Thinking of winning the competition won't give you strength, struggling in training will increase strength, when you overcome difficulties and don't want to give up, that's strength!

The editor will inventory the top 100 strongest squatters, tell their training stories, share their training insights and experience

Note: The ranking is in no particular order, based on weight, body weight, equipment, dominance, and historical period, described in reverse order of 100

91st: Eddie Hall, squat 320kg 15 times

Personal characteristics: The only man who does half-squat deadlift, retired at a young age, friendly

Personal experience

Eddie Hall, British professional strongman, born in 1988, height 1m91, weight 184kg, nicknamed 'Beast'!

He started contacting the gym at the age of 14, with very developed muscles, and began to develop in the direction of strongman at the age of 18, and began to participate in strongman competitions at the age of 19, and began to emerge in the strongman circle at the age of 23, and established a foothold after the age of 27!

After that, he was regarded as one of the strongest men in the worldHe is also the only person in the world who can deadlift 500kgHowever, earlier he announced his retirement and began to lose weight!

Directly: I feel there's a problem with my body!

A friendly strongman

Although Eddie Hall's strength is terrifying, the industry colleagues' evaluation of him is: Friendly!Strongman competition host Colin Bryce said Eddie is the only strongman who writes handwritten cards to Christmas, and he will write very long!

In one competition, Eddie Hall and Ben Sammons competed against each other, Eddie Hall tied with his opponent’s 460kg deadlift, but later Sammons successfully lifted 461kg, and then Eddie Hall successfully lifted 461kg, but Eddie forgot the rules and threw the barbell down instead of letting it down, the referee declared the violation, and the score was invalid.

After that, Eddie cried, and his mood was very low after the competition and almost gave up.Eddie Hall's wife says he can't put on socks himself, Eddie doesn't want to do it, and his wife adds that...

He looks like a beetle flipping over when he puts on socks himself.Such a young, strong and friendly strongman, with unlimited potential, but he chose to retire at the peak!

Peak retirement

After 29-year-old Eddie Hall announced his retirement, many people didn't understand why he retired at the peak!

Eddie Hall's reason was that training every day made him exhausted, and the only thing he wanted to do when he got home was to rest. I have a lovely child, I am a father, but I’m not good at it, this sport takes up too much of my time and energy, and greatly reduces my time with my family. Now I want to be a husband and father again!

However, I think there are two reasons!

First, when you achieve success, there's nothing to strive for

At the peak, retiring, the record in his career will be perfect, no need to continueAvoid being 'late for the party’Second, it's really difficult to train, years of training, the body will inevitably have some problems! Eddie Hall may have already realized that continuing to persevere may cause problems to his body!

Retirement for healthis the best way!Strongmen look very strong, but the health risks brought by years of training, like a bomb, may explode at any time! And once it explodes, it's deadly!

A strongman once said: 'I'll die young, my uncle died, I have the same genes, I won't live past 40.’

After that, the strongman died as he said,

Eddie Hall also said that if he continues to train according to his current training situation, he won't live more than ten years.

So it's wise for Eddie Hall to retire!

Competitive sports are cruelIf you don't retire, you have to continue to work harder! This is equivalent to exhausting your life prematurely!Maybe he doesn't want to experience the same as 2016 World Deadlift Championship, when he successfully deadlifted 500Kg, he became the first person in the world to break the record by 5 seconds, but then he collapsed because of vascular rupture and nose bleeding,

Although Eddie was fine in the end, Eddie Hall might regret it if he could look back, would he regret it?

Sometimes people are alive not just for themselves

He has a family, a wife and son, he can strive for his dream without caring about it, but if that time is his last 5 seconds in his life, would he choose to give up?So it's wise for Eddie Hall to retire!

Why did his body have problems?

Many people wonder why strongmen exercise every day and their bodies have problems, or even die young?

In fact, outstanding athletes are often short-lived.

The average lifespan of athletes is 50 years old, most of which are caused by excessive exercise.‘Strength and longevity do not extend, longevity does not extend and increase strength’This is not entirely without merit!Especially strongmen and bodybuilders, short life expectancy is common, this is related to their daily training and diet!

Training (excerpt from German strongman training strategy and methods)

Summarized is: Train to death!

This is obvious overtraining! I once heard from my university sports teacher: Training too hard in youth is to consume your life in old age!However, competitive sports are cruel, you have to train crazy to achieve results! Secondly, for faster and better muscle recovery, crazy training also needs to be combined with 'crazy' diet!

Diet

Strongmen need to consume a high amount of calories to increase their strength and weight, averaging around 12000 calories a day!

12000 calories is equivalent to 46 single-layer hamburgers, strongmen need to eat so much every day! So you can see strongmen are usually 'fat' but muscular fat!

And a long-term high-calorie diet can become a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, some cancers, and diabetes, so Eddie's retirement is a measure to protect his health!

Professional athletes have a short life expectancy, and their lifespan is usually only 50 years old.

Retirement for health

is the best way!