Viable Blob Alternative

[Pryderi]

Hey everyone. New to the forum here, and been browsing several of the posts/articles the last couple of days.

I'd like to get the community's opinion on this setup as a alternative to the "blob."

If I had a dig. camera I'd just post a pic, so please bear with my description (though i'm sure this method has been used by a few of you already).

Taking a standard adjustable dumbell handle or 18-24 inch pipe w/ hose fittings, fix a 2 1/2 or 5 lb plate towards the end of one side of the handle and load the other end with x amount of weight. The 2 1/2 or 5 lb plate would be your gripping point.

The device would look similar to the following: -|---||||-

I've also experimented with just griping one side of a fixed dumbell, as opposed to the detached dumbell head by itself.

[Kurt Lane]

makes sence, although weight wouldent be balanced and you cant do fun things like cleans, snatches, toss.

[Pryderi]

The weight seems balanced (when gripped around the outer rim of the 2 1/2 plate with i guess an "eagle" or "tiger" claw would be the best description - pinch grip)

Think similar to the pinch-style hub gripper sold by ironmind (http://www6.mailordercentral.com/ironmind/prodinfo.asp?number=1244) and a loading pin to get the idea of how i'm gripping this device on the 2 1/2 and 5lb plates.

I've only been attempting holds for time currently. Tosses do not seem practical with this setup (the 1-2'' of protruding handle required to get the collar on the handle would most likely hit your palm before you could get ahold of the plate...would take some skill/luck), and clean/snatches would probably put too much strain on the wrist though I am going to try it out when I am ready to advance beyond my current routine.