Ex-World’s Strongest Man star Eddie Hall reveals ‘horrendous’ and ‘painful’ training ahead of bodybuilding debut
STRONGMAN great Eddie Hall has set his sights on bodybuilding.
The 35-year-old former World's Strongest Man Champion has been documenting his progression on Instagram and YouTube.
With his eyes set on a guest appearance at a competition "in the not-so-distant future," Hall told The U.S. Sun during the 2023 WSM in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that his progress so far has been "good."
He explained: "It's been pretty good so far cause the diet hasn't changed a bit.
"Cause the bulk is fairly standard. Eat whatever you want."
But while the diet has remained unchanged, the same cannot be said for his training regime.
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Describing it as "horrendous," Hall said that "With Strongman, it's moving a weight from A to B.
"With bodybuilding, it's making it as hard as possible moving a weight from A to B - the time under tension as they say, to get as much volume through the muscle.
"So it's a lot more painful, I'll be honest, Bodybuilding's a lot more painful than Strongman in terms of training."
Thankfully, Hall seemingly has more than enough experience to lean on when it comes to preparing, having already trained with the likes of bodybuilders Flex Lewis, Jay Cutler, and Jamie Christian among others.
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For Hall, this new set of goals follows a "flat" start to the year.
He explained: "I had nine months of doing nothing, felt soft, felt flat.
"So I thought I need to do something and set the goal to become a...well do a bodybuilding show in the not-so-distant future."
And while Hall is "Still organizing a show to appear at," he said that he hopes that "before the year out I'll be the on the stage in little thongs."
Once Hall dons the thong for the first time, he'll be following in the footsteps of fellow former Strongman Terry Hollands in having made the move to bodybuilding.
