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DeepL Translator - Strength -EllenViking-
May 16, 2026 12:01 PM
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DeepL Translator - Strength -EllenViking-
TupacAintDead
I pulled my back just watching this
dixxienormus
Want a hernia? This is how to rip ya guts apart.
PapaJoeNH
stayme
I’m just envisioning my spine shooting into that revine
lonelyrangerofthedreams
The kid in the back made me feel worry
rmichelsen480
Why pick it up if you're not going to take it somewhere.
ziggystardust7
https://imgur.com/PCbKUCC these people really just gonna pretend they didn't see She-Hulk picking up boulders
PutItInNeutral
Holy hernia, Batman! Lift with your legs!
ImNotActuallyEvilAfterAll
Do you even lift?
YouCantSpellSlaughterWithoutLaughter
The back packed full of muscles. If you can use it propely, you'll be fine. And it looks like she can.
universeHacker
She is using proper and safe technique here. Hernias don't happen from lifting unless you have a genetic abdominal wall weakness, in which case it will happen eventually even without heavy lifting. You do not and cannot lift a stone this heavy from the ground without curving your back, and it is 100% safe if you are trained for it and work up to it over time, which she obviously is.
FrankensteinUnleashed
Strong Girl, Form!
FreeRangeToast
strong girl! mountain?
RowanUnderwood
Strong woman, rocks?
TalaayaCosplay
Yes, she does!
fformulaa
https://imgur.com/RuI1i9G.mp4
cabalin
What’s the point of picking up a boulder just to put back where it was?
SuperfluousMeh
I lifted 11 lb of chicken several times between the store and my refrigerator this morning, and then I needed a lie down 😂. I'm working on that. It used to be I'd be done in by 6 lb chicken!
scribbydibbydo
SNU SNU!
Seethreepeeoh
About the size of a small boulder
guyanesebro420
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1czQ5cGdvbHdiYzQ4NGFndWl5YTR6ZDA2Mm9mMWM1bXltMndjeHliMiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/60FwidZG6R7Mc/200w.webp
MyOldUserNameMeantUndeadCocaineButNowItsThis
A bit smaller than a slightly larger bolder
LogicDude
STRONG GIRL! FARM?
TheComeBackAgainKid
Came down here for this comment. Check.
thequicksilver
Ahhhh, there it is.
YouCantSpellSlaughterWithoutLaughter
Comment section is going to be full of experts saying "lIfT wIth YoUr LeGs, nOt YoUr bAcK".
As long as you manage to keep the lower back fixed and straight, it's perfectly fine to lift with your back. Have you seen how much muscle is in there?
Slewth87
She looks like an absolute average human and build, but as soon as she braces into position the tone and sinew just pops out and her true superhuman self is revealed.
universeHacker
This woman, "EllenViking" is an internationally known strength athlete and strongwoman, and she is absolutely using proper form here to lift this stone- unlike a barbell, you must curve your back to lift something this heavy from the ground. People saying she is doing it wrong and is going to injure herself should take some time to learn about what proper and safe technique for competitive stone lifting looks like and how it actually works. Look her up: instagram.com/ellen.viking
gerf
If that is the safest way, it seems like something to be avoided.
universeHacker
It's perfectly safe when done properly, and it will make you incredibly strong. As with most physical activity in our overly sedentary modern world, not doing it is far more dangerous for your health than doing it. But it's hard, both mentally and physically, and obviously won't appeal to most people. Stone lifting is a lot more technically complex than heavy barbell lifting, you have to "read" the shape of each stone, and adapt and plan how your body will be able to lift that particular stone.
draek1
I'm content to not learn about this random thing but I will also assume the expert knows more than me
exploradoresciclos2018
😊👍
glotis
THOSE LEG MUSCLES, WURK BITCH!
schrodingerscatfood
DrSharkbite
Habbahabbafucku
Haha lol
IThinkIGotMySwaggerBack
Poor guy probably had to move across the country after this haha
Azazael79
Yes, bring it home..
elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
Now throw it at Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk.
SubiBryant
Please, please use your legs. My back hurts watching this.
xj4low
The back is the strongest muscle. Also, make sure to hold your breath. In times like this, the body produces all the oxygen it needs. /s
YouCantSpellSlaughterWithoutLaughter
Well, that's because your back is not as strong as hers. There is not a single sign of trounding of the lower back, and she is bracing hard. SHe know what she's doing.
SubiBryant
/gallery/CR91kGE
69Voltage
Yep. Tho impressive, she can possibly do some serious harm to herself and can also do unseen harm that won’t show up until she gets older.
It’s not worth the video
Boopdoot
She's clearly trained for this and is using good technique. But everything is not without risk.
YouCantSpellSlaughterWithoutLaughter
She'll be fine. People seem to think the back is somehow not able to be strong. No, it's just that most people don't know how to use the back propely. She does. Look at strongman as a sport, they all lift like this, and while they have a lot of injuries, back injuries are not that common.
ThisIsAllYouCouldComeUpWith
This woman probably deadlifts.
malicart
Her back gon be dead if she keeps lifting like this.
YouCantSpellSlaughterWithoutLaughter
Why? Back is straight and strong, and she braces well.
eaterofthecake
I don’t know why you’re getting downvotes. She also probably trains stone lifting specifically. No random untrained 140lb person is lapping a stone that size
SubiBryant
I'm guessing because the video doesn't show her using dead lift form.🤷
RoyalOss
She does: EllenViking: World champion armwrestler, Sweden's strongest woman u63, powerlifter and variety athlete, Twitch streamer and content creator.
glocksout
Also use your legs for deadlifts
YouCantSpellSlaughterWithoutLaughter
Also also use your back for deadlifts.
universeHacker
You use your back for proper stone lifting more than deadlifting, because you are lifting from the ground instead of bar height. She is using proper and safe technique here for heavy stonelifting- at her size lifting a stone that big, she is definitely a very experienced stone lifting athlete.
universeHacker
As a strongman that does competitive stone lifting, she is using proper and safe technique. You cannot lift something that heavy from the ground with just your legs, and your back will be just fine if it is gradually strengthened with this type of work over time- and she certainly has already done so, as that rock is probably in the ballpark of 300lbs. People have been doing this for thousands and thousands of years as a competitive sport, and it does not injure your back, not even in old age.
exploradoresciclos2018
Gracias por la explicación. Suerte en las competiciones. DeepL Translator: Thanks for the explanation. Good luck in the competitions. 👍
Isthe4thtimethecharm
You can see her quads flexing through her pants.
mynamespaul
I get taking a more stiff leg approach if the thing you’re lifting will absolutely shred your legs, and if you gotta get more of your torso around it to actually hold onto it… but in oly lifting, your hips raising (at all, let alone this much) before the bar/weight even breaks the floor is pretty universally seen as bad/uncontrolled setup. Not the case in atlas stone lifting too?
CallMeCourierSix
Do you seriously think she looks like she's built up the required back strength?
mynamespaul
It’s hard to tell exactly but she does not really seem to be struggling too much at all to lift this stone? I have to imagine she’s really really strong.
universeHacker
Absolutely, she is a world record holding strength athlete. Guessing from looking at it, that rock is at least 300lbs, which is substantially harder than deadlifting a similar weight. There are a lot of men twice her size that could not lift that.
KrashParter
This type of comment always comes from people who don't understand how the body works, lifting with legs is valid for most people, on most occasions, but not on every one, and people fail to understand that. Each person has a different body, and strengths, and a "saying" shouldn't apply to all. You wouldn't tell someone with a knee injury to "lift with their legs".
universeHacker
In this case, it's that the biomechanics of stone lifting are just different than really any other type of lift, because you start from the ground, and the center of mass is really far out in front of your body. The way she is doing it is the only way that it can be done with a stone this shape, by anyone, if the stone is sufficiently heavy.
SomeUser2
Me a totally uninformed person with a stupid friend...: shouldn't her back be straight? She is bending it slightly and this creating a swivel on that point instead of the hips. And even when correct.... A crane would give the same effect (rock around 3ft from the ground) but with less risk and effort.....
universeHacker
It's not possible to get your torso low enough to the ground to get your hands under a rock with your back straight, this is the only way to lift a stone this heavy from the ground. Rounding your back a bit with proper form, when your back is strengthened from years of training will not harm you. Stone lifting is an ancient competitive sport, and she is an elite strength athlete, doing this sport properly. Saying a crane would do it better is like telling a sprinter that a car would be faster...
originalhuman
A herniated disc can be a lifetime of agony and regret. One will either get one or try the darnedest to not get one
universeHacker
1/ I've been involved with the strongman community for a long time, and know guys in their 70s that have been doing stone lifting like this for 50+ years. I've never heard of someone herniating a disc from this, yet I know a number of people in regular life that are sedentary that suffer from herniated discs. My understanding of what causes a herniated disc is rounding or twisting the back under load, which never happens here- you start rounded before there is load, and then only straighten.
universeHacker
2/ If you practice and learn strongman and power-lifting techniques learned properly from a coach, including what is being demonstrated in this video, you will develop a strong instinct of how to move your body safely under heavy loads, which is very helpful to prevent injuries. A trained strongman is not going to herniate a disk moving their couch to a new house by moving in an unnatural way, or not having the muscle strength to do a movement properly, like a sedentary person might.
SubiBryant
Every thing you said is true. If you are not a training for a strong man competition please do not do this.