Martin Gaisser Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 How much do you guys think you would have to be doing on the rolling thunder before you could lift the thomas inch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Good question! I've been wondering this myself. I'd assume that once you could lift 175 on RT that you have the grip strength to lift the Inch and would need to primarily develop the technique to lift it due to the spin but that's just my opinion. Luckily I have both the Inch replica and RT and am not yet lifting 175 on RT so hopefully I'll be able to perform this experiment first hand. I just lifted 157.5 on RT and couldn't lift the Inch so I KNOW it takes more than that hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I pulled 225 on the RT around the time I finally lifted the Inch DB. The dynamics of a globe DB are very different from the Rolling Thunder. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSA Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The inch DB is the devils work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The inch DB is the devils work.... Maybe but it makes a nice piece of art. I get more comments on it than any other piece in my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Good question! I've been wondering this myself. I'd assume that once you could lift 175 on RT that you have the grip strength to lift the Inch and would need to primarily develop the technique to lift it due to the spin but that's just my opinion. 175 on the RT isn't even close. IMO around 220. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handgripperman Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I'm not great with the inch dumbells. But when I lifted the inch I was doing a 232.5 rolling thunder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJames Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Generally 50-60 lbs more on the Rolling Thunder. Because of the Inch being fixed it will find the weak link ,the thumb, and then rolls out. The spinning handle stops this some what hence the difference on the Rt. My son currently lifting the middle inch bell at 14 years of age. The way i had him to train is to stop the rotation by putting the index finger of the other hand against the bell. Then gradually use less pressure until you got it without help. Hope this helps . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Seems like the magic number is between 225 and 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) My son currently lifting the middle inch bell at 14 years of age. Edited July 24, 2010 by Stew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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