Experts in Sport

E79 - Testing the World's Strongest Man - Eddie Hall

Loughborough University Season 4 Episode 51

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