Just found out that a World Championship will be organized next year in
traditional stonelifting.

July 2008 in Bad Bayersoien /Bavaria-Germany

The English web version is not finished but here is the link to the official
website

http://www.steinheben-wm.de/index.htm

I quickly translated the two events and categories

Pulling for height
Classic Stonelifting

Qualification: 200 kg (440lb) to 100cm
1. - 85 kg BW
2. +85 kg - 100 kg
3. +100 kg - 110 kg
4. +110 kg
5. Oldstars 48 years +

Pulling for maximum weight

Qualification: 300 kg (661lb) to 5 cm
1. -85 kg
2. +85 kg bis 100 kg
3. +100 kg - 120 kg
4.+ 120 kg



As there's no English I couldn't read much but for those of you interested
in lifting big rocks & stuff (I know you're out there :-) THIS might be the
contest for you. 300K for 5 cm is pretty heavy! 200Kg is much harder with a
stone than on a barbell, but I know some of you can pull that hard.

Anyway, I thought I'd put it up as it's a little bit different & might be
just the thing to motivate your training if that's your type of lifting!
Once the English is up I can maybe find out the sort of weights that are
winning these contests, but I look forward to seeing a vegan World stone
lifting champion in the very near future :-) Get training!!!

All the best,



Pete Ryan www.veganbodybuilding.org



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