Just started stone lifting yesterday. Lots of fun and far more difficult than people assume.

What a shame that we have to pause/think before we say Manly, as though it’s a vulgar expression. Why can’t men celebrate their strength 🙁

Challenging!!!! Brain strength!

Jesus dude. That’s impressive as hell

Love the stone work, I do that weekly. You should get a tire with a strap for pulls/ rows ... use stones as weight in the tire. Peace

This is real man shit!!! Old school strength is build from real work

@strengthequalsii626

Жыл бұрын

You said it! Dinosaur training, good old fashion work! Nothing compares!

Wow. Great job. Pure natural performance. Just wow💪

The most favorite stone carrying video I’ve seen thus far. Mahalo for the inspiration!

Great video! Just stumbled upon stone lifting and found this video looking for info. Totally not disappointed. Great work!

Very good stuff - interesting thoughts and very inspirational. Thank you

insanely strong bro respect!!!!

Lifting to shoulder makes it even harder. If you don’t have stones you can also use sandbags.

@strengthequalsii626

8 ай бұрын

Yeah definitely! I have sandbags I have some videos of me doing that movement.

Nice walk ! Impressive. I love real world strength, also the fact that you are doing it in everyday clothes not gym clothes that's even better

DAMN HOSS!!! Strong Dude! Just subbed. 💪

Awesome video man. I live stones! I subbed!

Just found this channel, I like the functionality of your workouts!! Keep posting

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I will.

Great video Was looking how to start.

Great stuff! If you’ve ever done, it then you know.

Great video. Stonemen are the strongest and the cardio is superior

Beast mode!

Great Job 👍🧨🔥💯

Wow it was awesome

Well done

Great stuff. I’ve enjoyed stone lifting over the years for my Kung Fu. Training.

Great lifting, strong as hell

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I use to lift heavy back in high-school and college, but I'm also a farm boy and here in ohio we have 300+ lb sand stones and I carry them to stay in shape and they are long and awkward to pickup . My family is scotch Irish so the stone heritage def pushes me.

Great job. I'm training for the Husafell stone @ 400+. I hope to go to Iceland and give it a try this year.

@Hellas488

3 жыл бұрын

Im from greece and i want to become a strongman but we dont have equipment in our gyms

@Backyard_Chickens

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hellas488 You can lift natural stones. The stone lifting video from The Strength Equals Show is a great video about stone lifting. You can find free stones in many places. You can also do weighted push-ups and pull-ups to help get your body in shape. If you can get a deadlift bar that will be a great strongman exercise. Strongman is all about the stones, so try to start there. Best of luck to you. Work = Results. The more work you put into your strongman routines the more you will get out of it.

멋진영상 감사합니다.

Great training bro

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Never stop pushing! Or pulling!

Our ancestors used to say In real life real strength comes from lifting real things

i really like your finger warmup trick. i've started to lift a big burlap sack that i filled with pebbles. it's maybe 80-100 lbs, not sure. deadlifting the bag off the ground has become difficult with the heavier weight. the weight just slips out of my fingers. i've found that squeezing the bag with my forearms and pecs, then engaging my lats to drive it upwards, is the best way to get it off the ground. lifting sandbags/rocks are deceptively brutal. my whole body hurts now. lol. surprisingly, even the biceps.

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

My biceps are always the most sore after stone and bag day.

Watching this video while camping and lifting stones.

Your perspective is refreshing, want to be youtube friends?

Big respect! The big stone looks a bit like the Husafel stone. I also like stonelifting and carry, maybe its because I am a geologist :)

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I picked this stone because of its similar shape to husafel.

Hello sir..i do have a question for you..i know this is an old video..so if you see this comment great..if not its also okay..i have been doing a bit of natural stone lifting lately..i lift them now a bit in the lighter range as an accessory to my deadlift training..i think I am a bit confused about form and technique at this point..so with deadlifting a barbell you would keep your back straight but with deadlifting a rock you would keep a rounded back position? So basically brace hard with your back and abs but keep a rounded back position ? Is that correct that your back is rounded when you lift? Also I read your reply in another comment where you said to get over the stone and lift using your legs and hips ..so you would say you are not using your back muscles to pull up the weight? I think so far I have been basically bracing my back hard during the rock lift and using my back muscles to pull up all the weight..but you think instead I should use my legs and hips to drive up the weight as one would with a normal deadlift? I think whats throwing me off with the rocks is the rounded back posture ..

Hello Frank your stone lifting is impressive and inspiring. I'm going to go get a few stone down at the river...

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Let me know how it goes. Stay strong!

@noble.savage.1492

2 жыл бұрын

@@strengthequalsii626 I found 4 but took only 3, the fourth was to heavy, but i will go back to get it when i am stronger, the stones are not as big as yours, i will have to lift more to get stronger. I really love this way to work out, thank you!

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

@@noble.savage.1492 Keep fighting for the 4th. Only way to get stronger is through the struggle! And remember, always thank God, and think strong!

I also lift stones. I do running and than lift stones. Any construction was done and they left big cement structure (stones) behind. I lift them above head always. do some drills normal drills too. But my rule is that i lift stone and then do few pull ups. Then lift again and then again do pull ups. So my backbone get ready for running next day. But i don't walk bcz i lift them above head. (Avoid my english)

Wow

Jaja, a mi tambien me gusta levantar piedras y es divertido, saludos de méxico.

good lift bro

Excellent video in all it's aspects from lifting the stone full range to giving the weights of each. I'm wondering do you ever get pain in your tailbone from lifting stones. I got up to lifting a 230 lbs stone for 3 reps and my tailbone feels badly inflammed?

@jessehines4044

3 жыл бұрын

@@strengthequalsii626 Thanks for the reply. I asked someone I know who does both powerlifting and strongman and he said pretty much the same thing you did except for the squeezing part, so I'll give it a try. Btw, have you ever attempted to determine what the average stonelift is for both men and women? Using the CDC's data for average bodyweight, Dr. Lon Kilgore's data on the average deadlift and an estimation of what percentage someone's stonelift is of their deadlift, I have calculated the average stonelift for women at 87 lbs and 154 lbs for men. I'm just wondering if you have arrived at similar numbers.

@jessehines4044

3 жыл бұрын

@@strengthequalsii626 Lol, yeah I can agree with that from personal experience in regards to most people shying away from stones. Stones are intimidating because of how brutal they are. They require a higher level of aggression, pain tolerance and lifting IQ. In a society that always wants the easy way out and to be constantly pampered it's obviously as to why stonelifting is not popular. I only know 2 people who are willing to try them. One of them who deadlifts 405 plus with no straps came over to try the 230 stone. He couldn't get it - it bucked him royally from the lap.

@jessehines4044

3 жыл бұрын

@@strengthequalsii626 While I am fully devoted to maximizing my own strength I like to also compare my strength to others. Not out of vanity (but I do like competition) but rather out of the need to comprehensively measure my progress. Strength is a relative value because whether you're below, above or are average depends on the average of the population. This necessitates strength assessment to be 2 dimensional in nature in order to accurately measure progress. So you would consider both how much you have gained and then compare that when added to the starting value to the overall average value of the population to arrive at a comprehensive view of the effectiveness of your training methodology.

When are you going to attempt the Django lift? 🐕‍🦺🏋️

Tried this today in the woods, very fun actually! by the way your dog is very cool what's the breed?

@strengthequalsii626

3 жыл бұрын

I'm happy that you tried lifting stones. Don't stop! Thanks for the compliment on the dog, he's a Boerboel.

Wow, Titan is heavy, I want to do this

What is your progression scheme on these? Do you usually keep track of the repetitions per set per rock? Thanks!

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

If I'm walking the stones I measure progress by distance I get. I also measure how many times I can lift stone off the floor/ground in 5 minutes. Another way is "hugging" the stone for longer periods.

If you ever find yourself in Utah, come check out our stones! My friend has weighed various stones throughout the state and has a Google map of their gps coordinates. They range from 232lbs (in Moab) to 528lbs (hav lift in the Uinta Mtns) and are a blast to lift

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

If im ever there I will do that. Thanks for info.

Jangos unchained 😅

I notice right when you get into position at the bottom you middle back has a huge topping arch formed. When I squat down like that I'm getting barely any curvature. How are you doing that?

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know. I'm just picking it up. When I lift it I like to look down to the ground and think push with my legs away from the earth. Maybe because my head is down this happens?

@jessehines4044

Жыл бұрын

@@strengthequalsii626 Wow, KZread is not giving me my notifications when they happen. You replied 3 weeks ago and I'm just now seeing it. Are you aware of bracing your back at all? It looks like keeping your face down is good for your upper spine. I've pretty much refined my technique to the nth degree. When I squat down its slightly below 90° my knees are bent forwards but without overshooting my toes. My upperbody is at approximately a 25°, and my shoulders are slightly pulled back and down towards my hips in order to brace my spine. When I begin, I raise both my hips and and my torso at the same time instead of my hips first then my torso (which was causing my hips to overshoot my head and waste leg drive and leverage).

@jessehines4044

Жыл бұрын

@@strengthequalsii626 Another thing, your technique looks very stable and robust. Everything from your hips to your spine and head looks aligned and working together so harmoniously. I also like the simplicity of it as well. The less you have to think about how to do the technique the more you can focus on the lift itself.

will this have a carryover in mma and big 3 lifts sir?

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely! Obviously you have to train in those disciplines, but it will make you stronger. Lifting stones is hard, as well as other awkward lifting. Lifting a 200lb,300lb 400lb, stone is much harder than a 400lb deadlift. Not only physically, but mentally more intense. Can't really explain why, just is. Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying the "big three" aren't useful, they are. Just add this to your lifting. Thanks for watching!

@adityamoray3271

2 жыл бұрын

@@strengthequalsii626 Definitely sir! thank you so much for the advice I will definitely added stone lifting in my routine thanks for the information and your videos are really motivating more power to you sir!!!!!!

Hehee i live in city and local forest is my lift arena. I gathered stones there to do my lifts and ppl has noticed it and started using them too but theres heros who leave them all over the place so im pissed to them, have to look all over cause some morons behaviour... But yea spread the joy of lifting stones

Where is the best place to find natural stones?

@strengthequalsii626

2 жыл бұрын

Anywhere in nature really. That's is what makes stone lifting natural. River stones, mountain stones or ones you find digging. They all can have their own story of how you got them, that in itself is what makes stone lifting great! Hope this helps.

@paul_particularlyunhappynut

2 жыл бұрын

yeah i live nyc bronx not sure where i'd fine bigass stones like these. the ones i found at my local tree only weigh 20

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Dog's weight, 60 lbs, hahaha

@groundunder12

6 ай бұрын

😂

just don't get a hernia,

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