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ROB: Rom and I are back.
I'm liking this, Rom.

Ooh, jeez, you're a bit close
to the edge there. I was a little bit, wasn't I?

Ready to throw ourselves
into the most weird...

- Aah!
- Ooh! Finish!

..and wonderful worlds.
There he is. Look at that.

ROM: Together...
Easy-peasy!

..we're going on a journey
of discovery... He's in!

Aaah!(LAUGHS)
Aaaah!

..to find out what we like...
That is white wine.(LAUGHS)

- Oh, my God.
- Right, when's - (INDISTINCT)?

..and what we don't.

(WINCING)
Oh, God, don't make that noise.

- Come on.
- Worse than the colonic, this, as an idea.

This week... Aah!
..it's strongman.

We witness insane strength
up close...

Yeah! (CHEERING)
Yeah!

..visit Iceland to train with
former champ Magnus Ver Magnusson.

Ready?(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Oh, in one?!

We're not gonna be able to
- do this, Rob. - Shut up!

And go head-to-head to find out
which of us is the strongest.

♪ LEWI B AND MANGA SAINT HILARE:
Activated

♪ Back outside and I'm activated ♪

We're back, Romesh.
Yes, we are, Robert.

We are back and...
Robert and Romesh versus...

Ah, and what are we versus
- this time? - Strongmen.

I think this is one of the times
we've both been really into it.

- Yeah.
- Sometimes we do stuff that one of us is more into it than the other.

I love strongmen.
I love it.

Why do we love strongmen
so much, then, Rom?

There is something really addictive

about watching somebody -
- It's the power. - Yeah.

I love strongmen
and I love strong men.

So you like the sporting strongmen?
Yeah.

And I like sort of strong men.

If your partner was a strongman,

you're not shitting yourself about
annoyus downstairs, are you?

Rom, you are allowed to marry a man
that's big and strong.

I... (LAUGHS)(LAUGHS)
You're acting like it's something

that's not a possibility.

If you want to leave Lisa
and marry a big, strong man...

Do you know what I don't want?
..you can do that.

I don't want to leave Lisa.
It's gonna cost you a lot.

I don't to leave Lisa,
but I also want a strong man.

Me, Lisa...
Big guy.

..man mountain.
What's his name?

- Sven.
- Sven. - Big Nordic guy, yeah?

Ab... Huge Nordic guy.
Yeah.

Me asking questions about why
the fourth kid is blonde.

Lisa's got to be into this,
but I can't see...

I can't see how she wouldn't be.
Well, I don't know, what's her type?

Cos you and Sven are very different
- ends of the spectrum. - Yeah.

Sven might not be -
if you're her type...

I'll be honest with you, mate.
Are you her type?

Based on the people that she says
she finds attractive on TV,

I'm absolutely not her type.
Mate...

are people (INDISTINCT)
of she fancied.

Joson... Jason Momoa!
(CHUCKLES)

She actually said,
"I love him, he's my type."

What are you doing with me, then?! How could I and Aquaman be
- the same type? - Yeah.

Lisa really likes Henry Cavill.
(LAUGHS) He's strong.

- Are you shitting me?
- He's strong. - He's very strong.

What do you want from
this episode, Rom?

I think like going and meeting them,
seeing what it takes

to achieve at that level.

So we were heading to Scotland

for our first taste of
action at an event

called Giants Live.

Today we were in for a treat,

because in front of a home crowd,
Tom Stoltman,

winner of World's Strongest Man
2021,

was competing against nine
other heavyweights

at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow.

♪ TERROR SQUAD: Lean Back

Right, let's get in.

Do you reckon we're gonna be like
the weediest blokes in here?

We'd come to find out what it takes
to become strongmen.

Behind the scenes, competitors
were already preparing.

And as the arena filled,

we were allowed on stage for
a little preshow pump up.

This is like the ultimate shopping
bags from the car challenge, innit?

They look like some sort
of giant's bollocks.

Yeah.
Like mediaeval bollocks.

Shall we try a quick lift here?
Is that what your bollocks are like, then?

Yeah, I've got a piercing on it.
Go on, give it a go, then.

Heavy?
I didn't get it off the floor.

Do you want me to carry
it down there for you? Yeah, if you don't mind.

Right, let me try this.

Oh!
(GRUNTS)

I think we've got the technique now.

No, Rom. No, that's pathetic.

(CHEERING)
- Thank you. - So pathetic.

How needy is one man?
Thanks, guys.

How needy is that?
Thank you.

Pathetic.

It was nearly show time,
but before we found our seats,

we were meeting a British
strongman legend.

COMMENTATOR: He's done it and he
is the world's strongest man.

Eddie 'The Beast' Hall, winner of
World's Strongest Man 2017...

Hello, Eddie. Good to see you.
Hey, buddy.

..was on hand to give us some tips.
You all right?

Yeah, yeah. Good, thanks.
We're buzzing to be here.

To be a strongman, is there...
is it natural aptitude,

or is it just down to your
sort of mental toughness?

I'd say 90% of it is
- mental toughness. - Right.

You know, it's having that self
belief. If you're not confident you're gonna lift something,

you're not gonna lift it.
But there are scenarios

where you can't lift this
weight right now.

You couldn't dead lift this
- off the floor.No. - But...

let's say both of your kids -
one under there, one under there -

- I bet you'd lift it then.
- He's got three. It depends on which one.

I'll be honest with you, Eddie.
I'd kiss them goodbye.(LAUGHS)

Daddy finds this too tough.
See you later. Good luck.

What the atmosphere like when you
win? Say you win the whole tournament

and the crowd are going crazy - what
does it feel like as a competitor?

I mean, I would say there's no
better feeling in the world.

When I won the World's
Strongest Man, for instance,

to be handed that trophy
and be announced

as like the world's strongest man,
you get almost like a god complex

for a few minutes. You know,
it's like "I entertain."(LAUGHS)

You just feel amazing.
Eddie, thanks so much, mate.

Cheers, man. Thank you so much.
Cheers.

I'm so excited.

The competitors were ready
to take to the stage,

so all we had to do was sit back

and enjoy the show.

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Giants Live.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Ah!

This is great. This is great!
(LAUGHS)

..start off with a bang.

He came for the world
log lift record.

Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome Iron Biby!

Yeah!
(CHEERING)

Come on, (INDISTINCT)!

He is massive, innit?
He's a big baby.

We were already hooked and all
we'd seen them lift was a flag.

All in all, ten contenders
would be doing battle

to find out who could claim the
title of Giants Live champion.

To me, they look like
mountains of men.

But to Rob...
They're like warthogs, aren't they?

You know, warthogs don't look
dangerous, but they are.

A warthog can kill a lion
if it gets it right.

First up was Cheick Sanou,
AKA Iron Biby,

who is attempting a world
record-breaking log press.

Go on, Biby!
Yes, Biby!

At a weight of 229 kilograms,

Biby was about to attempt to lift
more than Rom and I combined.

And let's face it,
that's pretty heavy.

Come on!

Yes!

Yeah! Yeah!

Come on! Yeah!

Get it!

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

The flip was as impressive
as the lift, I'd say.

Much better.

The next event was
The Farmer's Walk,

and we were about to be shown
how it was done.

So these are those things
we couldn't lift up.

Oh, my God.

He's looks really -
he looks really uncomfortable.

It looks like his head
is about to explode.

ROB AND ROM: Oh!

From behind, he looks like
a mum going to Zumba

after a heavy summer.

Finally it was the moment
we'd all been waiting for -

seeing Scottish hero Tom Stoltman

compete in the Atlas stones.

Do you think he can get shorts that
are bigger, or he chooses them?

COMMENTATOR: Tom Stoltman
against Evan Singleton.

It all comes down to this.

Stoltman on the first one,
slightly quicker.

Singleton fumbles.

He goes for the third stone.
It's so easy.

Six-foot-nine of Scottish beef.

Oh, my goodness, he slips!
And so too, Singleton!

Who would have thought that?

Wow. Normally when
the stones go down,

they stay down.
The fatigue kicks in.

That was a great recovery.

What an effort.
Unbelievable lifting.

(APPLAUSE)

Ah, he dropped it.

It had ended in chaos,
but big Tom Stoltman

had pulled off a win in the stones.

And while he enjoyed the moment,

we met back up with Eddie
for a debrief.

Guys, how did you find that?
Loved it. Yes, Ed.

Properly, properly loved it.
What was your favourite bit, then?

I don't want to be that guy,
- but Atlas stones. - Yeah.

- Was that the last one?
- The last one. Well, I've got a bit of a challenge

I'm gonna set you.
So in two weeks time,

we'll have the Arnold Classic UK.
Ever heard of that?

It's in LA normally. A big Arnold
- Schwarzenegger event. - Yeah.

So Arnold Schwarzenegger does these
- specials all around the world. - Yeah.

It's like a big celebration of
people's achievements in Strongman,

cross-fit. You name it, it's there.

And I wanna invite you two... Yeah.
..to compete against each other

to see who's the alpha
between you two.

The Arnold Classic was being held
at Birmingham NEC,

and will be attended by tens
of thousands of people.

So, in front of a packed arena,

Rob and I would be going
up against each other

in an Atlas stone challenge

to see - as Eddie puts it -
which of us is the alpha.

Are we gonna alpha each other off?
Are you gonna what?

- Alpha each other.
- Alpha each other? Have each other off, did you say?

Yeah, that sounded worse.
That sounded a bit weird.

No, but alpha each other.
Who's the alpha?

- Who's the beta?
- Who is... Who's the alpha, who's the beta?

What? Who's the beta?
- Oh, beta, I see. - Ah, sorry. Oh.

It's just I don't know that word
cos I'm the alpha.

Oh, right. Oh! It's like that, is it?

You bitch.
(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHING) Fucking hell.

He - he done that.

What the...?
You mugged that off.

What the...?(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
What the fuck are you doing?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

I was just -
What's wrong with your balance?

I wasn't expecting to get shoved.
(LAUGHS)

I thought I was having
a conversation.

I'm not outside of Wetherspoon's.

I think you're the alpha, mate.
- Let's be fair. - Thank you, yeah.

Right, Eddie, you've set the
challenge. Any tips for us?

Honestly, biggest and best tip
I can get you

is go and get some training.
- Yeah. - OK.

I am sorry about that.
I thought that was a bit of fun.

Eddie, I'm gonna sort him out.
- Thank you. - Awesome.

Eddie, I'm so sorry you
- had to see that. - No, no.

- Thanks a lot, guys.
- Cheers, mate. - Thank you.Take care.

Did you fall over on purpose?
No!

I didn't push you that hard.
- Rob. - I'm sorry.

Mate, I just wasn't expecting
to fall like that.(LAUGHS)

(CHEERING)
ROB: This week we are beefing up

and taking on the world of Strongman.

Eddie 'The Beast' Hall has
set us a head-to-head

Atlas stone challenge.

I wanna invite you two... Yeah.
..to compete against each other

to see who's the alpha
between you two.

But then Rob decided to demo
his alpha credentials.

You bitch.
(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHING) Fucking hell!
(BOTH LAUGHING)

So, with just a fortnight to prepare
for our Atlas stone challenge

and save our friendship,

Eddie sent us to the spiritual home
of Strongman.

Iceland.

And let's just say the mood
in the car was frosty.

ROB: Before we set to work,
I had some explaining to do.

Sorry about the shove.
What are you sorry about, exactly?

Sorry that you fell over.
Can I explain what happened?

- From my side?
- I know what happened. I saw it from the ground.

I just thought it would be
a bit of fun.

It's definitely my fault.
You know, I'm mostly to blame.

Is it def - what?!
What?

- What do you mean "mostly"?
- I don't think you needed to fall over.

What do you mean? No, of course
I didn't need to fall over.

No, but looked like - you know when
Paolo Di Canio pushed the ref over?

- Yeah.
- And he stumbled back. It wasn't that...

- It wasn't that bad.
- It was. - It wasn't that bad.

I admit it was slow motion,
and I admit that halfway through

I thought maybe I'm not going
to the ground, I know I am.

(LAUGHS)
That-That did go through my head.

You were stumbling for ages.
I thought that you'd made it

look worse on purpose.

But look, I'm really sorry
that that happened.

I didn't mean for that to happen.
So it's only fair you get one free hit on me.

You can give me a slap, make me
do something - is that fair?

And then we're evens.
All right. I accept your apology.

Yep, OK. Deal?

All right, deal.

Iceland has claimed nine
World's Strongest Man titles,

and we would be training with
one of their all-time greats -

Magnus Ver Magnusson.

Four times World's Strongest Man
and Icelandic national hero.

COMMENTATOR: This one
is for the title.

The rest are beaten.
(CHEERING)

This is real emotion for
Magnus Ver Magnusson.

Our first stop was his gym, Jakabol.

Translation - nest of giants.

Oh, God.

And it looked terrifying.
(STRAINS)

Oh, Romesh, I don't think
this is gonna be...

good for us.

Ha!

"Nest of Giants."

It's like a Game of Thrones episode.
Do giants lay eggs?

(CHUCKLES) Dunno. Maybe that's what's
in their big power bellies?

Absolutely enormous,
full of protein.

That's a big protein egg.
Does he shit out boiled eggs?

The smell is absolutely dreadful.
(INDISTINCT)

(GRUNTS)

Look, if we need to get strong
and mentally tough,

this is the place. Look at it.

You're not on holiday here, are you?

Hiya, Magnus.
Hello, Magnus.

Hi, guys! Welcome to Gym Jakabol.

Nice to meet you.
Nest of Giants.

I know. We're very excited.
We've seen all your trophies.

Yeah?
Eddie Hall said a lot

of Strongman is mentality
and it's psychological.

You've got to think that you
- can achieve anything. - OK.

And seriously I believe you can
achieve anything you want

if you're ready to work hard
- enough for it. - OK.OK.

Obviously you've got all the weights
and stuff, but do you do -

like, have you got a sauna,
steam room, other things like that?

- No.
- No, OK. This is...

a gym for serious lifters.
Yes.

- Ready to go?
- Yes. - We're ready.

No, don't - come on.

Magnus wasn't messing about.

He was starting us off with
the Strongman favourite -

the Farmer's Walk.
Pick these up.

- OK.All right?Oh, yeah.
- Yeah. And you walk with them.

We were going to be carrying
loaded weights,

but these guys haul anvils.

This would be a massive test for
our upper body and grip strength.

And unfortunately we had
attracted the attention

of some of the Jakabol big boys.

- Straight back, Rob.
- All right. Get your grip. Ready?

Fucking hell.
(WHISTLE BLOWS) Go.

I don't think I'm gonna make it back.

- Faster.
- Go on, Rob. Come on, Rob.

Almost there!

Come on, pick it up. Pick it up.

One more!

(STRAINS)
Yes, Rob!

Ah, ah... Move!
Come on.

Don't give up.
Don't give up, Rob.

- Go!
- Finish it! Finish it!

- Come on!
- The bigger boys were screaming at me

and I didn't want to find out what
they'd do if I didn't finish it.

Finish it.
(GRUNTS)

Easy-peasy, Rob. Piece of piss.

Fucking hell.
Nest of giants, we fight!

I'm a big boy, I'm a big boy.
Massive boy!

(STRAINS)
Finish!

It keeps slipping.
Rob was really struggling now.

But I was there to offer him
some friendly encouragement.

Finish it, you prick!
Oooh!

Finish!
That's so hard.

Finish, you arsehole!
- Come on! - Finish it!

Move!
Move!

- Yeah! Come on!
- Move! Come on!

Finish it!
Everything!

Finish! Come on!

You're almost there.

Want some chalk?
Come on, shout! I-I don't...

Finish it, you piece of shit!
- Yeah.Come on. - Finish!

Come on!
Aaargh!

Come on, move!
Absolute cock!

Finish it, you wanker!
(WHISTLE BLOWS)

- Yes!
- Fuck. (APPLAUSE)

It had nearly killed me,
but I'd crossed the line.

So that's one minute:17:75.

Rob's Farmer's Walk looked
like a waking nightmare.

And now it was my turn.

Visualise it.
Pardon?

Believe you can do it.
Believe you can do it.

This was going to be awful,

so I needed to mentally prepare.

90% of it is mental toughness.
If you're not confident

you're gonna lift something,
you're not gonna lift it.

I really don't believe
I can do this.

As soon as you lift it,
the clocks starts.

Go on, mate.
(WHISTLE BLOWS) Go!

Oh, he's flying.
- He's looking good. - Go on, Rom!

This is unbelievable.

(STRAINS)
Go, Rom!

That's easy.
Yes, Rom!

Yes! Finish it!

Don't think about it. Just lift.

Ah! Go on, Rom!

- Move!
- Move! - Move!

- Move!
- Go on. Oh!

Go on, Rom! Come on!
Pick it up!

Come on.

(STRAINS)
- Yes! - Come on.

Finish it! Come on, Rom!

- Finish it.
- Almost there. Come on, mate.

Come on! Come on!

Ah, you're almost there.
Go on, Rom. Last bit.

- One more pick up.
- Keep going. Come on, finish it.

- A little bit more.
- A little - bit more.

Come on.
(LAUGHS) Yes!

(APPLAUSE)
Fuck, yes! (WHISTLE BLOWS)

How was that?
Awful.

(LAUGHS)
It feels good, though.

Your time was 54:78.

Wow! You smashed me.
(APPLAUSE)

If you hadn't of done it,
I absolutely wouldn't have done it.

That's good we can spur each other
on. This is gonna be good, then.

It feels like we might actually have
an entertaining final challenge. Yeah.

And what's really nice about this,
we keep pushing each other on, we keep pushing each other on,

we can talk about it
in hospital later.

Our next backbreaking test
was the Atlas stones.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

This is the event we'd be
going head-to-head in

at the Arnold Sports Festival.

So it will be a good measure
of our ability

and our bravery.

You lift through your body.
Through your body.

You go under it, you lift like this. Oh.

I shouldn't have made that noise.
- And you put it up. - Yep.

I kept making weird guttural noises
when he lifted it up.

Like I paid to watch that on some
sort of website or something.

Every time he lifted up an
Atlas stone, I'd go "Oooh!"

- Oof.
- OK.Why do I keep making those noises?

You're being really weird.
It's so embar - weird.

Come in and have a feel for it.
Yep.

And on the whistle you can go.
Underneath it. OK.

Right. Ready?
Yeah.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Go on, Rob. Yes, Rob!
There you go.

Over it.
Yep.

Yeah, looking good.
Holy shit, Rob.

OK.
(LAUGHS)

(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

Come on.

- Hands underneath.
- Yes, Rob! Yes, yes.

Yes.
(GRUNTS)

- Oh!
- You got it! Whoo!

Mate, was genuinely amazing.

Rob had really thrown
down the gauntlet

by demolishing the Atlas stone.

But I just had one thing on my mind.

One of my lifelong dreams is to give
myself a life-altering injury

in front of Magnus Ver Magnusson.
He talks shit, Magnus.

He smashed that Farmer's Walk.
I know he did, didn't he?

It's all in his head.
- Ready? - Yeah.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Here we go.

Oh, God, he clicked. He's gonna have
to do a hip op to save my life next.

Oh, go on, Rom! Whoa, in one?!

There you go. You need
to get better under it.

Here he is. Go on, Rob.
OK.

- Hoo-hoo!
- Get it there. Come on. Come on, Rom!

- Come on.
- Dog shit. You've got to regrip it.

- Regrip.
- Regrip it in your lap. Put your hands around it.

Get it, Rom! Yes!
There you go.

- Here we go, big dog stuff.
- This one can absolutely fuck off, Magnus,

I tell you.
Get underneath it, Rom.

Get it onto your thighs.
(GRUNTS)

Get your legs over it.
Stand over it.

(GRUNTS)
Sideways.

Can I give up? I can't.

Come on, Rom, you can do it!
Come on. Where's that bloke?

Someone slap him. Finish it!

No, I give up.
I can't, I can't, I can't.

I can't.
It's all about mentality.

My chances of pulling off a victory
in our head-to-head challenge

have just taken a massive tumble.

You did not regrip that.

You were like - it was like...
Juggling.

I don't know what you were trying to do. You thought it was a
- basketball or something. - Yeah.

And I'm shit at basketball,
as well, to be fair.

No, you're good.
If you'd done the technique,

it would've been fine.
That was disappointing, wasn't it?

I was disappointed that
you didn't do that.

I was sure you could do that.
You definitely can.

I'm...
Finish?

- Finish!Yeah, finish.
- Finish it! - Yeah!Finish it!

The whole thing about Strongman,
everyone we've spoken to,

you finish, you do it. They were
screaming "Finish it, finish it!"

They're all talking about how
you've got to get it done.

And so they said, "Come on,
you do that last Atlas stone."

Almost...!

- Hands underneath.
- Let's go! - Let's go.

Down, Rom!
He's almost there.

They start shouting things that
are just patently untrue.

Do you know what I mean?
"Easy! Simple!"

Uh.
"Basic!" It's not.

You don't want to say,
"Sorry, just so you know, this is really fucking hard."

Come on!
- Let's go! - Easy!

Is my arse crack showing?
(LAUGHS)

- Hands underneath.
- Easy-peasy. (LAUGHING) I can't. I can't.

(LAUGHTER)
- Get up. - I can't.

All right, leave it,
leave it, leave it.

(LAUGHING) I can't. I can't.

I absolutely...

You're gonna have to get some
machinery in here or something.

Finish it.

Go on, you take it.
No.(LAUGHS)

Oh!
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

There's been a lot of
embarrassing moments

filming this show with Romesh.

But in a strongman gym where everyone
is screaming, "Do it, do it!

Finish it! Finish it!"

And then the big boss man of the gym,
ex-world's strongest man goes,

"Just don't.
Just don't do it to yourself."

So, to summarise how you guys did,

you did - did better.
OK.

And, er...
That's OK.

You need to work on your...
Attitude?

..mental toughness.
- Not attitude. - I'm sorry.

Mental toughness.
And you need to get a stronger back.

OK. That feels slightly
more difficult.

(LAUGHS)
How do you make your back better?

You do a lot of lifting,
like deadlifting.

My core has always been
a problem for me,

and also mentally...
One of the things I noticed

when I was doing all of those
things, as soon as it went once,

I was just like, "This is over."
In my case, I always believed

- that I could do anything.
- Have you had that ever since you were a kid,

or did you have to train yourself?
Pretty much.

I was brought up on a farm,

so I was driving the tractor
at like 10-11 years old,

doing all the work...
Yeah...on the farm.

What were you doing at 10-11?
My mum took me to the doctor

because I was way too heavy
for my age.

Yeah, we've both been
like really fat kids.

It's the best we've ever looked.
- All right. - Tragic, isn't it?

So then we're gonna make you
look even better.

- Yeah! Yes!
- Aw, I love... - Mate, I love that.

I tell you what, I'd come here
every week if it weren't a three-hour flight.

But training is not done.
OK.OK.

I've got something special lined up
for you for the next...

next one.

That was the last thing
we wanted to hear.

Magnus' next test of strength

would take us into the
Icelandic countryside.

On the plus side, we were leaving
the Jakabol gym behind.

Just takes me back to
having PE lessons.

I just sort of... Where did
you have PE? Soviet Russia?

Yeah. It was like just one

really scary white geezer just
screaming at me.(LAUGHS)

Yeah. Do you know what? You know you
wanted your Sven-type character?

I'm...
Yeah?

- Lisa already likes him.
- Does she? She's obsessed with him.

- Why are you so keen?
- Well, I'm hoping they'll let me be in...

(LAUGHS)

Um, I just want the best for Lisa.

Do you want him to cuddle you?

I would love that.

Nothing can harm me
when I'm in your arms.

Why did I say that?

Move!
Finish it!

ROB: This week we are getting
stronger, ready to go head-to-head

in a Strongman competition.
Yeah, looking good.

ROM: We're in Iceland, training with

four-times world's strongest man
Magnus Ver Magnusson,

who's already put us to the test
in his gym.

Whoa! In one?!

The next chapter in our
strongman training regime

is taking us deep into the
Icelandic wilderness.

It's a lovely view, innit,
if you like, um...

mountains and that.
It's good views, innit?

Very sparsely populated, Iceland.
Oh, hello, misadventures.

- Shut up, Romesh.
- Oh, no, come on, let's do some of your stiff-necked stuff.

- Here we go.
- One of the things, um, I've noticed about Iceland

is when you're...
- I'll be your guide. - OK, OK.

I'm the Icelandic guide.
You do your Romesh stuff.

So, just looking around,
I can't help noticing there's a...

If you were driving around in
the UK, there would be people everywhere,

but this is a lot more kind of...
(BAD ICELANDIC ACCENT) Oh, yeah.

It's only 360,000 population,
Iceland.

And sparsely populated
for huge land mass.

And how do you find that sort of
affects the way of life here?

Do you find it - does the idea
of living in a city,

like a really packed city,
sort of freak you out a bit?

(BAD ICELANDIC ACCENT)
Yeah, yeah, I moved to London.

I thought it would be easy-peasy,
but no. A tough, busy place.

OK, I'm gonna be honest with you.
(SNORTS)

I don't even think you can do that.
I can!

(MOCKING) A busy place!
I can't... easy-peasy.

(BAD ICELANDIC ACCENT)
No, London, no. Too busy for me.

We were heading to meet Magnus
at the Husafell state,

home to the fabled Hysafell Stone,

which has been used as an
Icelandic test of strength

for over 200 years.

In 1992, the stone
was the final event

in World's Strongest Man,

which ended in disaster
for Magnus...

COMMENTATOR: He's losing it.
The Husafell Stone has gone.

..costing him the title
in his home country.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

That was nearly 30 years ago, and
now we were about to be introduced

to the exact same Husafell Stone.

Right.
So, guys...

are you ready for your
- next challenge? - Yes.

I was expecting the harsh realities
of an Icelandic lifestyle,

and we've got it.

Luckily for me, though, I've been
to an outdoor sports shop.

This is the Husafell Stone.
OK.OK.

The weight of this is 186 kilos,

which is like just over 400 pounds.

The legend says the
farmer's daughter

carried this around a sheep's pen.

It's not an easy task.
It's definitely not doable

- in the wet weather.
- Listen, well, let's come back in the dry

- and I'll have a go.
- I'm still gonna let you have a go at it.

Sure, cos it's more dangerous.

- Just raise it up to that.
- Yeah. See how that feels.

Don't do your stupid little
knee thing.(STRAINS)

- What is that?
- Come here and help him. See if you lift it together.

Then you move back a bit and we'll
try and lift this up. Look.

(GRUNTS, STRAINS, LAUGHS)
Come on.

(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
How big was this farmer's daughter?

Don't, you're gonna do yourself
an injury.

- Can you show us?
- You can't do that. Can you still move that?

I don't know. I haven't tried
that for... for a long time.

I can give it a go, though.

Oh, my God.

That's 400 pounds.
There you go. (LAUGHS)

(STUTTERS)

Was that difficult for you?

(LAUGHS)

Are you switching off the gravity
on that when you do it?(LAUGHS)

I-I-I can't believe the difference.
(CHUCKLES)

I cannot believe it.
You didn't even strain.

That was just up, down.
What I've prepared for you guys

is the kid's stone.

Can we think of a different name?
(LAUGHS)

Beginner's stone, maybe?
Novice stone?(LAUGHS)

So we've been demoted from the
legendary Husafell Stone

to the kid's stone.

But Magnus had one more
surprise for us.

Let's make this another challenge.

So you pick this stone up...

..and you take it to the mountains.

Magnus was now putting our
mental strength to the test

with this endurance night.

See ya. Thanks for this, Magnus.
- Come on. - Thanks for this experience.

Have fun.
Yeah, thank you.

The instructions were
painfully simple -

take the kid's stone up the mountain.

But it was cold, wet and what
we hadn't realised was...

just how high mountains are.

This was the perfect challenge
for Rom

to prove his mental toughness.

I genuinely don't want to do this.

Our end goal - a bench at the
summit of the waterfall.

We can't do this.
Absolutely can't do this.

We've gotta do it together as a team
and support each other.

This is a real moment for us
as friends,

as a double act, you know?
So we're gonna have to dig deep.

Like Dec after Ant crashed his Mini
around that roundabout.

We're not gonna be able to do this,
- Rob.Shut up! - No, but we're not.

I won't be able to do it
if you keep shouting.

No, I'm just being realistic.
I don't want you to be realistic, mate.

If we were still realistic,
you'd be a maths teacher

and I'd be in prison.
You've got to dream.

We'd walked less than 100 metres

and Rom's positivity had
already abandoned him.

But I was determined
to get the job done.

It's like doing SAS: Who Dares Wins
without a load of pricks, innit?

Uh.

Rob, I...
Come on, Romesh!

♪ Getting stronger!

It's like Rocky.

Come on.

Ah.

Whoo!

Rom.

We did it.

Rob, we're not even
a quarter of the way.

Romesh, like, I don't wanna harral.

I've carried the whole way
and you're more tired than me.

You've gotta get out of this funk.

Come on. Let's enjoy it!
It's fun! Fresh air!

It's great news if the
cloud clears up.

This is the dumbest shit.
Come on, pick it up and go.

Absolutely the dumbest shit.
Rom, I wanna get this done. Come on.

- Can I tell you something?
- Yeah, you can while you carry that. Come on.

Worse than the colonic,
this, as an idea.

Oh, yeah...
Absolutely worse than the colonic.

If they had a tube here to
stick up my arse right now,

I'd hug someone for that...
You know, I'd take two tubes.

..to not take this fucking stone
up to the top here for no reason.

Well, we've got to. Come on.
The farmer's daughter didn't even do this.

Rob, I need a break.

Rob.

Shut up!
I need a break.

We said we'd do it.
I am not going up there.

- Eat a dick.
- Come on! I am not going up there.

Get it to the bottom and
I'll take it up the steep bit.

I'll take it in a minute
when you get tired.

I'm tired.

- Are you serious?
- Yeah. I'd rather carry it than you moan.

Well, OK. In that case I think
we've found ourselves a deal.

I've been doing it for
all the other series.

For a while we were
making good progress,

but as soon as Rom
got the stone back,

the moaning started up again.

Look at what we've done so far.
Yeah, but honestly I...

It's so difficult to care.
(CHUCKLES)

I just couldn't give less of a shit.

Fuck.
I know it sounds mental,

but I didn't expect there to be
so many hills.(EXHALES)

So far Mother Nature had done
everything she could

to make our journey harder.

But she had a pleasant surprise
in store.

What's happening?
Having a drink, mate.

- OK, go on.
- It's fresh Icelandic water, this, mate.

That's really cold.
Yeah.

I think what's most shocking
is your surprise at that.

Do you know the legend behind this?
What?

It's the farmer's daughter's piss.

Actually I'm more into it now.

Right, let's go.

(LAUGHS)

I think we're getting delirious.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

After what seemed like hours being
drenched by ice-cold rain...

I hate this.

..and Rob's relentless optimism...

We're a team! We've got this, Rom!

..I felt more defeated than ever.

Then our endpoint came into view.

And seeing that bench reminded me
of what it would take

to get this done.

90% of it is mental toughness.

You know, it's having
that self belief.

With Eddie's words
ringing in my ears,

for the first time I knew
we could do this.

Do you want me to give you
- a bit of support? - Um...

That's quite good, actually.
Look at us!

Come on, come to Daddy.
Fucking hell.

Fuck sake.

Fuck.
Fucking hell.

(LAUGHING) Fuck.
How many fucking hells can we do?

My back's really hurting.
Uh.

We were within touching distance
of our end goal,

and gaining something close to the
mental strength of a strongman.

We couldn't stop now.

Finish it!

Easy-peasy!

- Yes!
- Yes! Yes!

Yes!
Yes.

Oh.

Oh, (INDISTINCT).

Easy-peasy.

(PANTING)

I tell you what I'm not looking
- forward to.Yeah. - Carrying this all the way back down.

We ain't doing that.
- We'll leave it here. - Yeah.

So then people that watch the show
- can come and visit it. - Yeah.

That would be great.

People just go, "Do you know what?

I saw this stone on Sky Max."

(LAUGHS)

What was that laugh?

I've got nothing left. Lucky I've
got these waterproof gloves.

I'm gonna go and have a look
at the waterfall.

Yeah, OK.
- You wanna do that? - Yeah.

Do you know what, Rom?
I'm proud of us.

This is the first time we've
actually done something

we normally would fail.
I know.

And we did it.
It feels weird, doesn't it?

We were ending our time
in Iceland on a high.

But in just a weeks' time, Rob
and I would be going head-to-head

in an Atlas stone challenge.

After my pathetic performance
in the gym,

I need Eddie Hall levels of
self belief to stand a chance.

Fucking hell, it's a bit steep,
isn't it?

ROB: Two weeks ago,
Eddie 'The Beast' Hall

sent us on a mission.

The Arnold Classic UK and I
wanna invite you two... Yeah.

..to compete against each other to
see who's the alpha between you two.

ROM: The Arnold Classic is a huge
event in the strongman calendar,

hosted by Arnie himself and
some of his A-list friends.

In front of a crowd of thousands,

we'd be going head-to-head in
an Atlas stone challenge.

We'd been training hard...
(GRUNTS) Oh!

..but after Rom's performance
in Iceland,

he'd need a miracle
to pull off a win.

Hands underneath.
(LAUGHING) I can't, I can't.

(LAUGHS) All right, leave it,
leave it, leave it.

We'd arrived at the NEC
in Birmingham,

where in a couple of hours we'd
be on stage going mano a mano.

How are you feeling?
Well, I'm a bit nervous

cos we're doing cement ones, because
that's what the professionals use.

Sure. Yeah, I'm a bit nervous
because I couldn't do the rubber ones.

I tell you what,
it's all about mentality.

That isn't cement.
They're giant Maltesers

with the chocolate licked off.
- OK, well, I'm vegan. - Great!

The chocolate's been licked off.
That's how I eat my Maltesers, actually.

Have them all.
Hand them over to Lisa,

get them cleaned up
and then smash them down.

Just one other thing.
So you know, um...

we had the incident?

- Yeah.
- The shove. The misunderstanding.

The lack of balance.
- Not misunderstanding. - The shove. The shove, yeah.

You told me in Iceland
- that I had a credit. - Yeah.

That I could cash in at any point.
- I owe you one. - Yeah.

So I've chosen the outfit for you
to do the Atlas stones in.

What is it?
It's not ridiculous.

- No?
- It's not out of keeping for what people wear at these type of events.

I would be wearing what they wear. You know when we went
- to Giants Live? - Yeah.

There were people wearing
what I'm asking you to wear. Am I gonna look like Iron Biby?

If you decide to be massively
politically incorrect, yeah, you could do.

- Really?
- I put a costume down in a jar of Marmite.

No, I'm... No, I didn't mean that.
I meant the clothes.

I can't. I know I owe you one,
but I can't black up.(LAUGHS)

That's too much, Rom.

- Innit?
- Iron Bobby. I'll do one arm.

(BOTH LAUGH)

But Rob's outfit wasn't the only
surprise I have in store for him.

It's very, very important to me,

and Rob doesn't know this. It's very
important to me to win today.

So I basically had to feign surprise
of what the Atlas stones

looked like. I've had them
round my house all week.

So, um... I have decided
to start training

with the Atlas balls, Atlas stones
so that I can beat Rob.

They dropped the Atlas stones
on the front driveway.

It's taken me 45 minutes to get them
into the back garden.

My wife said I can't keep them
in the house.

To give you an idea
of how that went,

I've injured that hand and
I've injured that finger,

so it's going pretty well.

But home practice wasn't enough.
I wanted to beat Rob so much

that I'd enlisted a personal trainer
to help me.

- Yeah, chest up.
- And apart from him regularly mugging me off...

Eddie the Eagle.
Fuck you.

..I was feeling ready to take
the fight to Rob.

I have done everything I can.

I don't wanna get too cocky, but...

I think I might actually smash this.

We were the first event onstage.

And by now the NEC was packed
with the body beautiful.

Soon all eyes would be on us.

The main arena was filling up,

and while Rob prepared for his
humiliating stage entrance,

I had time for a final peptalk

from the one and only
Magnus Ver Magnusson.

Magnus, so lovely to
see you again, man.

You think I'm gonna win this?
I think you can.

You think I can is not quite
- the same. - The thing is, do you believe you can do it?

- Yes! Yes!
- I believe you can do it. Yeah, OK, I believe I can.

Yeah! OK.That's it.
I can do it, yes!

Yeah!

OK, thank you, Magnus.

(APPLAUSE)

The arena was nearly at capacity,

and as I tried to channel
my inner Arnie

and Rob made his final preparations,

the event got underway.

(APPLAUSE)

ANNOUNCER: Hello and welcome
to Giants Live

at the Arnold Sports Festival.

Today we have a very
special challenge

between two up-and-coming strongmen.

They'll be going head-to-head in the
signature event, the Atlas stones.

Well, they'll be lifting stones
in increasing weights

up to 60 kilograms.

The fastest time will win.
Simple as that.

Now let's meet the two challengers.

All the way from Crawley.

♪ Allow me to reintroduce myself,
my name is HOV....

Romesh Ranganathan!

Brains and brawn.

He has the swagger
of a man in shape.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Oh, look at this.
I didn't realise it was a gun show.

(CHEERING)

Who is he up against?

The Bromley boy!

The Bromley bull! It's Rob Beckett!

('MACARENA' PLAYING)

(CHEERING)

And you can see he's been
putting in the extra hours,

and he isn't afraid to show it.

(LAUGHS)

He looks like a smaller
Tom Stoltman.

The blue shorts, the bare chest.

Just missing some of
the musculature.

5,000 fans here at the Arnold Expo.

And they are getting ready
to see, hopefully,

what will be the showdown
of the year in strongman.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)
They are onto the first stone.

They get heavier and heavier.
First stones go up.

Four stones in total.

They're onto the third.

The training was paying off.

I had to make this
third stone count.

Oh, Rob gets it!

The pressure got to me,

but Rob still had the final stone
to deal with.

And it's in!
Beckett!

Buckets it with no problem
whatsoever!

As Romesh to finish it off in style!

- Oh, no!
- One more. That surely is it.

Finish! Come on!

Oh, what a comeback here.
I thought it was over.

Yes, come on! Easy-peasy!

Finish it!
- Boom! Yeah! - Yeah!

He found it from somewhere.
Whoo!

The intensity has paid off.
Yes, Rom.

Well, let's hear it from our winner
who's with Eddie Hall now.

How does it feel?
Yeah.

I'll be honest, Eddie, I don't
feel like I look like a winner.

(LAUGHTER)
Oh, you do. You definitely do.

I feel like I'm an entire man
having a divorce and a breakdown,

but, you know... (LAUGHTER)
..I did the stones.

I think - do you know what? We came
in this as absolute amateurs.

No idea what we was doing
and I feel we did well.

And I think seeing Romesh go back
when he dropped it and finish it -

unbelievable. Romesh, everyone!

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yes! Thank you very much!

Right, ladies and gentlemen,
well done to Rob.

Romesh, terrible.

I'd blown it.

Despite a week of
backbreaking training

Rob had destroyed me.

Go on, Rom! Come on!

And in an unexpected twist,

he'd been magnanimous in victory.

Romesh, everyone. Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

I don't know what's making me
feel worse.

The humiliating loss,
or the fact that now

I was gonna have to
come clean to him.

Oh, my God.

That was stressful.
Yeah, well done, mate.

- Here you go.
- Oh, can I have a top? - Oh, thanks.

- Cheers, mate.
- Very happy for you. Oh, what the...

That's... Oh, brill, yeah, great.

Yeah, I feel better now.
- Yeah? - Yeah, great. That's really...

You look like an
uncooked cheeseburger.

Thank God I've got a T-shirt
on now, so...

Can you see my nipples in this
- or not? - Well done, mate.

Oh, that was fun.
- I enjoyed that. Did you? - Y-Yeah.

Well done for getting that last
one up. That was high pressure.

Well, there's a couple of things
- I need to tell you. - What?

One... Yeah.
- ..we're completely all square. - Yep.

The other thing is on Monday
of this week... Yeah.

..I got sent a set of Atlas stones

to train with and I've been training
every day since I got them.

- No. Have you?!
- Yeah.

Really?!
Yeah, cos I wanted to beat you.

So... So you've been training
- with those ones? - Yeah.

Exactly those ones.
With your PT?Yeah.

And... And that's what I did.
So whenever...

I wondered. You did get better.

..whenever you kept going
"Well done, well done,"

I just thought, 'Oh, piss off.'
That's really embarrassing, isn't it?

I was trying to big you up
because I - but you've been...

you've been sneakily practicing.

I've done about half an hour every
morning for the last five days.

Anyway, it just shows you
that hard work pays off.

You know, if you really
sort of strive

and work your arse off,
you can still get the same result

as you would have done if you'd
spent the week just dicking about.

Um, anyway, look,
we've got better, haven't we?

I didn't realise how much
it's about,

you know, your mental attitude.
Yeah. And you did it, though.

That crowd got you going
- and you did it. - Yeah.

- We performed at Giants Live.
- Yeah. - Doing the Atlas stones.

We got to hang out with four-time
- strongest man in the world. - Yeah.

- Train with him.
- And I think you could convince, you know,

Magnus and Lisa to get off
with each other.

You wanted a big -I don't think
there's any convincing Lisa.

OK, or you could just Sellotape.
- Yeah. - We did it really well.

Let's go back and watch the rest
- of it.Yeah, all right. - Yeah.

Go and watch some more weightlifting.
- Let's go. - Come on. Too hard.

What are you gonna do with Lisa?
Like go for dinner or just let him

- in the house and go out?
- I could just watch and then touch myself.

(LAUGHS)

♪ BILLY OCEAN:
When the Going Gets Tough

♪ Oh, baby

♪ Do-da-do-da

♪ I've got something to tell you

♪ I've got something to say

♪ I'm gonna put this dream in motion

♪ Never let nothing stand in my way

♪ When the going gets tough

♪ The tough get going ♪

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