The 2025 Stonelifting Awards

These are the categories for The 2025 Stonelifting Awards

• Lifetime Achievement (Special Trophy & Prize Money provided by Maximum Iron)
• Best Junior Stonelifter
• Best Female Stonelifter (Sponsored by Transition Fitness)
• Best Male Stonelifter (Sponsored by Transition Fitness)
• Best Masters' Stonelifter (Over 50)
  • Masters Over 60
  • Masters Over 70
• Best Newcomer
• Best Stonelifting Competition
• Historical Preservation (Sponsored by James Grahame)
• Most Inspirational Stonelifter (Sponsored by Tom Wilde)
• Best Modern Stone
• Best Modern Stonelifting Location
• Best Stonelifting Product
• Best Single Stonelift
  • Best Stone to Chest
  • Best Stone to Shoulder
• Best Atlas Stone Run
• Best Single Atlas Stone Lift
• Best Podcast (Sponsored by John Gibb)
  • Best Podcast Athlete Episode
  • Best Podcast Stone Episode
• Best Documentary

These are the first ever Stonelifting Awards brought to you by Maximum Iron. The awards are to celebrate stonelifting, to recognise the people who make it great, and to shine a light onto some of stonelifting's lesser known who deserve recognition.

It's not just about awarding winners though. We will be giving certificates to people we believe have put in effort, gone above and beyond for stonelifting, done something special, or just deserve one. 

There will be an Awards Show, in December, shown here; and on YouTube. The show will not just announce the winners, but take a look at stonelifters, stones and locations from all over the world. You don't want to miss it!

There will also be coverage of The Awards in Stones Magazine Issue 6. The magazine is of extremely high quality, and limited to 250 copies. Secure yours here.

How the awards will work

You nominate your choices for the award categories. (You can nominate as many people/stones/locations/products/podcasts etc as you like). As the awards are new, lifts etc don't have to be from 2025, but a slight preference will be applied to newer lifts etc.

Nominate via the comments section here, or our Instagram post, or Facebook post about the Awards. Nominations close at midnight (UK time) on Sunday the 2nd of November 2025.

All nominations received will be compiled, with our selection added, and an official list provided shortly after.

The public vote will then open (Date TBA). The winner from each category will automatically be entered into the Awards final selection, and will receive a People's Choice Award Certificate. Judges will then decide another 2 to go through in the final selection. These 3 will then be judged to find the overall category winner. 

All 3 in the final selection will receive an Award Certificate with gold foiled stamp (Provided by Maximum Iron). If the category was sponsored their certificate will be framed, with an Award Plaque. If any prize money was donated this will also be sent out to the winner.

You can sponsor an award here. You can add prize money to that award by sending a tip when completing the order. You can also donate to the total prize fund here. This will be spread to different awards, depending on how much is received. (If it's a smaller total it will go to the main awards, a larger total will go to all awards).

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