weight lifting

  • 2000 BCE

    the start

    In 2000 500 bc, in places such as Greece, China, and Egypt, people would start lifting heavy rocks and stones to test each other's strength.
  • 1500 BCE

    competisions

    back then in scotland they started to do these stone lifting challenges testing on who is the strongest.
  • strongmen

    They used to have strongmen who would compete and perform their strength by lifting anvils, barrels, and other forms of heavy equipment