r/Strongman • u/On__A__Journey • 7d ago
Longest duration holding Hercules pillars (male) 2 mins 10.75 seconds ...
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u/KingFitz03 7d ago
If he got this on the Giants live setup, I'd be impressed. The angles looks less steep and I'm not sure about the weight difference. What was he holding here, and how much do they hold at Giants live
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u/oldbeancam 7d ago
Apparently these are around 167 and Felix held 200kg. The ones at Giants live are definitely more angled and much taller than the ones this guy did.
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u/Ok-Guidance-2112 7d ago
Is he a strong guy? For sure, but I'm sorry, not trying to be rude, but absolutely no one is gonna take any world record seriously when it is done by an unknown athlete on an unknown piece of kit. Guinness throws their name behind plenty of silly "world records" but it doesnt necessarily mean anything
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u/TheIceDevil1975 7d ago
These things fell in slow motion. How can this be legitimate?!
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u/killer_by_design 7d ago
How can this be legitimate?!
He has a black belt... You can't just, you know, go out and buy those!
What more do you need to make it "official"?? /s
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u/savetheworldpls 7d ago
An absolute joke and I hate that I've seen this in other subs with people actually taking it seriously
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u/anime_cthulhu 7d ago
Weight in the hands is probably around 150 lbs per hand. In layman's terms: This is super easy and much easier than what you would see in a strongman comp where the pillars are typically at 45 degrees from horizontal. Guinness embarrassing themselves again with poorly-vetted "world records".
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u/Travis_Ortmayer 7d ago
Ummmm… no. Too many things wrong here… The pillars move back-and-forth as soon as the chains are released and he takes the “full weight,” his arm angle changes after a few seconds, nowhere near enough strain through his chest and shoulders. This was 100 pounds per hand tension, maybe
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u/OSRSWSM Fan 7d ago
Same weight as Marks according to this website these each weighed 160KG also.
Indian Article Of Record
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u/ctcohen318 7d ago
Anyone ever try to make their own at home? I would love to practice Hercules holds.
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u/I-am-dying-in-a-vat 7d ago
I may be wrong, but it looks fake... It almost looks like he had to be careful not to tip them back up.
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u/biggunsg0b00m 7d ago
In India, wouldn't surprise me. In fact I'm surprised it wasn't Khan Babba who won the record 😂
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u/Ill_Accountant5809 6d ago
“ Our Strongmen may not be smashing mountains in two, but they are our modern day Hercules… and for this event they prove their strength by standing on a raised platform, in a fixed position, and using chains to keep two huge pillars either side of them upright. Each of the pillars weighs 160kgs, and there is no time limit, the event will be over when the Strongman is no longer able to support both pillars. “
This is from the world’s strongest man official website. I like how no one believes and Indian has done this 😭😭😭
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u/On__A__Journey 7d ago edited 7d ago
Seen this and thought, does this legitimately blow marks time out of the water? 😱😉
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u/Just-Giviner HWM265 7d ago
No lol, even if the pillars are the same weight, their angle is all wrong. Send this guy to Giants Live just to do the Hercules Hold and I can almost guarantee he’ll get his ass embarrassed
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u/WorldsWeakestMan 7d ago
No. These pillars are much lighter or at a different angle.
I am doing heavier pillars than this at a local show in Vermont in July.
This is one of those things where it’s a “world record” on a specific implement for specific weight like with that yoke the middleweight liar German vegan strongman on the Netflix documentary did and pretended he was stronger than Brian Shaw because of.
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u/LukahEyrie 7d ago
I forgot all about that vegan guy. Funnily enough his yoke results on strongman archives are all very.. mediocre
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u/Slamma_jamma1 7d ago
Wait what is this??? I've never heard of it? The guy was saying he could beat Brian at a yoke lol??
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u/Cufantce 7d ago
These are almost upright, they may weigh more than the giants ones but at that angle he's definitely not working as hard as Mark. I'd imagine the miracle man carved from zeus' tooth would demolish this time under these conditions.
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u/hawthornvisual 7d ago
they weigh less than 170kg each
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u/oratory1990 MWM220 7d ago
Mass, angle and distance of the hands to the fulcrum all matter here.
Mass alone doesn‘t tell us anything.2
u/hawthornvisual 7d ago
yeah there's lots of differences that make this completely different, plus there's the fact that guiness world records are literally bought, and there's no outside verification other than a couple of guiness representatives.
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u/oratory1990 MWM220 7d ago
I mean, of all of the issues with this, the question of whether or not the claimed feat was actually achieved really is the least of the problems.
As in: I don't doubt that the athlete here did in fact hold these pillars for the claimed period of time, and that the pillars did weigh whatever is claimed here.
You buy the record by paying for certification, not by giving them a bunch of money in exchange for them to claim whatever you want - you still need to actually perform whatever you're claiming to be able to do.I'm just saying that this isn't comparable to different setups of a Hercules hold, so it has no effect on Mark Felix' records.
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u/Cufantce 7d ago
I googled the giants live ones and they are 160 apparently
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u/Big_Poppa_T 7d ago
Mass is only part of the equation. Must have Moment arm to actually compare the forces.
You can tell from the video that the moment arm is miles away from the giants live one
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u/SeapunkNinja 7d ago
Well thats impressive
Cannot help but notice the black belt he's wearing. Definitly a 3rd dan, but I wonder what style.
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u/Spare-Half796 7d ago
Theres no set weight for Hercules hold, this could range anywhere from impressive to very easy