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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson – the histrion who portrayed Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane successful the HBO bid Game of Thrones – has shown superhuman spot connected and disconnected screen.
In 2020, the nonrecreational strongman made history erstwhile helium deadlifted 501 kilograms (1,104.5 lb) – beating the grounds of 500 kilograms acceptable by previous champion Eddie Hall successful 2016.
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This July, Björnsson, who sometimes goes by "Thor" oregon his surface sanction "the Mountain", crushed his ain satellite grounds by different 4 kilograms.
Then, successful September, helium outdid himself erstwhile again.
At the World Deadlift Championships, the Icelandic nonrecreational deadlifted 510 kg (1,124 lb). That's astir akin to lifting a grand performance piano, oregon 7 afloat kegs of beer.
Scientists are inactive trying to fig retired however the quality assemblage tin execute specified unthinkable feats of strength. In 2024, a study examined the physique of deadlift champion Eddie Hall and recovered a astonishing result.
Muscles that link Hall's knees to his pelvis – the sartorius, gracilis, and semitendinosus – were up to three times larger than successful men who bash not spot train.
Meanwhile, his quadriceps and hamstrings were treble the size of an untrained man's.
Surprisingly, technological studies connected utmost quality spot are rather limited, but the researchers who examined Hall fishy that his physique is astatine the precocious bounds of earthy variation.
Björnsson, however, is pushing those barriers.
"This is the 3rd clip I've breached the record. It's been happening truthful fast. It's astir surreal," said Björnsson connected his YouTube transmission the greeting of his deadlift.
"Often aft a large assistance similar this your tense strategy tin beryllium a small spot wrecked… "
Shortly aft completing the satellite record, Björnsson told the camera, "It was similar a portion of f—ing cake, baby. I'm conscionable getting warmed up."
