Photos-
May 2003
I created this page last
year and never put it up for some reason. I was experimenting with
different designs, colors and lack thereof.
Back in May I took a day off from work
to wait for some delivery men and decided to take some pictures of some
things I've done before, but hopefully with more weight this time.
This first picture is a repeat of my 2001 double hammer squeeze with two
9-pound hammers. I think I've mentioned before that most of my
pictures are self portraits, with either a self timer or remote.
Believe it or not I did this lift over 20 times to get this shot, and
maybe closer to 30! I started with my 11.5-pound hammer, but the end
is wrapped in tape and I discovered that it was  much
harder to lift the taped hammer. Unfortunately, my grip was getting
pretty fried and I loaded a 1.25-pound plate on my 10-pound hammer (at
left) and a 5-pound plate on my 6-pound hammer (on right). I had
practiced similar weights a week ago and feel that I could have done
better if I had not done the lift so many times. Note the overlap of
the hammers, when fresh I think I could separate the hammers more, making it
harder to keep the handles together. Good thing about this particular weight is that I can usually
hold it at the top a respectable length of time, sometimes as long as
5-seconds. I can even bring the hammers back down and set them gently
on the floor (but not always, I have some wild missed hammer shots!)
Why the kneel down and black and white? Well, I kneel down so that the I
can get a tighter photograph and it looks cool. The black and white
is somewhat nostalgic and with the black clothes and white background
somewhat more dramatic in my mind. (May 29, 2003). |
Here's the beer mug lift again.
With a full 6-pounds more of chrome plates and an extra collar (on
the bottom) more than I did two years ago, bringing the lift up to
28.5-pounds. I did this quite a few times to get an
interesting position and lighting. Quite frankly, I couldn't
smile very well at all while taking the shot! Actually, I
started taking pictures with 25-pounds but one of the shots my
face
actually looked comfortable when I brought it up on the computer
so I decided to try the extra plate and an extra collar.
I've run out of these fancy chrome plates which look so
good in this shot so in a few years when I try this again I'll
have to plan ahead and get some
more. (May 29, 2003). |
This particular lift may not look
like much, but it is my attempt at duplicating Slim the Hammer
Man's challenge lift that he does before he levers his
sledgehammers. The hammer is 6-pounds, with two 3-pound
chrome plates and a 1/2-pound plate to the right.  Should
be 12.5-pounds, but the bolt assembly seems to bring the weight up
because the total weight of this hammer on my digital scale is
14.5-pounds (the handles usually weigh 1-pound). Whatever weight
of the hammer, it should be at least 1/2-pound more than Slim's
challenge hammer. While the hammer is not very high in the
picture one should keep in mind that some very strong guys have
tried and failed to budge the hammer at all when Slim invites them
up. There does seem to be a little technique involved but I
was able to do a 10-pound hammer the first time I tried.
Note the small fulcrum made out of a towel, this barely helps, I
can get a full 10-pounds without the fulcrum all the
way up so that I can lever overhead. (June 1, 2003). |
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Finally, here is a picture of me closing the Ironmind #3. This
was done in accordance with the old Ironmind rules (that is, the
handles were set deeper than 1" and then the close was
completed).
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