Ajay Joshi

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 13

Nawanshahr’s Jatinder Singh Hayal is a real life Hercules. He can pull two tractors (weighing 2 tonne each) and a combine machine (weighing 10 tonne) with his teeth.

The 28-year-old boasts several records, including International Book of Record (July 4), India Book of Record (July 5), American Book of Record (July 19) and OMG Book of Records (July 17) this year.

Around 74-kg Jatinder had been working on his exceptionally amazing power for the past two years, it was during the second wave of Covid when he decided to create waves with the strength of his teeth. To get his name registered in various books of records, he pulled two tractors with his teeth for 15 feet in 36 seconds. Later, breaking his own record, he pulled two tractor-trailers for 13 feet in 44 seconds.

His strength to lift a 50-kg bag of compost with teeth in 15 seconds and 35-kg bricks and other previous achievements have fetched him the Inspiration of India Award by a Mumbai-based organisation today.

He says his power to pull things just with his teeth comes from sipping 250-500-gm desi ghee and having khas khas (poppy seeds) and milk. Apart from attaining this unique feat, Jatinder also holds the eighth rank in the International Powerlifting Federation list.

“It’s been 11 years since I have been practicing powerlifting. My father was also a powerlifter and a farmer. After his demise, I took up the sports seriously and being the eldest among four siblings, I wanted to achieve something big to support my family,” said Jatinder of Hayal village. He also works as a manager at a fuel station and a ‘granthi’ at a gurudwara.

Performing similar stunts, his videos pulling two tractors using hands and a rope had gone viral on the social media in 2019 and for the last two years, he had been focusing on developing his present skill that started with lifting bricks and stones with teeth.