Eddie Hall Fights Thor | The Beast's Strength & Conditioning Routine

Writer and expert3 years Ago

With the highly anticipated Eddie Hall vs Thor Björnsson fight now confirmed to take place in March , prep for the big night is in full swing. So Eddie Hall has updated fans with a new video showing how training is going. The fight is roughly seven weeks away, and strength and conditioning is still at the top of his list. Good shoulder hit, good leg hit, good torso hit. Sound like a hard workout. Let’s get stuck in.

And help is on hand for Eddie, so he isn’t toughing it out by himself. Patrick and Joshua are by his side to get him through the session, providing moral support and a bit of banter.

At the start of the video, I was expecting to see Eddie getting pumped up for his session with some heavy metal or something to really get the blood pumping. I can say with some certainty that I was not expecting to hear Adele’s Someone Like You blasting through the speakers.

The Workout:

If you aren’t too alarmed by the noises Eddie makes at 1:30, then you should manage to get through the full session. If the noises put you off, find the workout here:

Slow ball slams (15 reps)
Plank position, moving the kettlebell side to side (10 reps on each side)
Supermans (10 reps)
Bulgarian split squats — work up on the weight
Landmine presses — work up on the weight

Time for a protein and banana break — got to stay fuelled for his session.

Incline bench press — start light and work up to a hard three reps of 205kg
X-bar deadlifts with bands — six reps, working your way up
Banded rotations in lunge stance
Ball slams
Burpees
Iron neck — put weight on your neck and do five rotations each way

And if you think Eddie’s day ended there, you’re wrong. It was only just beginning.

Cryogenic chamber
Six rounds of fighting
Physio
Hot and cold tubs
Foam rolling, stretching

Take Home Message

The countdown is on, the wait is almost over — Eddie vs Thor now has a date. There really isn’t long to wait now. And it’s a good job given the intensity of the training. Although it looks like Eddie’s enjoying himself, so that’s all that matters.

“It’s a constant uphill battle, but I'm enjoying it.”

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Emily Wilcock

Writer and expert

After completing an internship with Myprotein, Emily returned to university to finish her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and Marketing. With experience in lifestyle writing, Emily aims to entertain and educate through her work. Her focuses include recipes, real and inspiring stories, and working with writers to help provide easy-to-digest evidence-based research. Her work on recipes has been previously featured in The Supplement magazine, with a particular focus on high-protein, nutritious meals, plus advice on how to properly fuel your body. Outside of work, Emily’s top priority is food. She’s a self-professed star baker and a connoisseur of all things baked. In her spare time, she’s either cooking up a storm, our looking out for the opportunity to try out Manchester’s newest restaurants. But as a huge fan of carbs, if it’s not pasta or pasta-adjacent, she’s not interested. If she’s not in the kitchen, she’s tucked up with a book for an early night, or you’ll find her in the gym working up a sweat. Afterall, all those carbs require quite the appetite.