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Trip to Sorinex Part II

Hello DIESELS!

When I left off the last time, in Part I of the Sorinex Series, I had just told you about how Andrew Durniat and Tex Henderson battled in the Rolling Thunder Pull-up Challenge and how Chad Woodall worked his ass off to pinch two Old Style York 45’s in each hand, and came so friggin’ close!

Well, my friends, as they say, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Next up on the docket was Rich Williams. On this day in history, Rich Williams would be attempting to Clean and Press the Inch Dumbbell.

Just in case you are not familiar with the Inch Dumbbell, let me give you a quick run-down.


The Inch Dumbbell Replica – 172lbs, 2 and 3/8 inch Handle

The Inch Dumbbell is named after the traveling strongman from the late 1800’s who used to take it around to circuses and expo’s and challenge people to lift it – his name was Thomas Inch. The original Inch Dumbbell is owned by Kim Wood, and at some point both Sorinex and IronMind got molds made and sold replicas up until about 2004 or 2005.

The Inch DB has a 2 and 3/8 inch handle that is roughly 4 or 5 inches long and has large globe heads. This is a solid dumbbell weighing in the neighborhood of 172-lbs, and because it is cast iron and one solid piece, once you try to lift it, the globes start to turn and rip your thumb away and pry your fingers open at the same time.

Deadlifting the Inch Dumbbell is a World Class feat
. To walk with one or even Two is out of this world and to clean and press it is damn near godly.

Let me show you what it looks like to clean and press the Inch Dumbbell, Rich Williams style…

That feat is so freakin’ awesome that it it even has a WATER MARK.

As Richard Sorin states at the beginning of the clip, the Inch Dumbbell in this video has only been cleaned and pressed one other time and that was done by the WWE’s Mark Henry in 2002. Other Inch Dumbbells have been clean and pressed in the past, but the people that have done it can all be counted on one hand.

Now, once that was over, plenty of other people tried giving the Inch Dumbbell a ride.

Below, a serious Highland Games Competitor goes for a continental of the Inch Dumbbell. He doesn’t get it, but I am pretty sure he has gotten it in the past, I just can’t recall his name.

I did not bother trying to continental the Inch, but instead, I tried deadlifting it and the original Blob at the same time. As you’ll see, I miss pretty badly on the Inch…

…and then Andrew Durniat came up and hit it pretty easy. Before doing so, he talks about the different disciplines in Grip Sport and how strengths and weaknesses come into play.

Now, it was time to give the baby Inches a try. Both of these lighter Inch Replicas weigh in the neighborhood of 139. They were some of the original replicas that were cast and they did not come out quite right, so Richard just held onto them.

Again, I tried deadlifting the 172 Inch in one hand and one of the baby Inches in the other. Unfortunately, that didn’t go so well either, but instead of just stopping and setting the lighter Inch Dumbbell down, I kept my grip on it, walked it over to the other baby inch, picked the second one up and did a Slow Motion Irish Jig.



Now, something to point out
. Sorinex also has a 150-something baby Inch, but I did not try it. I wish I had and here’s why…

I can control the 139 baby Inch like Andrew can control the actual 172 Inch. So does that essentially mean that he can out thick bar me by 30-lbs? If so, how much must Rich out thick bar me by if he is cleaning the Inch dumbbell? 60-lbs? 100-lbs?

Scary thoughts. I really wish i would have tried the 150-something Baby Inch.

More Baby Inch Mayhem

In this next video, a Pro Strongman from the area jumps up and does a continental and several presses. Again, sorry, but I did not catch his name. I then gave it a shot and cleaned it to my shoulder pretty easy and then got three push jerks. These guys are freakin’ monsters for being able to press these things with no leg drive. AWESOME!

Again, Rich came up and showed us how it is done, cleaning it with ease and then pressing it for 20+ like it was his job.

Andrew also tried to snatch the damn thing, but it proved to be just a bit beyond him. Some day it WILL happen.

OK DIESELS, that’s it for Part II. In Part III, we are going to break away from the Inch stuff and get some serious BLOB-bery going…

Hasta la proxima, all the best in your training.

Jedd

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Tags: baby inch, grip feats, grip strength, hand strength, inch DB, inch dumbbell

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 7th, 2011 at 9:24 am and is filed under feats, feats of strength, Grip Sport, grip strength, grip strength blob, grip strength competition contest. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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4 Responses to “Trip to Sorinex Part II”

  1. Daniel Reinard Says:
    July 7th, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    LOVE IT! Great stuff Jedd, can’t wait for the next part.

  2. Rob Says:
    July 8th, 2011 at 6:35 am

    Jedd, Great set of videos and sounds like a fantastic weekend!! I’m working heavily on Inch work at the moment. Right now the Inch dumbbell clean is only a dream for me. I’m working on cleaning the 67kg first, but after watching your continental, that may be the first step for me.
    Is the guy the tries the continental called eric Frasure?

    Great stuff
    Cheers Rob

  3. Jeff Staudt Says:
    July 8th, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Thanks, Jedd! Great stuff as always.

  4. Jedd Johnson Says:
    July 9th, 2011 at 8:41 am

    @ Jeff – Thanks bro!

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