Roark Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 Having been, what some would consider, obsessed with Thomas Inch and his dumbells for the past year, there are some conclusions that have homesteaded in my mind: No man in history has one hand overheaded the 172 lb Inch dumbell clean. This includes Inch and Saxon. Others, who never laid a hand on the Inch would have been able to. Marx & Apollon, being two such men. Several men would have been able to Continental the bell in the style that Phil Pfister used at the 2002 Arnold show. Most strongmen would be able to two hand the bell to the shoulder, then using one hand, jerk it overhead. These same men would not be able to military press it with only one hand, but could use various degrees of jerk, or lean, to succeed. Having overheaded the bell, no one would be able to control the descent and gently replace the bell on the floor using only one hand all the way down without resting the bell on the upper thigh or some other oasis. No man has yet deadlifted two of the 172 at the same time. No man has yet farmer's walked with two 172 Inch replicas, though it is my opinion that Mark Henry could do this if he had access to two of them. I have a hunch that at the Oscar Heidenstam Dinner later this month some of these conclusions may have to be amended, and hopefully mobsterone will post those newsy morsels of history right after they happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 Roark! Wonderful reading as always! Some questions: Have you seen any movies with Apollon as actor? Does the movies still exsist? Arne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted March 1, 2002 Author Share Posted March 1, 2002 Stopped by the U of Illinois film archive some years ago to see if their vault contained Mare Nostrum, the film Apollon was in. No luck. There is a photo of Apollon from the film in MUSCLE POWER Jul 1947 p 33, and in YOUR PHYSIQUE Nov 1947 p 31. As I recall, there have been three movies of this title. Just checked IMDB (internet movie data base) and it appears there were two such movies, 1926 and 1948, with the former being relevant here. Apollon Uni, as he is listed in the cast of characters played 'The Triton'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 Mystic Roark oh swami what prey tell is in the future I can only hope that young Mr James is a strong as he says he is and we will see him push press the Millennium dumbbell overhead. In fact we are trying to see if we can have pads of some sort on the floor because I for one will be a running if it comes crashing down :crazy If and only if 1st CoC is 'a coming' with 2 of the Inch replicas would I see if I could walk with them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted March 1, 2002 Author Share Posted March 1, 2002 Very exciting prospect! Has Chris ever tried the Inch 172? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 Of course, he's one of the (three he he;) ) men to put it overhead. He two handed it up the body with one around the handle and one under a globe and took, if memory serves, seven attempts in this style to push press the beast up. This has been written up on by Alan Radley and myself in Milo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 At a throws meet get together Steve (the rock lifter) Jeck and I saw shotputter Andy Bloom nearly millitary press the Inch seated...get this.. on a folding chair in a grass covered field!It was scary! He easily push pressed it standing that day as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 What Richard failed to mention is that he has a pic of Andy Bloom on his Sorinex site push pressing the Inch (in the "Living Strong" section). Here is the pic: http://www.sorinex.com/Images/livingstrong/06.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.