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  1. 12-04-2015, 09:16 #701
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    It was a stone lifting comp, a cast back from the original Highland Games etc...

    That's a 140kg block I'm lifting in readiness to press, which I did but it nearly killed me!

    We still hold the same comp each year but I'm not doing it this time around as I've a torn right shoulder unfortunately but will be back at it next year!

    We also compete in drug free/tested associations for powerlifting and strongman...

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    Thats nae geid fir yea Dan!
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    Quote Originally Posted by hifilover View Post
    Anyone can do it, just because you don't have the build now doesn't mean you can't develop it
    Very true. In my early twenties I was a (qualified) mason pavior and my job was laying concrete and stone, kerbs, blocks and slabs. Granite kerb weighs over 50 kilos per foot length and I used to lift, cart and lay metre lengths every day, amongst other hefty items. You get stronger and more used to it by the day and I was only 5'6" eleven stone. I got even stronger and broader as I got older too (that's what weight training and ten hours of judo a week does to you) .
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    Quote Originally Posted by hifilover View Post
    It was a stone lifting comp, a cast back from the original Highland Games etc...

    That's a 140kg block I'm lifting in readiness to press, which I did but it nearly killed me!

    We still hold the same comp each year but I'm not doing it this time around as I've a torn right shoulder unfortunately but will be back at it next year!

    We also compete in drug free/tested associations for powerlifting and strongman...

    Anyone can do it, just because you don't have the build now doesn't mean you can't develop it
    Sounds interesting... If I was nearer I'd come along and maybe have a go. Being a fairly big chap myself, I'm not averse to lifting weights

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    My doctor told me not to lift anything heavy...
    Ok with not having it on Betamax nowadays
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Sounds interesting... If I was nearer I'd come along and maybe have a go. Being a fairly big chap myself, I'm not averse to lifting weights

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    That's not far! We've got lads coming over from Jersey for the next comp!!!

    At 6ft 4 and 22stone, I like the 'hefty' title haha
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    My doctor told me not to lift anything heavy...
    Mine too, and he told me to lose weight... He went very quiet after I laughed at him
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Thats nae geid fir yea Dan!
    It does me a world of good Sir Well, apart from my shoulder, back, hips, knees, neck, fingers...
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    Quote Originally Posted by hifilover View Post
    That's not far! We've got lads coming over from Jersey for the next comp!!!

    At 6ft 4 and 22stone, I like the 'hefty' title haha
    Hehehehe... It's far enough away for just doing a 'jolly jape'. Different if I was involved in a competition

    Is that 22 stone of muscle then, not including the big bit between your ears? Haha...

    I'm just a mere 'tot', in comparison, at 6ft 2ins and 15 stone!

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    Ok ok if you guys are that strong then I take it back your NOT the dingles lol 😁
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