Lou that's his point. The guys didn't mention Kirill.

He did phrase his answer as a question, as if he wasn't 100% sure.

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Don't know if he'd clear in a tested federation, so many strongmen have so much PED in their systems

no doubt, it be awesome to see him do a comp aye

meh I beg to differ, Eddie certainly aint weak at events such as those and I dont think they truly decide the worlds strongest man. 2017 did the best job of doing so with most of the events being static strength orientated and hence forth saw Eddie dominate. That all I side I think it be awesome to own world power lifting records so he could cement himself as the strongest person whose ever lived which he already is. I think he needs some more wsm titles ass well to truly put his name in the history books as the greatest there has ever been and would also be awesome for Eddie and Thor to continue their rivalry. It must be said Thor's strength is really catching up to Eddie's strength but static wise I dont believe Eddie will be beaten by any man for a while to come.

LOK Maye I couldn't agree more with you mate. I hope he keeps it going a while longer to prove he is the strongest ever. Previous winners like Pudanowski were alot better at moving events but he is no where near as statically strong as Eddie.

You aren't wrong, and thats exactly why he should focus on power lifting for a year or 2, Then I believe he could smash the records. And I think he is about to break the log record. Eddie doesen't make claims unless hes very confident he will and hes proving that he can also take the log.

he's just said there is no real kudos to be had in powerlifting... it's an amateur sport and he's a professional. end of story.

Marvin Albrecht Mendleson is on the downhill

Eddie hall would destroy him!

Marvin Albrecht wouldn't even be a competition...mendelson is a joke!

Just going by some of his training lifts which were all as raw as it gets, probably. With a minor deadlift specialization probably getting to 450 kilo (since no straps) a squat which he probably could have done at 440 (since he's done close to 800 pounds for an easy 8, once again as raw as it gets) and a bench which would have easily been slightly north of 300, say 310 (since he has lifts demonstrating incredible form at 265 for reps) yeah, probably could have done in excess of 1200 kilos in an untested federation

i would also doubt the fact that eddie would pull 500 raw. no disrespect to eddie hall, but its clear that eddie hall doesnt know the strength achievements of other strength sports. powerlifters can deadlift 4 and 5 times their bodyweight, eddie cant, world push press record 240kg, eddie cant, 571 world squat record eddie cant, world bench press record 487 eddie cant, world record for any weight overhead offically 263.5 kg by rezazadeh, eddie cant, so i dont understand the cockiness when he clearly doesnt want to see anything else but him, but big respect to eddie.

Emilios Powerballer but you just listed most of these records with gear on?

I think you are misguided. Lets start with 'powerlifters can deadlift 4 and 5 times their bodyweight' It is proven the heavier you are the less the body weight to strength ratio applies as the muscles and tendons can only take so much. Those powerlifters who are pulling 4-5 times their own bodyweight are in a much lighter weight class. For Eddie to deadlift 4 times his own bodyweight (450KG is his best raw with no belt and he weighs 180KG) that would mean he would deadlift 720KG which is just impossible for a human. Even 3 times his body weight would be 540KG. As for the squat and bench press records Eddie is not a powerlifter. Powerlifitng is not all strength and technique and leverages have a lot to do with it. Strongmen are a hell lot more functional than powerlifters and all these powerlifters that have hit bigger numbers than Eddie on the squat and Bench would not stand a fucking chance against him in the real world when it came to picking heavy shit up and moving it. Powerlifters of course are much stronger than the average Joe but they ain't got shit on a Strongman and powerlifting is a sport strongman is just strong simple as. Eddie Hall has won the worlds strongest man so that is why he is cocky and rightly so. I for one would rather have that than a trophy that says I won a contest that just required me doing 3 movements all in the sagittal plane.

im a powerlifter and trust me power,ifters are a lot more functional in their training. i understand your point though i get it. strength never comes in size. its something the individual can only work on and progress. functional is relative. its relative in terms of every day life style, or flexibilty, for example. olympic weightlifters do functional movements, but at the same time they have great and sometimes insane flexibility and healthy joints because they only do what they do with correct posture and natural movement with a pretty low risk of injury. strongmen dont necessarily do functional movements, they do movements that were just designed for that sport. as for eddie, i only have respect for him and his achievements. BUT. weighing near 200kg is not only life threatening and dangerous, but insane and useless. real strength doesnt come from size. if eddie considers him self strong, i would like to see how much he can deadlift when he comes to a normal human being weight, not exceeding 100kg. i weigh 83kg and within 2 years i deadlifted 260kg, 260 certainly isnt much, btw my goal is 4 times my bodyweight, but just wondering what could eddie achieve in powerlifting competitions weighing in a normal weight. and be certain about this. one of the best squatters right now is ray williams, 485 below parallel, not to mention the lillebridge family. ill give you ONE example and judge your self what strength really means. eddie strict presses around 220 MAX, KLOKOV weighs 105kg and PRESSES 225kg, and jerks 245kg. now thats strength, thats pure insane strength. i respect your opinion, but to me, there are many people equally as strong as eddie in the main movements. research weightlifters from europe and see another idea of strength. within these 4 months, a new snatch world record was done 220kg, now thats strength. lasha who did weighed around 140kg. eddie needs to weigh 200kg to do 400+.

think he is a fat ass armwrestler

Agree with you there mate.

Brian Ferry Benni was in the same contest as Eddie. He even attempted 500 with suit and straps, didn't get it.

Levi Rogne Jensen this was a different one. I forget what it's called but look up benni magnuson 1015 deadlift and you'll see it. Granted he did use the silver 100lb plates and that makes a difference being easier than the 25 kilo plates especially at really high weights like that.

Brian Ferry I was talking about the one where Eddie set the world record.

Levi Rogne Jensen I know what you mean, and I wasn't making the argument that benni was stronger especially in strongman we've actually seen that battle first hand and he gets destroyed by Eddie in strong man. I was really just trying to say that If benni wanted to he could make an argument, but Scott mendlson has no room to talk about his using straps when he uses a bench shirt that adds over 400 lbs to his max bench. The only reason I think benni would have an argument if he did say something is because there is only a 85 lb difference and he didn't use straps, but again there's arguments to be made there to like the plates he used being easier than the ones eddi used cause the 100 lb plates distributes the weight out further than the red kilo plates therefore making it so the weight comes off the ground sooner in the lift with the kilos and you get less bar bend making it more of a challenge.

I think Carl Yngvar Christensen did it, not raw though

Eduard A. R. Yeah, RAW is the key word 💪

Dave Hoff had a 3k lb total.

davidsirmons Dave Hoff 3K wasn't RAW

Eddie hall is capable of it if he trains more the squat and bench. Also larry wheels if he goes for the 308 record

The most generic excuse whenever someone makes dumbass comments. i WAs hAcKEd. Scott is a insecure little manlet.

Glad I'm not the only one who reacted to that. Sarychev benched 335kg a few years ago. Is Spoto still competing?

frodo the hobo when you pull the weights these guys do you would literally tear your hands open every deadlift session. All the top guys talk about this and most train with straps and then do grip work on the side to keep their hands fresh for competition. Using straps also lets them push the volume so much further. Hands might give out early but the rest of their body is capable of handling more volume.

frodo the hobo but your deadlift isn’t based on ur grip strength purely. If you can lift more weight off the ground and are limited by ur grip strength. Then it’s not a true indicator of what u can lift. I mean then we should take away weight belts in that case, cause it’s not natural either , right?

Give it a rest

davidsirmons people get jealous when they are bettered by someone else

Scott Mendelson is some nobody that no one except people in geared PL has ever even heard off. He ironicly proves just what Eddie said about powerlifting, that no one gives a shit about them except a select few. He has gotten more famous now from his comment about Eddie then he ever got from his own "achievements". He's a fat fuck who is good at benchpress, nothing else.

I'm not defending Mendleson but before you call someone a nobody educate yourself so you won't look like an idiot next time. Mendelson held raw bench WR for around 10 years at SHW and his 308 WR bench STILL stands after so many years. Not to mention his multiply records ( don't care if you are a fan of it nor but you can't belittle his achievements). Also he did crazy numbers as far as squats and deadlift goes years back but he doesn't compete in full meets but just bench press. As I said, calling someone a nobody behind a keyboard when you have no clue about history of the sport and facts is plain stupid.

Actually I do know about all that. They are just not as impressive as he likes to think. Raw bench sure, that is a good feat. But thats it. Sure his squat and DL were good, but not nearly as good as they should have been for an all around impressive guy. Which again is just my point, the only thing properly impressive is his raw bench. Yes I get geared is still "just as impressive" except for the fact that it just isnt... In this situation Mendelson is basicly coming across as almost just as much a keyboard warrior as I am. And as far as how he comes up against other powerlifters or strongmen, he is just no way near to be world class. Even in his prime he was never "the strongest". Excellent bench no doubt, but thats it. And even then only the raw one really matter, since that heavily geared bench shirt just takes WAAAY too much off. And we've not even gotten to the point about powerlifting having been (gaining fame now a days) a extremely nich sport. Which means that powerlifters know about Mendelson, but just about nobody else. While names like Shaw, Hall, Magnusson, Björnsson, Sigmarsson have a decent amount of fame from all walks of life (especially Bjornsson).

The deadlift is the premier lift, nobody has any right to talk shit about Eddie Hall in a strength context unless they pull 500+KG off the floor case closed

Don't know exact numbers but from elite powerlifters that he trained with he had over 900 in wraps and around 800 deadlift if not more back in his younger days. As far as his muliply bench - he did numerous 1100+ benches in a shirt so even if you don't like shirted benching you can't belittle his numbers because he did things at the time nobody was close to.And don't get me wrong I'm not defending Mendelson calling out Eddie,just stating his numbers because 99% of people commenting negative things about Mendleson here have no idea about the sport and they are just hugging Eddies balls.I believe what Mendelson aimed at is because Eddies strongman 'WR' got so famous that people outiside of the sport compare it to actual powerlifting deadlift (meaning people who don't know straps are not allowed because they make huge difference). As far as 'fame' goes, I wouldn't agree, to people outside of both strongman and powerlifting all those names are pretty unknown, even Bjornsson got famous from GoT but he is still not some known 'actor' he is not a major role there.

Im sure he'll prove you wrong in time mate...

grant Morton he did 265kg for 6 on bench with pauses when he was at that size he could easily do 300 kg

Supericegabriel Eddie Hall has benched exactly 0kg in a powerlifting meet.

Mendelson held WR raw bench for a long time with 715 at SHW and he STILL holds WR raw wat 308 with 701. Eddie never did a powerlifting meet so as other comment said he benched 0 kg in competition, and as far as I know his best GYM bench is around 650, and as impressive that is, Mendelson 700+ raw is another level.

Eddie could instantly put up a much higher total than Mendelson and if he dedicated himself to it could possibly get the Bench WR Sarychev(much better than Mendelson) set

I was stating facts, because Eddie still didn't compete so all people use is IF. Also, don't misunderstand me, I got nothing against Eddie but he could not take bench WR from Sarychev, as I wrote in comment before his best gym lift is around 650 vs Sarychev 738 in COMPETITION. As impressive as his bench is, Sarychev is just next level. Not to mention that Sarychev 738 wasn't a grinder, he had more pounds in him and he is pretty young so he is not even close to being done.

Sarychev is supremely impressive I know, but Hall could maybe best him, it's possible. As for a raw total world record I don't know what the world record in any federation is but Hall could probably take it if he did Powerlifting for a year or two

If you are gonna allow steroids you might as well allow any kind of gear, as long as it doesn't look too stupid and it actually allows you to lift more. People don't give a fuck if that guy was using knee wraps or a squat suit, as long as you can see them squat 500kg+.

"more real" majority are on fuking steroids so lifts are not real.

José Carlos Domínguez Norzagaray it was valid under strongman lol thats all th at matters.noone in strongman cares about wilks. if powerlifters are so butthurt and can do better get them to compete against him with straps and a suit, see if they can do better.

It is Hall saying he's superior to powerlifters in powerlifting, not me saying I would beat him in strongman. He would lift huge numbers, yeah, but not as impressive as 500 kg. And if he brags about how great would be his performance in powerlifting, we must mention the Wilks. If it makes uncomfortable anyone, just shut up about powerlifting.

thats why everyone loves strongman over powerlifting... noone sits around in strongman calculating wilks because strength is strength. exactly like noone cares how fuel efficient drag cars are. speed is speed. only powerlifting would be like "oh but they use a 5 litre engine and the winner used a 7liter engine so they are so the guy with the 5 liter is better.." wilks is for guys who dont have the balls or the ability to be superheavy. so they belittle the achievments of those in the higher weight classes. if power to weight is so great then watch some ants carrying leaves you will jizz your pants

You can have that opinion but realize that for Scot to have that view is EXTREMELY hypocritical. Literally, his shirts take 1000lbs even to touch. To hold 1000lbs over your face is ungodly no matter what gear you have, but his logic of a deadlift suit being cheating is completely backward and shows a lack of self-awareness.

No I think they're good because they help protect the body and joints from the stresses involved in lifting massive weights. Remaining injury free is very desirable. Injuries cause weakening and setbacks, besides lots of pain. Often they are only used in competition so the body is not dependent on them.

because there s so much money behind these guys no one can really know about the use of roids, drug tests are as important as everything else. i doubt 100% that eddie would lift 500 deadlift raw.

2lmfao2lightning yeah, scotts comment was moronic. But scott did have the raw bench record as well for several years at around 716 i think.

so straps and suits are cheating, but massive amounts of juice is fine??

Giordan James he never said he could pull 500kg raw

Giordan James wake up idiot you sound like that toss pot Scot

* than pulling planes

"Powerlifting and Strongman are basically the same think"....looked pretty different last time I looked

In powerlifting one does at best 9 total lifts, each of which is over in seconds, in strongman one may be doing multiple lifts in a set time, or carries/pulls for an extended time and multiple events also ; so very different.

I'd rather be a professional strongman than a powerlifter; powerlifting is also boring.

You must be high as fuck.