“It’s the best title in the world” ‘The Beast’ Eddie Hall on his career and triumphs becoming the World’s Strongest Man
Eddie Hall became officially the world’s strongest man in 2017. He’s since grown massively, both physically and socially with his content across many platforms going out to millions every day. We spoke with him to look back on his life in the strongman world and what the future may hold for him.
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00:00Eddie, just tell us a bit about your research alongside Currys and what their repair services
00:08involve.
00:09I've been doing a campaign for Currys. It's all about repair, not replace. I think as
00:16a nation, we spend billions of pounds just replacing stuff. For instance, sitting down
00:22in a plane seat and I've just heard a crack because my phone's cracked against the armrest.
00:29I've broken numerous computers from smashing the keyboard too hard with my hands. Mouses
00:35always break. So yeah, I think just being my size, always dropping things. So just being
00:41my size, you're just a bit susceptible to breaking stuff like that.
00:47Explain a bit about yourself and becoming a strong man and the sort of mental strength
00:51that that entails as well, you know, as well as the obvious physicality that you need.
00:58Yeah. I mean, to become a strong man in any way, shape or form takes basically a life
01:05commitment. I would say failing was the biggest part of strongman because you fail way more
01:12than you win. And over the years, you know, I got quite frustrated with myself, turning
01:19up to contests and come in second, third, fourth, second. And I sort of got to a point
01:26like, well, I'm never going to win. I felt like giving up. And I went to a psychiatrist
01:31and a psychiatrist broke it down for me that losses and failures are part of the path to
01:36becoming the champion. And she said, what if I told you, you were only five more losses
01:43from becoming the world's strongest man. And that's when it clicked.
01:46And what was it actually like getting that title of the world's strongest man? I mean,
01:50that's, you know, in general, that's quite a pretty cool title to have and to be able
01:54to say that and see all that hard work pay off.
01:58You know, we do nothing but admire and respect strength. So to me, the world's strongest
02:04man is the best title in the world. And to have it is fulfilling or fulfilled a childhood
02:13dream. Well, I'm training my son up at the minute and he's lifting weights and doing
02:18very good at it. And I'll say to anyone, as I do to my son, you know, I think the main
02:25thing is, is getting you active is, you know, just going to the gym and just spending that
02:31an hour, an hour and a half just working out just to get your mind elsewhere from the rat
02:37race that we live in, you know, the pressures and strains of life, everyone needs an out.
02:45And I would encourage anyone for that out to be going to the gym, going for a run, going
02:51for a swim, whatever that might be, but always exercise. I think it's one of the most important
02:56things in today's society.