00:53:55,440 Here we go! 926 00:54:18,380 --> 00:54:20,882 Oh, so close. Oh, Brian. 927 00:54:23,301 --> 00:54:25,679 You see Brian trying to convince himself. 928 00:54:25,845 --> 00:54:29,845 He's trying to focus, he's trying to fire himself up 929 00:54:28,848 --> 00:54:31,848 to be able to go and make that lift. 930 00:54:31,017 --> 00:54:32,017 And it's just hard. 931 00:54:32,310 --> 00:54:36,439 And, you know, I'm not saying that he's mentally unprepared. 932 00:54:36,648 --> 00:54:41,648 It's a lot easier when you know this is what I was meant for. 933 00:54:40,402 --> 00:54:42,070 This is my lift. 934 00:54:44,948 --> 00:54:48,243 Is the world ready for Hafthor Bjornsson? 935 00:54:53,331 --> 00:54:57,331 Mountain in Game of Thrones, but hey, he's the real deal. 936 00:54:57,460 --> 00:54:59,460 Two-times Europe's Strongest Man. 937 00:55:00,964 --> 00:55:03,964 He's been second in World's Strongest Man. 938 00:55:04,509 --> 00:55:09,889 A former basketball player for Iceland before damaging his knee. 939 00:55:10,098 --> 00:55:13,098 So, he took up the safe sport of Strongman. 940 00:55:13,810 --> 00:55:15,979 Here we go. Come on, Hafthor. 941 00:55:16,104 --> 00:55:18,104 I can tell you something, Bill. 942 00:55:17,772 --> 00:55:20,772 Icelandic record is 200 kilograms and he owns that. 943 00:55:20,734 --> 00:55:25,822 So, this is 10 pounds, 440 is the Icelandic record, Bill. 944 00:55:32,328 --> 00:55:34,622 With his height, at almost 6-feet-10, 945 00:55:34,748 --> 00:55:38,334 that log is literally in the sky, in the stratosphere. 946 00:55:38,710 --> 00:55:41,838 It's an extreme disadvantage for a man his height 947 00:55:42,005 --> 00:55:44,507 to lift this kind of weight overhead. 948 00:55:44,674 --> 00:55:48,674 But The Mountain has it within his mind to get it done. 949 00:55:47,886 --> 00:55:49,095 Come on! 950 00:55:58,104 --> 00:56:00,356 Thirty seconds. Nope. He's finished there. 951 00:56:06,112 --> 00:56:08,448 Ladies and gentlemen, please prepare 952 00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:11,367 for arguably the strongest man in history. 953 00:56:11,576 --> 00:56:14,329 The Lithuanian sensation... 954 00:56:14,746 --> 00:56:20,293 Zydrunas Savickas! 955 00:56:24,964 --> 00:56:26,049 The Big Z. 956 00:56:26,174 --> 00:56:29,174 Big Z, though, he had a little problem yesterday. 957 00:56:28,802 --> 00:56:33,802 He could quite possibly be the best ever, but really, maybe age is catching him, 958 00:56:33,515 --> 00:56:35,016 or a couple of injuries 959 00:56:35,183 --> 00:56:38,183 because he struggled a little bit in the dead-lift yesterday. 960 00:56:39,312 --> 00:56:41,564 The time has begun, here we go. 961 00:56:42,649 --> 00:56:44,317 We've got one, Bill. 962 00:56:45,819 --> 00:56:49,819 I'll tell you what, that right there could be the winner. 963 00:56:47,987 --> 00:56:49,987 No one else last year could do it. 964 00:56:49,989 --> 00:56:54,989 With someone like Eddie Hall on form, he's got to do a couple, I think. 965 00:57:16,558 --> 00:57:20,687 Yes! That's three, folks! One more to equal the record. 966 00:57:20,854 --> 00:57:24,983 Zydrunas is one of those guys, especially in the oak, 967 00:57:25,316 --> 00:57:28,611 where you know when he walks toward the bar 968 00:57:29,237 --> 00:57:31,197 that it's already lifted. 969 00:57:36,578 --> 00:57:39,539 Yes! Zydrunas Savickas! 970 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:41,791 What a master of strength. 971 00:57:42,167 --> 00:57:48,381 And in typical Zydrunas style, he celebrated with a just a heavy sigh. 972 00:57:49,507 --> 00:57:53,136 Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together 973 00:57:54,262 --> 00:57:57,724 for the man from Stoke-on-Trent in England. 974 00:58:01,519 --> 00:58:03,062 He is The Beast. 975 00:58:03,354 --> 00:58:08,354 He is the British record holder in log, the world record holder in the dead-lift. 976 00:58:07,442 --> 00:58:08,776 CURRENT LEADER EDDIE HALL 977 00:58:08,860 --> 00:58:12,989 Eddie "The Beast" Hall! 978 00:58:17,535 --> 00:58:21,080 EDDIE HALL REPS TO BEAT: 4 979 00:58:48,107 --> 00:58:51,107 Such a toil. A little bit of balance problem there. 980 00:58:50,902 --> 00:58:53,902 There you go, fellas. Make sure he's all right. 981 00:58:54,572 --> 00:58:57,572 All right, sometimes that happens, you just get a little faint. 982 00:58:57,659 --> 00:58:59,327 Things shut off, turn off. 983 00:58:59,452 --> 00:59:02,452 -A little oxygen deficit. -Put your hands together, folks. 984 00:59:02,539 --> 00:59:05,792 Eddie's just, lights went out for a moment there. 985 00:59:11,589 --> 00:59:13,800 Pull down the back here on the elbow. 986 00:59:14,259 --> 00:59:17,259 It's an old injury. It's just fucking flat. 987 00:59:16,719 --> 00:59:21,719 I've just torn it again, I know I have. I heard it go pang. 988 00:59:20,765 --> 00:59:24,765 I know you've claimed him as your son a few times, 989 00:59:23,434 --> 00:59:26,437 but Eddie Hall is, he's having to withdraw. 990 00:59:26,646 --> 00:59:31,646 Did you ever have an "oh, shit" moment? That's what I'm having right now. 991 00:59:30,984 --> 00:59:32,277 Fuck! 992 00:59:33,820 --> 00:59:35,280 Fucking... 993 00:59:48,751 --> 00:59:52,751 LEADERS. BRIAN SHAW 6. ZYDRUNAS SAVI 10. HAFTHOR BJORNSON 5. EDDIE HALL 1. 994 00:59:58,595 --> 01:00:00,430 It's number one, Zydrunas, 995 01:00:00,555 --> 01:00:03,555 the winner of the log, and he's quite quiet. 996 01:00:02,974 --> 01:00:06,974 You are seven times Arnold champion, four times World's Strongest Man. 997 01:00:07,020 --> 01:00:09,022 Yesterday the dead-lift was a little down. 998 01:00:09,188 --> 01:00:13,188 Do you feel you can still win today, win the whole contest, 999 01:00:12,984 --> 01:00:15,984 even after losing so many points in the dead-lift? 1000 01:00:17,238 --> 01:00:21,159 I will always say that Zydrunas is the strongest guy 1001 01:00:21,284 --> 01:00:22,410 that ever walked the planet 1002 01:00:22,619 --> 01:00:29,375 because just the things that I found to be difficult he made look easy. 1003 01:00:29,834 --> 01:00:32,754 And I was no chump. 1004 01:00:33,921 --> 01:00:36,921 -You still have this. -Three-way tie, I think. 1005 01:00:36,591 --> 01:00:39,591 You still have this. Just watch where you go about. 1006 01:00:39,469 --> 01:00:41,512 Dumbbell, yoke, frame. 1007 01:00:42,305 --> 01:00:46,517 It's frame and yoke. No yoke, I think. 1008 01:00:46,643 --> 01:00:48,061 -This. -Yeah. 1009 01:00:50,271 --> 01:00:52,065 They heard the filming though. 1010 01:00:53,358 --> 01:00:56,358 It like tick everyone off a lot, if I was there. 1011 01:00:57,904 --> 01:00:59,904 Oh, that Eddie Hall's an asshole. 1012 01:01:02,700 --> 01:01:04,702 -What are you at? -I'm 400. 1013 01:01:04,827 --> 01:01:07,080 -Are you? -Yeah. 399, I am. 1014 01:01:08,039 --> 01:01:12,039 -Foo, that's heavy, man. -Yeah, I fuckin' feel it as well. 1015 01:01:12,418 --> 01:01:15,418 I must admit, it is quite around this region. 1016 01:01:17,382 --> 01:01:19,382 How much weight you put on? 1017 01:01:18,841 --> 01:01:20,841 Saw you put fucking five pounds 1018 01:01:20,468 --> 01:01:23,468 on the fucking fat roll on the back of your neck. 1019 01:01:26,307 --> 01:01:30,307 Looks like somebody stuck a sesame bun on the back of your head. 1020 01:01:32,522 --> 01:01:34,232 -You feeling all right? -Yeah. 1021 01:01:34,399 --> 01:01:36,484 This triceps are not gonna happen, mate. 1022 01:01:36,609 --> 01:01:40,609 In terms of like, dumbbell and stuff, anything where you've got to balance, 1023 01:01:39,529 --> 01:01:43,529 like a log or a dumbbell, fucking impossible. It hurts like fuck. 1024 01:01:42,740 --> 01:01:45,740 Is training going well, though? Did you do that dumbbell? 1025 01:01:45,576 --> 01:01:47,576 -Have you done the big one? -Yeah. 1026 01:01:47,286 --> 01:01:51,286 -You got many reps or you just done one? -Yeah, just no. 1027 01:01:50,123 --> 01:01:53,123 I don't know how many I'll get here. 1028 01:01:51,999 --> 01:01:55,211 Putting the average obese American above your head. 1029 01:01:56,087 --> 01:01:57,380 300 pounds, yeah. 1030 01:01:59,006 --> 01:02:01,006 THE CYR DUMBBELL EVENT 3 OF 5 1031 01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:02,593 300 1032 01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:07,849 300 pounds in one hand. 1033 01:02:08,307 --> 01:02:09,976 Balance is key. 1034 01:02:12,395 --> 01:02:14,856 Hey, who is lifting it next? 1035 01:02:15,898 --> 01:02:19,898 No, no, this is too much for me. Don't torture me. 1036 01:02:19,235 --> 01:02:23,281 I want to do Snapchats. I just need someone to lift it. 1037 01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:30,241 I've seen some training vids. I know he can do this kind of weight. 1038 01:02:29,579 --> 01:02:32,623 This is gonna be one of the closest Arnolds. 1039 01:02:32,832 --> 01:02:35,501 Guys are gonna be one, two points apart 1040 01:02:35,668 --> 01:02:39,589 rather than like, Zydrunas rolling people by 10 points. 1041 01:02:39,714 --> 01:02:41,714 It's not gonna be that. 1042 01:02:41,841 --> 01:02:43,468 Come on, Hafthor. 1043 01:02:45,011 --> 01:02:46,429 That was close. 1044 01:02:46,721 --> 01:02:49,766 Very few men can do this, and no boys. 1045 01:02:51,350 --> 01:02:53,978 Come on! Yes, come on! 1046 01:02:54,854 --> 01:02:56,856 The big Z getting wrapped up. 1047 01:02:57,315 --> 01:02:59,025 Power lifting champion. 1048 01:02:59,484 --> 01:03:04,781 World's Strongest Man four times. Arnold champion seven times. 1049 01:03:05,031 --> 01:03:07,241 Zydrunas Savickas! 1050 01:03:07,408 --> 01:03:11,408 You can tell just by looking at people if they're ready or not. 1051 01:03:09,952 --> 01:03:11,952 I think Brian Shaw is on form. 1052 01:03:12,038 --> 01:03:16,038 You know, I can't see anyone beating Brian at this competition. 1053 01:03:15,041 --> 01:03:19,128 You know what? If I was a bettin' man, I would always bet Zydrunas. 1054 01:03:19,253 --> 01:03:22,253 I think he's the strongest man that ever lived. 1055 01:03:21,756 --> 01:03:25,756 Between Brian Shaw and Savickas, they have battled it out at the Arnolds 1056 01:03:25,551 --> 01:03:28,551 and World's Strongest Man for the last six, seven years. 1057 01:03:28,596 --> 01:03:34,435 It's this epic battle, clash between us and we're neck and neck, 1058 01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:38,560 and it's, you know, it's this half point, it's one point. 1059 01:03:37,855 --> 01:03:41,855 It's, you know, does he slip up just a little bit? 1060 01:03:41,692 --> 01:03:43,692 Do I slip up a little bit? 1061 01:03:43,444 --> 01:03:47,824 Zydrunas Savickas, the great strength athlete from Lithuania begins. 1062 01:03:47,990 --> 01:03:49,990 Here we go, the Big Z. 1063 01:03:55,289 --> 01:03:57,289 Didn't quite lock it out. 1064 01:03:57,250 --> 01:04:00,250 He gave Magnus the eyes there, and I tell you what, 1065 01:04:00,086 --> 01:04:02,255 a weaker referee would have given that one. 1066 01:04:05,007 --> 01:04:08,010 I've tried to analyze him from every which way, 1067 01:04:08,135 --> 01:04:11,135 and sometimes I think he doesn't look as good, 1068 01:04:10,429 --> 01:04:14,429 sometimes I think this or that, but he ends up doing something crazy. 1069 01:04:13,724 --> 01:04:18,729 Zydrunas knows if he gets one rep here, it gives him massive points advantage. 1070 01:04:23,609 --> 01:04:25,403 We've got one, Bill. 1071 01:04:25,945 --> 01:04:27,947 Zydrunas Savickas. 1072 01:04:28,656 --> 01:04:30,241 Good job, big guy. 1073 01:04:34,287 --> 01:04:39,625 This contest, Brian is biggest competitor because this year, we are very close. 1074 01:04:40,167 --> 01:04:44,714 I must look what he do, but still, I looking what I do 1075 01:04:44,881 --> 01:04:47,967 and if I be better than me, I will be winner. 1076 01:04:48,092 --> 01:04:49,677 The big Shaw. 1077 01:04:50,678 --> 01:04:54,724 Well, if there was one man who was more cerebral 1078 01:04:54,849 --> 01:04:57,685 than others in strength, it's Brian Shaw. 1079 01:04:57,852 --> 01:05:00,852 I mean, he's a very, very intelligent man. 1080 01:05:00,104 --> 01:05:01,564 He thinks through every lift. 1081 01:05:28,341 --> 01:05:31,341 The rest of the world are in big trouble here, baby. 1082 01:05:31,510 --> 01:05:33,137 That was awesome. 1083 01:05:34,138 --> 01:05:35,556 Come on, Brian. 1084 01:05:35,806 --> 01:05:38,142 Come on, Brian, let's go! Come on! 1085 01:05:39,602 --> 01:05:41,602 BRIAN SHAW REPS TO BEAT 2 1086 01:05:40,853 --> 01:05:42,104 One rep, no problem. 1087 01:05:42,438 --> 01:05:45,438 You know what he can do, get behind him. 1088 01:05:44,857 --> 01:05:47,193 Let's see the second, Brian. Come on! 1089 01:05:54,283 --> 01:05:56,243 Lovely, number two. 1090 01:05:57,578 --> 01:06:01,290 Colin, in my life, I have never seen such tremendous power 1091 01:06:01,415 --> 01:06:05,836 as Brian Shaw has just displayed two times in a row 1092 01:06:06,003 --> 01:06:07,922 with a 300-pound dumbbell. 1093 01:06:08,047 --> 01:06:12,093 Come on, Brian! Bring it! Right now! 1094 01:06:12,426 --> 01:06:14,720 This one would put him into the lead. 1095 01:06:16,889 --> 01:06:18,516 For the U.S.A. 1096 01:06:21,143 --> 01:06:24,855 Right there! Brian Shaw! 1097 01:06:33,531 --> 01:06:35,199 Good job, baby! 1098 01:06:35,491 --> 01:06:39,996 Brian Shaw we know has the win in this Cyr dumbbell. 1099 01:06:47,628 --> 01:06:51,674 BRIAN SHAW 9 6 10 1100 01:06:51,882 --> 01:06:54,135 Z 5 10 2 1101 01:06:54,218 --> 01:06:58,597 So, at the moment, Brian Shaw in the lead, 25 points, Bill. 1102 01:06:58,764 --> 01:07:02,764 Two points ahead of Zydrunas Savickas. So, it's tight at the top. 1103 01:07:02,601 --> 01:07:05,601 The final couple of events, how could it pan out? 1104 01:07:05,688 --> 01:07:07,688 What are the events like for you? 1105 01:07:07,189 --> 01:07:10,189 There's a lot on the line right now, 1106 01:07:08,899 --> 01:07:11,899 a lot of pressure, and anything can still happen. 1107 01:07:11,777 --> 01:07:15,777 If I do what I've done in training, I should perform pretty well. 1108 01:07:15,281 --> 01:07:16,657 Once again, you're extraordinary. 1109 01:07:16,741 --> 01:07:20,741 Let's hear it for this champ in the Cyr dumbbell, Brian Shaw! 1110 01:07:21,328 --> 01:07:24,328 Thank you, guys, for your support. You're awesome. 1111 01:07:26,083 --> 01:07:29,295 If he wins, I think he's gonna be super excited, 1112 01:07:29,462 --> 01:07:32,462 but to be fair, he expects himself to win, 1113 01:07:32,214 --> 01:07:35,426 so, it'll kind of be, this is what I expected. 1114 01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:39,805 If he loses, he'll be furious with himself 1115 01:07:39,930 --> 01:07:42,141 because he knows it's in his hands, 1116 01:07:42,266 --> 01:07:45,266 and he'll flat out tell anyone that asks, 1117 01:07:45,186 --> 01:07:46,520 "I can only blame myself." 1118 01:07:47,980 --> 01:07:50,980 Well, this is certainly a true test of strength. 1119 01:07:51,776 --> 01:07:56,776 I'll tell you, the one man who always does well at this is Zydrunas. 1120 01:07:54,904 --> 01:07:57,073 That raw power of Savickas. 1121 01:07:57,406 --> 01:07:59,406 We have to keep in mind, 1122 01:07:58,866 --> 01:08:02,119 you watch our Strongman staff move this weight, 1123 01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:06,244 it takes six men to move this apparatus around on this stage. 1124 01:08:05,706 --> 01:08:09,706 That gives you a good idea of just how heavy this apparatus is. 1125 01:08:10,586 --> 01:08:12,838 THE BALE TOTE EVENT 4 OF 5 1126 01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:18,719 700 KGs, 13 feet. 1127 01:08:18,844 --> 01:08:21,680 1,540 pounds, Bill. 1128 01:08:23,474 --> 01:08:27,770 All right. Dimitar Savatinov strapped up, ready to go. 1129 01:08:27,853 --> 01:08:29,063 DIMITAR SVATINOV 1130 01:08:32,358 --> 01:08:35,358 Looks like he's going for a slightly lower pickup. 1131 01:08:34,443 --> 01:08:36,946 Come on, Dimitar, gotta get it going. 1132 01:08:40,741 --> 01:08:42,660 Eighteen seconds to go. 1133 01:08:47,248 --> 01:08:49,416 Just over 10 seconds, come on. 1134 01:08:50,042 --> 01:08:51,669 Keep it moving. 1135 01:08:53,087 --> 01:08:54,588 Solid form for him, 1136 01:08:54,713 --> 01:08:57,713 just lunging forward, trying to make up some court. 1137 01:08:57,842 --> 01:08:59,677 The last seconds, come on. 1138 01:08:59,760 --> 01:09:02,096 30.00 DIMITAR SAVATINOV 1139 01:09:02,221 --> 01:09:04,221 Dimitar went halfway down the course. 1140 01:09:04,306 --> 01:09:06,306 HAFTHOR BJORNSSON TIME TO BEAT - 30.00 SECONDS 1141 01:09:05,683 --> 01:09:09,683 Let's see if our next competitor can go the whole distance, 13 feet. 1142 01:09:11,147 --> 01:09:14,147 The whistle has been given. We're underway here. 1143 01:09:14,692 --> 01:09:19,572 Two meters, five centimeters tall, six-foot-nine. 1144 01:09:19,864 --> 01:09:21,864 Though maybe not at the end of this. 1145 01:09:21,866 --> 01:09:25,202 Oh, that was a lunge there from Bjornsson. 1146 01:09:25,327 --> 01:09:28,327 He's got it movin' again. Come on, Hafthor. 1147 01:09:27,538 --> 01:09:28,956 Ten seconds. 1148 01:09:29,081 --> 01:09:32,081 19.84 HAFTHOR BJORNSSON TIME TO BEAT: 30.00 SECONDS 1149 01:09:31,667 --> 01:09:35,880 That was superb from the mighty Thor. What a recovery. 1150 01:09:39,425 --> 01:09:41,425 CURRENT LEADERS BRIAN SHAW 25- ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS - 23 1151 01:09:40,676 --> 01:09:42,676 You know, it takes a special somebody 1152 01:09:42,678 --> 01:09:45,678 to go into a special zone to make this happen. 1153 01:09:45,347 --> 01:09:47,347 I remember you once saying about Brian Shaw, 1154 01:09:47,391 --> 01:09:51,391 I thought it was a great line, the evolution of the sport. 1155 01:09:50,311 --> 01:09:53,731 A six foot eight man who moves like a true athlete, 1156 01:09:54,064 --> 01:09:58,402 who has the power of the greatest, most world-class power lifter. 1157 01:09:58,569 --> 01:09:59,820 It's the whole package. 1158 01:09:59,987 --> 01:10:02,156 Brian Shaw in the lead, 25 points, 1159 01:10:02,448 --> 01:10:04,742 two points ahead of Zydrunas Savickas. 1160 01:10:05,701 --> 01:10:08,701 Big Z is the poster boy for the power belly. 1161 01:10:08,871 --> 01:10:11,871 Who wants abs when he can have a power belly, Kaz? 1162 01:10:11,457 --> 01:10:12,791 That's what I say. 1163 01:10:13,417 --> 01:10:15,417 How many titles does he have? 1164 01:10:15,294 --> 01:10:19,294 Everybody in the world wants to be like Z, you know that. 1165 01:10:18,172 --> 01:10:21,300 He's won everything many, many times. 1166 01:10:21,926 --> 01:10:26,764 Arnold Champion seven times, Zydrunas Savickas! 1167 01:10:28,265 --> 01:10:31,477 I can put a ton of pressure on him, and typically, 1168 01:10:31,936 --> 01:10:35,936 typically, he'll step up and he can to do the same to me, 1169 01:10:35,272 --> 01:10:37,272 and typically, I'll step up. 1170 01:10:36,815 --> 01:10:38,776 Between Brian Shaw and Savickas, 1171 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:42,029 they have battled it out for the last six, seven years. 1172 01:10:43,572 --> 01:10:46,200 He looks comfortable. This is impressive. 1173 01:10:46,825 --> 01:10:48,994 Just rocked forward there a little bit. 1174 01:10:49,411 --> 01:10:52,411 Gotta pick and go one more time. Come on, Zydrunas. 1175 01:10:55,751 --> 01:10:58,751 16.50 ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS TIME TO BEAT: 19.48 SECONDS 1176 01:10:58,837 --> 01:11:02,258 Just rocked forward a little, Kaz. He was looking good. 1177 01:11:02,508 --> 01:11:04,508 Great power. He was so comfortable. 1178 01:11:05,636 --> 01:11:07,636 Zydrunas is a heck of a competitor 1179 01:11:07,763 --> 01:11:09,807 and he's been at the top 1180 01:11:09,932 --> 01:11:13,727 of now what would be a couple different eras. 1181 01:11:13,936 --> 01:11:17,273 He dominated, dominated the Arnold after it started. 1182 01:11:17,606 --> 01:11:21,151 You know, 2000, basically 2003, 2004, 2005. 1183 01:11:21,318 --> 01:11:25,531 He was just winning and nobody could step up to touch him at all. 1184 01:11:29,368 --> 01:11:31,368 -Brian here, -Come on, Brian , let's go! 1185 01:11:30,452 --> 01:11:33,452 the chance for Brian Shaw to lay down the law 1186 01:11:32,538 --> 01:11:36,542 to the rest of the competitors to take the advantage, 1187 01:11:37,334 --> 01:11:39,334 which is just two points currently, 1188 01:11:39,253 --> 01:11:42,840 and extend that going into the fifth event. 1189 01:11:43,007 --> 01:11:46,260 Let's hear it, Brian Shaw from the U.S.A.! 1190 01:11:46,427 --> 01:11:47,803 Come on, Brian. 1191 01:11:50,139 --> 01:11:53,684 Come on, Brian, you got this! Let's go! Come on! 1192 01:11:54,601 --> 01:11:56,601 Come on, Brian! Let's go! Come on! 1193 01:11:55,769 --> 01:11:58,769 BRIAN SHAW (CURRENT LEADER) TIME TO BEAT - 16.50 SECONDS (ZYDRINA) 1194 01:11:57,604 --> 01:11:59,565 We are underway. 1195 01:12:01,650 --> 01:12:03,485 So far, so good. 1196 01:12:05,487 --> 01:12:09,487 8.90 BRIAN SHAW (CURRENT LEADER) TIME TO BEAT: 16.50 SECONDS (ZYDRUNAS) 1197 01:12:07,406 --> 01:12:11,493 Brian Shaw destroys the bale tote! 1198 01:12:14,872 --> 01:12:16,248 No problem. 1199 01:12:16,665 --> 01:12:18,751 Little morning walk with the dog. 1200 01:12:19,043 --> 01:12:21,420 Nice, smooth footwork. 1201 01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:23,714 Really rock solid. 1202 01:12:27,259 --> 01:12:28,802 Way to go, champ! 1203 01:12:29,595 --> 01:12:31,889 Oh, my God, that was insane! 1204 01:12:32,056 --> 01:12:33,557 I told you 10 seconds. 1205 01:12:41,565 --> 01:12:44,193 BRIAN SHAW 9 6 10 10 35 1206 01:12:44,318 --> 01:12:48,318 A lot of the sports we most value in the United States, 1207 01:12:47,821 --> 01:12:51,821 we are used to the best teams getting beat a lot, right? 1208 01:12:49,990 --> 01:12:51,990 So, there's the Any Given Sunday 1209 01:12:52,034 --> 01:12:55,034 or there's in baseball, the always next year. 1210 01:12:54,578 --> 01:12:58,578 Even you think, well, the best team actually loses a lot of the years. 1211 01:12:57,998 --> 01:13:00,998 This is something where it's so cut and dry. 1212 01:13:00,501 --> 01:13:05,672 If a guy fails, it's because he was bested in the most direct way 1213 01:13:05,798 --> 01:13:08,798 and there can only be one guy at the top. 1214 01:13:08,592 --> 01:13:10,386 When I come to competition, 1215 01:13:10,511 --> 01:13:14,640 I know exactly what I must do to be a winner 1216 01:13:14,807 --> 01:13:17,476 and after dead-lift, I was so happy 1217 01:13:17,601 --> 01:13:20,521 because I was healthy for next event. 1218 01:13:20,646 --> 01:13:23,816 Two one half weeks ago and I go to gym 1219 01:13:23,941 --> 01:13:28,028 and try to lift very heavy dead-lift and I injure my muscle. 1220 01:13:28,195 --> 01:13:32,074 I come to Columbus now, but then I go to doctor 1221 01:13:32,199 --> 01:13:36,199 and they find that it's serious injury but not so big, 1222 01:13:35,285 --> 01:13:39,998 and I can do all events, but I can't do dead-lift. 1223 01:13:40,207 --> 01:13:44,207 But I still say that I need to do something in dead-lift. 1224 01:13:44,169 --> 01:13:48,169 And my plan was to be fifth in dead-lift or sixth. 1225 01:13:48,424 --> 01:13:50,467 I got sixth place, 1226 01:13:50,926 --> 01:13:54,638 and most important thing that I was not injured again. 1227 01:13:56,974 --> 01:13:59,476 Between Brian it's three points. 1228 01:13:59,643 --> 01:14:04,523 Some guys think, oh, my God, I will lose this competition. 1229 01:14:04,898 --> 01:14:09,319 But in my heart, I believe that in the end, I will be winner. 1230 01:14:09,820 --> 01:14:12,072 We're both very strong mentally. 1231 01:14:12,281 --> 01:14:15,325 We both don't typically make very many mistakes, 1232 01:14:15,492 --> 01:14:17,453 if any mistakes at all. 1233 01:14:17,744 --> 01:14:21,744 And we both can step up in a big moment and perform. 1234 01:14:21,623 --> 01:14:25,836 And that's what makes us so competitive with each other. 1235 01:14:25,961 --> 01:14:29,961 I think he maybe is a little more relaxed than last year. 1236 01:14:28,338 --> 01:14:33,343 I can't remember the points from last year, but he has a decent lead. 1237 01:14:33,510 --> 01:14:37,139 Leading three points going into the last event, 1238 01:14:37,306 --> 01:14:39,475 frame carry, it's a big lead. 1239 01:14:39,641 --> 01:14:45,606 It's like leading 10 points in a basketball game, one minute left. 1240 01:14:46,023 --> 01:14:49,023 The other team has to make a lot of mistakes. 1241 01:14:48,233 --> 01:14:50,861 Brian is also very good in frame carry. 1242 01:14:51,111 --> 01:14:54,323 This is an event that has been done 1243 01:14:54,490 --> 01:14:58,160 at the Arnold Classic here since the very first year. 1244 01:14:58,994 --> 01:15:02,998 The man who actually started this Strongman event here, 1245 01:15:03,081 --> 01:15:06,081 and I'm gonna grab him before he runs away, 1246 01:15:05,250 --> 01:15:07,211 is Dr. Terry Todd. 1247 01:15:07,961 --> 01:15:10,961 Terry, as they're just sorting things out here, 1248 01:15:10,506 --> 01:15:13,506 what would you say this tests more than anything else, 1249 01:15:13,467 --> 01:15:15,802 this final event of the Arnold Classic? 1250 01:15:16,011 --> 01:15:18,388 It tests overall body strength. 1251 01:15:18,514 --> 01:15:20,514 THE TIMBER CARRY EVENT 5 OF 5 1252 01:15:19,515 --> 01:15:23,894 You have to sustain 500 kilos, about 1,100 pounds, 1253 01:15:24,144 --> 01:15:28,144 and you've got to walk up the ramp holding it in your hands. 1254 01:15:27,314 --> 01:15:29,149 Get your stopwatches out, folks. 1255 01:15:29,483 --> 01:15:32,483 Now, he knows what he's got to do. 1256 01:15:31,818 --> 01:15:35,818 You can't imagine how much is on the line here for these guys. 1257 01:15:35,697 --> 01:15:40,327 The glory, the money, and it is a very significant amount of money. 1258 01:15:40,494 --> 01:15:43,494 It's the biggest prize in all of Strongman. 1259 01:15:47,626 --> 01:15:49,626 He is the reigning Arnold Champion. 1260 01:15:49,711 --> 01:15:51,711 0.00 BRIAN SHAW (CURRENT LEADER) 1261 01:15:52,005 --> 01:15:53,507 We're underway. 1262 01:15:57,803 --> 01:16:01,223 He's got the rhythm now. Come on, Brian. 1263 01:16:06,228 --> 01:16:09,147 Power, power, power! 1264 01:16:09,356 --> 01:16:10,732 Shaw power! 1265 01:16:10,899 --> 01:16:13,860 18.62 BRIAN SHAW (CURRENT LEADER) 1266 01:16:13,986 --> 01:16:17,406 The time was 18.62 seconds. 1267 01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:22,744 Only one way to win. 1268 01:16:22,869 --> 01:16:27,708 Not just beat Brian, but be number one in that event 1269 01:16:28,292 --> 01:16:32,129 and hope that more guys beat Brian. 1270 01:16:32,671 --> 01:16:36,049 It's not impossible, but it's verging on the impossible. 1271 01:16:36,216 --> 01:16:39,219 You need at least three men, probably four men, 1272 01:16:39,595 --> 01:16:42,139 to beat Brian, and Zydrunas has to win. 1273 01:16:42,264 --> 01:16:45,309 Just three guys who can beat him, Hafthor... 1274 01:16:45,392 --> 01:16:47,392 HAFTHOR BJORNSSON BRIAN'S TIME - 18.62 SECONDS 1275 01:16:46,310 --> 01:16:49,062 He's moving. It's going. 1276 01:16:49,229 --> 01:16:52,024 Come on, Hafthor! All the way! 1277 01:16:52,190 --> 01:16:55,902 You can do it! Yes! 1278 01:16:56,028 --> 01:16:59,028 14.31 HAFTHOR BJORNSSON (BRIAN'S TIME - 18.62 SECONDS) 1279 01:17:00,157 --> 01:17:02,367 -Vytautas. -Come on, Vytautas. 1280 01:17:02,659 --> 01:17:04,659 VYTAUTAS LALAS BRIANS'S TIME 18.62 SECONDS 1281 01:17:04,494 --> 01:17:07,789 Keep it going! Keep it going, Vyta, come on! 1282 01:17:08,790 --> 01:17:10,167 All the way! 1283 01:17:11,001 --> 01:17:14,588 14.27 VYTAUTAS LALAS (BRIAN'S TIME B- 18.62 SECONDS) 1284 01:17:16,298 --> 01:17:17,341 And Mateusz. 1285 01:17:17,466 --> 01:17:20,466 Don't drop it, keep it going! Keep it going! 1286 01:17:20,302 --> 01:17:22,302 MATEUSZ KIELSZKOWSKI (BRIAN'S TIME - 18.62 SECONDS) 1287 01:17:21,345 --> 01:17:22,763 Yes! 1288 01:17:23,597 --> 01:17:25,597 Just the Big Z to come. 1289 01:17:24,723 --> 01:17:27,723 16.16 MATEUSZ KIELSZKOWSKI (BRIAN'S TIME - 18.62 SECONDS) 1290 01:17:35,525 --> 01:17:37,525 His body's been through torture. 1291 01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:41,319 Do you know what, Bill? It's very important to say this. 1292 01:17:40,155 --> 01:17:44,155 There's three points between Zydrunas and Brian Shaw, who leads the contest. 1293 01:17:43,283 --> 01:17:45,283 CURRENT LEADERS BRIAN SHAW 35 - ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS - 32 1294 01:17:44,242 --> 01:17:45,661 This is the final event. 1295 01:17:45,952 --> 01:17:50,415 Zydrunas, he has every opportunity of making it an eighth title. 1296 01:17:50,540 --> 01:17:52,584 If he goes 14 seconds or below... 1297 01:17:52,751 --> 01:17:54,461 He knows that explicitly. 1298 01:17:55,420 --> 01:17:59,549 TIME NEEDED TO WIN ARNOLD CLASSIC - 14.27 1299 01:18:00,842 --> 01:18:02,842 At this moment, plain and simple, 1300 01:18:03,011 --> 01:18:07,224 this is Shaw's world unless Savickas wants to take it back. 1301 01:18:07,391 --> 01:18:10,391 If there's one man who can do it, 1302 01:18:08,725 --> 01:18:11,725 it's the man who's won seven Arnold titles. 1303 01:18:16,191 --> 01:18:19,903 One man left to take it all. 1304 01:18:20,612 --> 01:18:23,612 Some say he's the strongest man in history. 1305 01:18:23,615 --> 01:18:26,615 ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS TIME NEEDED TO WIN ARNOLD CLASSIC - 14.27 1306 01:18:26,618 --> 01:18:28,036 ARNOLD CLASSIC 1307 01:18:29,913 --> 01:18:31,790 We are underway. 1308 01:18:33,750 --> 01:18:35,627 So far, so good. 1309 01:18:36,044 --> 01:18:39,464 And... he is the winner! 1310 01:18:39,631 --> 01:18:43,631 13.00 ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS TIME NEEDED TO WIN ARNOLD CLASSIC - 14.27 1311 01:18:41,091 --> 01:18:44,091 We don't even have to look at the clock. 1312 01:18:44,261 --> 01:18:48,473 Zydrunas Savickas! 1313 01:18:49,433 --> 01:18:53,311 Ladies and gentlemen, the time, 13 seconds dead. 1314 01:18:54,938 --> 01:18:59,938 LEADERS. Z 5 10 8 9 9 35 9 6 10 10 3 32. BRIAN SHAW. 1315 01:19:02,529 --> 01:19:06,867 Hey, Zydrunas, congratulations. How does it feel winning? 1316 01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:11,079 Thank you, it feels great. I won eighth time. 1317 01:19:11,204 --> 01:19:13,790 It was hard way through to this contest. 1318 01:19:13,957 --> 01:19:17,957 Well, you did a great job running up that ramp, I tell you that. 1319 01:19:17,711 --> 01:19:19,629 I love that event, 1320 01:19:19,755 --> 01:19:24,968 because first time when I won Arnold Classic, 2003, 1321 01:19:25,051 --> 01:19:26,051 ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS DISTANCE: ENTIRE RAMP 1322 01:19:26,136 --> 01:19:27,763 I did in same event. 1323 01:19:27,888 --> 01:19:30,223 -Congratulations. Congratulations. -Thank you. 1324 01:19:30,348 --> 01:19:34,348 Fantastic, let's give him a big hand, to all of them. 1325 01:19:33,935 --> 01:19:36,354 Fantastic job. Congratulations. 1326 01:19:36,605 --> 01:19:39,691 Congratulations. Congratulations. 1327 01:19:39,900 --> 01:19:41,234 Congratulations. 1328 01:19:41,401 --> 01:19:44,401 Watching Brian, I could just tell he was confident, you know? 1329 01:19:44,279 --> 01:19:48,279 He thought, I could tell he thought he had this in the bag. 1330 01:19:46,698 --> 01:19:49,701 Watching on was quite hard to watch because you just, 1331 01:19:49,951 --> 01:19:54,951 all he had to do was come in, like, the top four and he'd have won. 1332 01:19:53,747 --> 01:19:55,081 This is Brian's life. 1333 01:19:55,207 --> 01:20:00,207 To not win something like this when you've trained a whole year for it 1334 01:19:57,626 --> 01:19:59,294 is pretty, pretty harsh. 1335 01:19:59,461 --> 01:20:02,461 Zydrunas hung around, and I knew it would be, 1336 01:20:02,339 --> 01:20:05,339 he'd be consistent enough to stay right there. 1337 01:20:04,633 --> 01:20:08,637 In my mind, there's definitely other things I could have done. 1338 01:20:08,762 --> 01:20:11,056 I'm just gonna go home, train harder, 1339 01:20:11,181 --> 01:20:15,268 and do my best in the next competition. 1340 01:20:16,353 --> 01:20:18,104 I was little bit scared, 1341 01:20:18,897 --> 01:20:24,110 but I still believe in my heart that I will win, 1342 01:20:24,569 --> 01:20:27,364 and it's happened, and I won. 1343 01:20:29,115 --> 01:20:34,913 You must fight until end, and also always believe yourself. 1344 01:20:35,288 --> 01:20:41,086 I do it for my country, for my friends, for my family. 1345 01:20:41,336 --> 01:20:45,549 If your goal just that you want to be champion, 1346 01:20:45,674 --> 01:20:50,595 maybe you have won two times but you will not be 10 times champion. 1347 01:20:51,346 --> 01:20:53,849 It needs to be something more. 1348 01:20:56,685 --> 01:21:00,685 When they come to the Arnold Classic, they feel like they're being celebrated. 1349 01:21:00,522 --> 01:21:02,941 You're somebody. You're special. 1350 01:21:03,149 --> 01:21:09,149 I think it's one of my joys of my year is always to go to the Arnold Classic 1351 01:21:06,903 --> 01:21:08,903 and to meet all these different athletes, 1352 01:21:08,989 --> 01:21:12,158 but specifically those World's Strongest Men. 1353 01:21:12,492 --> 01:21:17,038 It's a brotherhood, you know? Like, we're modern day gladiators 1354 01:21:17,247 --> 01:21:22,252 that actually hope that the other person does more than we did 1355 01:21:22,544 --> 01:21:25,544 just so we can see somebody do something amazing. 1356 01:21:25,380 --> 01:21:29,217 THE ARNOLD STRONGMAN CLASSIC IS NOW CONTESTED ON 6 CONTINENTS. 1357 01:21:29,342 --> 01:21:35,056 THE ARNOLD CLASSIC IN OHIO STILL OFFERS THE LARGEST PRIZE IN THE STRONGMAN WORLD. 1358 01:21:36,683 --> 01:21:42,856 ZYDRUNAS' BACK INJURY KEPT HIM FROM COMPETING FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS. 1359 01:21:43,899 --> 01:21:48,069 THE DAY AFTER THE COMPETITION, HAFTHOR ENTERED A RECORD BREAKER CONTEST 1360 01:21:48,194 --> 01:21:52,115 AND BROKE HIS OWN WORLD RECORD IN THE "WEIGHT OVER BAR." 1361 01:22:01,958 --> 01:22:05,712 HE WENT ON TO WIN THE NEXT THREE ARNOLD STRONGMAN COMPETITIONS: 1362 01:22:05,879 --> 01:22:09,549 AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA. 1363 01:22:21,353 --> 01:22:28,026 BRIAN AND KERI WELCOMED THEIR BABY A MONTH AFTER THE ARNOLD CLASSIC. 1364 01:22:29,319 --> 01:22:31,319 SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE ARNOLD CLASSIC, 1365 01:22:31,363 --> 01:22:35,533 EDDIE ATTEMPTED THE "IMPOSSIBLE" 500 KILO DEADLIFT (1100 LBS.) 1366 01:22:37,869 --> 01:22:42,290 Raise it up, Leeds Arena, here we go! 1367 01:22:42,457 --> 01:22:44,751 Eddie! Eddie! 1368 01:22:44,918 --> 01:22:47,253 Eddie! Eddie! 1369 01:22:55,095 --> 01:22:58,348 And away we go! 1370 01:23:01,518 --> 01:23:04,896 Eddie Hall lifts a half ton! 1371 01:23:05,063 --> 01:23:09,150 500 kilograms is off the floor! 1372 01:23:09,317 --> 01:23:12,988 500 kilograms has been done! 1373 01:23:13,571 --> 01:23:18,910 500 kilograms is no longer a myth! 1374 01:23:26,668 --> 01:23:29,668 Let's have a round for Eddie's wife. 1375 01:23:30,296 --> 01:23:33,216 A special moment for the Hall family. 1376 01:23:33,425 --> 01:23:35,425 What an incredible moment for the Hall family. 1377 01:23:35,301 --> 01:23:39,301 You know, why do we do these things? Why do we lift weights? 1378 01:23:38,888 --> 01:23:42,434 It's human nature. It's who's the alpha male. 1379 01:23:42,642 --> 01:23:46,642 You know, who can pick the most weight up from the floor? 1380 01:23:45,478 --> 01:23:46,813 Who is the strongest? 1381 01:23:47,063 --> 01:23:51,860 And that's history and it'll be a big part of history 1382 01:23:52,068 --> 01:23:55,238 for thousands and millions of years to come, I'm sure. 1383 01:23:55,655 --> 01:23:58,655 And that's why we do it, you know? 1384 01:23:57,949 --> 01:24:00,949 It's to find out who is the alpha male. 1385 01:24:00,368 --> 01:24:03,621 EDDIE EVENTUALLY WON THE TITLE OF STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH. 1386 01:24:03,747 --> 01:24:07,667 HE RETIRED FROM STRONGMAN THE FOLLOWING DAY. 1387 01:24:07,792 --> 01:24:12,464 AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF RECOVERY, ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS IS HEALTHY. 1388 01:24:12,589 --> 01:24:17,719 "THE STRONGEST MAN IN HISTORY" WILL RETURN TO THE ARNOLD STRONGMAN CLASSIC AGAIN.