English strongman, social media star, and TV and film personality Eddie Hall is best known for winning the World’s Strongest Man title in 2017. He has also won the UK’s Strongest Man title six times and holds the 500 kg deadlift world record. Also known as The Beast, he is immensely popular on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. He has also forayed into acting.
Early Life
Strongman and internet celebrity Edward Stephen Hall, better known as Eddie Hall, had an interesting childhood. Eddie was apparently expelled from school. As a child, he was a talented swimmer. By 10, he had won several UK junior swimming championships. He skipped his GCSE exams to train in the gym, aiming at becoming the next strongman.
Before stepping into bodybuilding, Eddie worked as a truck mechanic for the Robert Wiseman Dairies garage in Shropshire’s Market Drayton.
Social Media Career
In 2010, much before he became a social media sensation, Eddie Hall won the title of Britain’s Strongest Man for the first time. In fact, he could be a part of the Elite Strongman-organized England championship that year when Dave Meer withdrew because of an injury and recommended Eddie to fill in for him.
In 2011, Eddie became the UK’s Strongest Man for the first time. He then won the title for five more years (till 2016).
In July 2016, Eddie scripted history as the first person to deadlift 500 kg as a professional strongman contestant. He was so exhausted after the deadlift that he passed out soon after achieving the feat. In 2017, he won the World’s Strongest Man title.
Over the years, he shot to fame on social media platforms. His content mostly features clips of him training in the gym, lifting weights, or working out. He also posts vlogs from his daily life. Both his YouTube channel, Eddie Hall The Beast, and his Instagram account, eddiehallwsm, have amassed millions of subscribers and followers. He has been equally popular on TikTok too.
Eddie stepped into mainstream showbiz in 2015, when he appeared in the TV series Keep It in the Family. He made his film debut with the 2018 horror movie Rotten Cotton. Through the years, Eddie has been seen in multiple small- and big-screen projects, such as Beasted, A League of Their Own, Eddie: Strongman, The Chris Moyles Show (on Radio X), The Strongest Man in History, Transformers: The Last Knight, Born Strong, Eddie Eats America, The Chase, and Eddie Eats Christmas.
Eddie also promotes fitness gear and health-related products on his social media channels. He sells his own brand of merchandise on his website too.
Family Life
Eddie Hall is happily married to Alexandra Hall and is a proud father of two children: a son and a daughter. Apart from his muscular frame, he is also known for his signature beard.
His training schedule is strict, and he even has a professional mobility expert to help him. He works out regularly at Stoke’s Strength Asylum. His daily diet includes food such as sausages, coconut oil, peanut butter ice cream, avocados, protein shake, dry oats, and Greek yogurt.
