- Pull!
- Let's go, B! - [ grunts ] - Go! Go!
- Get some, get some! - Go! Go! <i> - The legendary feats
of strong men</i> <i> have been celebrated
throughout time.</i> - [ grunts ] <i> - But just how true</i> <i> are these fabled acts?</i> - Yaah! The world's strongest man! <i> - After years
of competing as rivals,</i> <i> the four strongest men
in the world</i> <i> are teaming up to find out.</i> - Keep going. Keep going. - You got it! Come on! <i> - They'll take on
epic feats of strength.</i> - Yes! <i> - In a quest to prove</i> <i> who really is...</i> - [ grunts ] <i> - ...the strongest man
in history.</i> <i> On this episode,</i> <i> the four strongest men
in the world</i> <i> are in Moorhead, Minnesota,</i> <i> the home of Viking culture
in America.</i> - Look out! - Go. Dig deep, Nick.
Come on! <i> - They'll attempt three</i> <i> of the most difficult
challenges</i> <i> Viking heroes are known for.</i> - Let's go.<i>
- Including hoisting</i> <i> a 1,433-pound mast
so heavy,</i> <i> it broke the back
of the warrior who lifted it</i> <i> and killed him.</i> - Ahh! [ bleep ]
My spine. <i> - Can they outdo
these fierce Norsemen?</i> - [ grunts ] - Wow. I'm seeing stars. Whoa. ♪♪♪ - Guys, I'm so excited
to be in Minnesota. I want to go ice fishing. Do you guys want
to do that with me? - Nope.
- No. - You can go do it
and tell us about it. - Yeah. That sounds great. - This is gonna be
so much fun, and you guys are just
not gonna do it. - Nope. I can't wait to do all this stuff, experience all these things
that are Viking. I brought the guys to Moorhead because Minnesota's
the center of Viking culture
in the United States. As a strongman, I've heard about the Viking feats
of strength my whole life. I love the warriors,
the spirit, the drive. I just love it all. This is more than just doing
these feats of strength. We have a great opportunity
to go places and experience the cultures. It'll be great to be able
to go through Moorhead and get some Viking souvenirs. - Do you dress up, Nick? - I might have dressed
as a Viking a few times. I like going to, like
the Renaissance festival, stuff like that.
- Ohh! Interesting
that you want that. [ laughs ] - All right, guys. We're gonna do our first
Viking Challenge today. So let's see if we can find
something to carry. This one's 345. - So what's the weight
we've got to pick up? - It's heavier than that. 341.
- 341? - For the first challenge, I wanted to show the guys the feat of strength
that it took to be considered a man
in Viking culture and achieve<i>
fullsterkur</i> status. <i> - As a rite of passage,</i> <i> young men in Iceland
test themselves</i> <i> to achieve</i>
fullsterkur<i> status,</i> <i> a term that literally means
"full strength"</i> <i> in Viking culture.</i> <i> You can achieve that status</i> <i> by lifting a boulder
that weighs at least...</i> <i> But that's not hard enough</i> <i> for the four strongest men
in the world.</i> <i> Can our strongmen
lift the rock</i> <i> and then also walk with it?</i> <i> Let's find out.</i> - All right, let's see if we can
get this thing re-weighed. - The scale over here. - 345.
- Well, this is our stone. - Does this scale
go up enough for Eddie to get on it? - I think
it's a matter of fact that Brian Shaw has never
actually been weighed. He claims to be 450,
but don't believe it. - Why don't you
do the honors? And then I'll weigh in
after you. I'm the lightest guy. I'll go first. 320.
- 320. - Skinny as a rail.
- No, no. - Lightweight. - Weighing more
as a strongman is actually a big deal. We all want the number
to be higher. - 368. 340 of it's right here. - Yeah. [ laughs ] - Oh. 398. - All right.
- Yay, B. - Come on, B.
- This is the moment of truth. 445.
- 445. - That's a couple biscuits.
- [ whistles ] - My name is Brian Shaw. I've been fascinated
with strength my entire life. I'm a four-time
World's Strongest Man champion. I'm 6'8," and, at 445 pounds, I'm literally three times
most people. So do you think an average man
can actually lift that? - I don't know.
Let's find out. Come on, buddy.
- Here's our man. - It's hard to realize
the scale and difficulty of what strongmen do. So when the producers
asked us to take on these challenges, we decided to show
how hard they are by trying them out
on an average man. Please, if you would, try and pick up
this 345-pound stone. - In this case,
our weedy 5'8," 155-pound camera assistant. - Okay.
- Any way you want. - Any way I want. Well,
bring in the forklift, then. - Yeah, yeah.
- Ha ha ha ha! - Give it your best shot,
buddy. - Oh, my God. [ grunting ] - Well done.
- Thanks, buddy. - Next time, get me
an average stone, then. [ laughter ] - Okay, I'll be first, then. - [ laughs ]
- Yeah, I'll go first. This is honestly
the first stone I've picked up since my bicep surgery, so I'm a little bit
nervous about it. I did a clean and press
a few months ago, and it's actually
what started the tear in this bicep,
and which is why I now have that beautiful
scar right there. My name is Robert Oberst, professional strongman
out of Texas. I've had the American
log press record for the last four years, strongest shoulders
in America, and just basic
all-around badass. This is the first stone you'll have lifted.
- Yeah. - Wow.
- First stone. - Okay. There you go. - What we decided to do is walk the stone 100 feet and see from there who could keep going
the furthest. - Here we go.
- [ grunting ] I was worried.
It was real slick. It was icy. Every step,
you'd move a little bit. Even though we have
these little cleats on the bottom of our shoes, we would still slip around. - You got it. - Full strength.
- Full strength. - Get here.
- Full strength. Come on. You got it.
- Nice. - Whoa. - Good job.
- There you go. - That's good enough for me. Whew.
It's not an easy weight, and it's not an easy thing
to hold. We're used to having
handles and grips and stuff when we use things, so having to take a stone and squeeze it
into your body like that-- I'm just happy I got it done
and didn't get hurt. - The question is,
do you think the short, uh, chubby guy to my right can carry it
a little bit further? - I've got two biceps
still attached, so I may do slightly better
than you, mate. - Slightly?
- Just saying. - Yeah?
- Get this, I'm retired. - Retired?
- I'm still stronger than you. - Retired?
- How does that feel? - You're stronger than me?
- How's that feel? - You are not stronger
than me. - I am stronger than you.
- No way. No way. - Where's your trophy?
- Where's my trophy? - Where's your trophy?
- Where's yours from right now? What did you do last year? - I won World's Strongest Man
last year. I'm Eddie Hall. I'm from
Stoke-on-Trent, England. I'm the World's Strongest Man
2017. I've won six UK titles,
and I hold the world record for the most weight ever lifted
off the floor, half a ton. For you Americans,
that's 1,102 pounds. We can find out who's stronger
right now. Your turn on the stone,
Mister. - Let's go, blab boy. - Everything is a competition
between me and Robert Oberst. We've been
in a number of contests. I've won some,
he's won some. But I think, in all honesty,
I trump him all the time 'cause I've won
the World's Strongest Man and I've got the half a ton
dead lift. - Easy up.
- Let's go. - Uh-oh. - [ laughs ] - 345 pounds. This is a really tough
feat of strength. - Go ahead.
Before I'm 51, okay? - I think that the Vikings,
back in the day, were the biggest and strongest and the nastiest people around. They were just animals. - Oof! I mean,
I'm part Viking myself, and I suppose
that's probably where my strength
comes from. - There it is. Come on, Eddie, you got it. 20 feet. Come on, come on. Come on, you got it. - Uhh! - Nice.
- Oof. - There we go. - That was 1 foot further
than Oberst. Look. [ laughter ] Victorious again. - Yeah.
- [ laughs ] - This is a lot harder
than it looks. I nearly slipped and broke my [ bleep ]
back down there. - We haven't talked about
how freaking crazy this is, like--
- Yeah, we got ice. - It was kind of scary. It was sheets of ice
everywhere. But I was able to do it. Most importantly, I beat Oberst. - Come on, B!
- Come on, Brian. - He's looking serious,
though. - There we go. Easy steps.
There you go. Watch the ice. - You've got 20 feet,
20 feet. Watch the ice. Come on. There, you got it. You got it.
- That'll do. That'll do. - Ha, he went further
than you did. - Certainly challenging
with the, uh-- - Your stomach in the way? [ laughter ] - Go, Nick! Whoo! - Nick's perfect
for moving rocks 'cause, when he first
started lifting weights, that's all that had
to train with. Would be a caveman here and a caveman there,
and they would see who could pick up
the biggest rock. - I'm Nick Best.
I'm the old man in the group. I'm 50 years old. I'm two-time National and World
Power Lifting champion, and these guys
constantly hit me with old man jokes. But I'm still running
with them. I'm still putting the heat
on them. And I'm here to prove
I'm the best Viking. - Bad technique. - Brian Shaw looked
so determined throughout this entire
competition, especially here in the finals. - He's running
out of momentum. Shaw to the finish!
- Aah! [ horn blows ]
- And he did it. Big Brian Shaw
wins the truck pull. - Yes! - Go, Nick! Whoo! Oh, bad technique. Terrible.
- Terrible. - I'd hold it
higher than that. - All right,
here we go, Nick. - Go, Nick!
- There you go. - I'm the old man in the group. I'm 50 years old. But I hold the world record
in the shield carry, so I knew before I even
touched the thing I was gonna win.
They don't stand a chance. - Let's go, Nick.
Almost there, almost there. - Go on, buddy.
- There you go. - Good job--Yeah.
- Nice. - Oh, he's going for more. Oh, he's going for more.
- Oh, he's gonna do more. - Oh, so...
- Way to go, Nick. There--
- What the [ bleep ]! - [ laughs ]
- What the hell! [ laughter ] You young little kids
can't beat the old man at this event.
My event. Mine. I am one step closer now
to being a Viking. And I beat the kids. Well done, guys. You just lost
to a 50-year-old man. ♪♪♪ All right, guys. Check out
this cool Viking church. - Wow, this is pretty cool. - Gosh.
- A frickin' Nordic church. - Whoa.
- This is badass. - As a strongman,
I've heard about the Viking
feats of strength my whole life. And then now to come here and touch them and smell them and feel them is--it's just amazing. It's so much fun. - My balls are frozen
to my shorts. - That sucks. - Oh, yeah. There we are. - So, guys, as you know,
today is Friday. Do you guys know
why it's called Friday? - It's the day
after Thursday. - Because Monday
was already taken? - No. All the days
of the week are from the Norse gods. Most people don't know the days of the week
are all based on the Viking gods. Odin, in Viking culture, he was known as Woden. Wednesday is Woden's day. Thor is Thursday--
Thor's day. And Frigga is Friday. - Thor, in terms of strength, I mean, he's the top guy. - Imagine that.
Imagine being that great. You've got a day
named after-- the global Monday
through Sunday. You know, I really think I look like Thor
and want to be like Thor. - You look more
like Professor Xavier, bro. - Says the smallest guy
of the group. Yeah, you're Thor.
Okay, yeah. - I can throw a hammer
further than any of you. - There is not a chance of that.
- I bet I can. - I think we should all
get some hammers and go and do this. That proves
how strong you are-- how much can you wind it up and throw it
as far as you can. - Was that really your throw? - This is gonna be easy. You and T-rex got
the same arms. - Literally.
- All right, we'll see. Let's go find some hammers
and sort this out. - All right.
- Eddie drives us all nuts. He has to make everything
a bet that he can win. He's a child-- a 350-pound child, but nonetheless a child. - Here we go, ladies. - Well, guys, here we are-- the hammer throw. - These things are 13 pounds. - Just to be clear,
here are the rules. We're gonna draw a line. No one can pass the line. No one's allowed to spin. - [ bleep ]
- Would Thor spin? - Yeah.
- No, he wouldn't. - That's a good question. He just throws his hammer. So whoever throws it
the furthest is Thor. - So what we say?
The loser... - I think the loser should
jump in an ice bath for two minutes. - I think that's fair. - Uh, yeah. I ain't losing. - What do you think
a normal human could do? - What about an average guy? I think we need
to bring in an average guy to try this out.
- Ian! - Ian!
- All right, Ian. - 13 pounds. I mean... - It'll tear your arm
out of the socket if you do it wrong. - It is 10%
of your body weight. - Here we go. - All right,
let us clear out. - Oh, oh.
- Yeah, we'd better back up here a little bit. - Uhh! - That was absolutely
pathetic. - Well done. - I think that's pretty good. - 49 feet.
- Ahh, almost 50! - That's not bad, you know.
- Well done, Ian. - There you go. - 49 foot.
That's not bad at all. - You think you can
throw that far, Nick? - Yeah.
- [ laughs ] - Terrible.
- 95. - 95? Ha!
- 95. - It was a little difficult because we were sinking
in snow and my balance was weird. My feet, my toes were numb. - Real good toss.
- It was all right. I feel like I could have
done better. I'm not worried about it. - Go, Brian. - All right, let's see. - Oh! Oh! - Oh, no.
- Ah-hah! - Score.
- 91 feet. - I think it's fair to say I'm more Incredible Hulk
than Thor. - Ed, you're up. - Come on, Ed. - Watch out! - Wow. - That wasn't bad.
- Yeah. - 106 feet.
- 106 feet. - Yeah.
- 91 feet's the one to beat. If I lose the hammer throw, I am not excited
about taking an ice bath. - Hey, Nick,
don't screw it up. - Mr. Ice Bath,
when you're ready. - The other guys, it's almost
like a reward to them. They all take ice baths
regularly in their training, so it's no big deal to them
if they lose this bet. It's a big deal to me. I do not want to be cold. Can't stand it. - 91 feet's the one to beat. - Oh, brilliant technique.
Oh, awesome. - Oh, brilliant technique.
Mm! Oh, I wish I could--
Oh! Oh! - 70 feet, 3 inches. [ laughter ] I never knew I was that bad
at hammer throw. I did great in the disc
in college And figured I'd be able
to throw that pretty far. - It's gonna be ice bath
for you, buddy. - I figured Nick was gonna
lose the hammer throw. It's kind of
an explosive lift, and Nick's
kind of a stiffer guy, probably because
he's been lifting since before I was born. In fact, Nick may be
my grandfather. You have earned yourself a Minnesota Viking ice bath. - Ah, this sucks. - Can we all openly say that I am the closest thing
to Thor right here? - [ laughs ]
- No. [ ice cubes rattling ] - What have you got? - I think it's gonna be
about 50. - Nick, this is a real
Viking experience, buddy. You want to be a Viking. You want to do
all this Viking stuff. Here you go. - [ shouts ] - [ laughs ]
- [ bleep ] - Oh, yeah! - Get down a little bit lower.
Get lower. - Get your shoulders in there.
- My shoulders are in! - And the time starts now.
- No, they aren't. - Oh, [ bleep ] you!
- [ laughter ] - There you go. That's...
- [ shouting ] - Oh, yeah.
- Come on, B! It's bad enough
I'm in the cold water. You got to dump blocks of ice on my head
where it's bouncing off? - What time are we on? 1:20? Oh, nearly there, mate.
- Oh, [ bleep ]! [ laughter ] I just felt like getting out and strangling them all. - 10 more seconds. - 10...9... - You guys are dicks. - 8...
- You guys, payback's a bitch. - 7...
- 7... 6...
- 5 1/2... - Wait. What comes after 6? - 2!
- 4. 4. - 1!
- 4 1/2. - 10.
- 9! [ laughter ] - Where is he going? - You should feel great,
very euphoric, after recovering
in a Viking ice bath. - No.
- No? [ laughter ] - No. - Every time I leave my house, because of my size and my routine
that I follow, it is literally costing me thousands and thousands
of dollars. I have to eat
10,000 calories a day, and I have to eat
every couple hours. Oh, yeah.
That's looking good. I have to have a full kitchen
set up in my hotel room, and having my food shipped in
costs more money. It is not cheap
to be Brian Shaw. Mm. ♪♪♪ - That is awesome.
- This is cool. - Yeah. - Our next challenge-- the Viking pull. We're gonna pull the boat. - I'd say
that's pretty authentic. - What we're doing
with this challenge is pulling the Viking boat
up a hill because it's somewhat
of a real representation of how those ships
would have to move. <i> - The Vikings were famous</i> <i> for traveling great distances
by boat.</i> <i> Their advanced shipbuilding
techniques allowed them</i> <i> to conquer faraway places</i> <i> that were previously
out of reach.</i> <i> Vikings had to be
strong enough</i> <i> to attack immediately
upon arrival</i> <i> and likely had a large
number of warriors</i> <i> band together to move
their ships over land.</i> <i> Can our strongmen pull
a Viking ship solo?</i> <i> Let's find out.</i> - It's not too heavy
of a pull, but I don't think any of us
really understands what it's gonna feel like
going uphill with it. The trailer and the boat
together are roughly 12,000 pounds. Like, I think any of us
would smoke it on flat ground, but pulling it
over this incline right here is a lot more similar to what the Vikings were doing
going over mountains. - Minus the logs, of course.
- Yeah. - I've got a really good
relationship with the local
fire department, so I will go out and train
with firetrucks that range anywhere
from 40,000 to as heavy as 80,000 pounds. The boat was only
12,000 pounds, but when you add in
the grade of the parking lot that we
had to pull the boat up, it was pretty crazy. They probably didn't do it by themselves, either. - So we're basically challenging
12 Vikings at once. - Let's prove that we are
stronger than the Vikings. - Let's suit it up
and get it going. - Right,
so rules of this pull. We're gonna pull it 60 foot. When the body
crosses the line, that's gonna be the time. It's the quickest to 60 foot. - All right, Nick,
are you ready to do this? - Yeah. - On your mark, get set, go! Nice, Nick, nice. - There you go.
- Dig, dig, dig. Pull it steady. Pull it steady, Nick.
Go slow. - [ panting ] The angle
pulling it up the street just made it
exponentially harder. The further up there
I got, I didn't have the body mass
and the weight to get it moving as fast. - Keep it moving,
Keep it moving. Come on, Nicky! Pull,
then dive your head down. Just like that, and dive! Good, good! Hips and dive. There we are. Come on, Nick. - Watch him strain. - There we go. Good pull.
- Come on, Nick! - I'm just gonna--
I got to stop. - You tuckered out?
That's it? Is the Viking wannabe
tuckered out? Huh? - Wow.
- Whoa. - Whoa.
This is pretty cold, Nick, considering you're the one
who wanted to come here. - My breath's just returning. I just flat out
ran out of gas. I'm not that big.
I'm not that heavy. The taller you are
and the heavier you are, the easier that is.
I just couldn't finish it. It was just that heavy. I'm just disappointed
in myself. - So he tapped out at 1:50. - Tell you what, two minutes solid
pulling something's tough. - Yeah. - Ready?
- All right, Eddie. - On your mark, get set, go. - [ puffing ]
- There you go. Low. - [ groaning ]
- Yes. - Feet.
- Come on, Eddie. - I just don't get
how these guys pulled these sort of weights in the Arctic conditions
because it's really hard. You got to keep
your body warm. You got to be nice and nimble. And when you're cold,
everything's aching. Your joints are hurting. - Keep it going.
Keep it going. - Nice and straight.
- That's it, that's it. That's it.
That's it, that's it. - You got 5 feet! Let's go!
- Get there! - Come on, a few more steps! Let's go.
- Done! - Done! - What's the time?
- 1:14:70. - 1:14.
- Nice. - Whoo! That was hard.
Near layoff. - Didn't you, uh,
say it would be easy? - That was easy.
- Was that your comment before? - That was an easy--
easy hard pull, that was. - Okay.
- Easy hard. - Oberst, you ready? - I want to beat Eddie
really bad with this. - Let's go, Robbie. - We've been rivals
for many years. He's kind of
the English golden boy, and I'm the American monster. I got to win this. - Let's go! ♪♪ - Uhh! - Let's go. - Here we go, brother.
Come on. - Oberst, you ready? Okay, you ready, set, go. - There you go,
there you go. - Good! Work it, work it, work it. - Come on! - The Viking boat
was only 12,000 pounds, but we're fighting an incline, which meant you couldn't get
any momentum going with the thing. It was a really hard thing
to pull. - Come on, Oberst, come on! That's it! - [ grunting ]
- Stay down and drive. Stay down and drive! - It was so heavy,
and it was so hard. It was pulling down on my collarbone
and my throat. It was hard to breathe, and I could feel my heart
beating in my head. - Get some, get some!
- Come on, Robbie. - You got to push now.
Do this! - I almost passed out
towards the end. - Come on! Come on!
- Come on! 1:09, 1:10, 11...
- Come on, man! - 12. Good. - Whoo!
- Oh, my [ bleep ] God. - That's right, baby!
- It's [ bleep ] nowhere near. - Whoo!
- It's nowhere near. - That sounds good. - 1:14:16. - USA! USA!
- Typical American. Just screaming
and pretend he's won. - This is the image
of a champ. - It's a paper win.
- A champion! I was really happy
that I beat Eddie. Eddie,
he's like a fourth grader. - USA!
- Body didn't cross the line. - Whoo!
- It was just his hands. I didn't do this. - Lovely. - Let's go, B. Give me a nod
when you're ready. On your mark.
- Yeah. - Set, go! - Nice, Brian. - Come on, Brian. - There we are.
- Come on, B. Nice, B. - Brian is a giant of a man. All he has to do is lean,
and that boat moves. - There we are.
Keep stepping, keep stepping. - Brian Shaw literally ran
up the hill with that boat. - Perfect rhythm, Brian. Come on, keep that rhythm,
Brian. - Come on, Brian.
- Almost there, B. Get right here!
- 38... - That's it.
Come on, keep going. And stop! - Whoo! - 44:05.
- That was amazing. - Whoo! 44...
- Wow. - ...05. Yes! That event is my event. I knew
I would crush these guys. It was never in doubt.
- We got to give it up to him. He may be fat and ugly,
but he is-- he is the best puller today.
- I'll take that. You can take back
the "ugly" part. If the Vikings were pulling
boats with me, I would by far
go down in history as the best Viking boat puller
that ever lived. It's the first Viking ship
I've pulled. - Nice.
- And I'm undefeated in Viking boat pulling now.
[ laughter ] [ wind howls ] - How much further
do we have to go? - This is kind of
how the Vikings had to do it. I wanted to go ice fishing
really bad because it's part
of what the Vikings do, and as a strongman, you're constantly
in the pursuit of protein. - Hey, guys.
Welcome to Minnesota. - Good to see you, man.
- All right. How you doing, Tony? Knowing that Brian's a really good fisherman, I thought it would be
right up his alley. - Were you worried about a 440-pound man
walking on the ice? - We've got a solid foot
of ice right now. You'll be fine. I'm just glad you're not here
on a cold day. - Yeah. - I'm gonna try
to make the best of this, but I'm not gonna lie. If we don't catch a fish, I am not gonna be pleased. - This better be little fish. - Just go ahead
and grab that drill behind you, and I'll have you pop the hole
over here in the middle. - What did the Vikings
make the hole with? - They would have used
a spoon-type augur. - It goes straight up and down?
- Yep. Straight up and down. - All right.
- Put a little pressure on it, it'll do the work for you. There you go. - Whoa.
- Wow. - The hole is clean,
and you're ready to fish, like a real Viking. - That's what I'm
talking about. Thank you for setting us up.
- You bet. - I was pretty hesitant
to come out. I mean,
the walk was miserable. - Yeah.
- I'm not gonna lie, though. I am really hungry. I have to eat
every couple hours. I get hungry, and that very
quickly turns into "hangry," and then I get pissed off
if I don't have food. One of us better hurry up
and catch a fish. Nick, I'm waiting,
and I'm getting colder, and I'm getting hungrier.
- You'll get one, B. - Positive doesn't
fill my stomach. - Brian's starting to make me
a little nervous that I might have went
a little too far on this one. I never envisioned my death
of being crushed in half on a cold, icy Arctic tundra. I got one.
- Nice. Thank God. I'm really happy
about catching a fish. Reel him up. - My first fish.
- That's the first fish you've ever caught
in your life? - That's the first fish
I ever caught, like, legitimately caught. That was really cool.
[ chuckles ] See, B, I got you some food. - Wonderful. Not enough protein. - You might get two,
three bites out of that. - Yeah.
- Maybe four. - Maybe. I never really thought we would catch enough fish
to feed me, but we were out there forever, and I was really hungry. I'm not gonna lie. Nick is starting
to look like dinner. All right, Nick,
we've been out here all day. I'm out of here.
- I'm sorry, dude. - I'm done. It is definitely time
to go home. - B? B, come on. ♪♪♪ - Wow.
That is really cool-looking. - We can't leave Minnesota without trying
the most notorious Viking feat of strength
that there is-- the 1,433-pound mast
of Orm Storolfsson. - Wow. <i> - One of the largest
and most powerful</i> <i> Viking warships of its day,</i> Ormen Lange<i> was built
for King Olaf of Norway</i> <i> in the 10th century.</i> <i> The ship was nearly
150 feet long</i> <i> and needed 68 rowers to move.</i> <i> If you believe the legend,</i> <i> 50 men took the mast
of this ship</i> <i> and hoisted it
onto the shoulders</i> <i> of a Viking warrior
named Orm Storolfsson.</i> <i> The mast weighed in at...</i> <i> But did it really happen?</i> <i> Can shoulders really
press a log that gigantic?</i> <i> Let's find out.</i> - Nick, what the hell have you
gotten us into here? - Well, this is the mast
of Orm Storolfsson. - So what are we doing
with it? - Well, we're gonna lift it. - Wow. - But just so that you know, it broke his back,
and it killed him. - Broke his back?
- Yeah, broke his back. - It crushed him.
It broke his back. I don't know. It just seems like a really
stupid thing to do. - So it's pretty badass. - I don't want to be the guy that put this thing up
and broke my back. This is just ridiculous. Orm Storolfsson is obviously a huge Viking
back in the day that was tempted to put
this log on his back. I don't want to be the guy that put this thing up
and broke my back. If any of us are able
to pick this up, it'll be a monumental
Viking record that we're breaking. - This isn't just
a Viking record. This is gonna
be a world record. - Pretty crazy. - For our final challenge
this week, I wanted to take on
a feat of strength that has lasted
for over a thousand years. Oh, my God.
This is no joke. - It just looks so... intimidating. The mast was huge. The diameter of the log
was crazy. You could just tell
how heavy it was just by looking at it,
not even having to touch it. Could he even
pick one side up? - Go ahead. - [ grunts ] [ bleep ]
- All right. - Whoa. This whole thing
just shook. - That's only technically
half the log, and that nearly ripped
my shoulder out of my socket. - The log is gonna be
very difficult because, other than the two
ropes that are on it, there's no real way
to stabilize that, and those ropes are kind of
flimsy and they move around. - Guys, if one of us
pulls this off, this is gonna be
an incredible feat of strength. Nobody's ever lifted
this weight before. 1,450 pounds. Forget Orm Storolfsson. Whoever does this is the man. So let's find out. - Come on, Robbie. - Let's go, Robbie. - Get up. Haah. - Come on!
- The mast was so big. It was intense. - Come on! Come on, come on. - Is it not going up?
It's just rolling? - It's just rolling.
- [ bleep ]. I put everything into it. I brought my back,
my glutes, my legs, everything, and I just
shoved up against that log, and the mast
didn't even move. I'm gonna give it one more go. I think what I'm gonna do is just kind of fold myself over
and just take the pain rather than try
and lift it up properly. Just take it all on my back,
which is exactly what killed the guy
that we're talking about. - Let's do it all
but without the dying part. - Nice and tight.
Nice and tight. - Ohh!
This is not going up. It's not going up.
- It's a good attempt, brother. - It's a good free adjustment
right there. I have the strongest shoulders
in America, but in terms of lifting
that mast, that was virtually
meaningless. And my [ bleep ] neck
still hurts from that. - It's all right, man.
- Don't beat yourself up. - I'm okay with it 'cause it's
a legend for a reason. - You want to go back
to the hotel and cry and cuddle? - Yeah.
- Okay. [ laughter ]
Let's go. Let's go, right here.
- You, too. I still think you can do it,
B. Let's get it. - Let's strap it up
and make it happen, huh? - Everybody thinks
Brian's gonna be the guy. He's picked up
a 1,560-pound bale tow in a strongman contest and walked 10 feet with it. - Come on, B! - [ grunts ] - Try rocking the tree
forward. - [ grunts ] - Come on. You got it. Find it, B. Come on! There it is. Come on! - Uhh! - Whoa. Watch it,
watch it, watch it. - Leaving it?
- Yeah, I think it's ideal
if I could take my head off and get it out of the way.
- [ laughs ] - And just lift it right up. - I was thinking
the same thing. Big head actually
screws you in this. - I think in hindsight, it would have been
much, much better to have a thinner
diameter log that was much longer to be able to set it
onto your shoulders and not have to move your neck
forward so much and have it in such a awkward
and dangerous position. - Let's go, Ed, come on. Let's go, Ed. Come on, Ed. Come on, Ed!
Tight, tight! Come on, Ed! - [ inhales ]
- Drive your hips. - All right, tight, tight,
tight, tight, tight. - You got it. Come on! - I had a massive crick
in my neck. I didn't want to lift the log. - Here we go. Come on! Up! Up, up, up!
- All right. That's good. It's almost there, man.
- Whew. - It's almost there.
- You all right? - Wow. I'm seeing stars. Whoa. - For our last
Viking Challenge, I wanted to take on
a feat of strength that I've heard about
my entire life-- Orm Storolfsson lifting up
a 1,433-pound mast. He took three steps
and lost his balance, and that's what cost him
his life. It's still an absolute
amazing feat of strength. - One more go,
and I'm gonna call it a day 'cause I don't want
to break my back. - Get yourself. Get yourself.
Come on! Come on! Smooth! - Uhh! [ bleep ]!
My spine. - Hey, man.
- Ohh! - You all right?
- No. Wow. Honestly,
I gave that everything. I can't budge it. - Yeah, your face
was a nice purple. - There are back lifts that are up into 5,000 pounds, but they're very controlled. You know,
they're in a good setup. They're in a bench.
They've got a flat surface. The feet and arms are sturdy. But that--that to me
is safe, you know. You're just pushing the limits.
But from a balance standpoint, there's no way you can get
the center of that log, even if you weigh both sides. Bad place. Good luck.
- Thanks. - All right, Nick,
you got us out here. We're doing
the Viking Challenge 'cause you wanted to do it. This is your log. Pick this thing up,
and let's go. - This is as Viking
as it gets. - Come on. Go on, man.
One more shot now. Big breath. Give it a good
attempt here, buddy. Come on. Get those legs set. Big breath. - God! - Well done. That was good. - Okay. Okay.
- [ bleep ] me. - Fantastic. - Strongman is not
just about strength. It's about figuring out how to lift something
so awkward that, if you make a wrong move,
it could kill you. - Up. - Just one side again, Nick. - Keeps rolling back on me. - Because it's
such a huge object, if the balance point
in the dead center is off at all, it'll be almost impossible to get it off and lift it. - Nice and tight.
Nice and tight. Let's go. - His head was bent down.
His shoulder was bent. It just seemed
so dangerous to me. Don't hurt yourself. - Whoa!
- All right! - Yeah!
- Awesome! - Yes.
- Well done, man. - I was elated
when I got that thing completely off the rig. It's hard trying to figure out
how to balance that right so I could put all my force
in the direction up to where it wouldn't
roll down my back. - How's your back feeling?
- I feel good, and it's shorter. - Yeah?
[ laughter ] - I guess the old man's
still got it. - I think it's pretty obvious
that, between the four of us, Nick won. - Yeah?
- He fully lifted it off, so you got--you got
to hand it to him, man. That was awesome.
- Well done. Well done. - Well done, Nick.
- Thanks, guys. - You know what? Orm Storolfsson
did 1,433 pounds. I'm gonna call it here. You stood up to 1,450, so in my eyes,
that's a world record, and that makes you a legend,
Nick Best. - Thanks, Eddie.
- Orm Storolfsson is obviously a huge Viking back in the day, but from what I heard,
it crushed him. It broke his back. Nick is very lucky
he didn't break his neck. As far as I'm concerned,
Nick beat Orm Storolfsson. - Oh, my God. - You want to go lie down now?
- Uh-huh. [ laughter ] ♪♪♪ [ knock on door ] - Hi, guys.
What's going on? - Can we come in?
- Um, yeah. I guess you're coming in
anyway. - Nick might be a bit annoying,
but you know what? If it wasn't for Nick,
we wouldn't have come here. I felt as if we all gave him
a really hard time this week, and I thought I'd do something
to cheer him up. Smells like my granddad's
house in here. - It does have that old scent--
Ben Gay and despair. [ laughs ]
- Appreciate it. - We got to get some in.
- Yeah. - The four of us,
we travel around the world. We lift heavy weights, And for you
to pick that up like that, that was strong today. That was really well done.
And we're all impressed. - You are the reason
that we got to come here and have these awesome
Viking experiences, you know, and, uh,
I--I thank you. - Thanks, guys.
I'm really happy I got to do all these
cool Viking things. It was just an amazing
little experience. It was--
It turned out really well. - You've had a tough week.
We've all been hard on you. I personally want
to thank you. We pulled a few strings,
and we managed to get you an authentic Viking weapon. - Oh, [ bleep ]. - This is apparently
a genuine Viking tool they would use
for splitting skulls. - It's a battle axe.
- Here it is. - Thanks, Eddie. - You're welcome, buddy.
- Thanks, man. - Cool, man.
- You, too. - It just melted my heart that they took the time
to actually think about me, and it made me feel so good. - Oh, man. I want a hug. - Come on.
- Oh. - Cheers, bro.
- Group hug. - [ laughs ]
- That an axe in your pocket, or are you just happy
to see me? - Eddie comes off as a disgusting,
arrogant Englishman, but on the inside, he's a disgusting,
arrogant Englishman. So we all gonna get
on the bed and start making out, yeah? - Uh...
- No. - Let's get in there.
Get in there! - Hey, watch out for the axe. <i> - This season</i> <i> on "The Strongest Man
In History"...</i> - Find the balance.
- I started going into shock a little bit.
- [ shouting ] - Mess something up,
and we could be crippled. - Should we really
be doing this? - This is legit,
an amazing feat of strength. - [ grunting ]
- Boom! - One wrong movement could result
in a major injury. - I can literally feel the flesh in my hands
tearing. - [ grunting ] - When strongmen decide
to go head-to-head... one of them's gonna get hurt. - Can't breathe. [ siren blares ]
