Hand / Bar Size, as they relate to THICK bar
lifting: by Joe Roark |
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A bar is
only thick in relation to a hand that is short. To an infant, a standard one
inch bar is thick. |
Here is a
listing of bar diameters and circumferences, and some of the famous lifts
that have been |
performed
on some of these size bars: |
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Diameter |
Circumf. |
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Description and/or
example: |
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1 |
3.14 |
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standard one inch exercise bar |
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1.1 |
3.45 |
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standard olympic bar |
Goerner RH deadlift 727.5 lbs |
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1.18 |
3.7 |
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Goerner one hand deadlift 552.5 lbs |
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1.5 |
4.71 |
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Cyr deadlift 525 lb dumbell |
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August Johnson one hand deadlift 475
lbs |
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John Y. Smith farmer's walk, 75
yards, using a 220 barbell and 200 dumbell |
1.51 |
4.75 |
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The Cyr dumbell in the York Hall of
Fame |
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1.59 |
5 |
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(included just for completeness) |
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1.62 |
5.08 |
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Cyr one hand snatch 188.5 |
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1.65 |
5.18 |
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Arthur Saxon RH snatch 206 lbs |
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1.91 |
6 |
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(included just for completeness) |
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1.93 |
6.06 |
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Apollon railcar wheels 366 lbs |
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2 |
6.28 |
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Jowett's 169 lbs dumbell ? |
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2.03 |
6.37 |
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Rolandow barbell at York Hall of
Fame |
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2.16 |
6.78 |
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Dominique Rest one hand snatch
181.75 lbs |
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Simon Bauer one hand snatch 154.25
lbs |
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2.22 |
7 |
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(included just for completeness) |
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2.25 |
7.06 |
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Edward Aston two hand deadlift 496
lbs |
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2.36 |
7.41 |
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Apollon's 226 lbs barbell |
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Goerner's challenge barbell 330.69
lbs |
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2.38 |
7.5 |
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Inch original 172 lb challenge
dumbell |
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Jean Baillargeon passed 167 lbs hand
to hand |
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Goerner RH snatch/swing 169.75 lbs |
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John Marx one hand deadlift with
each hand 226 lbs |
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2.42 |
7.62 |
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Harry Schaffron/Shaffron dumbell in
York Hall of Fame |
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2.47 |
7.75 |
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Replica of Inch 172 challenge
dumbell (compare to 2.38) |
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Cyr's hand length was 7.75 |
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2.5 |
7.85 |
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Apollon's lift to rebuke the Rasso
Trio 341 lbs |
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Paul Von Boeckmann's hand length was
7.85 |
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2.54 |
8 |
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(included just for completeness) |
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2.62 |
8.25 |
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Goerner's hand length was 8.25 from
one source; not sure about this |
2.67 |
8.5 |
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John Marx's hand length was 8.5 |
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2.75 |
8.63 |
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John Marx RH snatch 154.25 lbs; he
also had two dumbells with this size |
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handle. Bells weighed 132 and 143
lbs |
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2.86 |
9 |
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Hand length for Saxon, Apollon,
Carnera |
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John Marx had two revolving dumbells
this size, 120 lbs each |
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3 |
9.42 |
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Antone Matysek reversed curl 88 lbs |
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3.25 |
10.2 |
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(included just for completeness) |
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3.5 |
10.99 |
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Lightfoot's dumbell with 11"
circumference |
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8.2 |
25.75 |
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Travis dumbell in York Hall of Fame |
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