Timmy Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Do you think it will ever be done, and who will do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menace3000 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) sure ....i'll invent a cloning machine...clone joe kinney and have him close the #4 under new rules....other than that... no ....LOL Edited August 23, 2006 by menace3000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubgeezer Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Sure. And it will be done by someone most of us never heard of. Either a pro Strongman or the equivalent of that Tex guy that casually repped the #3 at the GGC. Or, someone can get lucky and the "out of the package on the spot" Number 4 that is used could be a light one, in which case a half dozen guys on this board could do it, credit card set or not. I know, pretty extreme statements out of my rear for an old accountant who cannot close the #3 himself. HG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifesnotfair Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Half a dozen guys in here could CCS an "easy" #4? ... I'm sure they could close it, maybe do some parallel reps (!!), but CCS it? Timmy, I made a similar post not too long ago. Tommy said he would do it! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisx9118 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I believe it will be done. I know a couple of people training for it right now, using a CCS set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 It will be done, just a matter of time. By who, only time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 It won't be done anytime soon if the new process is pulling a brand new #4 out of the package and using a CCS. If it does occur, this person will be replace Joe Kinney as the new legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor111 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 last time i checked in the land of reality legends DO NOT get REPLACED, you can have more than one. that was a rather brash statement. grip training has not yet reached its pinicle as we still have records being shattered, so just wait til guys are only winning because it was a good day for them, not because they were a whole lot stornger than other people. it is a matter of time till we reach the limits of gripping power and i think we have not yet gotten there, as evident by Slim the Hammerman's records looking almost unattainable, and the huge gap between mortals and 1CoC. just take a rational look at this all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyg Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Yea wannagrip, brash statement indeed... i don't regard kinney as legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I do think that nobody will actually "replace Kinney" as a legend, but still the boundaries of grip strength will be pushed further than they have been so far. BUT KINNEY IS A LEGEND, HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DO THAT AND THE WAY HE DID IT WAS AMAZING. He is the king of crushing grip and many of us are to thank him for the brilliant and innovative ways to train, he made the job somewhat easier for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdoire Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Ok I see this thread getting into "hot water" already. Kinney is of course a legend..he is the first 4 cert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 One can interpret my statements in several ways. My statement was tonque in cheek. In other words, the feat will be HUGE if performed. I am sure there were people here that understood what I was saying. And, yes, there is always that Kinney controversy in the first place. I was ignoring that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menace3000 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I think the question can be restated as who will be first person to close BB PRO....although I think Joe Kinney was capable or very close to doing it....given how he grinded the handles on the #4 and the general manhandling of the gripper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Styles Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I would think that to be able to realistically conjecture on this, one would both need to be strong enough to no set close a decent #3 and have tried a new G8 #4 fresh out of the package. I've done neither and am very skeptical that the current criteria for IM's #4 certification are possible to meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klicks Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I think Wes will do it. And I think others could do it to, like Mark Henry. But it will take a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I would think that to be able to realistically conjecture on this, one would both need to be strong enough to no set close a decent #3 and have tried a new G8 #4 fresh out of the package.I've done neither and am very skeptical that the current criteria for IM's #4 certification are possible to meet. Well actually no set close of a decent #3 doesn't mean much regarding #4, it's still a big gap and I'm speaking from the personal experience. Still, I don't see a CCS close of new #4 as impossible, as some people seem to think. Don't get me wrong, I'm not lifting myself up as a candidate for that, as I haven't certified on #3 yet (still waiting to hear from IM) and it's not my kind of thing anyways, but I'll sure as hell will enjoy the journey and will find out what my hands are good for. Somebody will CCS close that brand new #4, eventually. And Wannagrip, I didn't take your statement that seriously, othervise I would have expressed my views more strongly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Do you think it will ever be done, and who will do it? There's always Magnus. I always think his strength is astonishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Do you think it will ever be done, and who will do it? There's always Magnus. I always think his strength is astonishing. I agree. He's amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor111 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 total maniac, some people were born with the ability to close a new #4, we need to find them and when that happens the list will grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Ah, you're forgetting something... Magnus has already certed on the #4. As for Kinney being a legend, he is when you consider HOW he closed that #4. It's out of this world -- something you may never see again! It was just an awesome display of grip strength! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisx9118 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 I believe Wes and Mat (StalwartSentinel) will soon close the #4 with a CCS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Dockery Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Bill Brasky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handgripperman Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 It will happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 Wasn't the credit card idea derived from a close that Sorin did 15 years ago, because Randall wanted to know where Sorin was setting it, or something a rather? This is what I might of heard, but I could be incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Jimmy Hoffa will be the first to cert, followed closely by Elvis and then Tupac, who will cert under the name Machiavelli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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