World Record Progression: The Deadlift
RunnerBoi
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The deadlift is one of the most fundamental lifts in history. Whether it's for your specific sport or competing with your average gym bro, the lift has made its way through millions of people and is often regarded as the "king of lifts." The lift has also seen a degree of competition in which humans pushed themselves to limits no one thought was ever possible, and some even put their lives on the line just to break down those barriers.
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World Record Progression: The Deadlift
RunnerBoi
234,968 views
The deadlift is one of the most fundamental lifts in history. Whether it's for your specific sport or competing with your average gym bro, the lift has made its way through millions of people and is often regarded as the "king of lifts." The lift has also seen a degree of competition in which humans pushed themselves to limits no one thought was ever possible, and some even put their lives on the line just to break down those barriers.
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Insta: Instagram: runnerboi_yt
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s...
There's no such thing as a "sanctioned competition" in strongman since there's no one governing body in strongman that can dictate as such. No one overlooks what constitutes as an "official" world record, therefore, it's up to the community to determine what is/isn't legitimate (which is a problem in of itself)
Semantics aside, it's fairly obvious that Eddie got to choose when he wanted to lift at Giants Live, and if you watched the full video, Brian Shaw's Q&A more or less confirms the entire event was setup for Eddie and Eddie alone; even if Benni and Jerry got to attempt the record too. The "multiple lifters" argument goes out the window because Eddie could stroll up and attempt the record whenever he pleased, allegedly of course.
Therefore, Hafthor's record attempt shows virtually no differences from Eddie aside from Giants Live being "official", and if anything, Thor's has more legitimacy since the plates were weighed/calibrated on stream and his breaks replicated an actual competition's much more reasonable than Eddie's did imo.
tl;dr: Both records are phenomenal and completely legitimate by strongman's own standards, and tangentially, if it weren't for Eddie, Eddie's Brother, and Colin being the primary stakeholders of the Official Strongman (Now titled "Giants Live STRONGMAN") YouTube channel/company, Thor's record would be much more shared/revered throughout the internet, but it's obvious why it's not.
I know this statement will blindly lead people to believe I'm somehow a "Thor fanboy", but I've been unsubbed from both Eddie and Thor ever since the boxing shenanigans lmao. Also, my job is to just document sports history as it is and give my own interpretation of the facts presented to me to properly analyze everything, which can obviously lead fans of the sport to be disgruntled at what they're hearing if they're fans of certain athletes, but that's not a concern to me at the end of the day as long as what's being stated is researched and presented fairly.
Anyways, I wasn't expecting this video to randomly start gaining traction, especially since I do Track & Field content now (fun fact, this vid was released in Oct 2021 on a different channel, but was reuploaded to this channel in May 2022). Unfortunately, I probably won't be pursuing strongman content any further since I've lost interest in the sport anyways. This video was made mostly as a passion project and was my first sports documentary ever. A Log Lift WR vid exists, but it's unlisted and can only be found on Reddit.
Also final edit: Yes, I used specifically imperial measurements at the beginning of the video, it was intentional lmao (since back when most of these records were measured in lbs). It seems like people that complained about this didn't even bother to make it much further into the video, because you would see I strictly used kg measurements with lb conversions shortly after.
Hope this clears things up.