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‘Game of Thrones’ star Hafthor Bjornsson tears pec muscle off the bone in bench press accident

2018 World’s Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson has suffered a horrific injury while going for his bench press personal record this week.The 34-year-old, who was the World’s Strongest Man in 2018 as well as runner up three-times and third-place getter another four times, was on the return to powerlifting after a two-year hiatus to pursue boxing.Bjornsson, who holds the world deadlift record of 1,104lbs, announced he was making a comeback to strongman competitions in order to break a number of records.But he’ll have to wait after reportedly tearing his pectoral muscle off the bone while bench pressing 556lbs.At his Thor Power Gym, the man known for portraying The Mountain in the hit HBO series had lifted some huge weights — starting 507lb, doing 529lb and an attempt at his all-time PB of 116lb.However, it all went wrong as Bjornsson lowered the weight to his chest as he screamed out in pain after a noise viewers believe was the sound of the muscle tearing off the bone.Bjornsson’s spotters quickly came to the strongman’s aid and it was clear something was very wrong.One person said: “Saw this live, absolutely devastating. Wishing him a fast recovery.”While another added: “Unfortunately this stuff can happen when you put on so much muscle and increase the weights so quickly.”As a third commented: “Hoping for a speedy recovery for Thor.
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‘Game of Thrones’ star Hafthor Bjornsson tears pec muscle off the bone in bench press accident
2018 World’s Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson has suffered a horrific injury while going for his bench press personal record this week.The 34-year-old, who was the World’s Strongest Man in 2018 as well as runner up three-times and third-place getter another four times, was on the return to powerlifting after a two-year hiatus to pursue boxing.Bjornsson, who holds the world deadlift record of 1,104lbs, announced he was making a comeback to strongman competitions in order to break a number of records.But he’ll have to wait after reportedly tearing his pectoral muscle off the bone while bench pressing 556lbs.At his Thor Power Gym, the man known for portraying The Mountain in the hit HBO series had lifted some huge weights — starting 507lb, doing 529lb and an attempt at his all-time PB of 116lb.However, it all went wrong as Bjornsson lowered the weight to his chest as he screamed out in pain after a noise viewers believe was the sound of the muscle tearing off the bone.Bjornsson’s spotters quickly came to the strongman’s aid and it was clear something was very wrong.One person said: “Saw this live, absolutely devastating. Wishing him a fast recovery.”While another added: “Unfortunately this stuff can happen when you put on so much muscle and increase the weights so quickly.”As a third commented: “Hoping for a speedy recovery for Thor.
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Eddie Hall flaunts 31 stone 'peak physical strength' physique before impressive change
upwards of six stone in preparation for his professional boxing debut against rival Hafthor Bjornsson.The 34-year-old, who was crowed World's Strongest Man back in 2017, is set to settle his differences with the 2018 winner of the international strongman competition, with whom he shares bad blood.Hall has regularly kept fans updated of his boxing preparations on social media, losing huge amounts of weight in a bid to be more mobile and have more stamina in the ring.Having admitted that he put on a few pounds over Christmas, Hall has now shared a snap of himself in his strongman pomp, having broken the deadlift world record with 500kg in 2016.With his social media followers hailing his dedication to his profession in the comments section, Hall had called for opinions on his former look.Adding as a caption: "This is what peak physical strength looks like!"196.5kg // 433lbs // 31stone // 6ft 2.5. Heated arguments below please."Who will win when Eddie Hall meets Hafthor Bjornsson in the ring? Tell us in the comments sectionHaving admitted that his weight rose over the Christmas period, Hall is now back on track.He had said in December: "5kg / 11lbs on over the Xmas weekend!!!“Weighed in at 163kg today and fair to say the run was a little harder this morning but training legs was a breeze.“My nutritionist said I could eat and drink whatever I wanted….
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