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4/26 MID DAY GRIP WORK COC#T X 10 COC # 1 X 7 COC#1.5 X 5 COC # 2 RGC 96 X 2 COC# 2 RGC105 X 1 And a bunch of wrist curls hands are a little beat up today (so glad its Friday)

Nikita became the first to hit 170 kg on the GM150. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQ8zK-Ps9M https://grippermania.ru/gm150/ranking#m-abs

A little bit of history that might clear up some of this. Back in 2022, we received an entire shipment of Fe springs where the specifications were wrong and all of them were way too wide to be made into Fe grippers. The way we realized it was when Tom assembled a bunch of inventory and I started rating them and the numbers were way off. So those Fe grippers that were already glued together were sold as “errors” like what Derek has. Remember, Tom was 1st gen and glued handles. So then we had to figure out what to do with the springs and we purposefully used some of them to make the Tetting Tributes. That is like the gripper stranger is talking about. They had pinned handles, rather large bevels, no stamps, and were a limited edition. Tom also made those and was not very efficient with pinning the handles so the expense was higher. Then Tom passed away and we had to find a new production shop for standard. Since the middle of 2023, we have used the same wide springs to make Nickel with the pinned handles. That gripper of Derek‘s is basically a first generation Nickel with glued handles before we called the gripper Nickel.

Thanks, that's probably exactly what I needed to hear after placing an order where I went with Standard instead of Left Turn. If a mule kicks me in the head and I somehow decide I need even more grippers, Left Turn might go back into consideration.

It's definitely more comfortable to close them left handed, but I'm not sure they are "must haves". Pretty sure I have a T,1 & 3 in left turns, I havent closed the 3 yet (LH)

Woah, 158 is pretty wild for an iron

I have one of those too it was 158. I filed it

I forgot to put "not for sale" on my post I guess,

No idea, but back when I was 143 I pulled 365 and I'm not that strong so the record must be way more than that. I wasn't able to find any formal records for lightweights doing this lift but would definitely be cool info to see. I know there's plenty of under 154 guys that are pulling over 500lbs so has to be at least in the 400s

Thanks! Haha, if any bars got mixed up, blame the 2 year old

Can’t speak for @Cannon, but I feel like the spirit of Standard (apart from Ni) has always been covering very specific ranges with very tight tolerances.

Yes, that is correct Just curious, why is it that you were going to dismantle it? Is it that you don’t want iron to rate that high or the spread is to wide? I love this thing by the way so thank you!

4/26 HAPPY FRIDAY AM WORKOUT DEADLIFT 135 X 5 225 X 5 315 X 5 225 X 5 135 X 5 LEG CURL 10 X 10 20 X 10 30 X 10 40 X 10 50 X 10 30 X 10 20X 10 LEG PRESS 100 X 20 200 X 20 300 X 20 350 X 20 400 X 20 LEG EXTENSION 80 X 15 90 X 15 100 X 15 110 X 15 120 X 10 100 X 15 close to failure 90 X 18 close to failure 80 X 20 close to failure

HOLY COW WTF, That is incredible.

I see you have a new best Friend,

nice work I remember those days

Ugh, just one more thing I wish I didn’t know existed.

there’s worse places to watch arm wrestling that’s for sure

KILLER WORKOUT have a great weekend

WAY COOL, That is bad a$$.

That one was marked as out of tolerance I believe. There should be a slash through the Fe. It was slated to be taken apart and the handles reused but then @dubyagrip hit me up looking for that exact thing for a client. It pays to be training with Jay!

I made it. They had me flying higher than the plane I took last night

[b]Friday[/b] @Powerhouse. Took my time. No spot [u]Close Grip Bench Press[/u] to 182.5-kilos (401lbs+) x 5 x 1 reps. Had I trained with a buddy I might have done 5 x 2 x 180-kilos s/s [u]Low Cable Row[/u] 1/2 stack x 20 reps, 3/4 stacks x 20 reps, stack (eqv to 120kg/264lbs) x 20 reps [u]MiraFit 60mm Handle[/u] Good day for the left hand. Set up + load - o LH: 82.5-kilos x 3 x 3 reps RH: 88.75-kilos x 3 x 3 reps

Volume Bending Day 4 170mm bastards and 4 170mm shinys Pretty much all the exact same 6 hit cadence except maybe a couple shinys needed one more final crush hit. Had a kiddo with me so worked through them fast and needed no re-wraps, just pulled one side and finished with a crush pad on that side. The last shiny, I did strip the outer wraps to practice a wrap around gripper crush, but despite getting a little more used to it lately I don’t think it’s ready to use in an important situation yet. But I’ll keep trying to get it added as a tool to try crush arsenal! Also started sorting the Da Vinci Batch challenge bars for everyone who earned them in ACE, they should be hitting the streets next week!!!

Yes sir.