Pinch Gripping & Thick Bar Feats

[f1perez]

For those of you who have mstered pinch gripping & thick bars, which of these three feats would you consider the hardest?

Pinch lifting the blob to a full deadlift.

Pinch gripping two old york 45's/

Deadlifting the inch dumbell/

My long term goal is to be able to accomplish all three. I know that all three feats are somewhat related and that they require a world class grip. But for for of you who have tried all three, which do you consider the hardest feat?

[Rob Vigeant]

For me hardest to easiest 1. Inch 2. blob 3. 2 45s

[f1perez]

Thanks for your reply rob. Are those the old wide rimmed york 45's that you tried?

[showlarson]

This is maybe not what you are looking for but here goes:

I have any easier time lifting the inch compared to the blob (50) which I could only hover,

I have never seen the old york 45's but in my gym we have thick and smooth Ivanko 45's that are horrible to pinch and can barely budge.

So I guess I would say easiest Inch, blob, hardest being thick 45's

[Jedd Johnson]

For me, the blob came up the first day I saw it. I lifted the inch a few inches off the floor in front of Phil Fister at the Arnold Classic and won a box of candybars that they were calling "supplement bars." I still can not make even 2 thin 45 plates come off the ground, let alone pinch two wide ones.

So my list goes easiest to hardest like this: 1. Blob, 2. Inch, 3. 45 Pinch.

-Jedd-

[Rob Vigeant]

Thanks for your reply rob. Are those the old wide rimmed york 45's that you tried?

No i never tried the old ones but if they are wider than 2 3/4'' together than i WON'T be able to lift them. 2 1/2'' and narrower are the best for me.