This was posted by my friend Daniel Reinard:
After much thought and discussion I've found a project blob, a half 130# York Legacy db. I chose this size to be the US equivalent to the 60kg Legacy's that are out there. So far, to my knowledge, no one has lifted a half 60kg or half 130#. (Note: the half 60kg blob has been lifted to full lockout by Laine Snook.)
This thing is massive, and has been appropriately named as BlobZilla (by Russ Farver). The dumbbell arrived this last Friday and after cutting the number side off, which will be sent to Russ in AZ, I have had two days of attempts on it. I will be keeping the York side.
Thoughts so far:
-The shape is gnarly. In the vids you can see less of a biting edge on the blob and a huge finger side slope. This causes a difficult shape to pinch and an inbalance that is tough to control.
-Texture is good, but it gives a false sense of security right before the attempt.
-The true height wasn't fully seen in the video as I believe the flat bottom to be deeper than a regular blob or fatman, so the full diameter isn't shown standing up. A face lift on this monster will need matching monster sized hands.
-Having tried a deloader today it did come up quite nicely until tension was almost lost. At that point BlobZilla leaned to the finger side, something not really felt on a 2nd Gen Blob.
Is this the next landmark in blob badassery? Who will be the first to lift BlobZilla? If you are wondering how expensive this is or how difficult it is to find one I will say this, there are no excuses here. This bad boy is still in production and costs less than $200 for the dumbbell. And a blob fits in a medium flat rate box. It seems 50# blobs are being lifted by most who put in their training time. BlobZilla is on another level, something that will be an elite blob lift. It appears possible but make no mistake, this will fight you the whole way. This being said by someone who lifted a blob on first meeting, and face lifted a fatman the day it came in the mail.
A video intro and first attempts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykjXTAs ... re=related
Negative attempt then blob farmers walk comparison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulGgyFEf ... re=related
Deloader attempt, Project BlobZilla day 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACltdX7m ... re=related
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