A British weightlifter set a new record over the weekend when he lifted 1,102 pounds, but the feat didn’t come without consequence. Eddie Hall, 28, burst several blood vessels in his head during the effort, the Yorkshire Evening Post reported.
After the lift, Hall slumped to the ground and staff surrounded him.
"That nearly killed me,” the champion athlete told the Yorkshire Evening Post. “The pressure on my body was surreal. I passed out after. I had nosebleeds. It's not healthy doing something like that.”
Hall’s achievement during the World Deadlift Championships was a world record, as he lifted about 70 pounds more than anyone has done before, the newspaper reported.
Hall, who is 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 406 pounds, hopes to win the title of World’s Strongest Man, a competition that will take place later this year.
"It's that great feeling, like the first man on the moon, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes,” Hall told the newspaper. “It's history, and I'm very proud to be a part of it.”
Neighbor used to participate in local power lifting competitions back when he was younger. Won some trophies doing it. He's probably around 5'8" - 5'10" tall, stocky built, usually weighed somewhere up around 250-300 lbs. Now in his early 60's he's paying the price. His legs are pretty well shot now, especially his knees. Has to use a walker just to get around inside his house and yard, electric cart anywhere farther.
Neighbor used to participate in local power lifting competitions back when he was younger. Won some trophies doing it. He's probably around 5'8" - 5'10" tall, stocky built, usually weighed somewhere up around 250-300 lbs. Now in his early 60's he's paying the price. His legs are pretty well shot now, especially his knees. Has to use a walker just to get around inside his house and yard, electric cart anywhere farther.
On the other hand, some of us over 60 powerlifters can still be competitive in the open class, like win them. Not to say there is no price to pay, but it is not always crippling. Gotta train intelligently and have good genes.
Neighbor used to participate in local power lifting competitions back when he was younger. Won some trophies doing it. He's probably around 5'8" - 5'10" tall, stocky built, usually weighed somewhere up around 250-300 lbs. Now in his early 60's he's paying the price. His legs are pretty well shot now, especially his knees. Has to use a walker just to get around inside his house and yard, electric cart anywhere farther.
On the other hand, some of us over 60 powerlifters can still be competitive in the open class, like win them. Not to say there is no price to pay, but it is not always crippling. Gotta train intelligently and have good genes.
Good genes and a really good "Dr". Steroid/PED use in Powerlifting is rampant. I doubt even if u were the .00001% of the 1% of genetically gifted people u couldn't pull this off.
Neighbor used to participate in local power lifting competitions back when he was younger. Won some trophies doing it. He's probably around 5'8" - 5'10" tall, stocky built, usually weighed somewhere up around 250-300 lbs. Now in his early 60's he's paying the price. His legs are pretty well shot now, especially his knees. Has to use a walker just to get around inside his house and yard, electric cart anywhere farther.
On the other hand, some of us over 60 powerlifters can still be competitive in the open class, like win them. Not to say there is no price to pay, but it is not always crippling. Gotta train intelligently and have good genes.
Good genes and a really good "Dr". Steroid/PED use in Powerlifting is rampant. I doubt even if u were the .00001% of the 1% of genetically gifted people u couldn't pull this off.
Yeah, he's not clean....I don't think humans can pull that much without steroids. I am a drug free powerlifter, and have a lot of friends who juice. They have a lot more injuries. Case in point, in my weight class, I think the best drug free geared bench press (from all federations ) is 550. Non tested is 750. That beats them up considerably.
