Ron Mazza lifts the Millennium Dumbbell back in 2006

Ron Mazza is a great athlete from upstate New York. He certified closing the IronMind CoC #3 back in 1995 along with his gym mates Eric Fitzimmons and Mark Smith. That gym was owned by Bob Bollenbach. Ron Mazza was mainly armwrestler but the guy was strong all rounded. He rarely ever did grip. We see here trying to continental cheat clean the 172 pounds Inch Dumbbell the first time trying it. The video is way back in 2006 from the Deisel Crew production. The original video is here • Stronger Than All 2006... on Jedd Johnson channel @gripstrength ( / @gripstrength .
The next is him lifting the Millennium Dumbbell back in June 2006 the first time he tries it with no warm ups besides few attempts on the same bell. It wasn't a full lift but rather to knee height. Ron has average size hands at 7.75". Yet he was world class by all means. The footage is lost and I found it in one of my hard drives when few people asked me to find Dave Ostlund bends. The lift was also witnessed by Dan Cenidoza and few others. You can read more about the lift on the GripBoard www.gripboard.com/topic/19432... (title Mazza Lifts the Millennium!).
Two people founded the Millennium Dumbbell as mentioned before. Steve Gardener and Alan Radley PhD. This is in Steve own words on the GripBoard topic titled The Millennium Challenge Dumbbell (www.gripboard.com/topic/1270-... ) :-
"MILLENNIUM DUMBBELL DIMENSIONS
Based on mine (the 2nd of four produced) version
Actual weight: 228 pounds / 103.42 kilos / 16 stone 4 pounds
Overall length: 24inches or 610mm approx
Width of dumbbell globe (end to handle): 9 and 6/16th inches
Diameter of globed ends: 9 1/2 inches
Circumference of globed ends: 29 7/8th of an inch or 759mm
Length of handle: 5 inches or 127mm
Diameter of handle: 2 3/8th of an inch or 60mm
Circumference of handle: 7 and 9/16th of an inch
Accurate as of 25.7.2000"
Of course, when I weighed it, it was 104.5 KG.
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[@552Freefall]

Impressive

[@stephenpourciau8155]

I cannot fathom how long he held it without dropping it while trying to clean it. Dude's grip seems unreal.

[@dojanglesclimb]

Ridiculous how long he grinded for that clean and press. Iron grip and willpower.

[@GripAlawadhi]

Agreed

[@Stephenuk-zc3xo]

Looks even stronger then khalid

[@hardburke4910]

Good to watch those old videos again! Seems to me that I'm not the only one who saved those for later! I have all old InchDB videos! 😁

[@GripAlawadhi]

Nice! Maybe one day you can share what you have too 👊🏻😎

[@beergold]

Dude was a monster, very few people in the world could throw up that inch like that and considering he did get that Mill bell of the ground surely would have one of the strongest grips ever?

[@ThrashTillDeth83]

Damn, that dumbell is no joke!

[@markbalogh9655]

how much does it weight?

[@user-wr5bh4cr1d]

What a performance!!!

[@hellaspower3661]

Superb...

[@adnanrawashdeh3965]

What in the hell is that guy's grip made of 😵😵😵

[@GripAlawadhi]

Steel grip!

[@warriorafrican08]

nice old video