Mark henry's

[Roark]

I had asked Terry Todd to secure Mark Henry's hand dimensions for my records.

Terry called today to say that a seamstress measured

Mark's hands and although Terry did not witness it, here

are the measures which Terry will verify when he gets a

chance to:

Mark Henry hand length, wrist line to middle finger tip: 9-5/8"

hand width when not touching anything 5.5"

hand length when hand is pressed against something (such

as a table) 6"

The hand length would be an incredible advantage- longer than Apollon, Goerner, or Saxon.

The hand width in the case of the 4" available grasping space

for the Inch replica would be an disadvantage, and

would probably negate some of the hand length advantage

because a natural grasp could not be obtained (that's a

guess).

[OldGuy]

Few have a bigger hand than that. Shaquille maybe ?

[dyoder16]

A bunch of years ago(had to be 6 or 8 at least), when they were touting Mark Henry as a possible olympic gold medalist they had a show all about him and his lifting and they were giving examples of his athleticism.  They showed him trying to dunk  a basketball, and if memory serves me right he palmed the ball easily with both hands and then ran with it to do the dunk.  He actually never did get the dunk but he was very, very close on several tries.

:hehe

[RSW]

I just measured my hand at 8"x 3-3/4" and I am 6' 4" tall.  Henry's hands are unbelievably large.  I measured my hand width just below the knuckles.  Is that where Henry's was measured, or does it include the thumb joint ?

[Roark]

Measure across palm width, because the thumb joint is

usually on the other side of the bar and is not a width

factor-hopefully that's how Mark's hand was measured,

but Terry was not there. He will measure Mark's hand when

he gets an opportunity.

[paul valpreda]

It sounds like Henry has Julius Erving sized hands! I bet Dr. J could have been a good gripper if hand size is any indicator.

[Sybersnott]

I was at the AOBS, and I asked Mark, "Can I measure your hands?".  He said, "Measure THIS!".  Then he put his big ole' paw over my face, and the room suddenly got very dark very quickly!  :p