Roark Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Suggestions: When measuring the hand length: 1. Use a steel tape (so cloth or plastic does not 'sag' into the palm. (it is difficult to measure your own hand correctly unless a steel tape or a wooden rule is used) 2. Keep the hand as straight as you can (not relaxed) 3. Measure from the tip of the middle finger flesh (not the fingernail) to the first wristline you encounter going toward the forearm. (The line closest to the palm.) 4. This measurement also indicates your Fairbar size (circumference of the bar being equal to you hand length). 5. Those who happen to have a hand length of 7.75" will find that the Inch 172 replica IS their fairbar! For the Millennium bell to be your Fairbar requires a hand length of 7.5"- same for the original Inch 172. 6. Those who have a hand length shorter than listed in #5 are at a disadvantage and those who have a longer hand are at an advantage- both circumstances increasing as the hand length is shorter or longer. 7. Griz, with a hand length of 8.75" has a Fairbar diameter of 2.8". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 I used a transparent plastic 12'' ruler to measure hand length. Being more than fair, I use a handle that is 3'' thick, or fairbar plus. I have posted a pic of my hand wrapped around an RT handle to support my claim of a 9'' long hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted August 21, 2003 Author Share Posted August 21, 2003 OldGuy, Nice try, but we all know that during the actual lift, you squeeze the bar, effectively reducing its diameter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 On top of that, I have a cunning way of wrapping my thumb around on the opposite side of the bar to the fingers. I try to choke the bar to death as I pull up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted August 21, 2003 Author Share Posted August 21, 2003 Hence the term 'dead' hang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Dead hang with full throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bport Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 7. Griz, with a hand length of 8.75" has a Fairbar diameter of 2.8". That guy must be a beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris mason Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 If I understand you correctly, my hand measures at right about 7.5". I have relatively small hands . Ah well, just do the best with the cards dealt, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PBuschman Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Measuring with a ruler I'm a hair over 8.75" I'm still a wuss though. I've only pulled 202.5 (plates only) on the RT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom of Iowa2 Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I'm still a wuss though. I've only pulled 202.5 (plates only) on the RT. As it turns out 202.5 in plates on a NEW 'RT' is VERY good....it would have won the amateurs at the St.Louis nationals.... Unfortunately there may? be some difference even between th new ones also(and the plates in St.Louis may have been way off)Regardless 202.5 is very good on a brand new handle and it is still a good training tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PBuschman Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I'm still a wuss though. I've only pulled 202.5 (plates only) on the RT. As it turns out 202.5 in plates on a NEW 'RT' is VERY good....it would have won the amateurs at the St.Louis nationals.... Unfortunately there may? be some difference even between th new ones also(and the plates in St.Louis may have been way off)Regardless 202.5 is very good on a brand new handle and it is still a good training tool. Yeah I should point at that the handle I did that with is brand new. It is still quite smooth and spins very easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don of tha new grip Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 OK so my fairbar is the inch 172 now to someone is is unfamiliar with this what does it mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted August 22, 2003 Author Share Posted August 22, 2003 Fairbar means that the circumference of the bar is the same as the length of your hand. Griz would have to lift on a 2.8" diameter bar, while I lift on a 2.47" bar for the playing field to be even- because his hand is longer than mine. In this example, strength would rule, and I would lose anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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