gazza Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 RICK MY INCH REPLICA LAUGHS AT ME EVERY TIME I GO NEAR IT,BUT ONE DAY IT WILL CALL ME MASTER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaury Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I have, as some of you know, a 2.5 inch handle on which I practised for the Inch and the Millennium Dumbbell. I am currently using 286 pounds with a tilt and the plates braced against the forearm. Steve, 286lbs is an AMAZING weight on such a handle even with your "technique" What are you doing with it ? Partial deadlifts ? Static holds ? Thanks, Amaury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSW Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Emsquared, You sound like you are pretty close to being able to break the Inch Replica (which is a little harder than the real Inch) off of the floor. If you use strict form, and it has a fairly slick handle your numbers on the adjustable dumbell should be close to what you can pull on the replica. If you keep the plates loose and/or wedge your forearm, youmight have to lift close to 200lb. on the adjustable bell. 166lb. is a great lift. I can barely get 140lb. off of the floor. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I have, as some of you know, a 2.5 inch handle on which I practised for the Inch and the Millennium Dumbbell. I am currently using 286 pounds with a tilt and the plates braced against the forearm. Steve, 286lbs is an AMAZING weight on such a handle even with your "technique" What are you doing with it ? Partial deadlifts ? Static holds ? Thanks, Amaury. Yes, both. When I'm ON! (oh yes I'm feeling strong baby!!) then it goes up as high as my large diameter discs allow (ie up to the balls). Weh I'm not just off the floor will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emsquared Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 Thanks RSW for the info and everyone else, when I get my Inch Replica I will let everyone know how I do on it It will be interesting I can feel it Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 OldGuy, Not sure I follow the opening thread? Fairbar requires that the hand length and bar circumference to be of equal lengths, so why would we not need different bar diameters for different lengths of hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 You can use the fairbar formula to calculate based on the lifters hand size and bar diameter used, what would that be equal to on other diameter bars. In other words a man with a nine inch hand lifting 160 with a 2 3/8''handle is lifting the equivalent of about 134 using his fairbar size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaury Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 a man with a nine inch hand lifting 160 with a 2 3/8''handle is lifting the equivalent of about 134 using his fairbar size. errrrr... So this guy is also lifting the equivalent of 914lbs on a 0.5" handle using the same formula In fact John the relation between the weight that can be lifted and the handle diameter is just not linear so your calculation is not valid i'm afraid ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Although adaptations can be made, I prefer that my Fairbar idea remain as I outlined, so that no calculations/ extrapolations be needed. Keep it simple for the simple (me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 In my own case the difference between what I can lift with my fairbar size and 2 3/8'' is 40 lbs. I have lifted 140 with 3" and 180 with 2 3/8'' done in the same style and lifted to the same height. That is a difference of 23 %. The difference between my fairbar size and 2 3/8'' is 21 %. Maybe the closeness of these 2 figures is coincidence in my case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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