Eddie - Strongman Page #9

-[man] Somebody's gotta go now.

-Who's next?

Who wants to be next?

[Colin] You might think these guys

are big alpha males with big egos...

and sure... of course

they have their own ambitions...

colossal ambitions.

But they also are...

are now in the fraternity.

Especially right at the top level.

You know. You know how much

it's taken the other man to get there.

And you appreciate it.

[Eddie] You do find that when you get

to these contests, that certain...

people hang around certain people.

So, you know, I will purposely

cling onto like the Brian Shaws,

you know,

the Zydrunas Savickas, the Hafthors.

I wanna learn from these guys.

These guys

have been there and done that.

You know, Brian Shaw

has won it two or three times.

That's why I'm there.

I'm all the time picking his brains.

But you'll be surprised. When I'm sat

with him and talking with him,

he's actually picking my brains.

You know, you're learning off each other.

Cause I've done things he can't do.

And he's done things I can't do.

-Whats your weight man?

-No. I don't know.

-Two twenty?

-No, sh*t.

-[laughter]

-Two twenty? This guy...

-[sirens wailing]

-[serious, reflective music]

[Eddie] Today is the uhm...

day one of the Arnold Strongman Classic.

So, I've got to take every event

like it's like the last day on the planet.

I've gotta go in

and just for that 90 seconds,

just f***ing nothing else matters.

It is just...90 seconds.

That's what matters.

You don't think about wife, kids...

I don't even think about me own health.

It's just I've gotta get that object...

lifted above my head,

lift it up, whatever. That's it.

[crowd cheers]

[commentator] You are in

for truly exciting action.

Every year we tweak a little bit.

We add more weight.

This is tougher than any other

Strongman contest held on this planet.

Our next competitor.

From England. Eddie Hall.

Twenty-seven years old,

6 feet three inches tall, 385 pounds.

Four times United Kingdom's Strongest Man.

Seven times, Arnold Strongman champion,

Zydrunas Savickas.

[crowd cheering]

From Fort Lupton, Colorado...

Brian... Shaw.

These are your Strongman competitors.

How about for them.

Let's go!

[crowd cheering]

Were going to start

with Benedikt Magnusson.

[tranquil, soothing music]

-[music intensifies]

-Here we go. It's up to his shoulders.

-[crowd cheering]

-Now he has to press it overhead.

Abort.

He's got plenty of times.

[muffled speech]

[Eddie] This level is just the elite.

This is beyond top ten in the world.

[commentator] Knees starts

to shake and tremble.

He digs down deep.

His nervous system starts to fire off.

And he's ready to go.

-[crowd cheering]

-It's up to his shoulders.

Help him. Help him. Help him.

All right. He's got this in him.

You can see that he can do that.

He's got plenty of time.

He's got 50 seconds.

Here we go. Eddie Hall. Second attempt.

[crowd cheering and whistling]

He's got it on his shoulders.

He's got to get his balance.

That is close.

[crowd cheering]

Here we go.

I see that Brian is still hanging around

to see if Zydrunas can do it.

And the clock has begun.

Ninety seconds for Zydrunas Savickas.

[hymn-like music]

-[crowd cheering]

-Right! Oh... my!

Two. Oh my. Oh my God.

Three.

And there you go. Zydrunas Savickas.

Look and he's not stopping. Holy moley.

Oh! Oh!

He's got time.

He's got to keep moving though.

Come on, Eddie.

It's all about how far he can carry

this thing now. He's got...13 seconds.

[whistle blows and beeper goes off]

We ran out of time, but it looks like

he was moving real well there in the end.

Eddie Hall!

Feeling pretty disappointed

after that, I think.

Potentially two of my best events.

The log press and the frame.

No excuses on the log.

Just couldn't f***ing press it.

And I'm sitting eighth place

and I thought I would be

genuinely lying third or fourth place

at this point at worst.

-So...

-[people laughing]

-Hey, Dad.

-Better day tomorrow.

Yeah, I hope so.

-[indistinct conversation]

-[melancholic music]

[lively, upbeat music]

More than just another pretty face.

[Eddie] Yeah. Yesterday

was f***ing dog sh*t.

So I'm feeling a lot better today.

Uhm...Yesterday was potentially

two of my best events

and I f***ing totally f***ed up

on both of them. So...

You know, there's f***ing no excuses.

You just got to f***ing crack on.

[vibrant, exciting music]

[crowd cheering]

[Commentator] Great job!

Currently in first place.

Zydrunas...Savickas.

[crowd cheering and whistling]

Zydrunas Savickas.

And he did it. He made it.

[crowd cheering]

Eddie's gonna get there.

He's gonna get there.

-Eddie Hall!

-[crowd cheering]

I think I'm in fourth position.

So, uhm...

Not too bad. I...

Thirty point of the lead. I only want

to be five or six points off the lead,

so I'd have to win the next event....

to stand any chance of winning.

So...Just gonna go out and give my best.

[inspirational music]

[commentator] They are... huge.

Here they are. Your athletes.

[Eddie] Competing for me is...

always feels very surreal.

I'm all prepped and I've trained

all year for a competition.

So, I've done all me...

ritual set ups and I've done

all me stretching and rehabs

and I've been

drinking right and eating right.

And then when the whistle blows,

you're just in a very surreal moment.

-[crowd cheering]

-[bell rings]

[commentator] Well, we've seen

some men with really big muscles.

Now we're gonna see some really big men.

[girls screaming]

Now, the word big is kind of thrown around

like it means something...big.

When I say big man...I'm talking about

the strongest man in the world.

[crowd cheering]

You may have seen

Strongman competitions...

but it isn't really pure, brute strength.

This is the dumbbell.

And here on the side it says 274 pounds.

And it's all of 274. Believe me.

So what they have to do, is pick it up,

bring it to their shoulder.

And here's the thing.

They can do it any way they want to.

As long as they pick this thing up

and they press it with only one hand.

[muffled speech]

From England. First time

in the competition. Eddie Hall.

[inspirational music]

[Eddie] It's almost as if you're

in an outer body experience.

I'm doing the event...

but I can almost see myself stood...

you know, ten meters away,

watching myself doing it.

-[crowd cheering]

-[commentator] A wall of desire.

In this event, there's a tremendous torque

on the wrist on the lift.

There we go. That's one.

[muffled speech]

Clock has begun at 90 seconds

is what we've got for Eddie Hall.

How many repetitions can he do.

It's up the shoulder on the right side.

And he locked it up. That's one.

Oh my gosh. He looks strong. Here we go.

[crowd cheering]

Six, five, four, three, two...

That was time. Eddie Hall!

[applause]

[reflective music]

[Eddie] When your life ambition

is to win a contest...

you dedicate your whole life

to do that one thing.

You get a way

and absolutely fail, that is hurtful.

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