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Roark

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Place your forearm on a table top so that

your upper arm is at a right angle to your

forearm. Palm up. Grasp the end of a sledge-

hammer which also is placed on the table at

a right angle to you forearm. So, that if you

are using the right hand, the sledgehammer

will be offset to your right.

Now 'simply' twist the sledgehammer up to an

upright position using only the hand and forearm

which must remain in contact with the table top

during the movement. The wooden tip must not

touch the table top, but be 'in' the hand.

Details needed: length of hammer handle from

wooden tip to the top of the metal at the other

end. What weight hammer?

At one time Kaz claimed to be the only man able to do this

with a 16 lb sledge. Is that still the case?

Tom Black, we await a response.

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Guest woody36

Joe,

      Is this beyond the abilities of Slim Farman?

I would have thought he could outclass Kaz on anything

to do with Hammers,or at least to be his equal.

I read of Kaz challenging Jon Pall to a leverage contest

with the hammer outstreached on the floor and levering up

ala Slim,and both managed 22pounds,but i don't know how

much Slim does in this style.

Regards

 Ray.

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Guest woody36

Joe,

     Slim may not lever in the method you describe,i just

thought he would practice in various positions for overall

strength,it's a phenomenal lift by Kaz in any case but i did

wonder about Mr Farman.

Regards

 Ray.

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You may be waiting a long time for me to perform that feat, but I will try in about an hour.  Kaz and Jon Pall doing 22-pounds with the hammer outstretched on the floor does not seem possible.  That would be about 660 Inch-pounds (22*30 inches).  The Weaver stick equivalent would be 18.85 pounds, still above the reverse world record.  I have heard from good authority that Slim cantilevers the handles up with a small platform on the floor.  The hard part of Slim's feat is up overhead, not of the floor.  Slim's record with hands in front is 31.25-pounds, but I don't know about the lift with his arms outstretched.  My high estimate would be 24-pounds from pictures I've analyzed.

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Guest woody36

Tom,

     You're probably right,i found the article and it's on

Slim himself but describes the manner in which the lift is

performed.

From a kneeling position the hand is placed on the very end

of a regulation sized hammer.He then pivots the hammer

upright while his hand remains on the floor.The writer then

goes on to say that the best he has ever personally witnessed was in 1987 when Kaz challenged Jon Pall and

both succeeded with what the writer believes was a 22 pound hammer,no one else could duplicate the stunt.

The writers name isn't mentioned but it's either Dave Gentle

or Dave Webster,it was at a strongman comp so my money's

on Webster.

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Guest Boog495

Roark, I learned this same movement from a physical therapist,albeit with the typical small dumbells that are used in most rehabilitation centers and not sledges. I use the Ironmind Heavy Hammer II. Of course the length of the load isn`t the same as a sledge handle, but it does give a stout wrist and forearm workout, plus you can microload the Hammer II so you can vary your weight. I also let the plates go off the edge of the table so it lies fairly flat. The Hammer II would be fairly easy to duplicate with an extended bar to replicate a sledge handle and one can start light and progress up. What are your thoughts on this?

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Sounds okay, but if you are planning to try it

with sledges, the conditions in training should

be as similar as possible. Perhaps buying a sledge

handle for a 16lb sledge, then progressively loading

it, but what you are doing is fine- just a matter

of  using heavier weight for a shorter handle.

When I was a boy the man who lived across the

street, Mr. Matthews, worked for the Gill Compnay

that makes track and field implements. I was young

so maybe a heard it wrong, but it was said he could

grab a vaulting pole by the end and lever the other end

off the ground. Wonder what he could have done with

a sledge? I do vividly remember him crushing a metal Prince

Albert tobacco can using just one hand.

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I tried this last night with a microphone stand.  The base was about 4-5 lbs, and the stand itelf was about 3/4" diameter.  I held it about 30" from the base, and could barely turn it up.  2 more inches out, and I thought my wrist was going to break.  I also tried it as a Weaver Stick to the rear, and had pretty close to the same results.

I was wondering if a similar exercise would be beneficial.  I could load a dumbbell, grasp it on the end, bring the dumbbell up and over a full 180 degrees, pass it off to the other hand, and just go back and forth.  Any thoughts?

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Guest Harlan Jacobs

I tried this with a push broom that has a 5' handle.Not real hard ,I did % sets of 10, but a great exercise.I also took a new roll of duct tape and slid it over the brush of the broom and tried that. That was a bit more than I wanted.

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