You may recall my recent posts regarding the bizarre strength of Andrew Durniat (to add to the legend I was recently informed that he ran a 50 miler back in 2006).  That takes guts.  He is an all-around impressive athlete to say the least.  Skinny strong to the max.  The more time I spend analyzing the strength game the more my eyes are opened regarding the unexpected.  A couple more examples:  Two extremes if you will, a big guy and a small guy.

First the big guy.  If you have ever attended one of the IKFF certifications or the Cotter-Blackburn boot camps you will realize how agile Ken Blackburn is.  He is a big guy, I am guessing he is around 240-250 lbs and obviously solid.  The rap against bigger guys is that the extra weight makes them musclebound or otherwise unable to move well or quickly.  Check out how quick Ken gets these two submissions in the Can-Am BJJ tournament:


Next we have Marty Farrell. "The thin beast" Oh never mind, that nickname is already taken by Phil Dalhausser from the Gold medal winning US Beach volleyball team. Anyway, Marty weighs about 150 lbs soaking wet. I know this because at the last meet he came straight from a wet t-shirt contest to the weigh in. Marty is a strong guy. In the video below he lifts a 130 lb kettlebell over his head with one arm for reps. You may recall from the video I posted a while back featuring Valery, that a very big and strong powerlifter couldn't lift it once. Anyway my latest money-making idea is to take Marty to some bars, pool-halls and biker-type events to do some wagering with the big guys. Rules are most reps overhead without setting the bell down with a 32kg bell. All we would need is a fast car with a big trunk (for all the money we'd collect), a good life insurance policy and a .454 Casull for when folks don't want to pay up.