Atlas Stone Trainer
Straddle this bar-end or heavy-pipe implement, hinge at the hips and wrap your arms around it. Once it clears the knees, lap it on your thighs, then extend hips and knees to raise it.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Type
- Strongman
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force direction
- Pull
- Muscles
- 8
Form sequence
01 · implement
This trainer is effective for developing Atlas Stone strength for those who don't have access to stones, and are typically made from bar ends or heavy pipe.
02 · grip
Begin by loading the desired weight onto the bar. Straddle the weight, wrapping your arms around the implement, bending at the hips.
03 · pull and lap · Key step
Begin by pulling the weight up past the knees, extending through the hips. As the weight clears the knees, it can be lapped by resting it on your thighs and sitting back, hugging it tightly to your chest.
04 · extend
Finish the movement by extending through your hips and knees to raise the weight as high as possible. The weight can be returned to the lap or to the ground for successive repetitions.
What's working
3D
- Erector Spinae
Primary · 131 exercises
- Biceps Brachii
Secondary · 127 exercises
- Wrist & Finger Flexors
Secondary · 119 exercises
- Wrist & Finger Extensors
Secondary · 119 exercises
- Brachioradialis
Secondary · 119 exercises
- Gluteus Maximus
Secondary · 242 exercises
- Hamstrings
Secondary · 277 exercises
- Quadriceps
Secondary · 227 exercises
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