Although Hafthor Bjornsson did not win the Arnold Sportsman Classic 2024, his initial entry with a massive deadlift of 1006 lbs shocked the entire fitness world. Coming right out of his break of three years, the strongman showed his penchant for extremities which left both his fandom’s expectations as well as the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic’s winner Mitchell Hooper behind.
The 35-year-old strongman who had created history by deadlifting 1104 lbs before has now again leaped into the 1000 lbs race. Yet, Bjornsson is anything but satisfied. As he shared the video clip of him performing the miraculous deadlift, he asked his fans whether they thought he could surpass his old record.
Hafthor Bjornsson wants to know if he can lift 505 kg or not [1114lbs]
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After his stunning performance on the first day of the Arnold Classic, Bjornsson shared a video clip of him lifting the mindblowing 1006 lbs. As it becomes quite evident how easy and smooth he made the lift seem, the strongman further revealed his feelings about the deadlift. In the caption of his post, he wrote, “Easiest 1006lbs deadlift ever?”
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The strongman then proceeded to insinuate that he might in fact surpass his own records soon enough. After he stepped into the 500 kg [1102 lbs] zone, he wanted to only move on from there on. Hence, after his magnificent lift this year at the Arnold Strongman Classic, he leaves behind a stirring question to the fans, “Is 505kg deadlift raw possible this year?”
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The fitness world stayed stunned after the massive lift of 1006 lbs
One of the fans noticed how easily Thor lifted, “Winning the event with a deadlift that looked like a warmup.” Another one exclaimed, “The King is BACK !!” Someone else also commented on Hafthor’s form by saying, “That looked so easy and the form was flawless.” Yet another fan gave credit to Bjornsson for being extremely inspiring. They stated, “With all respect Thor, you are one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever seen and I really enjoy your content but please go for 502kg just for the memes.” Another fan had said, “Right now I think the heaviest deadlift without equipment humanly possible is 515kg but that would need to take the perfect specimen closest person I could see it being is Thor.”
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It’s truly a huge achievement not only for Bjornsson alone but for the strongmen in general, given the boundaries of possibilities are being opened every day and with such clean forms and seemingly easily as displayed by Hafthor Bjornsson.
