That’s stone lifting to you and I - the Basque way. As part of the week long carnival that is “Aste Nagusia” in Bilbao, Northern Spain, a demonstration of Basque rural sports (or Herri Kirolak) takes place each day and includes such novelties as stone lifting, stone dragging (by men and oxen!) and hand stone drilling (a particularly grueling activity, more on that later). This guy is Inaxio Perurena seen here performing single-handed floor-to-shoulder reps of a 200kg stone cylinder. I’m told he’s 24 years-old and has a personal record of 285kg (though not sure if that’s single handed!). The man next to him is his father, Iñaki Perurena, a legend in Basque stone lifting with a personal record of 315kg

Read on to see the lift from start-to-finish..

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Click here for a slideshow of images from the recent London’s Strongest Man 2008 event at South Woodford.

..just chuck them on like Wayne Tunstall!

More photo’s from London’s Strongest Man coming soon..

Read on for a slideshow of images from the recent Southdown Strongman Challenge at Thakeham, West Sussex.. Read the rest of this entry »

Read on for a slideshow of images from the recent UK’s Strongest Man Southern Qualifier. Read the rest of this entry »

Big Brian Gungowo from Horsham, collapses as he crosses the line after the tractor pull at the IAWA Southdown Strongman Challenge at Thakeham. Meanwhile, Tim Alcock still has some way to go.

More photos and the results from  this event will follow soon..

Taken this afternoon at the Ministry of Muscle; Mick Holding rep’ing with a 290kg / 2.5 inch handled ‘axle’. Read the rest of this entry »

There’ll be a bit of tweaking to the running order and content this week, but to those who missed it, the gallery is back … turn up those speakers Read the rest of this entry »

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