Lifting stones are heavy natural stones which people are challenged to lift, proving their strength. They are common throughout Northern Europe, particularly...
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The Húsafell Stone is a legendary lifting stone weighing 186 kg (410 lb) located in a west country farming estate in Húsafell, Iceland about 132 km (82 mi)...
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65111°W / 57.06500; -2.65111 The Dinnie Stones (also called Stanes or Steens) are a pair of Scottish lifting stones located in Potarch, Aberdeenshire. They...
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The Lundstrom Stones (previously known as the Loon Stones) are a pair of American natural lifting stones located in Charlestown, New Hampshire. They are...
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Powerlifting (redirect from Power Lifting)
current three. In competition, lifts may be performed equipped or unequipped (typically referred to as 'classic' or 'raw' lifting in the IPF specifically)....
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Weightlifting (redirect from Weight-lifting)
"weightlifting". Other weightlifting sports include stone lifting, powerlifting, kettlebell lifting, and para powerlifting—the weightlifting sport practiced...
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"to lift", the agentive suffix -tzaile and the plural ending -ak, so literally "stone lifters". It is also known as harri-jasotzea "stone lifting". In...
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Strength athletics (redirect from Atlas Stone)
employ trains, boats, and airplanes. Atlas Stones – a lifting stone event whereby five spherical concrete stones of increasing weight are placed on top of...
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strength through exercises such as deadlifts, squats, overhead log lifts, lifting stones, toting refrigerators, pulling heavy vehicles and tossing or loading...
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(sometimes called a lewisson) is one of a category of lifting devices used by stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block, or winch...
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renowned as the first woman in history to lift and hold the Dinnie Stones, a pair of Scottish lifting stones located in Potarch, Aberdeenshire. Annika...
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on their shoulders for a short distance. Husafell Stone – A flat, somewhat triangular lifting stone weighing around 410 lb (186 kg) is carried high on...
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likely evolving from the sack-lifting contests of the stevedores and labourers. Historically, the lifting of strength-stones was exclusively practiced by...
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British manufacturer José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba Lifting stone, called hav in the Faroe Islands Hav, a fictional location in the novel...
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Jack Shanks (section Dinnie Stones)
Ireland. He is best known for natural stone lifting. Shanks is the first man to lift the Scottish Dinnie Stones of Aberdeenshire, unassisted after Donald...
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cuts out of local stone. The Húsafell Stone, a rock stored in a sheep pen built by pastor Snorri Björnsson, is a legendary lifting stone which has been used...
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Omnipotence paradox (redirect from Paradox of the stone)
the task in question? To be sure, it is a task—the task of lifting a stone which He cannot lift—whose description is self-contradictory. But if God is supposedly...
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tattoo of Jón Páll lifting a natural stone in one of his calves. In New Hampshire, United States, there is a popular lifting stone weighing 221 kg (487 lb)...
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The Black Stone (Arabic: ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَد, romanized: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) is a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba, the ancient building...
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Lifting bosses or handling bosses are protrusions intentionally left on stones by masons to facilitate maneuvering the blocks with ropes and levers. They...
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The Ardblair Stones is a strength feat, where nine reinforced concrete lifting stones of ascending weight are used. The 9 stones weigh 18 kg (40 lb),...
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Harri-jasotzaileak (traditional Basque stone-lifting), and also a poet and a bertsolari. Perurena made his debut as a stone lifter in 1973 Guipúzcoa championships...
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Glen Roy (section The Glen Roy Lifting Stones)
as one of the core areas of the Lochaber Geopark. A pair of historic lifting stones can be found in Glen Roy [1] these are 137kg (The 'Grey Mountain') and...
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on the Snæfellsnes peninsula but today the bay is uninhabited. Four lifting stones are in Djúpalónssandur, used by fishermen to test their strength. They...
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(bethak), as many as 4000. Run for 5 miles, followed by swimming and lifting stone and sandbags. 8 AM: Teachers watch as the trainees wrestle each other...
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Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California in 1967...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series...
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Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, painter and former model. Known for primarily playing femme fatales and women of mystery...
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include, but are not limited to, bowling balls, basketballs, anvils, lifting stones, custom-made heavy metal objects such as giant darts and a Mjölnir-like...
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