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Training Tip : Atlas Stones

Scott Birdby Scott Bird | May 27, 2008
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The Diesel Crew’s Smitty has a deceptively simple training tip for stone work :

Here is a stone training tip guaranteed to help your athletes transition from conventional training means to non-conventional / strongman training.

You will find your athletes who have been trained primarily trained in deadlifts only, have a hard time stabilizing and adjusting to implements that are not fixed, rigid or lifting in close proximity to their own center of gravity.

The solution? Shorten the range of motion. I just finished a workout with one of my wrestlers who couldn’t budge the 160 stone off the ground (at 155 lbs bw), but he can deadlift a lot more than that.

So I lifted the stone on top of one of my tractor tires and had him perform hip extensions for sets of 6-8. This not only conditions his hips and lower back for this position, but also his biceps.

Love it.


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Comments

1

The link is dead. :(

Also, have you changed the address to your RSS feed? Seems to be dead too.

Posted by: delicious.palindrome | September 9, 2008 5:44 AM

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Cheers DP. I’ve quoted the relevant sections above, and there’s a lot more in their Stone Training DVD (definitely worth a look if you haven’t already).

The RSS feed hasn’t changed - which link are you using, and what’s happening?

Posted by: Scott | September 9, 2008 1:11 PM

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