Brian Shaw reveals why Thor\u2019s livestream deadlift record shouldn\u2019t count SHAWSTRENGTH (YouTube)Fellow strongman Brian Shaw has weighed in with his thoughts on why Game of Thrones\u2019 Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson\u2019s 501 kg deadlift world record attempt on May 2 would \u201copen Pandora\u2019s box\u201d in the realm of strength sports. As Hafthor Bjornsson gears up to take Eddie Hall\u2019s 500 kg deadlift world record, many are wondering whether or not the attempt should count as an official world record, given the contrast in circumstances. Essentially, the Icelandic strongman will attempt to lift 501 kg on his own conventional barbell, with his own calibrated plates in the familiar setting of his own gym. And aside from that, the 31-year-old will be able to dictate the amount of rest he gets between his warm-up lifts \u2014 a key factor in mitigating the cumulative fatigue that can build. American strongman Robert Oberst edged in with his say during his April 12 YouTube video, by stating that the record should not stand officially since Bjornsson wouldn\u2019t have to deal with the strains of competition \u2014 something which Eddie had to deal with when pulling 500 kg. Fellow American Brian Shaw has also expressed his thoughts on the matter, irrespective of the current social media frenzy between The Beast and The Mountain. Shaw, a four-time World\u2019s Strongest Man and widely regarded as the most well-rounded strongman of all-time, compared Hafthor\u2019s deadlift world record attempt to \u201copening Pandora\u2019s box\u201d and implied that a slew of people may follow in claiming that they have world records in the aftermath. \u201cWe can\u2019t allow world records to start happening in people\u2019s gyms,\u201d Shaw stated before going on to say that he doesn\u2019t understand where the sport will go from here, if world records no longer need to be beaten in a competitive environment. Prior to the current global health situation, Hafthor was looking to peak in time for a competition and pull the weight under normal circumstances, but of course, current events have skewed that and an alternate course of action has been taken to accommodate. However, Shaw believes that should Bjornsson pull 501 kg on May 2, it should be dubbed an unofficial world record until it\u2019s repeated in an official strongman competition. African strongman Cheick \u2018Iron Biby\u2019 Sanou recently pushed 233.5 kg in a home gym setting, which he hailed as an \u201cunofficial all-time world record\u201d \u2014 a feat which he failed to hit at 2018\u2019s Europe\u2019s Strongest Man. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-zl15hjZYS\/ Alongside The Mountain\u2019s upcoming deadlift world record attempt, Shaw touched on Luke Stoltman\u2019s upcoming log press world record attempt, who will also be attempting this from a home gym. Brian stood firm in his belief that this together with Hafthor\u2019s attempt should not stand as an official world record until repeated at a sanctioned event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brian Shaw reveals why Thor\u2019s livestream deadlift record shouldn\u2019t count SHAWSTRENGTH (YouTube)Fellow strongman Brian Shaw has weighed in with his thoughts on why Game of Thrones\u2019 Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson\u2019s 501 kg deadlift world record attempt on May 2 would \u201copen Pandora\u2019s box\u201d in the realm of strength sports. As Hafthor Bjornsson gears up to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}