Bill Kazmaier


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Jeg faldt over en tråd på et andet forum med billeder af verdens stærkeste mand efter min mening, Bill Kazmaier og tænkte jeg ville dele dem med jer :)

Utroeligt hvad han har opnået :o

Post endelig billeder hvis i har nogen!

The first man to ever lift the Thomas Inch Dumbell overhead.. only 4 men had ever Deadlifted it!

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The first man to ever Bench Press 300kg.. Kaz style- back flat on bench.. no shirt.. bar paused on chest for a few seconds before pushing..

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The first man to ever lift all 5 McGlashen Stones

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Pulling over 900lbs 'easily' with almost straight legs and no deadlift suit..

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Squatting sick weight.. Kaz style- back perpendicular to the floor.. no suit.. pausing far below parellel for a few seconds before coming up..

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About to toss over 40 feet with very heavy winds against him..

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Demolishing Louis Cyr's side lateral raise World Record (it stood for so many years.. thought to be impossible to match) by a large margin..

Louis Cyr - 88lb in one hand and 97lb in the other for a rep.

Bill Kazmaier - 98lb in one hand and 101lb in the other for 6 reps!

Reps were counted once the whole of each dumbell was above ear level and held for 5 seconds.

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The Thomas Inch Dumbell Explained

Thomas Inch was a famous British strongman around the turn of the century. He was 5 foot ten and a half inches tall. He weighed 210 pounds. Like many strongmen during the golden age of strongman shows, Thomas Inch was very adept at cleaning thick handled-dumbbells with one hand. His famous challenge weight was called the Thomas Inch Dumbell. It was about two and a half inches thick around the handle and weighed 173 pounds. He would use this Dumbell to challenge the audience members to lift his weight and clean it. None could, not even Thomas Inch. He could only deadlift it. Well, no one could until Bill Kazmaier. The actual Thomas Inch Dumbell was in a museum, but Bruce White of Perth Australia made a replica of it. Kaz flew down to Australia and on October 13, 1990, he cleaned and pressed it. No problem. According to Gary Mitchell, he became only the fifth man ever to lift it to the knees. Kaz told me it is like driving a golf ball 1000 yards. To place this in further perspective, for the entire week prior to this historic event Kaz had been touring Australia demolishing all sorts of overhead pressing records including the log press world record..

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Hvor meget vejer den Thomas Inch håndvægt ??

Den vejer 173 lbs altså lige over 78,5kg. Det der gør den så svær at løfte, er at håndtaget på den er 2 3/8" (ved ikke lige hvad det er i cm) i diameter!

//Damn, DonKraften var hurtigst :4whip:

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Det der gør den så svær at løfte, er at håndtaget på den er 2 3/8" (ved ikke lige hvad det er i cm) i diameter!

Hvis det er inches ... så er det omregnet ~ 6 cm (6,0325) :blink: :o

DAMN ... slået af Arne :lol:

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QUOTE (Powerlifter @ strongmanforums.com)

Squatting sick weight.. Kaz style- back perpendicular to the floor.. no suit.. pausing far below parellel for a few seconds before coming up..

Sidst jeg tjekkede betød perpendicular vinkeltret, det er hans ryg da ikke, men det er jo ikke hans skyld de skriver det, han er en stor helt og et fantastisk forbillede.

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hvornår løftede han og gør han stadig?

Han var WSM 1980-1981-1982. Han havde nok også blevet det de følgende år, men blev ikke inviteret igen før 1988(nok pga hans dominans), hvor han blev nr 2.

Han konkurrerer ikke i stærkmands konkurrencer mere.

Her og her kan du læse, hvad han har opnået :)

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Reps were counted once the whole of each dumbell was above ear level and held for 5 seconds.

Det er sindssygt !! :wacko:

Det kunne ellers være sjovt at prøve kræfter med den Thomas-dumbell der - bare får at se hvad det kræver.

/Bellíni

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Hvor meget vejer den Thomas Inch håndvægt ??

Den vejer 173 lbs altså lige over 78,5kg. Det der gør den så svær at løfte, er at håndtaget på den er 2 3/8" (ved ikke lige hvad det er i cm) i diameter!

//Damn, DonKraften var hurtigst :4whip:

Du mener ud over at den vejer 78.5kg?

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Du mener ud over at den vejer 78.5kg?

Hvis vi "blot" snakker om at dødløfte den, så er vægten jo ikke i sig selv nogen problem.

TJ står noteret for et en-arms dødløft på 150kg, og KJ 100kg hvis jeg husker ret.

Med 6cm i diameter er det nærmest ren grebsstyrke om man kan løfte den.

Skal den over hovedet er det selvfølgelig en ehlt anden sag

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Utroligt så markerede de er, taget deres vel relativt høje fedtprocent i betragtning.. 

Det er nok fordi, at deres fedtprocent nu ikke er så høj endda ;)

På ryg-billedet, hvor han står i kilt, vejer han 330lbs (150kg) med en bf% på 7! :o

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