The diet that almost killed the strongest man in the world: “I was like a cow, I was on the edge of the abyss”
The MMA fighter and boxer Eddie's Lounge At the age of 30, he became the strongest man in the worldalthough his efforts to lift up to 226.7 kilos almost cost him his life.
The English strongman, who He reached a weight of 195.5 kilos and was 1.88 m tall.He has acknowledged that doctors warned him of The Dangers of Your 12,000-Calorie-a-Day Diet who went on to become the strongest man in the world.
Eddie Hall's radical training to become the 'World's Strongest Man' (Worlds Strongest Man 2017).
According to doctors Eddie 'The Beast' Hall, who is currently 36 years old and retired from strongman in 2017, He risked a heart attack because of that diet and put his life at risk.
It wasn't meals. It was constant grazing. I was like a cow… I had something in my hand all day, whether it was a sandwich or a protein shake.
“It wasn't meals. It was constant grazing. I was like a cow… I had something in my hand all day, whether it was a sandwich or a protein shake,” Eddie Hall recalled in 'Solar sport'.
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“Constantly drinking every waking moment was putting fuel into my body, and that amounted to about 12,000 calories a day,” he explained.
Eddie Hall's nightmare weighing almost 200 kilos
Eddie Hall has revealed the physical problems he suffered from weighing nearly 200 kilos: “Weighing 195 kilos was almost unbearable. I mean, even putting on my socks was a titanic task. Going up the stairs was a gigantic task. But if you asked me to lift 500 kg off the floor, it was easy.”
“Day to day life was quite difficult”he pointed out.
My blood tests were through the roof, as were my kidney and liver markers.
Speaking about his medical condition, Eddie Hall said: “My blood tests were through the roof, as were my kidney and liver markers.”
I was really on the brink of the abyss and suffering all the things associated with being that size.
“I was really on the brink of all the things that come with being that size: heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, liver failure… Luckily, nothing ever happened, but I did have a doctor tell me to stop several times,” she recalled.
Currently Eddie Hall is focused on his career as an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter“Now I feel fit, great, I feel young. I can play with my children, do things that anyone can do.”
His next goal is a fight against the colossus Mariusz Pudzianowski.
