Fhm

[Guest]

A friend told me that the newest issue of FHM (For Him Magazine) had a minor article about "my" grippers.

SO I went out and bought it.  I'll quote it verbatim:

"Crushing Hands Like A Jerk!

Unlike those cheap plastic jobbies girls like to play with, Captains of Crush grippers are made of aircraft-grade aluminum and tough springs.  The average Joe should start with the trainer, which takes 100 pounds of pressure to close.  Then there's the No. 1, a humiliating affair all its own.  Work your way up to No. 4 and you can hang with strongman Ken Brown, the only guy to have ever squeezed one closed."

WTH?!?  Ken Brown only one to close the #4?  Did Ken Brown close a #4?

Also, there is a picture of a guy "closing" what appears to be the Trainer (judging by spring size.)  It is maybe half a millimeter beyong parallel.

Sigh,

Michael Falkov

P.S. That should save you all the time and expense of buying the 'zine.

[mobsterone]

Can I dare suggest that we formulate a detailed response and email it for thier letters page.

While I'm at it there's a good piece in Bizarre magazine which includes Spanish Stone lifting. Current record is around 300 kilos and has to be hoisted on to the shoulder - ####!

[Roark]

Michael & mobsterone,

I do not read FHM but I have been glancing at the covers

to see when an proposed article on Flex Wheeler will appear.

Which issue has the gripper mistake?

I have written various emails to the mailstream mags

when they step ignorantly into our waters. Do not

expect a reply, or that the truth will be acknowledged.

I corrected mis-information about Sean Connery's Mr.

Universe record (even the bodybuilding mags get this

wrong, except for FLEX), and about Mae West and her

muscleman stage show.

Usually, if the email is even acknowledged, it comes

in the form of a 'thank you for your comments' brushoff

indicating that the fact checkers will look into it. Really,

look into it with whom?

Just wanted you to be aware that some of these mags

would rather let the mistake ride than lose face correct-

ing themselves, or if they do print a correction it may

be accompanied by a sarcastic remark indicating how

silly the subject matter is, and who really cares anyway.

A producer on the Jay Leno show called me once when

Connery was to appear on that show, and wanted me to

send photos of Connery as a contestant at the Mr. U. I

told her I had no photos, except the ones in the magazines

of that period which covered the event. She said that

would be okay. I said the magazine would not leave my

house.

[Sybersnott]

This Ken Brown business is NEWS to me.  I agree with Roark.... most magazines don't get the story right in the first place.  I wrote to a bodybuilding mag on a story they did about strongmen.  It was all wrong, and to top it off - they never even acknowledged the mistake; instead publishing a letter from some moron who said he liked the article and to keep up the good work!

They probably don't even mention Kinney, Brookfield or Sorin in that article do they?  Ah, forget it!!!

[Sybersnott]

Alright everybody...... I'm a glutton for punishment!

Remembering QuickGrip's post, I decided to purchase the magazine for myself and see what all the fuss was about.  Since the magazine was sealed in plastic, I had to buy it.

Save your money.  What I found was a small article just like what QuickGrip explained.  And where in the world did they peg Ken Brown as closing the #4 is beyond me.

Chalk one up to inaccurate journalism.  Anyone wanna buy a used magazine (cheap!)?