I’ve never seen anything like this, didn’t know it was a thing. I throughly enjoyed it! You did a wonderful job! Looks like you had a great support team. Congratulations!
I know I'm late to the party but this showed up in my recommended and am very happy it did. Thank you for sharing your journey! These Stones, and other Manhood stones like them, are steeped in tradition. The stories that those who tend the stones can tell is fascinating. Made me want to dust off my "Of Stones and Strength" book from Ironmind. Well done!
That's amazing! I watched a video the other day of a 50 year old who just walked the Husafell Stone for Fullsterker! Although I'm 40, I got into natural stone lifting only a year and a half ago. Seeing older folk than me do this is inspiring. Hoping to head up to Scotland next year.
@@RichMaciverPhoto I know this is two years old, but figured I'd answer what I'm doing to help out. The Dinnie Stones: Deadlift, and Dinnie Stone Ring replicas at the same height. For the stones, go lift natural stones wherever you can find them. If you can't find stones to lift, sandbags are next best, then a sand filled keg, etc. Deficit Straight Leg Deadlifts rock, and lots of grip strength. I'm not "strong" looking of a guy, tall and skinny. And I don't have a great deadlift. But because I practice with natural stones so often I just chested and walked a 315 lb natural stone over the weekend, and it was relatively easy. Again, use progression. I couldn't even lift a 120 lb atlas when I first started. And Front Squats! Forgot about Front Squats! They especially help measure the range of of To Shoulder stone lifts. At least for me. My Front Squat generally ='s what I can To Shoulder.
dannyb1979 wow, that’s so impressive to shoulder it! The conditions would have been nasty too in Feb. The diameter of the stone took me by surprise and getting a grip was so taxing. Happy to get it up to where I did but in a far too fatigued state. Can’t wait to do another tour sometime in the not too distant future.
@@desmondhylton9524 - Hi pal; yes, it was a battle. I tried it Feb 2018, but it was -4 degrees outside and the stone just slipped and slipped; this year it was +4 degrees, so a bit better. I did 2 shoulders with it, here: ua-cam.com/video/P89ctH96J58/v-deo.html and here: ua-cam.com/video/qMQjThUm67M/v-deo.html - It was a good session for me, I'd been training on my 110kg atlas stone at home for it, but the difference between a coarse/rough concrete stone to the smooth, glass-like stone of the Menzies is a real difference. Hoping to go back up to Scotland this summer and do the Menzies again alongside a few of the other stones too
@samyfreedom6473 the Dinnie Stones are a bit different to the others. I made sure I could pick up using rings from IronMind at least 300kg in total. In terms of the other stones the conditions play a huge part in it, it was as low -14 degrees celsius when I went but at least I had only ice not water to contend with. You would need to comfortably be able to shoulder a 100kg Atlas stone to have a good chance at picking up the stones. My deadlift at the time was 280kg and Barbell ground to overhead of around 115kg. Grip and forearm strength is essential to train. The fatigue after so many attempts on each stone took it toll. Hope that helps.
Alexander Stevens some people like Brett Nicol (worth looking him up on Insta) do nearly all of their training with stones or simulators. I personally find that too taxing for my body so I use predominantly weight training supplemented with stones.
Wisdom, my bicep tendons were fried, particularly from the Menzies stone due to multiple drops/slips. Lifting 6 stones over four days took its toll on my arms, but my back was fine. The temperatures got as low as -14 degrees Celsius so that probably didn’t help.
Love to see this tradition kept alive! Great lifting!
I’ve never seen anything like this, didn’t know it was a thing. I throughly enjoyed it! You did a wonderful job! Looks like you had a great support team. Congratulations!
I know I'm late to the party but this showed up in my recommended and am very happy it did.
Thank you for sharing your journey! These Stones, and other Manhood stones like them, are steeped in tradition. The stories that those who tend the stones can tell is fascinating.
Made me want to dust off my "Of Stones and Strength" book from Ironmind. Well done!
That was awesome 😎 great content.. those stones looked super heavy
This is very cool, and good job man!
Great lifting mate!
Absolutely amazing.... Greetings from Germany
Wonderful job! An amazing experience...
Fantastic stuff Desmond fair play to you! I love this kind of thing, will you take a trip to Iceland next?
I would love to but I need to get a lot of strength back and the wife on board! Sorry about the late reply
Great job Strongman, going to do them next year aged 55
That's amazing! I watched a video the other day of a 50 year old who just walked the Husafell Stone for Fullsterker! Although I'm 40, I got into natural stone lifting only a year and a half ago. Seeing older folk than me do this is inspiring. Hoping to head up to Scotland next year.
After you shouldered the Dalwinnie I was rooting for you to get the Barevan.
Thanks you, I was gutted about the Newtonmore stone and not being able to find another. The fatigue between lifts was huge for me.
Freedom!!
Magnificent!!!
Brilliant pal thanks for the mention
Great video! Hoping to train to the point that I can go on this adventure. Must have been a blast!
Alexander Kennedy Go for it! It was honestly one the best things I’ve ever done! Can’t wait to have another go sometime!
Desmond Hylton any tips on the sort of training you could do in a standard gym in prep for the stones of strength?? 😀
@@RichMaciverPhoto I know this is two years old, but figured I'd answer what I'm doing to help out. The Dinnie Stones: Deadlift, and Dinnie Stone Ring replicas at the same height. For the stones, go lift natural stones wherever you can find them. If you can't find stones to lift, sandbags are next best, then a sand filled keg, etc. Deficit Straight Leg Deadlifts rock, and lots of grip strength. I'm not "strong" looking of a guy, tall and skinny. And I don't have a great deadlift. But because I practice with natural stones so often I just chested and walked a 315 lb natural stone over the weekend, and it was relatively easy. Again, use progression. I couldn't even lift a 120 lb atlas when I first started. And Front Squats! Forgot about Front Squats! They especially help measure the range of of To Shoulder stone lifts. At least for me. My Front Squat generally ='s what I can To Shoulder.
@echol8087 thank you for replying.
@@RichMaciverPhotoI'm hoping years on this was something you went on to do 👊🏽
Great lifting... The Menzies stone is a tough one isn't it? I shouldered it twice in Feb this year; a super slippery stone though!
dannyb1979 wow, that’s so impressive to shoulder it! The conditions would have been nasty too in Feb. The diameter of the stone took me by surprise and getting a grip was so taxing. Happy to get it up to where I did but in a far too fatigued state. Can’t wait to do another tour sometime in the not too distant future.
@@desmondhylton9524 - Hi pal; yes, it was a battle. I tried it Feb 2018, but it was -4 degrees outside and the stone just slipped and slipped; this year it was +4 degrees, so a bit better. I did 2 shoulders with it, here: ua-cam.com/video/P89ctH96J58/v-deo.html and here: ua-cam.com/video/qMQjThUm67M/v-deo.html - It was a good session for me, I'd been training on my 110kg atlas stone at home for it, but the difference between a coarse/rough concrete stone to the smooth, glass-like stone of the Menzies is a real difference. Hoping to go back up to Scotland this summer and do the Menzies again alongside a few of the other stones too
Great vid! Good effort
Awesome
Hello, how strong do u need to be to lift these stones, whats yr PB in gym for deadlift etc?
@samyfreedom6473 the Dinnie Stones are a bit different to the others. I made sure I could pick up using rings from IronMind at least 300kg in total. In terms of the other stones the conditions play a huge part in it, it was as low -14 degrees celsius when I went but at least I had only ice not water to contend with. You would need to comfortably be able to shoulder a 100kg Atlas stone to have a good chance at picking up the stones. My deadlift at the time was 280kg and Barbell ground to overhead of around 115kg. Grip and forearm strength is essential to train. The fatigue after so many attempts on each stone took it toll. Hope that helps.
So there's these stones setup all around the country that anyone can try lift?
Do you do specific training for this or literally just lift stones?
Alexander Stevens some people like Brett Nicol (worth looking him up on Insta) do nearly all of their training with stones or simulators. I personally find that too taxing for my body so I use predominantly weight training supplemented with stones.
Alexander Stevens and yep nearly all of them are open to the public (Dinnie’s require prebooking appointment) www.oldmanofthestones.com
@@desmondhylton9524 ok cool yeh thanks man
Did your back or joints hurt after doing any of these stone lifts?
Wisdom, my bicep tendons were fried, particularly from the Menzies stone due to multiple drops/slips. Lifting 6 stones over four days took its toll on my arms, but my back was fine. The temperatures got as low as -14 degrees Celsius so that probably didn’t help.
@@desmondhylton9524 oh I see thanks for replying
Real strong.Log,stone,bag! Not dumbel