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Thanks Joe! It's been an evolution for me: Beginning of this year my main focus was on finally lifting my York Next Gen blob--hardly anything else. And when I did Maryland's Strongest Hands in May, I wrote off the Inch in the Grip Medley because I never trained it. Made a feeble attempt after the comp and was like...nope. Not happening. But then I had to train single hand stuff for Heavy Hands AND got a Baby Inch to take home... ...and now after having some time with it I'm like...maybe the full Inch is doable. I mean...I had heard of the Inch. I watched plenty of videos with the Inch (or heavier). And I know it's an awesome achievement. But it never seemed within reach for me so I never listed it as a goal. So it's kind of a major breakthrough in my mindset these past three weeks that I'm adding it to my bucket list.

I have a like-new gripper rated at 305

I’m going to have two globe dumbbells like the millennium made. I want them crafted out of Tungsten or a very dense steel alloy (so the dumbbell is not cartoonishly large) The first one will be painted with 24k gold paint (and be same shape as millennium bell) and weigh 600 pounds. It will be called the Mount Olympus dumbbell. The second will be a slightly smaller one which will weigh 475-500 and be painted black with shades of red with a white hand print on it (like the Berserker Orcs in Lord of The Rings). It will be called the Berserker Dumbbell

About 2 weeks ago I started implementing bar hangs and my goal is 2 minutes. I know there’s a lot of experienced people here, especially the climbers, so I’d really appreciate some advice on this.. thank you! My plan looks like this: Frequency: three time per week Volume: 3 sets per workout x max hangs Progression: Add 5 seconds each week No chalk! Note: I’ve read some where that doing 50% of your max time for a period then trying your max works aswell. My question to you experienced people is: 1. How often? 2. How much volume (sets/time per set)? 3. Hang w/ thumb or without? I’d really appreciate any advice, thanks lads!

Agreed! Great lift, easy pass.

A little bit. thanks

https://www.instagram.com/iliamakarov219/ Very gifted athlete sure.

I found his account on IG and its iliamakarov219. He has his name written in Russian so I don't know if it is Sergey Kulyasov or not. I am taking Ivan's word on his lifts, but I can not confirm anything.

Sergey Kulyasov - possible his friend. His official result on russian axle - 241 kg on competition. https://hot.mat6tube.com/watch/-86170231_456252238 Very large hands and long fingers - say me Tyukalov once. If not - maybe better ask to Ivan.

Looks like you still got some solid work in though!

That are known yeah I guess. Or better yet add one more. There is a Russian who is friend of Ivan (Ivan is the person who lifted the Millennium at my place). Ivan told me his friend is stronger than him with much bigger hands. He showed me his hands against his and wow it should be at least 9.5" hand and not thick which helps with thickbar. Ivan said he can also hook the Millennium. Maybe he has a chance against this bell with hook grip. He told me the name and I added him on IG but can't seem to remember. If there are more I will let you know.

Therefore - the total number of people in the world known in history who lifted the Millennium in any way is 21. Right? Are they all from Afghanistan? This 5.

5

What is their number?

There are around few more. None will be credited without a video. They have their reason not to be on video. I respect their decision. Edit: As for the dumbbell, I think it is extremely hard to lift. Not sure if someone can lift it. Kirill did get some decent air on a 150 KG normal handle's dumbbell. And this bell is thicker with added 20 pounds.

Definite pass!

Nice and easy, good lift

9/28 rehab leg press 50lbs x 50 Moving up gym time DUMBELL CURL 25 x 10 30 x 10 35 x 10 40 x 10 45 x 7 LAT PULL DOWN 70 x 10 80 x 10 90 x 10 100 x 10 110 x 10 120 x 10 CABLE CURL 40 x 10 50 x 10 60 x 10 70 x 7 UP RIGHT ROW 30 x 20 40 x 20 50 x 20 60 x 20 short workout today (sucks)

Man I loved basketball after quitting track and field, used to run 60-400m mostly on the lower end. I think that really helped my 38inch vert, although I only weighed about 83kg/182lbs then.. Being able to dunk is a really amazing feeling

The video is good info and holds up when you check it with rating measurements I can confirm that. I do like to try and stay on top of the context of the above quote since it frequently gets left off. Which is to say this is not unique to "50 lb" grippers but rather true of all narrow grippers. Also you have to add "..inferior to train with if you are training for CCS certification or trying to specifically only close wider grippers." Otherwise there is no arguing you can get a valuable resistance workout from narrow grippers. It's just easier to find examples of narrow 50 lb grippers but they are not all narrow. Grip Genie spreads at levels 1-4 are mostly the same as CoCs at equivalent levels. And we have had wide batches of HG350s especially which rated up into the 190s and were brutally hard. Some HG300s and Grip Genie 5s are 155-165+. Some Grip Genie 6s have reached the 200s. All because they are wide. Narrow grippers can be very beneficial to people with smaller hands. And it's the same principle as training in a choker which many have found beneficial. If your goal is a 175 gripper, you might be able to rep a 175 gripper in a choker at 20 mm before being able to close that gripper regularly. The same principle is at work with a narrow gripper. You can do more with it because it's less overall work with the same end figure. You are working that high-end finishing power even if it doesn't specifically translate to closing that gripper from a wider set. In this way, narrow grippers absolutely still training finishing power.

Brian in his video say - less then 10 man in the world. And two from this list - without tilt, includes Brian someself. The dumbbell handle in the video is visually 2 inches. So there is no need for parallels with Millennium. At least straight ones. I asked in the comments on YouTube about the size of the handle - but naturally I won’t get an answer there. In any case, I believe that this is a task at the limit of a gifted person’s capabilities, but it is doable. In the case of a handle with a diameter of 2 3/8 inches, this task is most likely not for even gifted people.

It sounds pretty messed up but maybe a blessing in disguise, It sounds like you have Dodged a bullet in the long run.

With some hard work and time yes I will thank you. I forgot how much I enjoyed this style of training.

So 16, I couldn't remember them all from memory. Either way it doesn't matter it's not many, only the elite of the grip world who have. Now adding another 55kg on top of that may prove impossible. I'd love to see it lifted though.

Intense I like the workout