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Atlas Stone Trainer

How to do the Atlas Stone Trainer with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Lower Back

Secondary

Biceps, Forearms, Glutes, Hamstrings, Quads

Equipment

Other

Step by step

How to do the Atlas Stone Trainer

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Begin by loading the desired weight onto the bar. Straddle the weight, wrapping your arms around the implement, bending at the hips.

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    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.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Atlas Stone Trainer set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your lower back volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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