169 : There Will Be More Stones (ft. Big Rocks)

I'm going to get to some of them if everybody's okay with that.

We've done our introductions.

Just want to say, I'm not going to call on people.

if somebody else wants to do that for me, that'd be awesome.

Uh, but I just want to talk about, um, I'm going to go first.

Uh, when you first heard about stone lifting, um, I think I first discovered stone lifting via Instagram and it was, uh, somebody lifting the Denny stones for the first time.

And it was a woman.

Forgive me if Lori, if it might've even been you, to be honest.

Um, but I think it was just somebody lifting, uh, the Denny stones, uh, And I was like, wait, you can lift rocks.

Like that.

It was just so silly.

I think at the time I was just getting into powerlifting and it was just like, wait, you can just do that.

Like, of course you can.

That's what they've done for years.

And like, I had an entire like epiphany.

And that's when I started just wanting to pick up rocks and just, I've never done it until recently, like in competition, I've never done it as a, like a weighted measurement.

It was always just, I bet I can pick up that rock.

And now here we are hosting this.

So I would say anybody else, John, you've been kind of quiet.

Can I start with you?

It started from Strongman.

It's certainly my first passion.

And I was lucky enough that starting with Muskoka Strongman Club, there were already guys who were into stone lifting.

Chris, who competes at Stones of Strength as well with Big Mike, he's in the club.

So from the start, we would play with Atlas Stones.

I'm going to get to some of them if everybody's okay with that.

We've done our introductions.

Just want to say, I'm not going to call on people.

if somebody else wants to do that for me, that'd be awesome.

Uh, but I just want to talk about, um, I'm going to go first.

Uh, when you first heard about stone lifting, um, I think I first discovered stone lifting via Instagram and it was, uh, somebody lifting the Denny stones for the first time.

And it was a woman.

Forgive me if Lori, if it might've even been you, to be honest.

Um, but I think it was just somebody lifting, uh, the Denny stones, uh, And I was like, wait, you can lift rocks.

Like that.

It was just so silly.

I think at the time I was just getting into powerlifting and it was just like, wait, you can just do that.

Like, of course you can.

That's what they've done for years.

And like, I had an entire like epiphany.

And that's when I started just wanting to pick up rocks and just, I've never done it until recently, like in competition, I've never done it as a, like a weighted measurement.

It was always just, I bet I can pick up that rock.

And now here we are hosting this.

So I would say anybody else, John, you've been kind of quiet.

Can I start with you?

It started from Strongman.

It's certainly my first passion.

And I was lucky enough that starting with Muskoka Strongman Club, there were already guys who were into stone lifting.

Chris, who competes at Stones of Strength as well with Big Mike, he's in the club.

So from the start, we would play with Atlas Stones.