The greatest feat of pinch gripping?

[OldGuy]

To my mind the greatest feat of pinch gripping, done by the best ever pinch gripper, Richard Sorin, is the pinch lift of a 4'' wide 100 lb anvil shown here. What do you think?

[David Horne]

I would say that is a fantastic lift and that Richard is in my opinion one of the best, if not the best, pinch gripper.

David

[The Mac]

I agree that this is a fantastic lift, but because the anvil is solid I would say the 4" pinch of 2 york plates would be "better" - you have to fight the tendency of the plates to split. I would imagine though there are others far better qualified to comment on this than I - does Mr Sorin think of this as his greatest pinch feat?

[Nathan Say]

Yeah that's amazing but what about Apollon's prone palm pinch?

[young'un]

yeah, it's a different way of demonstrating pinching strength (i.e.- it's strength for bodyweight, not just raw strength), but what about rafter chins? are there any famous performances of this movement, possibly with extra weight attached?

also, how many people here can do one?

(for those who can, any and all training advice would be appreciated...i'm pretty close...I can hang, but can't hold on once i start pulling upwards...and i'm getting tired of falling off rafters )

[Guest sjeff70]

Alternate the following two workouts:

Day A

1. Chin on rafters farther away from each other.  Once you find the distance you can do a few chins, start there and add reps, then weight.  

2. Once you can do 5 reps with bodyweight, start adding weight.  Every month or so try closer rafters.  Once you can do a few start over with step one.  

Day B

2-Hands Pinch Lift...use the same thickness as the rafters you are trying to chin.

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Jeff

[Roark]

Rafter chins cannot easily, or fairly, be compared to pinch

deadlifting an anvil, in my opinion for these reasons:

Limb positions, rafter width as compared to Richard's anvil width, the fact that two hands are being used in the rafter

chin, while only one is allowed with the anvil (so divide the

bodyweight by two for the rafter feat), and that very body-

weight itself must be considered.

Usually rafters are chinned by lighter people, and while I

understand the argument that 'only the weight of the hand

and forearm is doing the chinning', this same argument is not

used in reverse for pushing movements- such as the standing

military press. (yes, I realize other muscles are involved in

both the chin and the press).

So, as in old days, when lifters were allowed to include a pet

lift in a contest, I suspect Richard could not one chin a rafter

with one hand, nor could anyone who has yet rafter chinned

using two hands, pinch deadlift his anvil. Just a guess.

[The Mac]

Sorry Joe, I kind of got lost in that last sentence. But I think I know what you mean  

[Roark]

Chris,

Thanks. I did not include the word 'not' about Richard's

rafter chin, which sorta changes the meaning. It has

been patched.