Eddie - Strongman Page #4

It's crazy stuff. It's like the kid's been

locked in a f***ing shed for 26 years.

And then just released. It's something

I can only describe as mong power.

Eddie Hall, he's got those men to beat.

And he doesn't have as obvious

a set of genetic tools as them.

Eddie's got belief that he can do it.

That's the thing.

Eddie has no concept of "I can't do that."

And that's

a really important thing to have.

Eddie Hall

is starting to give those three guys

on that top podium a run for their money.

As long as I'm stood on one spot

and moving away,

I'm pretty much unbeatable.

There's no one in the world

that can match me with static power.

-[commentator shouting]

-[grunts]

He's just a beast.

He has this unbelievable strength.

Who's the beast? Yeah!

[Colin] He's desperate to be

World's Strongest Man.

-Desperate for it.

-Oh, he has the strength.

He just needs to improve his speed

and endurance. If he will do that...

he can be...unbeatable.

-[melancholic music]

-[sirens wailing]

This is where I used to hang out

when I was sort of a teenager. Sort of...

sort of early high school years.

Looks like it's changed a lot now.

Got some good memories here, man.

You know, when there's no worries,

you're back in school,

all you had to worry about was...

f***ing getting an A in GCSE's,

you know. It's...

not really that stressful, is it,

when you look back to life as an adult.

Those were the times

and I definitely enjoyed them.

He had to be tough from the word go,

cause he was the youngest

of three brothers.

With two brothers always jumping on him

or punching him or bossing him around.

I used to suffer with a quite fair bit

of depression in my teenage years.

Sort of high school,

I was treated for depression.

And I was very, very close

to one of my grandparents.

My nana was diagnosed with cancer.

Leukemia, you know.

And that's when it triggered it.

And then I started getting

all the anxiety attacks and...

sort of suicide thoughts and then...

when my nan finally died

seven years later...

And that's when it pretty much

cleared up when...

When my nan passed.

I was just able to sort of...

brush all that behind me,

brush all that mental illness away

and sort of get on with life.

[Colin] He is very different

off camera, actually.

He's the only Strongman to ever

send me a Christmas card.

A long, handwritten one.

Saying really nice things

and remembering my wife and kids.

He's highly intelligent.

Well, you know,

that was just another thing.

It adds to your character.

It makes you mentally stronger.

Once you've been through

that kind of thing,

once you've been through depression

and you know you...

You've got thoughts on wanting

to kill yourself and all that.

It's... It definitely makes you

a stronger person.

[birds chirping]

Strongman to me at the minute is...

It's my life. It took over my life.

It's what I live for at the minute.

You ask me that same question

fifteen, 16 years ago,

I'd have said

exactly the same about swimming.

[reflective music]

[Colin] Very few people know...

facts about Eddie.

Like he is a multiple

British record holder...in swimming.

Short course, super explosive.

Twenty-five meters, boom, it's over.

[Eddie] You know,

best swimmer in the country

by a f***ing long shot for my age.

-To live at my house?

-[woman] Stop it.

[Eddie] My mom's a swimming teacher.

And she spurred me on

to get into swimming.

That led into swimming clubs.

There's one coach who drilled it into me.

If you train hard, work hard,

if you can win things...

[Stephen] You know, when he was 13,

he went to the National Championships

in Sheffield, entered five events.

Almost embarrassing

the way he was sort of...

-[Helen] clenching his fists...

-[Stephen] Yeah, he punched...

-[Helen] and like Tarzan, sort of war cry.

-[Stephen] and punched.

[Helen] He was the ever show off,

but he produced the results.

Got four golds and one silver,

which was absolutely unheard of.

I think he got bored of staring

at the bottom of a pool

-for ten hours a week.

-Yeah.

I think a few of his friends were started

going to the gym, so he joined them.

And just like he did with his swimming,

he took it pretty seriously.

And all he wanted to do was biceps.

He just wanted

these massive biceps to be like Arnie.

In the world of Strongman, there are many,

many competitions out there,

but the two elite,

the two number one contests on the planet

has got to be the World's Strongest Man

and the Arnold Classic.

Going from Britain's Strongest Man

into the World's Strongest Man,

it's a completely different ballgame.

In 2012, went into World's Strongest Man

and I genuinely came away

feeling like a little girl.

Those guys are there for one reason

and that's to be World's Strongest Man.

-[lively, upbeat music]

-[jet engines roaring]

[bicycle bell rings]

I love America. It's brilliant.

I wish we could move here.

The weather's great,

food's f***ing amazing.

A lot more relaxed.

It's just that big, big thing, you know.

Flying out to L.A. to compete

in World's Strongest Man. It's just good.

-[crowd cheering]

-[man] Come on, Gary. Come on.

[man] Eddie, breathe. Come on, Eddie.

-[man laughs]

-F*** off.

[crowd cheers]

-[whistle blows]

-[man] Go on, Eddie!

A big room greet for two finalists,

Eddie Hall and Jerry Pritchett.

[crowd cheering]

[Eddie] I've just qualified for the final

of World's Strongest Man.

I promised my family I'd get through

this year and it means a lot to them,

more than it does to me

to be honest. So, I'm happy.

[vibrant music]

-[whistle blows]

-[man] Come on, Eddie.

-[buzzer rings]

-[crowd cheering]

[whistle blows]

The 2014 Commerce World's Strongest Man.

From Lithuania, Zydrunas Savickas.

[ Eddie] I've just come sixth.

I feel a bit disappointed.

Uhm, I made a few mistakes.

It's an eye opener.

Obviously never been in a final before...

It's just, there's so much

to sort of take away from this

and it'll definitely help me towards

getting closer to the World's title.

I think my wife's been keeping

up to date back home.

Obviously with the time difference...

she'll be in bed, you know.

She's got work tomorrow.

And it just feels like

a bit of a slap in the face

to hear an hour later over the phone

and not see it happen.

Especially when he does

something this amazing.

That'll make me cry

just hearing it over the phone,

because I wanted to see it.

I wanted to be there.

[Eddie] From day one she's said:

"I'm so proud of you."

I'm gonna be in the final.

I get another message saying:

"Whatever you get from here on

is amazing."

So, I've just sent her a message saying

I've come sixth. I hope she's happy.

Uhm, cause all this is for her.

I just wanna make my wife and kids proud.

If I was to never win

the World's Strongest Man,

I think it would f***ing ruin me

a little bit subconsciously.

I'd see myself as a big f***ing failure.

And I've always said

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