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Started by seiyafan, May 12, 2013 · 9 Replies · 3,758 Views
I have an arm span of 6 feet and holding two 15 lb dumbells at lateral raise with locked elbow is already stressful. I would imagine a gymnast in an inverted cross position is like me placing my bodyweight on both hands while stretched out, this is godly strength!
Blows my mind. 
It is a bit different from a raise. Your biceps ar facing down away from your body in an inverted cross so the force isn't only in the deltoids. But yes it is very hard.
It's also more like half bodyweight per arm... 
See, that's much more realistic right? 
Anyone crazy enough to do weighted iron cross?
Olympians do.
Chen Yibing did his entire routine with a weighted belt. I forget if it was 15 lbs or 15 kilos, but it was something pretty intense.
Yeah, but Chen Yibing weighs like, 130 pounds.....
15-30 lbs makes a really big difference when it's not force-producing weight.
That probably makes the actual routine feel like child's play. Which it certainly seems like from videos.
I used to do weighted cross holds, when I was training it hard. I was able to do cross pull-ups, at some point. I miss training rings.
Vagabond, why don't you train rings anymore?