Eddie - Strongman Page #5

to my wife and kids, you know,

if I don't make the World's Strongest Man,

I'd probably f***ing die trying.

[ethereal music]

[Eddie] So, I'll do my ten-hour shift

at work. I'll drive straight to the gym.

And the training regime is very vigorous.

Pretty typically,

I train like a bodybuilder.

Pretty basic.

One or two body parts a day.

But I fill Strongman events in there now

which I've only recently started doing.

The last sort of year and a half.

I'll get in the gym

at sort of five, six o' clock

and I'll stay in there until I'm done.

There's no f***ing about.

In an average week of training,

I put in at least four sessions a week.

On the weekends maybe another one.

For these four sessions, I'm looking

at least three and a half hours a session.

Sort of 14 hours a week.

You know, just solid weightlifting

and that. That's not f***ing about.

You know, I'm in the gym.

I work hard. I go to train.

I don't go to piss about.

Unlike these pretty boys who go

and do a bit of disco muscles,

a bit bench pressing and triceps.

You know, I go

and I lift big f***ing weights.

The great Mohammed Ali said:

"I hate every f***ing minute of training."

But it was... He had to do it

to be the greatest.

And this is why I'm doing it.

I've just got that massive...

massive f***ing dream that I wanna get to

and this is the only way to do it.

I've always been, believe it or not,

the same age as I am in weight.

So, when I was five years old,

I was five stone.

When I was 11 years old,

I was 11 stone. 16, 16 stone.

I'm 27 years old now

and I'm getting on towards 28 stone.

So, I'm a bit ahead of myself.

Food. Food is the...

Is number one in my sport. You know,

you can train as hard as you want...

and you can recover as much as you want.

But if you're not eating enough food,

you might as well not f***ing bother.

[playful, joyous music]

I probably spend 200, 250 quid a week

on food.

Me and the wife sat down

and worked it out once.

And that's just for me. That's not

including her food and the kids.

[whistling]

[farts]

My wife also kids

she works just to pay Tesco.

Even though I do the shopping.

There's some days where you get up

and you're not that hungry

and you've got to sort of

force feed yourself.

You know, you're making

your porridge and you're thinking:

"Bloody hell, I've had porridge

now every day for 365 days.

I've got to just force it down.

It's got to get the nutrition in there.

I got to get the calories in there.

Cause if you don't,

then you don't train hard.

You can't train hard

cause you haven't got the energy.

Guernsey Gold Top milk. One liter

of that is about eight, 900 calories.

So, you know, I'll have one of these...

every day pretty much.

I'll blend like spinach, raspberries...

blueberries, strawberries...

ice cream, put protein in there

and I'll have like

a liter protein shake every morning.

For a good dinner,

I'll have a full Goodfella's pizza.

And like a full cheesecake. And that's,

you know, three, 4000 calories.

That's a good day. That's a good meal.

You know, 10000 calories

a day is essential.

Absolutely essential. If you're not

heading towards the 10000 calorie margin,

you're not eating enough.

Half a kilo of carbs,

three, 400 calories of steaks and chicken,

porridge, flapjack, protein shake,

pudding, apple, an orange, beef jerky,

rice, pasta, yogurts, ham sandwiches,

chips, chicken, pasta...

[people laughing]

It's good. It's good.

To me, it's essential.

And I don't care how much it costs,

because for me it's my job.

You know, this is my job. This is my body.

-See that lady there?

-Yeah?

-Will you have a selfie with her? Please.

-Yeah, sure. No problem.

[chuckling]

-She's run off, though.

-[lady] She ran off?

-Yeah.

-[Eddie laughs]

-Oh, I'm a bit red now.

-[people laughing]

[Eddie] I think I came in Tesco

the other week and I got literally stopped

about 15 times in one shop.

Just for pictures and autographs. So...

It's nice that...

that people appreciate it around here.

When we met,

obviously he was just starting out

in Strongman and he..

Not to sound big headed,

but he needed me to get where he's been,

because he needed someone to feed him.

He needed to not do

any of the little jobs.

He need to basically just be fed, cleaned,

and allowed to have

all his time dedicated to training.

I think I can take

a bit of credit for that.

[Eddie] We have a curry every Wednesday.

And she'll cut a full pack, you know.

She'll cut a full pack of bacon

and chop it up in the curry.

Just so it's got like added calories

in there, you know.

She knows... And then

she puts all the greens in.

The spinach, the vitamins, the minerals.

She doesn't leave it out.

She leaves no stone unturned

when it comes to nutrition.

She knows exactly what I want. So...

It's not just... You know,

I couldn't do this alone.

You have to have someone by your side

helping you with these sort of things.

I did a pretty spectacular proposal

for my wife.

He took me away for a spa weekend.

And then he took me to an airfield,

piled me onto a plane...

and flew me over my dad's house.

And I actually wrote out

on his lawn, a big massive

sort of letters:
"Alex, marry me."

With a kiss.

And we flew over her dad's house and he

turned the plane sideways and she was...

-f***ing gobsmacked.

-[Alex] I didn't see it at first.

I don't think I even said yes,

cause it was just one of them.

I was just smiling

and he knew I was gonna say yes.

[Eddie] That would have been

f***ing awkward in the air...

You know, sort of flying back

if she said no. Imagine that. Just like...

F***. Yeah.

Really cute of him. Probably

the cutest thing he's ever done.

For me, being a dad's great. I love it.

I'm split up with the ex.

I've got a five-year-old daughter

who doesn't live with me.

And I only get to see her

at the weekends.

And obviously I've got my

eighteen-month old son, who...

I only see at the weekends

as well, because you know,

I'm working

and training all week. So, it's...

I love it and I love my children

and I love spending time with them,

but I don't spend

enough time with them. It's tough.

I really wanna push my boy into some sort

of sport. Whether it be boxing...

wrestling, f***ing football.

Whatever he wants to do. I'll push that.

But obviously with me being a Strongman,

I've got my expectations

of when he gets old enough,

sort of five, six years old,

I will take him to the gym

with me. And I will...

make him lift weights.

And if he doesn't like it...

Then fine. Go home and play

on the f***ing PlayStation. Whatever.

But I've definitely

got big expectations for my son.

That's why I called him Maximus.

I didn't call him Maximus

for a f***ing giggle.

That's a great name

and he's gonna be a great person.

I'm f***ing confident in that.

Where's mommy's nose?

Oh, that's Max's nose.

Where's Max's eyes?

No, that's mommy's nose.

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