burkhardmacht Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Today Florian and I were hanging around with armwrestling buddy Dirk Schenker during a little armwrestling contest. On the parking lot at the competition location Dirk gave the Inch a try, his first contact with this infamous grip item. He lifted it two times with absolutely amazing ease - no tilt. He is the first German that lifted the Inch to a full deadlift I guess. Dirk Schenker Inch DB DL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAN PRAYDIS Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 looked like an easy lift for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetAGrip87 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Awesome lift, looked easy for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Awesome strength! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Perhaps the best Inch lift I have seen. I am not surprised though as this lift in particular should suit armwrestlers considering their wrist strength. When Arne Persson and I have tested the grip strength of bodybuilders and powerlifters they typically also do best in thickbar lifting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Great lift, but better than Sward's double inch farmer's walk? -Jedd- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Didn't Hermann Goerner lift the Inch? If so, it would make HIM the 1st German to do so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 No problem for big Dirk Schenker. Looked very easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Dirk Nice and an easy lift for you Burkhard not to take anything away from Dirk but has Heinz Ollech(spelling)not tried the inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkhardmacht Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 DirkNice and an easy lift for you Burkhard not to take anything away from Dirk but has Heinz Ollech(spelling)not tried the inch. Heinz told me that he tried the Inch and he can't lift it to a full deadlift - only to mid shin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Burkhard Thanks for the reply and as i said not taking anything away from Dirks fantastic lift,it just surprises me that he is the 1st German with a full deadlift of the inch as there are a lot of big strong Germans not only in Strongman comps,but in track and field etc. This is a very worthy feat anyway but to be the 1st in your country adds extra cudos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkhardmacht Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 BurkhardThanks for the reply and as i said not taking anything away from Dirks fantastic lift,it just surprises me that he is the 1st German with a full deadlift of the inch as there are a lot of big strong Germans not only in Strongman comps,but in track and field etc. This is a very worthy feat anyway but to be the 1st in your country adds extra cudos Yes, I think the main problem is that there are only a few Inch DBs available in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Kellersmann Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Back at home and back in the gripboard... The two lifts of Dirk were a grip highlight for me. An awesome display of hand and forearm strength :bow Edited July 9, 2006 by Florian Kellersmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerryg Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 It looked very easy for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Cleanest Inch lift I have seen a video of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie B. Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Dirk, Great Inch Lift !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaury Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Textbook lift. GREAT STRENGTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkhardmacht Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 The selfconfidence of my Inch DB is broken now - it sits in my training room and does not make any faces on me now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royceman Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Insane, i half expected him to start curling it........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkhardmacht Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Insane, i half expected him to start curling it........ Yes, indeed. Next time he will try to curl it! He is quite confident that he can do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 This is a great lift! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkhardmacht Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 On my search for Inch lifters I had the chance to watch this last night: very light person action - read the video description! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Kellersmann Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 On my search for Inch lifters I had the chance to watch this last night:very light person action - read the video description! This is Matthias Schlitte. He's a beast, you know it, when you shake his paw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkhardmacht Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 On my search for Inch lifters I had the chance to watch this last night:very light person action - read the video description! This is Matthias Schlitte. He's a beast, you know it, when you shake his paw His hand-forearm-torso combinaton is more than unbelieveable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odin Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Burkhard, did you notice in your research how many have lifted the Inch who weigh less than the DB itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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