Guest Harlan Jacobs Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Last weekend there was a strongman contest in Boston. They had an Inch replica there. It was lifted by 2 guys, Jesse Marunde and Tony Scrivens. I don't know Jesse, But I do know Big Tony. Tony is about 6' and weighs about 340-350. He has the largest fingers you have ever seen. I have been told that he wears a size 24 ring ! He also makes one heck of a cheese cake. I was also told that Jesse brought it to his shoulder( with 2 hands ) and then pressed it over head with one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 I don't think I know of those guys. Maybe I should. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harlan Jacobs Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Tony has a web site (www.bigtonyscrivens.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woody36 Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Nathan, Jesse can be found on JV Askems site, http://www.olympus.net/personal/cablebar/GRIP.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarBender Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Jesse is also a member of this board and has posted here at least once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 He was the first teenage COC, and is a real monster. 400lb C&J at a height of about 6'5", 275. Ouch!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted February 21, 2002 Share Posted February 21, 2002 Ok I've seen both those guys before, but didn't know their names. I even read that interview when I was last on JV's site. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 They(kaz and Terry Todd) called today and asked if they could borrow my Inch Bell for the tiebreaker at the Arnold Strongman contest. I sent it out with an added prize offer to any of them that can CLEAN it.It will be in Kaz's Metrex booth untill "party time"...............Terry said we could start planning to include my Grip gauntlet in next years show.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Horne Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Oh it will be cleaned soon. Regarding your grip guantlet, great news. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 If Kaz is at the Metrex booth, that is where you will find ME! I am leaving Saturday at 5am, it is about a 4.5 hour drive for me. Staying at the Holiday Inn on West Lane Ave. After today, I sould have my web page up and running so everyone knows what I look like- Rick Walker :hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Black Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 What you don't look like your avatar? Get a picture of you and the dumbbell, preferably at your shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Tom- Actually-I do-except I have a beard. THe bald head is right!! Yeah-at my shoulder :p ! My goal for Jan. 2003 is to lift the darn thing up to a standing position-my guess is that I can't even get the thing off the ground right now. The most I have done on my thick bar is 150. I am more interested in meeting Kaz !!! I just have assorted pics on my site of me and my lifting toys. I hope to meet some of you grip dudes at the Arnold! Rick Walker :hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 Rick, Keep trying and don't give up!! :p :p Is it me, or are all the guys who can lift the Inch over 6 feet tall and over 250 pounds bodyweight? Not me (5'10", 225).... so do I have a chance?!? I'm training to do it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 Sir Snott, If greater height implies longer bones (hands) then an advantage is present. Remember the post sometime back where a very tall basketball player who did no weight training for his grip, picked up a replica and aksed 'What do you do with this ?' A bar is only 'thick' relative fingers that are 'short'. To Apollon's nine inch hand, the Inch bell would be the same proportionally as a person with a 7.5" hand length grasping a bar that is 1.91" thick. None of the competitors at the Arnold Classic Inch competition had any complaints about hand width being a hindrance, by the way. And they all weighed in excess of 300 lbs. There remains that nasty element of 172 non-revolving pounds. I had been suspecting that Mark Henry had already been able to clean the Inch bell- he had a replica to work with, but it did not happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Luke Reimer Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 For Mark Henry, it's probably just a matter of technique now. I'm sure I could clean anything that I could lift as high as Mark lifted the Inch bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 Luke, You may be right, but in order to clean the bell the hand and the elbow must be below the bell, not on top of it, and that bell came down instantly. I think Mark has the strength, but technique, after all, was never his strong suit. And to put the hand and the elbow below the bell before it comes down in a flash would be an amazing sight, and the height of the bell is not the issue, it's his body parts placement. Your technique may be different from his; indeed, would have to be to be successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 Good report Mr Roark but any futher info on others that tried or actually how close Henry got? So... I guess my bell comes back with its honor in tact. What fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 The way to describe Henry's two attempts that has the most meaning to me would be: Take for yourself whatever is a very, very heavy dumbell with a thick handle. Now try to clean it, but instead of being in the final clean position when the bell reaches the chest, instead be in the final position of a one hand upright row, and if by that point you have not assumed your 'dip' it's all over because the bell is starting its descent and your hand is still on top on the bar so you somehow have to turn that thick bar and dip at the same instant that mother gravity is summoning the iron home. The bell appeared to be in front of Mark, so he did not seem to be in a solid cleaning stance- just a very fast upright row- which was extremely impressive given that a couple of the other men barely cleared the floor with the bell, and some others got it mid calf high and maybe knee high before losing grip. NOBODY set it down of their own will- the bell left their grasp. To me, Phil Pfister stole the show even if technically he touched the bell with his other hand for one second to balance it on his thigh. It was a study in determination and bulldoggedness that the crowd fully joined in with. And when he rose and kicked the bell up to his shoulder the audience was one in support of him. Then he plowed it overhead. So at least I have once in my life witnessed the Inch being lifted. An argument can be made that had he not touched the bell with his free hand he would have lost the attempt, and that may well be true. Frankly, I think this is one strong man and as he told the crowd, he will get it next year. I suspect he is right. A final point. Remembering that Mark Henry cleaned and jerked the Apollon replica for three series, which was a fantastic demonstration of diesel truck power, if the 366 lbs is divided by 2 you get 183, eleven pounds more in each hand than the Inch replica. Of course the Inch has a thicker handle, but in all honesty after having seen Mark with the Apollon, I would have bet, and in fact did predict he would clean the Inch. Nope. Wonder if people think Inch himself could match Mark's performance with the Apollon... And remember that at last year's Arnold Classic, Mark and three other men (apparently visitors/customers) managed to deadlift the bell, with Mark pulling it chest high- which is why I thought he would be able to do it with additional training on Sorin's loaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 If I could pull an Inch replica that high, I'd snatch it. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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