I’m eager to see who’s next to break it, I can potentially see some 510’s on the horizon. But maybe now all the weirdos who said the 501 was fake can give it a rest.

It actually happened today. I was assisting setting up some stuff in my sons school for an upcoming Christmas party.

Suddenly a lady yells over to us: "Hey, are there any strong guys in the house? We need help removing a couple heavy ass rocks that are blocking the driveway"

It was like my calling. All my years of training have led up to this. This is my moment, the moment i never thought was going to happen. The rocks in question were just light enough that i managed to pick em up by myself, but still so big and heavy that the other parents just stood there in awe.

The ego boost is gonna fuel me through 2028.

Got really nervous when I failed the second bar, but remembered to pull back and not straight up and it went much better!

Prep will be very interesting 🤔 #ArnoldClassic #Strongman

There wasn't a dry eye in the house

It has just been announced that ESPN will be airing Thor's deadlift attempt on May 2, 2020 at 12 PM eastern standard time. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_AeyZmAIxW/

There has been much ado about this and the other upcoming world record attempts. How ever you look at this attempt, this can only be good for the professional sport. Live sports are certainly lacking at the moment but if strongman can take advantage of that, power to them. This is exposure on the biggest sporting network in the US and possibly the world. Hopefully this can lead to future deals to get strongman shown on ESPN, possibly live, which can certainly help the pro athletes at the highest levels of the sport.

Confirmed on Eddies Insta that Pa passed away. Cant see anything anywhere else.

Go fund me set up - https://gofund.me/3f2e581c9

Wanted to hit a deadlift PB at 40 after not hitting one in years just to prove it wasn’t all over because I’m old. Did a little 6 week peak and went for it

The time has (almost) come to witness what could be a historic feat of strength, with Iceland’s Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson trying to be the first man to deadlift over 500 kg on a standard bar.

The event will take place on Saturday, May 2nd at 12:00 PM EDT (4:00 PM GMT).

HOW TO WATCH:

Livestream on the CoreSports website Signing up is required on the website, but it is free to watch.

Rogue Fitness livestream on YouTube

Thor's Twitch

In the United States, it is possible to watch the event on television on ESPN. The event can also be streamed live on the network’s website.

I have also made a spreadsheet for the occasion. It has a list of the top 50 maximum deadlifters in history, with links to videos of their lifts. Special thanks to /u/RuffSwami and /u/CraigPfisterer, whose comments on this sub were very useful for me in putting that list together.

Enjoy!

Strawpoll made by u/vlamacko

First warmup, on the first bag, in my first session with my “pipe in a bucket” (patent pending) setup.

If you don’t laugh, you cry 😂