No links post this week as I’m on holiday at the moment. Instead, I’ve reviewed an interesting website: Strengthopedia.
It sounds like a bizarre disease or a heinous crime but actually it’s a website detailing various strength records. It details some of the more obscure records, including those for grip events, deadlifts and pull ups.
In short, Strengthopedia is definitely worth a look. Here are a few of my favourite entries:
New World Record in the Orang-utan Hang
Apparently, there has recently been a new world record in the Orang-utan hang. What on earth is that? Well, the Orang-utan Hang simply involves hanging from a chin-up bar with one hand.
According to Strengthopedia, on October 8, 2009, 12:30 pm, Matt Bogdanowicz (40, 5’9, 147.2lbs) broke his old record of 1:45 with 1:46.5 left handed. Unsurprisingly, he also holds the right hand record of 1:37.
World record consecutive chins
In one of my early link posts, I noted that the world record for the largest number of consecutive chins was 612, by Lee Chin-Yong (aptly named). The source of the link was Bodyweight Basics.
However, Strengthopedia disputes this claim as unproven, noting some contradictory evidence in the Guinness World Records book of 1997, which suggested that the record for chins in one hour was 445.
Strengthopedia believe that the authentic record for consecutive chins is held by Burkhard Meier of Germany (30, 5’9, 165lbs) who did 88 consecutive pull-ups on March 6, 1989 in an annual 4-event competition in Riese, Germany. Apparently, he actually attempted 95 pull-ups but 7 were not counted by the judges as they did not reach the required standard.
World record weighted chin
Strengthopedia assert that the open record for weighted chins is a 380lb chin by Tim Fergus of Australia at a bodyweight of 178lbs plus extra weight of 202lbs. It happened in 1983 and was witnessed by Peary Rader, publisher of Iron Man, issue April 1983.
By my analysis, that is 113% bodyweight. So at my fighting weight of 165lbs (75kg), to equal this record, I would have to do a chin with additional weight of 187lbs or 85kg.
There’s plenty more where these came from! Why don’t you go and check them out!
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