Flipping heck! Astonishing moment 28-stone strongman Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall does his first backward somersault (wearing a tiny pink leotard)
- Eddie Hall, 32, teamed up with bronze-medal gymnast Nile Wilson, 24, to do flip
- Pair uploaded video to YouTube of preparation that went into performing trick
- Leaps backwards as two gymnasts stand either side of him and gently help him
The world’s ‘strongest man’ has managed to do his first backwards somersault, while weighing an astonishing 28 stone.
Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall, 32, winner of the World’s Strongest Man in 2017, teamed up with fellow athlete, 24-year-old Olympic medallist Nile Wilson, to show off his delicate side and tackle his first ever backwards somersault.
In a 13-minute video uploaded to Wilson’s YouTube channel, the pair are filmed preparing for the seemingly impossible feat.
Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall, 32, (left) from Newcastle-under-Lyme, teamed up with fellow athlete, 24-year-old Nile Wilson (right) – a bronze-medal gymnast – to show off his delicate side and tackle his first ever backflip
He lands feet first in the foam pit after successfully completing the seemingly-impossible feat
Wilson introduces Eddie to the camera as the ‘strongest man on the planet’ before putting the 28-stone strongman, who won the World’s Strongest Man competition in 2017, through his paces.
Before the warm-up begins, Eddie slips into something a little less comfortable – a tiny pink leotard that seems to be struggling to stay in place.
Before the warm-up begins, Eddie slips into something a little less comfortable – a tiny pink leotard that seems to be struggling to stay in place
The exercise then continue and get progressively more difficult, with handstand push ups, planks, and various agility routines
Once Wilson and other gym members stop giggling, they give Eddie some stretches and gentle exercises to warm up.
Eddie then shows off by doing an effortless cartwheel across the mats before getting out the machine he uses to warm up his muscles – a car buffer.
The exercise then continue and get progressively more difficult, with handstand push ups, planks, and various agility routines.
He then starts learning backward somersault techniques with large pads behind him that cushion his fall.
When the moment finally comes for him to put his training to the test, he walks to the edge of the gym’s foam-filled pit.
Wilson says: ‘This is it. We’re making history.’
When the moment finally comes for him to put his training to the test, he walks to the edge of the gym’s foam-filled pit
The crowd cheers as he lands and Wilson says: ‘I want to show that gymnastics is for everyone’
Eddie leaps backwards as two gymnasts stand either side of him and gently help him rotate into the foam pit.
The crowd cheers as he lands and Wilson asks whether he thinks he’s up to doing the task solo.
He steps up to the edge of the pit again and soars through the air while turning and manages to safely complete the somersault.
Wilson says: ‘I want to show that gymnastics is for everyone.’
In 2016, Eddie set a new world record with a deadlift of 500kg, besting the world record he had previously set at 465kg earlier that same day.
The 500kg lift made him pass out.
Wilson has 1.33million subscribers on YouTube where he posts videos about workouts, daily life and gymnastics.