mightyjoe Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Here's a pic I placed in my gallery yesterday of my very first grip machine I ever owned: http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?app=galleryℑ=10710 An arm wrestler from Texas named Jim Tambourine made this in the early 80's some time and sold it to me in 1989. I had it in storage for years and then several years ago I loaned it to my son Shane so he could use it for his grip and forearms. Thursday Shane brought it back to me in pretty rough shape (rusted a little and needing paint) so I cleaned it up, painted it and placed it in my Museum Of Grip where it will now retire. I feel very fortunate and lucky to be able to say that I still own my first grippers and my first grip machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawadhi Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Cool to keep all these. I have few decent grip equipmemts myself and my goal now is to lift the Inch, my old fat two 45's plates, my easy CoC #4 (yeah maybe in a looong time if I stayed injury free), double fatman blob, Big G8 bend Edit:- BTW how do you used to use/set it? Seems it was designed for very large handed people Edited September 29, 2012 by Alawadhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Range of motion can easily be reduced by using wooden blocks on those type of grip machines. Nice story about the machine Joe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Cool machine! And happy birthday Joe! Stay young and healthy forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyjoe Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Range of motion can easily be reduced by using wooden blocks on those type of grip machines. Nice story about the machine Joe! Thanks Teemu! That's exactly what I did to shorten the ROM on this unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyjoe Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Cool machine! And happy birthday Joe! Stay young and healthy forever. Thanks Yori! I may be 50 but I honestly feel 25 and better and stronger than ever. In 2004 I weighed nearly 230 lbs. Now I'm at 201 lbs. and can easily get to 198 for arm wrestling tournaments in the Masters Class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Cool machine! And happy birthday Joe! Stay young and healthy forever. Thanks Yori! I may be 50 but I honestly feel 25 and better and stronger than ever. In 2004 I weighed nearly 230 lbs. Now I'm at 201 lbs. and can easily get to 198 for arm wrestling tournaments in the Masters Class. I started arm wrestling with Tommy recently. Thinkin' about dieting down to the 80 kilo class for the amateur division. Joe, do you happen to know where Jim got the idea for the design? I'm curious as to how long that basic design has been around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyjoe Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Cool machine! And happy birthday Joe! Stay young and healthy forever. Thanks Yori! I may be 50 but I honestly feel 25 and better and stronger than ever. In 2004 I weighed nearly 230 lbs. Now I'm at 201 lbs. and can easily get to 198 for arm wrestling tournaments in the Masters Class. I started arm wrestling with Tommy recently. Thinkin' about dieting down to the 80 kilo class for the amateur division. Joe, do you happen to know where Jim got the idea for the design? I'm curious as to how long that basic design has been around. Funny you ask this Eric! Actually I didn't even ask him that question because he told me before I even thought to ask. He said he got the idea from Bruce Lee's grip machine and built his as identical as possible. The guy was into martial arts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33wes Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Nice machine, Joe! A time-tested design that can be used in a number of ways. I'm glad I have the one Warren made for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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