Guest NathanHolle Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 After recieving some information in the post a few days ago, including a letter detailing a film, we found this on the internet that members may find very interesting. Video footage of Thomas Inch lifting his challange dummbell. The clip is about 2.5 min long and great quality, with sound and commentry from Inch himself. It is called "Inch by Inch" on Pathe news web site Absolutly Amazing Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 What type lift does it portray, Nathan? Deadlift, one hand clean? What year was it shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NathanHolle Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Roark, First Thomas Inch lists famous strongmen who have failed including Saxon + Padoubny. Two men attempt it first, then another tests it with a hammer, then Inch cleans and bent presses it, then bends down and picks up anther dumbbell with his left hand for a total of 276lbs! It is a much larger bell than the one pictured as the original. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 How about posting a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NathanHolle Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Pathe News Search for Clip Title : Inch - By - Inch You must register for the free preview or you can by a DVD copy. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I watched the clip. That is not the dumbbell that Dave Prowse sold to Kim Wood. There is no way of knowing how much it weighed, or the weight of the smaller bell that he also lifted. The clip of him lifting the two women overhead and then while supporting them with one arm he picks up a kettlebell, is more impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Oh my. Anyone have a 3 dollar bill? Remember, we've seen Mark Henry a MONSTER lift the inch replica. The dumbbell in this video looks HUGE. The way he lifts it (easier than Henry did by far!), given his age and physique (looks like an out of shape old man to me) my take is INCH was a PHONEY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Ahh, I see OldGuy agrees on the dumbbell. It is NOT the same as my Inch Replica. It's bigger. How much it weighs..who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Let's make it easy for everyone to see..let me try here: Click here CLICK ON THIS LINK and you will download the file or play it. At least it worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Here is a link to Pathe News http://www.britishpathe.com/index.cfm The clip or the woman known as "resista" is clearly fakery, as she claimed to vary her bodyweight from 98 to 560 pounds by mind power. This prevented Inch from lifting her off of her feet. The dumbbell looked like one of those huge old hollow shot loaded globe dumbbells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Watched it again. What a joke. He hardly strains if at all. Roark, this video clip backs up your data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mg6680 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I agree w/wannagrip on this one...That video has "fake" written all over it. Maybe I'm wrong, but that lift and clean looks too easy. The first guy who attempted to lift the bell didnt even try (or it appeared that way). C'mon, that guy isnt even close to the strength of Mark Henry and he (Henry) at least put some effort into his lift of the bell. Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mg6680 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Maybe Mark (and others) could toss that bell up in the air and let it hit Inch on the noggin - my guess it would simply bounce off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Maybe Mark (and others) could toss that bell up in the air and let it hit Inch on the noggin - my guess it would simply bounce off. He looks to be fat and out of shape, with little muscle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Boy I really needed a good laugh, that delivered. Mark Henry at close to 400 pounds was almost flipped backward with the momentum from cleaning the Inch Replica. Inch didn't appear to budge, not really defying the law of physics.....just reacting correctly to a much lighter implement. Where's that footage of David Copperfield making the Great Wall of China disappear? That was much more believable. The least he could have done was eat a can of spinach before lifting it, or maybe poke the other guys in the eyes whilst doing his best Curly impression. Seriously, Iron Game deception really pisses me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 My guess is the dumbbell was hollow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NathanHolle Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Whatever is going on it is a very interesting clip. That dumbbell is so huge, if solid it would way at least 300lbs by itself. There are many other good clips on that site, including some great boxing!! Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Joe, date of the film clip is Jan 1939. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 First, let me get this out of my system: I TOLD YOU SO! Sorry. If the film clip was 1939, and the lift total was 276? then Inch had been credited with that much using two dumbells a decade earlier. In Jan 1939, Inch would have been age 57. The key, and watch carefully, is when he cleans the larger bell and pauses at the right shoulder with his palm IN THE HAMMER CURL POSITION and then finishes the clean. For the record, of course, this was not any of the four Inch bells, all of which were solid and nutless. Inch said that in 1931 when he lifted the Inch bell for Pathe Frere he lifted it one rep and the camera operator missed the shot, and it took Inch HOURS of rest and massage before he could lift it a second rep (none of which I believe). So now, 8 years later (he retired the 172 after the 1931 filming) he comes back and CASUALLY cleans 48 pounds more? I'm lovin' this. Anyway, in his 276 lbs lift mentioned above he used 220 plus 56. Those months studying everything I could about Inch have been rewarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Those months studying everything I could about Inch havebeen rewarded. Congrats Joe. Inch is a farce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 There are clips of other strongmen to be found at that site, such as Warren Travis and strongwoman Joan Rhodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeff0 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Inch is a farce. But I'm still ordering his dumbbell. :hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Man I would love to have been there 'Mr Inch, I challenge you'. Then I march on stage - camera zooms in. I pull dumbbell clear of floor. 'Well its heavy but it ain't that heavy - whats the matter with you lot. Honestly!'. Then I go and sit down again. It's as Roark says - Its miles bigger and there are nuts on the end of the bell ergo - its not the Challenge bell. Naughty boy Mr Inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mac Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Very....INTERESTING clip. I wonder how much other historical lifting footage there is hidden away in the many "News Reel" type archives that there are? If anyone has a slow afternoon or ten.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Nathan, Thank you for making this clip available. I now know what vindication feels like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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