Paleo: My Paleo Lunch

Paleo lunch - with seasoned sea bass fillets baked in coconut oil, sweet peppers and calaloo

Feature: Men's Fitness - February 2013 Issue

I have written a small contribution piece to the article "Everything You Know About Fitness Is Wrong" which looks at some of the most common mistakes we can make when it comes to physical fitness - you can read about in Men's Fitness magazine February 2013 edition (out any day now).

Lifting The Dinnie Stones!

These stones do not look that heavy but looks can be deceiving. A combined total of 333kg.

According to his account on gordondinnie.com, very few strong men of the day could lift the heavy one (187kg) with both hands. However both stones were lifted and carried the width of the Potarch Bridge (4 metres or so) by Donald Dinnie in 1860 across the River Dee in Potarch, Scotland.  They have since been known as the 'Dinnie Stones'.

I was challenged to this yesterday by my friends who said they had a surprise for me. :-)

There were several "be careful, I've seen many men carried off to hospital pulling their backs out" warnings from the locals but I was able to safely deadlift the heaviest stone (twice my bodyweight) to full height for a few repetitions but absolutely no chance of lifting both stones together!

Regardless I am more than happy with my result. :-)

Workout: Movember Day 30

Workout:

100 Burpees for time

3 min Plank

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