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'Thor' Sets New All-Time Deadlift World Record

Summary by Muscle & Fitness
A new chapter in strongman history was written on July 27, 2025, during the Eisenhart Black Competition in Bavaria, Germany, as the Icelandic giant Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson smashed his own deadlift world record by pulling a colossal 1,113-pounds / 505-kilograms. It was a thunderous statement set by the man they call “Thor.” The 6’9″  man-mountain, who won the World’s Strongest Man crown in 2018 and featured in the HBO classic Game of Thrones, bet…
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Muscle & Fitness broke the news in on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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