Becoming World’s Strongest Man takes far more than extraordinary strength. According to Eddie Hall, it also demands an enormous financial commitment, with the former champion revealing just how much he invested in his body every single week during the peak of his career.
Hall, who won the World’s Strongest Man title in 2017 after years of competing at the highest level, explained that the cost of chasing the sport’s biggest prize went well beyond lifting weights in the gym. Speaking about the reality of preparing to become the strongest man on the planet, he admitted the weekly outgoings were staggering.
“It’s a very expensive career,” Hall said.
After sitting down and calculating the costs with his wife, Hall realised just how much money was being spent purely on maintaining the physical condition needed to compete against the world’s elite strongmen.
“I think in total, if you work it all out, I just sat down with the wife once and worked it out. I was spending £300 a week on food just for myself,” he said.
Nutrition was only the beginning.
Hall explained that keeping his body functioning under the immense strain of elite Strongman training required constant treatment from medical professionals, with physiotherapy alone representing another significant weekly expense.
“£250 a week on physiotherapy,” he said.
Recovery and supplementation added even more to the bill. Hall said the costs extended beyond protein shakes and vitamins, covering a range of treatments and medical support designed to keep him performing at his best throughout training.
“Probably another £250 a week on supplementations, recovery methods, doctor’s fees, whatever else,” he said.
When everything was added together, Hall estimated he was investing around £800 every week solely into his pursuit of becoming World’s Strongest Man.
“You know, I was spending £800 a week on my body to become the World’s Strongest Man,” he said.
Hall also stressed that the figure only reflected the costs directly related to his athletic career and did not include any of the normal financial responsibilities that come with everyday life.
“And that’s not paying the mortgage. That’s not, you know, fueling the cars and paying the bills and feeding the wife and kids. That is on me. That’s £800 a week on me to become the World’s Strongest Man,” he said.
Featured image credit: Eddie Hall – Beast Clips / YouTube
