{"id":179436,"date":"2023-10-30T08:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=179436"},"modified":"2025-09-28T08:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:16:18","slug":"podcast-939-what-lifting-ancient-stones-can-teach-you-about-being-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/podcast-939-what-lifting-ancient-stones-can-teach-you-about-being-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #939: What Lifting Ancient Stones Can Teach You About Being a Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art19-web-player awp-medium awp-theme-dark-blue\" data-episode-id=\"2a3c0a4b-3964-456c-97e4-06915194df05\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>For millennia, stone lifting was an important part of cultures around the world, and its significance went far beyond feats of strength. Stone lifting was part of weddings and funerals, used as a job interview to assess someone&#8217;s fitness as a farmhand, and included in rites of passage and tests of all-around manhood.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the world&#8217;s ancient stone lifting culture has been forgotten, and rocks that used to be hoisted regularly in town squares and cemeteries have been sitting untouched for hundreds of years. David Keohan, an Irish world champion kettlebell lifter-turned-amateur folklorist, has set out to change that. In the last couple of years, David has been on the hunt for Ireland&#8217;s legendary lifting stones; he uses oral and written history to search them out and learn their stories and then hoists them himself, once again putting wind under stones that haven&#8217;t been picked up for centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Today on the show, David shares the significance of stone lifting around the world and specifically in Irish culture, the practicalities of lifting a 400-pound stone off the ground, and what stone lifting has taught him about being a man.<\/p>\n<h2>Resources Related to the Podcast<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/the-quest-to-pick-up-the-lost-lifting-stones-of-ireland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/the-quest-to-pick-up-the-lost-lifting-stones-of-ireland&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1N-eYnezNQ8ncbj4tPyCEN\">&#8220;The Quest to Pick Up the Lost Lifting Stones of Ireland&#8221; \u2014&nbsp;<i>GQ<\/i>&nbsp;article&nbsp;about David&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rogue documentaries on stone lifting in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MhQlNwxn5oo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DMhQlNwxn5oo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KtYOCFjcAyaC9RqcrWMLV\">Scotland<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=79Tcsg2Yac8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3D79Tcsg2Yac8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3SPjZrOKq4bgUDG7kzqgsr\">Iceland<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vck32S27RmM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3Dvck32S27RmM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kuKyUInhMmbHsYFJXhYOm\">Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duchas.ie\/en\/info\/cbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.duchas.ie\/en\/info\/cbe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ChZtFMM8fXNZCZWMgB2mZ\">Duchas \u2014 Ireland&#8217;s National Folklore Collection&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/odd-object-training-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/odd-object-training-basics\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw24QSd21N4Z7CFWzfqzytS6\">AoM Article: Odd Object Training Pr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/odd-object-training-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/odd-object-training-basics\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw24QSd21N4Z7CFWzfqzytS6\">imer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/312789139124613\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/312789139124613\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1IuTDs1tcuw_laSbCUby8L\">Utah Stones of Strength<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/edmontonstonesofstrength\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/edmontonstonesofstrength\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2j43Sfz-YI8nyvY_L2Lvw9\">Edmonton Stones&nbsp;of Strength<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Connect With&nbsp;David Keohan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_indiana_stones_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_indiana_stones_\/?hl%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1698706481154000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1a5s4QPuy7CEfxLVu1Hr9X\">David on IG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Listen to the Podcast! (And don\u2019t forget to leave us a review!)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2vJHmWhhcMQRXtTruuFWTJ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2020\/02\/spotify.png\" alt=\"Spotify.\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-art-of-manliness\/id332516054?mt=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111440 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2020\/02\/listen-apple-podcasts.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Podcast.\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes332516054\/the-art-of-manliness\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2020\/02\/overcast-1.png\" alt=\"Overcast.\" width=\"300\" height=\"79\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/the-art-of-manliness\/episodes\/2a3c0a4b-3964-456c-97e4-06915194df05\">Listen to the episode on a separate page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.art19.com\/episodes\/2a3c0a4b-3964-456c-97e4-06915194df05.mp3\">Download this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnycontent.com\/d\/playlist\/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b\/6081eee7-c459-4e12-a1ab-aadc000fc4a7\/413a6904-4d72-4be8-9421-aadc000fc4ba\/podcast.rss\">Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Transcript Coming Soon<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For millennia, stone lifting was an important part of cultures around the world, and its significance went far beyond feats of strength. 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