I once dunked a doughnut into a tall cup of coffee.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
On the video issue, look kids, no one over 30 gave a shit about recording every daily activity before the 00’s. This is RECENT SOCIAL activity. Shit, I think I was still getting pictures developed at the Pharmacy when I first posted those pics on this site in 2001.
Get over it, kids, every feat talked about has NOT been recorded and the fact that there is no video does not mean it didn’t happen.[/quote]
Exactly! Yet this is hard to grasp for many as in today’s era filming one’s excretory dunk into the toilet is considered newsworthy and internet star producing.
[quote]gregron wrote:
Hers a video of Nate Robinson dunking… This is what 5’9 dunking looks like and Robinson is know as one of the most, if not the most, explosive Dunkers ink the NBA
So basically that but with about 200 extra pounds… Hmmmmm[/quote]
No, this is what Robinson looks like, not a representative of ALL(body types) who stand 5’9" or less and have dunked.
Realize that 200 “extra pounds” produced the force to squat 1008 and clean & jerk 500+ and produced a verical jump in the mid-upper 30"s…Hmmmmm
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]In10s wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]In10s wrote:
5’9" 370lbs Shane Hamman has dunked a basketball. In all likelihood this was done at the height of his competitive days. He had a 1000lbs+ squat as a powerlifter and a 500lbs+ clean & jerk as an olympic lifter (2-time olympian, 2000, 2004).[/quote]
no he didn’t. This feat is not confirmed. It is folk lore. If you were able to dunk at that size there would be video of it online.[/quote]
HAHAHA! And apparently Michelangelo didn’t paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel you know fucking why? Because there is no video showing him doing it; historical accounts only. Yep, and it’s all folklore!
Hamman, who is atleast 40 years old now did the dunk at some point in his 20s long before there was a fucking youtube or everyone pulling an iphone out of their rectum to film and post every facet of their life.
He wasn’t just strong, he was renowned for his power. As a power lifter he used a “dive bomb” stlye of squating and was very explosive out of the hole. And as an olympic lifter he would stand up with 500lbs+ with ease after squat cleaning it.
Just because a feat of impressive performance is not posted online in youtube or fartbook doesn’t mean it didn’t occur!
Man, what shitty times we live in!!![/quote]
This is the definition of a straw man. Nice try.
You’re acting like video wasn’t around during this guys lifetime… the guy was born in the 70’s lol. His prime would be late 20’s-30 which would have been right around 2000… Yeah no videos from then have ever been out up online.
There are tons of videos of Arnold posted online from when Hamman was in diapers. There are videos of Hamman’s lifts posted online… If he could really dunk at that 370 someone would have gotten it on tape. Could the guy dunk at a lighter weight? Sure, maybe… But at 5’9 370? Nope.
If you truly believe that he could dunk at that size then I have a nice investment opportunity for you. It’s a beautiful bridge I’d like to sell you.[/quote]
Above is a poor quality video still of Mark Henry at the 1995 Footlocker Slam Dunk Contest. At a bodyweight of around 400lbs, he dunked a basketball. He had a running start and did it with one hand. The crowd went nuts. I remember this distinctly as it made the highlight reel of all
the sports news broadcasts. I also remember a clip of it as part of a news report on Mark Henry back in the summer of 1996 a few months prior to his participation at the Olympics in Atlanta.
Yes Mark Henry stands 6’3" but there are guys taller and lighter who can’t even touch the rim.
I’m not here to debate Hamman versus Henry versus whoever, dunk, can’t dunk etc…Just want to mention that I saw Henry do this on television (remember t.v) with my own eyes! Yet, I can’t find any online video footage showing this. Most of Mark Henry’s online videos are of his WWE Pro-Wrestling footage.
If someone can find the actual footage, bless them. Yes it happened 17 year ago which, for some posters on here, is no different than 117 years ago! And it appears to be an example of something that did take place yet there is no current online video documentation to “prove” it.
If Hamman can palm a basketball, I believe he can/did do it. Just my opinion.
[quote]Egg Head wrote:
Above is a poor quality video still of Mark Henry at the 1995 Footlocker Slam Dunk Contest. At a bodyweight of around 400lbs, he dunked a basketball. He had a running start and did it with one hand. The crowd went nuts. I remember this distinctly as it made the highlight reel of all
the sports news broadcasts. I also remember a clip of it as part of a news report on Mark Henry back in the summer of 1996 a few months prior to his participation at the Olympics in Atlanta.
Yes Mark Henry stands 6’3" but there are guys taller and lighter who can’t even touch the rim.
I’m not here to debate Hamman versus Henry versus whoever, dunk, can’t dunk etc…Just want to mention that I saw Henry do this on television (remember t.v) with my own eyes! Yet, I can’t find any online video footage showing this. Most of Mark Henry’s online videos are of his WWE Pro-Wrestling footage.
If someone can find the actual footage, bless them. Yes it happened 17 year ago which, for some posters on here, is no different than 117 years ago! And it appears to be an example of something that did take place yet there is no current online video documentation to “prove” it.
If Hamman can palm a basketball, I believe he can/did do it. Just my opinion.
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Good post.
Bottom line, there is nothing dumber or more of a sign of limited life experience than the belief that even most feats of human achievement have all been filmed or that the answer to every comment of what has been done needs video proof.
Yes, many of us over 25 have seen shit that we don’t have a youtube link for. That doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
This is like that debate from some posters as if the idea that built people exist who don’t lift much is impossible because we can’t youtube it in 10 seconds.
One thing I have noticed is that many of the people making some of the most outstanding progress are also some of the ones LEAST interested in filming every fart for public consumption.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd25je_jerry-the-king-lawler-vs-aldo-monto_sport#.UMzO0uRFWpI
0.50 seconds in , Mark Henry dunking.
Someone 6’3 at “a body weight around 400lbs” (which is an obvious guess) is not the same as someone who is nearly the same weight but only 5’9 dunking.
phil heath touching rim at 5 9 is pretty awesome. The height difference is huge considering that someone like 6 3 is going to have around a 9 inch difference in your ability to touch rim.
let’s just say that someone who can clean and jerk 500 and squat 1000+ wouldn’t get picked last…
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[quote]Airtruth wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
^^not sure if serious[/quote]
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There is a huge difference between touching the Rim and dunking… At least 8inches probably.
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If you don’t know much about bball, which I don’t, and skim through and read this part it takes a while to realise this post is non-sexual non-homo.
Carry on
This thread should be required reading for all sociology classes.
[quote]gregron wrote:
Someone 6’3 at “a body weight around 400lbs” (which is an obvious guess) is not the same as someone who is nearly the same weight but only 5’9 dunking.[/quote]
400lbs is not a guess. At the 1996 Atlanta games, he was the largest athlete at 412lbs. From the early 90s up to the Atlanta games, Henry routinely competed at bodyweights in the upper 300s-lower 400s.
[quote]Egg Head wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
Someone 6’3 at “a body weight around 400lbs” (which is an obvious guess) is not the same as someone who is nearly the same weight but only 5’9 dunking.[/quote]
400lbs is not a guess. At the Atlanta games, he was the largest athlete at 412lbs. From the early 90s up to the Atlanta games, Henry routinely competed at bodyweights in the upper 300s-lower 400s.[/quote]
[quote]gregron wrote:
Someone 6’3 at “a body weight around 400lbs” (which is an obvious guess) is not the same as someone who is nearly the same weight but only 5’9 dunking.[/quote]
Yeah but what if he’s as explosive as your boy Nate Robinson?
And when the fuck did Shane Hamman just become “someone”? The dude, based on his lifting prowess, is anything but someone!
I am a little concerned that Gregron has suddenly become some voice of what can not be done by people he doesn’t know much about but apparently claims he knows what is a guess or not.
I don’t even follow that sport and I knew his weight was over 400lbs many times. He’s a freaking beast. If he can touch the rim alone that gets props.
Phil Heath doing that with arms that damn big is fucking phenomenal. It shouldn’t be downplayed as insignificant simply because he didn’t shatter the backboard with his tongue out.
The semantics on this site are getting tired. Yeah, it would seem huge fuckers can touch the rim or dunk too. Get over it, guys.
^^ive said it before and ill say it again: please stop following me around to nit pick my posts. This is getting old.
<-------------------- was grabbing onto a regulation rim at 6’1 275 lbs at the age of 19.
<------- Could not touch the rim with a step ladder at 170
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
<-------------------- was grabbing onto a regulation rim at 6’1 275 lbs at the age of 19. [/quote]
Congratulations?
I’m all for charioting the human ideal and trumpeting that we can accomplish a lot if we put our minds to it(and our genetics), but this thread has gotten really funny.
wow this thread has more bs than I can stomach
next thing your gonna tell me superman is real and natural too
[quote]Brett620 wrote:
This thread should be required reading for all sociology classes.[/quote]
Haha. I agree.
Most of the time the interesting thing about this forum (or any other) is to marvel at the different motives of why people post what they post.