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Happenings on December 5th thru the years:

1890 Louis Cyr one finger deadlift 490 lbs

1912 Edward Aston surpasses Inch's two hands anyhow

      lift by hoisting 332 lbs (5.25 lbs more than Inch)

1919 Goerner performs a snatch with crossed arms, left

      hand over right hand with 231.25 lbs

1933 Rigoulot left hand dumbell swing 194 lbs

1939 Bob Hoffman does 'two or more' bent presses

      with the Cyr dumbell loaded to 245 lbs. Two or more?

      (Before too much belief is placed in Hoffman's

      lifts, read John Fair's book, MUSCLETOWN USA)

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Guest Michael Rabich

1919 Goerner performs a snatch with crossed arms, left

     hand over right hand with 231.25 lbs

Does it mean he was using mixed grip as in deadlift on a snatch or a one arm snatch with the other hand merely balncing it as in pullup?  Is this the best lift on record in such a lift?

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Michael,

I have three copies of Goerner The Mighty;

someplace, but not at hand. (Got that ref

out of my data base) Much of my library is

packed away at the moment.

From memory (uh-oh!) I recall that he placed his

left hand over his right hand, probably with

little distance between them, then

simply snatched the weight in the normal style

while not allowing the arms to 'untangle' or the

barbell  to 'twirl'. Both hands were on the barbell bar.

Perhaps someone can add to this? The info is on

page 54 of the book.

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