Blob Or 2 X 45lb Pinch

[jimwylie1]

What’s do you find more impressive - lifting the blob or 2 x 45’s (or 20kg) plates? Personally I find the later more of a challenge.

I see from the GripBoard Records and Stats section that more people have hoisted the blob than 2 45’s. Is this because the later is a harder lift or just less popular?

The blob is less impressive if you have large hands. Although the 2 45’s is still a thick pinch, the playing field is more even in terms of hand size.

[austinslater]

I would vote for the 2-45's although Ive never had my hands on Blob Barker so my vote might not mean much.

[Bearcat 74]

2 45's.

[Guest gripmaster316]

I would say 2 45's.

[bseedot]

Two 45s.

BC.

[Strong Man]

2 45lbs

[terminator]

2 45's

[JeffPeterson]

With out a doubt 2-45's. There are definatley some people on the blob list who can't do 2-45's. I bet most who can get 2-45's with acess and a little training could get the blob.

[Jonathan McMillan]

I'd say the two 45's as well since they are not a solid piece that slight shiffting and sliding but the difference is so very slight to me since I can do neither at present.

Jon@han

[supersqueeze]

Two 45's.

Mike M.

[Jedd Johnson]

Of course, my vote is for the two 45's pinch, because I struggle with it like girls in math class.

[Bill Piche]

2 45's

[OldGuy]

2 x 45 by far. For me the wider the pinch the better. Lifting a 45 blob across the face is easier than trying to lift it widthwise. I can apply more pressure to the greater distance spanned. I would be able to pinch 6 x 10 long before I ever got 2 x 45. Doing 2 x 45 is right up there with plate curling a 45 as a great feat of strength.

[bender]

Wide pinches stretch out the tendons in the hand to the point of being able to pinch wider light weights with nearly no muscular pinching involved, as the force is coming from gravity and the angle of the wide block stretching out the hand. Wide block and wide hands make it "easier", but the 2 x 45's calls upon pure pinching power with minimal "tendon lock off" ability.

Besides being 40lbs heavier than The Blob, 2x45's is just a more difficult pinch, even if it were closer in weight to The Blob.

[OldGuy]

Bender thanks for putting that into words. I have known that for some time, but have not been able to explain it. I would like someone to explain why a large hand is good for the sweep part of closing a gripper but not for the actual close. Something else I believe to be true.

[Roark]

OldGuy,

Would it be because if a strength curve could be plotted for a larger hand it

might show a greater weakness as the hand nears full closure? That

a larger hand during the sweep is at its strongest in the strength curve,

then strength drops off.

If so, this might also be evident if pinching were done on, for example,

a block only 1/2" wide- the larger hand, even with more surface area on

the block would be in its weakest position.

Willoughby said that certaion widths of pinching for a given hand size constituted 'hooking' and made the pinch easier.

It is my opinion that pinch width should be free range in a contest. If you wish

to pinch on 2", and someone else wishes to use 1.5" etc because each of you is best suited for that width, and after all the goal is max pinch, then why not allow

suitable widths so that each man can best demonstrate his strength? Of course the same materials should be used- wood, steel, whatever for the block.

I'll stop short of saying Fairpinch

[OldGuy]

I think everything should be as fair as possible for me.

[AP]

Well then, if 2 45's is so much harder, where does 2 35's fall? they are only 20lbs lighter but seem to be a fairly easy feat to acomplish with a little training. Bender's quote seems to suggest that they are about as hard as the blob though. I will have to take your guy's word because I've never seen a real blob.

[bender]

From my hand size, I would say 2x35 is slightly easier than the Blob.

[jimwylie1]

Oldguy, Roark

David and Mikael Siversson plan to possibly use a 'fair pinch' apparatus in next years European competition. I believe that the range will be from 2" to 3" in 1/4" increments. This will satisfy most and should work well .

AP the only 35's I have ever tried are acually 15kg plates but they are nowhere near as hard as the blob. Most who have tried these particular plates have lifted them without too much trouble. Never tried a York blob less than 50lb but those that have may be able to make some comparison with the 35's.

[jimwylie1]

Oldguy, Roark

David Horne and Mikael Siversson plan to possibly use a 'fair pinch' apparatus in next years European competition. I believe that the range will be from 2" to 3" in 1/4" increments. This will satisfy most and should work well .

AP the only 35's I have ever tried are actually 15kg plates but they are nowhere near as hard as the blob. Most who have tried these particular plates have lifted them without too much trouble. Never tried a York blob less than 50lb but those that have may be able to make some comparison with the 35's.

[OldGuy]

I would rate pinching 2 x 35 as = to a 40 lb blob.

[Fatboy250]

With out a doubt 2-45's. There are definatley some people on the blob list who can't do 2-45's. I bet most who can get 2-45's with acess and a little training could get the blob.

This may get locked because I haven't got a picture, but I have pinched 2 New York(45)'s right and left handed, but have only managed a 45lb blob to full deadlift and a 47.5lb about 2 in. off the floor.

Jason

[Chuckie B.]

Two #45's, but when I get "The Blob" to a full deadlift poistion I'm going to be one happy dude!!!

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[Big Steve]

2x45's by far! The Blob is a joke compared to them.