MIGHTYSAXON Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 maybe Hermann goerner with his grip strength of 633 one hand dead, but he'd still have to jerk it like a mofo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I think a fun challenge with the Hercules would be to see anyone clearly move the handles on video. Chest crush, thigh crush, anything goes. I'm not positive it's possible. think it is safe to say no one will ever make the handles touch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I think a fun challenge with the Hercules would be to see anyone clearly move the handles on video. Chest crush, thigh crush, anything goes. I'm not positive it's possible. think it is safe to say no one will ever make the handles touch? I don't even think it's possible by human or other means. Even if you used a hydraulic press I think the aluminum handles would give way and shear off the spring from the pressure required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony C. Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I think a fun challenge with the Hercules would be to see anyone clearly move the handles on video. Chest crush, thigh crush, anything goes. I'm not positive it's possible.think it is safe to say no one will ever make the handles touch? Not a snowballs chance in hell, brother! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Scott Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I think a fun challenge with the Hercules would be to see anyone clearly move the handles on video. Chest crush, thigh crush, anything goes. I'm not positive it's possible. think it is safe to say no one will ever make the handles touch? I don't even think it's possible by human or other means. Even if you used a hydraulic press I think the aluminum handles would give way and shear off the spring from the pressure required. One in extended handles could close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 as much use as a door stop..or a paper weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripmaniac Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Is such a feat possible? Where would this rank among great feats of strength? You could not design a dumbbell to hold that much weight AND be capable of properly rowing it with a credible range of motion. . . .unless you adopt a Sri Chinmoy approach. For this reason your second question is incapable of being answered. Where did 475lbs come from ???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I assume he is either trolling the gripboard or is very young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber511 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Look at a barbell loaded to 475# - then think about that as a dumbbell. Loaded with 45s it is huge - loaded with 25s how long would that sucker be? I hate to call anyone a troll but ........................................... He hasn't had anything to say since his original post asking this. Looks kinda fishy. I made a dumbbell for Wanngrip one time from a barbell that was bent - it was huge but would have held 475# I imagine. It was about 3' long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sharkey Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) I assume he is either trolling the gripboard or is very young. Edited January 17, 2014 by Mike Sharkey 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwwm Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Probably the Swedish troll back at it I'll I can say is random questions bring random answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimpGrip Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 First of, I will say I am NOT trying to troll the board. My questions my seem absurd because I am obsessed with trying to find out and discover what the human limit it on certain lifts or grippers, whatever it may be. If ANY of you knew me in real life, you'd probably find out after having a conversation with my that I love to ask questions to find out more all the time. And that's with ANY subject I have a passion for. For grip strength, and my strength in general, I have a burning passion for it. Some of you will question why ask this, instead why not ask things that will help with your training? Well I've done both of those-I've posted on this board about training and things that may not be within human limits. I want to know and discover all the time. I'm 20 years old, so I'm young. But it does not make me stupid. I am not the typical ignorant young American. I just want to know everything there is to know. What's possible, what's not, training, etc. To me, talking about rudiculous feats of strength that may or may not be possible is far more interesting than talking about what's already been done. It looks like most of y'all don't see it that way But again, I am not trying to troll the board. If you guys see it that way, I apologize. I just want to be above average and know everything there is to know about grip And no, I never said anywhere on this board I tried to use the hercules in training. I just said I tried to squeeze when I took it out of its box. That's all I can do with the damn thing. So those of you saying I'm using it in training clearly misunderstood me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwwm Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Understand that there's a small number of folks that come on the board, and either due to inexperience or ulterior motives start asking random questions like this. I would suggest rather than asking what are the limits of human strength, figure out what your limits are and continually seek to exceed those limits. Set goals. When you run into roadblocks in your progress, then that's the time to start asking questions. Let's say you've been dumbbell rowing 120#'s, and you come in and say "hey, I'm at a plateau, how do I break it?" or "what should my next goal be?" or even stating an audacious goal like "hey I row 120#, and I'm going to row 220# by this time next year, here's how I plan to do it." would be okay. But when you've only posted a few times and throw out something completely random this, that's what gets everybody suspicious you might be wasting our time. So what do you DB row? What's your goal to be above average? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Understand that there's a small number of folks that come on the board, and either due to inexperience or ulterior motives start asking random questions like this. I would suggest rather than asking what are the limits of human strength, figure out what your limits are and continually seek to exceed those limits. Set goals. When you run into roadblocks in your progress, then that's the time to start asking questions. Let's say you've been dumbbell rowing 120#'s, and you come in and say "hey, I'm at a plateau, how do I break it?" or "what should my next goal be?" or even stating an audacious goal like "hey I row 120#, and I'm going to row 220# by this time next year, here's how I plan to do it." would be okay. But when you've only posted a few times and throw out something completely random this, that's what gets everybody suspicious you might be wasting our time. So what do you DB row? What's your goal to be above average? I agree with ya bro..set your own goals and reach them, then set new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvx Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I love learning things as much as the next guy, but there is more the be learned by looking at feats that others have done and to study how they got there rather than to speculate about what may be the possible human limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Styles Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I had to dig this up after seeing the 375lb rows here: What's another hundred pounds??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dax Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I did a 180lb for five or six reps, with straps in my twenties... cant imagine doing that now in my fifties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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