Doing Classic Lifts With Stones

[Brutarian]

Hello, I am interested in adapting some of the classic lifts (mostly deadlift and C&J) to stonelifting.

Firstly, if I lift a large stone from the ground, is this by definition a deadlift, not a squat, no matter how much I bend my knees? Normally, I keep my shoulders down and back, and keep my head up to keep back hyperextended. Any adjustments to this form?

The Clean and Jerk should be a pretty obvious adaptation, except that when you grab a stone from the ground, you need to get a little lower than you would for a bar.

Is a snatch feasible for stonelifting?

I appreciate any ideas that come this way.

[chuckt]

why do you want to do barbell lifts with stones?

I think doing stone lifts the way they do them in strongman comps is great, it will help your deadlift, and mabye your squat. You dont want to arch your back when you do it, rounding out is fine, and you will find you wont be able to lift a heavy stone with an arched back.

video of training partners doing some stones lifts: http://media.putfile.com/WIll-doing-the-stones

http://media.putfile.com/Stone-lifting14

[Brutarian]

Arching = hyperextension
Rounding = flexion
Is this right? I would think you'd want to be more hyperextended than flexed. I'll try it. Thanks.

The videos are cool, but they're really "feats" rather than workouts, aren't they?

[aiwass]

Stone bench press.

[ukstrongman]

Just practice stone loading onto a 5'-6' platform or practice 'shouldering' stones i.e. loading them onto one of your shoulders and then putting it down.

[Brutarian]

why do you want to do barbell lifts with stones?

There's something viscerally challenging about about hoisting high a stone, a frozen drop of primordial magma, dripping with moss and lichen, a random lump of unknown weight, not balanced or provided with non-slip handles for a human's lifting convenience, but a piece of chaotic creation, dredged from the very core of the earth itself!

Also, it's cheaper.