The mythological tale of the Pillars of Hercules, tells a story that Hercules himself, while having to cross a mountain on his way to the garden of the Hesperides, used his superhuman strength to smash a mountain into two pieces that was blocking his way, rather than climb over it. When these two pieces of the mountain fell into the sea, they formed what we know of today as; Gibraltar and Monte Hacho. Ever since this tale of what happened within the strait of Gibraltar was told, these two halves of the mountain have been known as the Pillars of Hercules.
Although in today’s world we do not know of people with such super human strength as the described Greek gods. The tale of Hercules and how he managed to smash through a mountain creating to separate huge rocks, lives on. This is why when we see the strongmen preforming these super extreme holds, this is the closest thing to superhuman strength as we know it. This is why holding up two huge concrete pillars is known as the Hercules hold. Although the strongmen of today hold these pillars from falling down, this is how we would imagine the incredible Hercules would have held these rock formations from falling down if they had been a danger.
About The Hercules Hold
The Hercules hold requires the strongman to hold up two giant pillars of 160kg each for as long as possible, this is a true test of power, grip strength and determination. It is often the athlete that can best overcome the mental torment of being pulled apart by two massive weights that prevails, over the man with the superior grip or strength but cannot handle the mental torment that is applied.
The two pillars (or weights in less extravagant setups) are attached to chains which have handles for the strongman to grip hold of. The strongman stands in the middle, in this case between the two pillars and takes hold of a handle in each hand before the pillars are released. Once the pillars are released they start vigorously pulling the strongman in opposite directions. The man who can hold onto the pillars for the longest time is declared the winner.
Training for the Hercules Hold: The Hercules Hold is very difficult to practice as it is not often that you find two falling pillars with chains and handles on for you to hold. Even creating a make shift way to practice this can be very dangerous dependant on what you are using to hold onto. Although there are not many things that can replicate this hold, the closest thing to be able to hold a good amount of weight in each arm in this way is within a gym. While using a gym, if you take the cable crossover machine (one with adjustable height), you can replicate this hold by putting the weight nice and high on both cables, at a height slightly below your shoulders. Find a few people within the gym or even your friends if they are available, who can help and pass you a handle in each hand to hold. Once you have hold of both handles and the heavy weight is trying to pull you apart. Stay central and try to hold this weight for as long as possible. Although in the Hercules hold, you see the strongman hold on until he cannot anymore, this is only recommended if the people who are assisting you can grab the cables for when you let go. If this is not possible try to train yourself and improve your grip strength, but do not suddenly drop the handles if you have heavy weight on. One reason for this is because if you are new to this strongman exercise, you may cause yourself injury and secondly, if you suddenly let go and weights start smashing together in the gym, you may lose your membership!
Current World Records
The official record for the Hercules Hold was set at the Giants Live Wembley in 2019 and is in the name of Mark Felix with a stunning time of 83.62 seconds. Since then Mark Felix has gone on to set a new world record in the Hercules Hold event at Giants live Manchester in 2019 with a time of 87.52 seconds. This is currently the highest time achieved within this event and is currently the world record.
TSH Resources is disposing of its two pieces of plantation land bank totaling 3,007ha together with a 40mt/hour palm oil mill in Sabah for a total cash consideration of RM248m. The group is expected to recognise one-off gain of RM104.3m in the 1QFY22. We deem the offer is attractive as it is valued based on EV of RM82,474/ha or P/B of 1.48x. Based on our calculation, we think it is an earnings accretive deal for the group as it could potentially bump up its earnings by as much as RM8m after taking into the consideration of significant interest savings despite the loss of income from the CPO production. Pending the completion of the proposal disposal, we retain our Outperform call with an unchanged
TP of RM1.46 based on 24x FY22 EPS.
Salient details of the proposed disposal.
The two pieces of leasehold plantation land bank for divestment are located in Kinabatangan, Sabah. The tenure for the first piece has a balance of 56 years while the second piece has a balance of 75 years. Both estates are adjacent to each other and the weighted average age of the estate’s palm trees is approximately 18 years. Approximately 74% of the planted area is more than 21 years of age and is due for replanting. The total FFB production from these two plantations stood at 50,388mt in FY20. Meanwhile, the 20-year-old palm oil mill is located at the Ladang Ong Yah Ho and it mainly processes the FFB produced around the vicinity. The buyer of the plantation assets is an unlisted company, Sharikat Keratong S/B, led by a Chang family. Improving gearing level. Management guided that the proceeds of RM248m from the proposed disposal will be used to pare down its borrowings. As of end-2020, it is sitting in a net debt position of RM1.1bn and a net gearing of 0.71x. Upon completion, the proceeds would be utilised to pay off debt, thereby, reducing its net gearing to 0.53x. It can have an annual interest savings of up to RM11.6m if it tends to settle the relatively high interest cost terms loans. In addition, the Group would be able to save capex for land clearing and replanting in the coming years as a significant portion of the estates are due for replanting. The improved gearing will also provide capacity to raise additional funding to accelerate development of its remaining unplanted plantation lands in Indonesia.
Reducing group’s FFB by 5.9%. Upon the completion of the proposed disposal, TSH will see a reduction of FFB production by about 5.9% to 855,786mt (using FY20 numbers as the base). Meanwhile, TSH’s planted area in Sabah will nearly halve to 3,169ha while group planted area will reduce by almost 10% from 31,456ha to 28,449ha. Lucrative return of investments. All three plantation assets have a combined audited net book value of RM167.1m and the total cost investment involved is RM61.3m. In our view, we think the offer, which is valued based on EV of RM82,474/ha or P/B of 1.48x, is deemed attractive. The group is expected to recognise one-off gain of RM104.3m in the 1QFY22
Source: PublicInvest Research - 7 Jul 2021
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