Mjoynt Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 I'm not sure if a poll like this has been presented before, so I apologize if something similar has been posted. But, I thought this would be interesting anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimalCage Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Pressing the Inch DB certainly requires greater overall body strength. To me, that translates to functional strength for life in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 #### - I'd wanna do both but clicked on the 4 as I'd be the second to do that if I did as opposed to the 3rd to put the Inch overhead (Inch - poss, Chris James, Mark Henry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 How many guys have successfully lifted the Inch? ??? How many guys have officially closed the #4 gripper? ??? No contest. I pick closing the #4. Probably more difficult, when you take lots of things into consideration. This brings up a very interesting book, called "You Can Compare Apples To Oranges" by Dale Harder. He rates lots of things according to degree of difficulty, how many have tried a particular feat, etc., etc. What do you think he rates as probably the greatest grip strength feat of all time? The answer would probably shock you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Prizing money out of my wallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjoynt Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 I believe Mark Henry was the first and only person to have cleaned and pressed the Inch Dumbbell with ONE hand. So far only Joe Kinney has OFFICIALLY closed the #4. One of the greatest feats of grip strength (and total body strength) of all time, in my book, is Hermann Goerner's one-hand deadlift of 727lbs. Simply amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushjunior Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Cleaning and pressing the inch DB. Reason being if I could press the inch dumbbell (172 lbs) with one arm then that means a two-arm press with 340 lbs would be doable and would probably mean I could jerk 500+ lbs. I have miserable upper body pressing strength but pretty good grip strength so I would pick having great upper body strength over closing the #4. Currently I can't even press 90% my own bodyweight (180 lbs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Yep I think Mark Henry is the first officially to pick it up, not touch the body on the way, settle it on the shoulder and get the bugger overhead all with one hand. Chris James 2 handed it up the body, used his free had to get the bell 'right' when it was at the shoulder and then one handed it overhead. BTW he has push pressed 400 lbs to give the other poster a mark to aim for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 The 172 replica is a known quantity. The #4 can vary considerably in resistance. Mark Henry, the only man in history to one hand clean and put the Inch overhead has also closed a #3 with each hand, upright and inverted. It is not a dream to assume he could reach the 4. Joe Kinney, the only man to have mastered the 4, would have been unlikely to have conquered the Inch one hand all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 There are quite a few grip trainers with hopes of going on to closing their #4, but who is even training to clean and overhead with one hand an Inch replica ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotGrip Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Old Guy, Not many are training for one hand cleaning the Inch bell I'd guess, because to do that you'd at least have to be able to lift the darn thing off the ground with semi-authority. But I'd venture to say that the number of people with a real shot of closing the #4 within a year's time is similar to the number of people who could clean and press the Inch bell in a years time (not just on this board). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mac Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 I voted for the No.4 even though I can bareley close the Ironmind No.1!!. Didn't Joe Kinney have 2 inch replicas ? i also read on this board he could pass them from hand to hand. Considering his body weight I think this is pretty good. And also any one can get a No.4 there only $20, inch replicas cost $260+ . Don't get me wrong what Mark Henry did was awsome but for a man of his size that dumbbell is just a toy for him. Even though people say 4's vary in hardeness (my 3 feels like a rock!!) there is still only one man who has closed it. Just my 2 cents Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitleyd Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 imagine being able to clean & press the inch w/one hand & close the #4 with the other .........at the same time. :crazy thats what i would pick....in the mean time i'll keep slugging away toward my #3. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Christian Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Rather than picking the feat based on what recognition you would get and all the other junk, why not pick the feat based on your own personal goals? I, would personally rather close the #4. Even if it is less translatable and most people wouldn't know what I was talking about if I said what I did, for me, it would be the most rewarding. Also, since my lower back is messed, I don't think I'll ever even try to clean and press any sized dumbell. But that's not even the main reason. Sure, the Inch dumbell is impressive and something everyone (who has ever lifted...) could realize the difficulty in, but the #4 would give me the most self satisfaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldy Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 but who is even training to clean and overhead with one hand an Inch replica ? Heath should be, the way he tossed 118 to his shoulder like a toy the first time he tried cleans on his insanely slick Inch plate loader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 I don't recall anyone on this board even doing a full deadlift from the floor with an Inch replica. Some have broken it a few inches from the ground. Maybe John Wood who has held one in each hand can do a full deadlift with one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 No one has but I KNOW I could easily. Confident, maybe If Jim W and David H have been practising I suspect they could to - no probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 mobsterone, I suspect you are accurate about the 3 of you being able to- but until it is in fact done, it remains in the probably column, not the achieved column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 More so if we have no access to copies. This is a seller over here called Stan Pike. I may be able to, success etc allowing, to either buy one or persuade Stan to bring one to and allow me at a replica. In fact I'll email him now and ask if he'll attend the grip comp. Here's his fitness site. Theres also a blacksmith site too www.intensefitness.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 Anyone who can deadlift it (the Inch DB) off the floor one-handed deserves true credit! I tried, and all I could succeed in doing was spinning it on the floor. BTW... is anyone going to take a guess at the question that I raised? Roark, do NOT give it away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Horne Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 We're in the process of getting a cast for our own dumbell made up. The handle will be slightly thicker (at 2 1/2") and it will weigh a bit more (possibly 80 1/2kg). We are considering the possibility of making a range of differing sized dumbells. We are trying to get one done for the grip comp, no promises though! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 Cool!! If you can get it and they use one to make it keep the pattern/mold for yourselves as it should be yours. If they use a differing means to make it - cest la vie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Youngguy Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 I would rather clean and press the inch dumbbell, because it is a legendary feat of strength. Although Kazmaier and Mark Henry have done it. The #4 still remains to one person, or not. Maybe Brookfield can do it in his training, but no one knows. Anyway the inch dumbbell is probably the most more significant feat of hand and body strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Only Mark Henry has cleaned the Inch; Kaz used the continental. There will be several people who train using the easier continental on their ways to cleaning the Inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Youngguy Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Thanks for the correction, I did not know that. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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