Heaving & Premordial

I liked this sentence and the two words that stand out in this sentence

"This is the first time shot put had been contested in Olympia, but could any event be more fittingly primordial than heaving an iron ball as far as possible?"

So what is heaving ??
Well from the context we can see that it is something to do with heavy lifting and yes the meaning by word web is

Noun
Throwing something heavy

Adjective
Throw with great effort
Make noise when making an effort
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

Primordial
It mean old

A quick google search threw up

• Modern methods of heaving to survive in extreme weather
• He gave it a mighty heave
• Is Bipasha's heaving bossom getting outdated.
• Frost Heaving. Frost heaving, a poorly understood process by which ice columns grow upward against the force of gravity
• Heaving to" involves setting the sails one way and the rudder the other so the boat just kind of gets confused and sits there. It's a way of basically coming to a stop, or very nearly so, without dropping sails and anchoring.
• If you have stayed till here then check out this video by US sailing http://www.videos.sailingcourse.com/heaving_to_wmv3.htm which illustrates how heaving to is done.