pdoire Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Wow!! I have some small delicious apples that I put in my morning protein drink, well this morning after being successful with tearing phone books lately I decided to try to crush one ...they were fresh and crisp and hard but small to average in size. Well, dug the fingers in (my girl was watching) and juice started flowing and snapped it in half!! Picked it up and crushed the halves into quarters with some mashing..not much...tough on your fingertips. I would have to credit my fingertip pushups to helping with this feat!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opnsysme Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Cool, thats a crowd pleaser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Nice job Paul! The first time I crushed an apple was actually at Jail...yeah that kind of sounds like a bad porno. Anyway, one of the inmate kitchen workers heard about my supposedly good grip strength and threw an apple to me when he delivered the meal trays a couple of years ago. I asked what he wanted me to do with the apple because I didn't eat apples at the time. And he knew it. He said, "Try to crush that apple!" So I did exactly what you did, dug the fingers in and crushed for all I was worth. That damn apple exploded like a gremlin in the microwave! Makes a hell of an impression on most normal people. I've also heard that apples are different when it comes to crushing them. That makes sense. I would guess the bigger, the harder, just because of the surface area involved. Unless it's a stone hard smaller apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ''I would have to credit my fingertip pushups to helping with this feat!!!'' yea i bet that helps alot. hey how many finger tip pushups can you do? i just started this last week and can only do 4 its not that i cant do 4 pushups its just that my fingers feel lik ethey will snap in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Loaf Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 (edited) Man, i need to start trying that crap. GOOD WORK, PAUL!! So when are you getting hitched? Edited January 7, 2005 by Meat Loaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdoire Posted January 7, 2005 Author Share Posted January 7, 2005 Danny, I warm up with ten as my gripper warmup. Haven't really tried more but think I could. I weigh about 240 so its hard on my fingers, but in the right position feels fine. Meat, She won't marry me till I can crush a coal into diamonds!!! Kiddin she's great really!! Supportive of grip too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I haven't crushed an apple as of yet but have halved one with my thumbs on the top of the apple and pryed outwords and snap split the apple.Less messy than crushing.I'll have to try a crush soon.Nice job Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt. crushalot Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Great job Who says a cider press is needed to make apple cider anyways? You are the cider man..... keep on squeezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Loaf Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Meat,She won't marry me till I can crush a coal into diamonds!!! Kiddin she's great really!! Supportive of grip too!! ← One word: Financing No excuses mister, i bought a diamond ring when i had less than 200 bucks in my account....payments baby, payments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigT Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Meat,She won't marry me till I can crush a coal into diamonds!!! Kiddin she's great really!! Supportive of grip too!! ← One word: Financing No excuses mister, i bought a diamond ring when i had less than 200 bucks in my account....payments baby, payments! ← I felt so great crushing an apple, I read in article in Milo by John Brookfield that if you can crush the ironmind #1 easily then the apple will fall...well it exploded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 pdiore, the super juicer, LOL, great job man, I love hearing about someone hitting a new peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdoire Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Thanks guys!! What do they say? An apple a day keeps the Dr away!! Ha, I'll try bigger ones next time I go to the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showlarson Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 A little off the subject but after xmas I was reading the grip masters manual and JB talks about crushing a potato as a hard feat. I couldn't belive it could be so hard and tried it. Much to the amusement of my brother and dad all that happened were some dry popping noises emitting from my knuckles. I might have to get some apples to get my confidence back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigT Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Hey Showlarson after reading about your stats and thinking for a moment wait...I hear something....your confidence coming back and the apple exploding. Before starting KTA last week I did this some weeks before and it was my first feat of grip strength. An article from Milo by John brookfield says "the idea is to squeeze with the fingers not to jab your fingers into the apple." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anuwbius Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 And thats my question. Are people stabbing and or peircing the apple with the tips of their fingers, or are poeple enveloping the apple, applying pressure to the finger pad/print area. I have yet to crush any apple with the latter. I can destroy apples with the stabbing. So which are people doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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