buckdicky Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Hello everyone... I just registered to the board and im just starting to get into the whole grip strength world.. Being new to gripping i dont know all the feats of strength but my question is how strong would one need to be to crush a potato about average size...And has it ever been done? jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Man Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Well John Brookfield can crush one... so I guess you need pretty strong hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gripmaster316 Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 I might be wrong but crushing a three would definitely be of some assistance. If not mandatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckdicky Posted June 18, 2003 Author Share Posted June 18, 2003 Well I don't know who he is but I'll take it you need very strong hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prometheus1982 Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Well I don't know who he is but I'll take it you need very strong hands. John Brookfield Good reading at the ironmind site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Page Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Robert Baraban told me that Nallan Holle can crush one now. He said it took him a while to get that mind over matter thing down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Buckdicky, After reading about that feat in Brookfield's book I set it in my mind as one of my grip goals. To date, I have only split potatoes in half several times by driving my fingers through the spud. I'm hoping with another year or two of serious grip training under my belt that I will be able to complete the feat. Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gripmaster316 Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Good luck with your training!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notus Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 It seems like I remember a member that used to post on this board a long time ago, David "Gorilla Hands" Erives, wrote a little tidbit about crushing potatoes with several pictures of him in the different stages of the process. I remember him talking about doing fingertip pushups on a hard surface to condition/desensitize his fingertips for the feat. Elias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gripmaster316 Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 (edited) I have seen a picture of Gorilla Hands, and he is a big guy. Doing finger tip pushups when you are 200 plus pounds is very difficult but can be very rewarding. Edited June 18, 2003 by gripmaster316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 BTW, whatever happened to Gorilla Hands? He used to be a frequent poster here in the GripBoard... but not anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersqueeze Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 I've often wondered about him, Solan, etc. Just seemed to disappear. Mike M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gripintime2 Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 I got an e-mail from him near the end of last year. He's not really training grip so much anymore. Devoting a lot of his time to music and a band he plays in. When he was training, though, he was very strong, if I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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