Eddie 'The Beast' Hall Beats World Deadlift Record As Arnold Schwarzenegger Cheers Him On

This Man Just Deadlifted The Equivalent Of A Polar Bear - In Front Of Arnie
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Strongman Eddie Hall, aka "The Beast", has beaten a world deadlift record - all with former record holder Arnold Schwarzenegger at his side.

The giant from Stoke-On-Trent heaved a massive 462kg at the Arnold Classic event in Australia on Friday.

The enormous set of weights clocked in at more than half a ton - the equivalent of a fully grown polar bear.

Arnie went in for a high five after Hall completed the gargantuan feat, but he was too pumped to notice.

The 27-year-old said: "I had Arnold Schwarzenegger cheering me and he gave me a high five to congratulate me after the event - even though I left him hanging at first, oops!"

The former Governor of California congratulated Hall on his Facebook page, with a video highlighting the awkward moment:

Arnold, a former Mr. Universe, once held the world deadlift record of 310kg, a substantial 150 kilos below Hall's feat.

The pair also shared a presumably protein-filled breakfast a week before the event.

Hall, who weighs in at 165kg, has won the title of UK's Strongest Man four years in a row and has competed for the World's Strongest Man, coming in sixth.

Vintage Arnold Schwarzenegger
1975(01 of11)
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Bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is shown in 1975. Schwarzenegger became the youngest man to win the Mr. Universe title, bodybuilding's top amateur prize, at age 20, and won the crown four more times. He won the professional title, Mr. Olympia, in 1969. (AP Photo)
1976(02 of11)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger takes a ballet lesson from dancer Marianne Claire during filming of "Pumping Iron," a documentary film about bodybuilding, in New York City, Monday, Oct. 4, 1976. Schwarzenegger is a six-time Mr. Olympia, a title he held until 1975. (AP Photo)
1977(03 of11)
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A picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger taken May 19, 1977 during the 38th Cannes film festival. (AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
1977(04 of11)
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A picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger taken May 19, 1977 at the 38th Cannes film festival. (AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
1977(05 of11)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger poses with the Golden Globe awarded to him for his documentary feature "Pumping Iron," on January 29, 1977, in Hollywood, California. (AP Photo)
1982(06 of11)
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Actor and body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger is seen with Sandahl Bergman, his co-star in the movie "Conan the Barbarian," in Los Angeles, May 5, 1982. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
1984(07 of11)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role as Conan holding a sword in a scene of a new Conan episode in "Conan the Destroyer" 1984. Singer, actress Grace Jones plays the role of the amazone Zula. (AP Photo/HO)
1986(08 of11)
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Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger are all smiles as they pose outside St. Francis Xavier Church, in Hyannis, Mass., after they were married in a pre-noon ceremony, on April 26, 1986. (AP Photo/David Tenenbaum)
1988(09 of11)
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Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger sports the uniform of a Soviet militia man as he visits Moscow's Red Square, on February 9, 1988. Schwarzenegger was in the Soviet Union to film segments of his recent motion picture "Red Heat." (AP)
1988(10 of11)
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Bodybuilder-turned-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger puffs on a cigar prior to the start of his "roast" by the Friars Club, in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 30, 1988. (AP Photo/Ira Mark Gostin)
1993(11 of11)
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Hollywood action stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, right, imprint their hands in cement during the opening ceremony of the Planet Hollywood restaurant at London's Piccadilly Circus, May 17, 1993. (AP Photo/Albert Ferreira)