“Holy Smokes!”: 319 Pounds Strongman Beast, Hafthor Bjornsson, Squats More Than Twice His Body Weight, Making It Look Like a Child’s Play

Hafthor Bjornsson is prepping dedicatedly to make his highly anticipated powerlifting comeback in 2024. Day by day, the 34-year-old is elevating his strength game and is also building his hype on social media. Recently, the former boxer effortlessly performed another jaw-dropping 838 lbs deadlift, which was more than twice his body weight.

Hours ago, Bjornsson took to his Instagram to share a mind-boggling video of him pulling off an unbelievable deadlift in his gym. Moreover, after executing it successfully, the former strongman did a little celebration.

Hafthor Bjornsson explains that the deadlift was nothing to him

In his latest Instagram video, Hafthor is seen surrounded by his gym pals cheering for him while he prepares to execute the 838 lbs deadlift. The former strongman placed the barbell on his shoulders indicating that he was ready. Next, he began to slowly go down with the barbell.

Hafthor did a full squat with the heavy equipment and got up like it was kid’s play for him. After placing the barbell in its place, Hafthor stepped back and did his proudful celebration by raising his clenched wrist and exclaiming, “Woah!”

Also, in the video, Hafthor wore a weight belt along with knee wraps to avoid extreme stress on his muscles.

“Holy smokes! 380kg flew up like nothing. 440kg squat coming up on April 15th. The meet will be live streamed on Twitch and YouTube! Don’t miss it. @reignbodyfuel Who believes in 500kg squat this year? I DO 🚂👀”

Shockingly, 319 lbs Bjornsson pulled off a deadlift which was more than twice his weight – there is no stopping for him now! The upcoming strongman is planning to raise his bar higher in the following months. He is looking at performing a 970 lbs deadlift in April and then the unimaginable 1102 lbs later this year.

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Hafthor’s grand display of strength in the video left fans mesmerized. They had several reactions for him.

Fans believe Hafthor Bjornsson can do it!

Bjornsson fans are over the moon as he prepares for his comeback. Moreover, seeing him work on his strength in the latest video invited several reactions from fans.

A fan expressed their excitement for his comeback,

“Oh lawdy lawdy he comin for it”

Many believed that he could easily achieve his 1102 lbs target,

“That was a legit Ain’t Nothing but a Peanut at 380 Thor! 440 April, 470 Aug, 500 Dec. I believe in you 100%. Koma Svo!”

“I believe u can do 505”

Fans were in awe of his strength in the video,

“Easy work!”

“What does he eat for breakfast,meteorites?So strong”

“casually doing my bench x squat x deadlift x powerclean”

Coming out of his strongman retirement is probably Hafthor’s best career decision. The industry and fans cannot wait to see his strength game in the 2024 championships.

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