Guest woody36 Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Joe, Just wondered if you new anything on modern day Strongman "George Olesen", who it would seem as phenomanal finger strength. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Slope/3301/olesen/ (Edited by woody36 at 9:04 am on Nov. 4, 2001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Woody, Have not looked into his lifts very much. He was written about in ironman May 1997 and June 1997. Anytime the G book of World Records starts listing unofficial strength feats, look out! When they list official lifts, fine. They managed to mangle facts about bodybuilding's Olympia winners, and have helped further the Anderson backlift fiasco. The lifts done under controlled conditions interest me, the anecdotal tales do not. One red flag is that his resting heart rate 24 hours after one of his feats was so high! Why would that be? But I'll do some checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StrongerthanArne Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Joe, The high heart beat rate would almost certainly be a result of dehydration. Several years ago I did some field work in the outback of Western Australia, and one day it was particularly hot, around 40 C. All my Aussie friends were wise enough to drink water whereas I drank beer. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling somewhat ill. My heart rate was between 190-210. By the middle of next day, and after drinking 6-7 litres of water it was down to around 140. It did not return to normal levels until the next day. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 StrongerthanArne, You may well be right, but it would seem odd than given the circumstances of Olesen's efforts, one would suppose hydration would be handy. Perhaps not. I must admit I had no idea dehydration could cause such a condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannosaurus Dave Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Well, I recall that Jack Walsh is credited with lifting 732 lbs with one finger back in the 50's, so this site saying that 704 is the greatest one finger lift in history may be a bit exaggerated. Oh well, maybe this guy's in a different federation. It's too bad we don't know more about Mr. S. Weeks, who claimed 760 with a highly padded finger ring. Tdave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 It was supposedly on this date, Nov 5, 1907 that W.L. Travis did a one finger lift of 667 lbs. It appears that different lifters used different types of apparatus when performing finger lifts, and some allowed the hand to rest against the thigh. It strikes me that one finger lifts by simply using one finger around a bar, would be the true test; not some padded ring. This would be very painful and very, very much less weight would be 'accom- plished'. It seems that one finger lifts are the most vague category to judge due to the lack of standardization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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