Strongman Basics: How to Start Lifting Stones for Real-World Strength
Mark Bell's Power Project
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🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Want to build real-world strength that actually makes a difference? Learn how to lift stones like a true strongman! This episode of Mark Bell’s Power Project Podcast breaks down the basics of stone lifting and why it’s so different—and more rewarding—than lifting barbells or machines.
Mark Bell and Nsima Inyang are joined by Caveman Daveman in Episode 1142 to explore the art of lifting sandbags, stones, and other unconventional tools. Discover how grip strength, core bracing, and endurance play massive roles in getting stronger. They also dive into the history of stone lifting, how it connects to ancient traditions, and why it’s still a powerful test of resilience today.
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Chapters:
0:00 Safe lifting techniques for stones and sandbags
4:37 Train your brain for strength and pain tolerance
6:10 Importance of grip strength for performance
9:23 Grip strength and wrist mobility connection
11:07 Alternative strength training methods
14:30 Push-up variations to reduce joint pain
15:50 Home workouts with simple tools
18:28 Adjusting grip for heavy lifts
19:47 Effective stone lifting techniques
22:35 How motivational videos boost training
23:58 Differences between sandbags and barbells
26:56 Strength traditions across cultures
28:36 Core bracing for better lifting
31:28 Building endurance for stone lifts
32:56 Staying calm when lifting stones
35:44 Stone lifting as resilience training
37:04 Stones vs. barbells: unique challenges
39:53 Walking with weights for strength
41:14 Heavy carries and sprints for fitness
44:02 Breathing tips for heavy lifting
45:22 Breathing exercises for endurance athletes
48:34 Ancient stones and cultural history
50:07 Respect for stone lifting traditions
53:01 Stone lifting as a social activity
54:25 Functional training and injury prevention
57:17 Mobility’s role in advanced lifting
58:40 Basque stone lifting traditions
1:01:45 Sled dragging and deadlift strength
1:03:23 Exploring global stone lifting styles
1:06:18 Transition from hockey to stone lifting
1:07:38 Growing community of stone lifters
1:10:30 Strength vs. lifting unusual stones
1:12:04 Unique strengths in practical lifting
1:15:04 Boost testosterone through lifestyle
1:16:30 Health benefits of strength training
1:19:32 Kids’ natural movement for strength
1:20:50 Camaraderie in stone lifting
1:23:41 Adapting to unique stone shapes
1:29:01 The culture of hockey fights
1:31:43 True meaning of strength
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| 0:00.0 | When it comes to, you know, like lifting some of these sandbags, lifting some of these stones, a lot of people are scared of their back positioning. |
| 0:06.9 | Sure, they try to get into these things. What have you noticed with your back? |
| 0:09.1 | A stone or a sandbag is not a barbable. The weights are not comparable. It's nothing like that. |
| 0:13.1 | There's a fail safe built into stones that I've found because the reality is for the most people, your backs are going to be stronger than your wrists. And so you're not going to blow your back out because your wrists are going to go first. You are going to be stronger the more |
| 0:24.1 | that you can breathe and brace, and especially through movement. Now, when you're lifting a sandbagger |
| 0:27.9 | stone, there are various stages of lift. And as you move through those stages of lift, you're going to |
| 0:32.3 | have to adjust your positioning. You're going to have to adjust your bracing. It looks like there's like a lot of like internal like almost pressure that you need to build. |
| 0:39.5 | That's exactly it. |
| 0:40.4 | We know that our hands are rooted to everything in our body, right? |
| 0:43.1 | Like they've done the studies, the harder you grip of barbell, the more neuromuscular signals are sent. |
| 0:46.7 | We have to talk about his wrist though. |
| 0:48.4 | He has to show, he has to show those on camera. |
| 0:50.4 | You got to talk about how to fucking straightening wrist. Nah, I've never seen like that fucking, when you did that like this guy here. |
| 0:56.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.7 | And there's like, |
| 0:57.0 | you can see where it goes in. |
| 0:58.3 | You can drink a, |
| 0:58.8 | take a shot out of that. |
| 1:00.2 | That's developed, bro. |
| 1:01.6 | I want to take like a little matchbox car and like go over the jump right here. |
| 1:05.4 | It's like there's a big jump in your. Thank you so much, guys. I mean, it's one thing to have, we see a lot of people with meaty forearms. |
| 1:11.4 | We've got a lot of people that come on here that are strong and all kinds of stuff. |
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