Professor Jonathan Folland and Dr Tom Balshaw join host Stuart McErlain-Naylor to break down the anatomy of Strongman Champion Eddie Hall and highlight the key characteristics that enabled him to break world records in the deadlift. 

Time Stamps: 

00:00 Intros 

1:04 An evening with Eddie Hall 

5:16 Scope of research 

10:13 Why Eddie Hall?

11:55 Preparation 

16:50 What did the day entail?

22:19 Main findings of the case study

26:24 Under or over developed? 

28:43 Tendon adaptation 

34:44 Injury risk 

37:07 Inherited characteristics 

42:11 Limiting factors in human performance 

43:43 What else is there to know about Eddie? 

45:58 Current and future research 

49:27 Where to find out more

50:55 Outros  

Journal: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/japplphysiol.00342.2024