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In late 2021 I achieved a personal goal that really meant a lot to me when I certed the COC 3. In my life, mostly academic and professional, it was the only physical goal I ever spent a significant amount of time and effort chasing. It took me years to attain, and until very close to attaining it, I remained unsure whether it was within the limits of my potential. Now I am choosing a new goal, and I am interested in a discussion about our limits. I would find such a discussion interesting in itself because I respect the diversity of experience and attitudes on the Grip Board, but it also might help me in choosing a new goal for myself that pushes my limits but is not so remote that it is folly to chase it. This is a long post, and just for fun. Let's go. For starters, I don't think the COC 3.5 cert should be my next goal. I see a lot of posts where people offer platitudes like, "You can do anything if you set your mind to it," "If you try hard enough, you will succeed," "there are no limits," etc. So for me, a few people have said, "Well, now go for the 3.5." I disagree completely. There absolutely are limits. The limits are not the same for everyone, but just to start from the absurd: No human is going to bench press 2,000 pounds, or curl 1000 pounds, or run a mile in one minute, or close a COC 4 no set with two fingers. K? Can we just get that out of the way? There are limits. And on the other end, we can select goals easy enough that we can all agree ANY normal human can, at least if he or she tries, attain them: close a COC Sport; bench 20 pounds; run a mile in an hour. There was an old story about someone (maybe Joe Kinney) saying just add an ounce a day to your (squat, deadlift, bench, whatever), and you will always be able to do the next day -- but of course, however easy that may be for however many hundred days, after some years you have added 20 pounds per year and you are not adding 400 pounds to your bench in 20 years, so there are limits, we just don't always know where they are. So I think the more relevant inquiry is to DISCOVER one's limits, by engaging in that very same effort that some people say will get you anything you desire. What I think does happen is that, with great effort and determination, many of us accomplish things we THOUGHT were or might be beyond our limits, but by the hard work and perseverance and belief in ourselves, we discovered were not. That is my view of where training, judgment, and perseverance kind of combine to reach success. My personal journey in grip (which I don't mean to suggest is over) has been a bit of the above. I started fiddling with grippers and realized I was not bad at them, so I thought, hey, maybe I can get to the point where I can certify on the COC 3. But I was only closing the 2 at the time, and I was not sure I would ever be able to close a 3 at all, let alone by CCS. I just didn't know one way or the other, so I enjoyed all kinds of grip implements and comps, but the only thing I actually paid attention to training was grippers. For four years. And in the first few months I got from the 2 to the 2.5. And then I met my grip friends and the grip board and started getting more grippers and trying harder, and by the end of another year I was MMS closing some COC 3s but not the harder ones. And I got MM0. And then after another year I was MMS closing any COC 3 I could find, and I got MM1, and friends started telling me if only I tried I could get the COC3 cert. And I didn't say of course I can or no I can't, I still said I don't know and kept going. And in maybe another year I got MM2 and thought, hey, I used to wonder whether MM2 or COC 3 cert would be harder, and here I am already MM2, let me really push for that COC 3 cert. and in a few more months I was CCS closing my easier COC 3s, and then a couple months later my harder ones, and I drew in a breath and sent for the cert. And -- about 4 or 5 years after closing my first 2 and 2.5, I certed the 3. And by the above, I don't mean to say that hey, I've reached my absolute limit and no way I can do anything more. I absolutely believe that if I care to push myself in a single-mindedly gripper direction, I could still get a little stronger in grippers. Sure I could. There was no magic decree from heaven that now that I certed, I will never get any better at grippers no matter what I do. I am EXTREMELY proud of what I've done so far; it is probably the one single personal accomplishment of my life of which I am MOST proud and which brought me the most satisfaction because I so doggedly pursued it for so long, and then got it. Some people will never be able to do this feat, others find it much easier than I did and move on to bigger ones. For me, it was an ideal challenge. But let's be real. I am NEVER, EVER, EVER going to be capable of CCS closing a COC 4, and probably not a 3.5. I am gonna be 54 in April, I weighed 182 pounds this morning with a pretty big pot belly (I am only 5' 6 and my ideal weight is probably 155), and I trained for YEARS -- YEARS -- to achieve the COC 3 cert. My gains have been slow and incremental after the quick newbie gains, and they were getting slower and more incremental the closer I got to the IM cert. Even if I continued to strive and to make gains without slowing further as I reach my body's potential and continue to age, it would obviously take several more years to improve enough to look at the 3.5 cert. And years more after that for the 4. So why do people say "there is no limit" - "you can do it if you try" - "nothing is impossible"? I think what they are really capturing in those kinds of platitudes is something different, something more like, "you can do more than you think," "you won't know if you don't try," and "you should find out what's possible." Because in the end, they have to know that some things really are not possible -- instead, they are telling you not to give up the journey, because you don't yet know what YOUR limit is. Because if I had given up when I closed my COC 2, back when I thought my COC 3 felt like a brick that there was no way I would ever hold the handles together with one hand (I honestly wondered how any human could ever close that gripper with any depth of set), I would never have found out that it was possible for me. Years later, I DID CCS close that very same gripper and then DID the cert that I wondered whether it was possible (for me). But there is judgment involved. I am not devoting my life to certing the COC 3.5 or 4. I'm not stupid. I thought the COC 3 might be beyond my capability but I wasn't sure; I knew that was an honest debate about reasonable limits and I pushed it and made it. For me, that was reasonable, and because I made it, it would be reasonable to set another, harder goal and strive for it. In my mind, even the COC 3.5 cert is not that goal -- I don't think there is any future in which I can accomplish even that. It would not be unreasonable to try, and I can't say that no matter what I do I could never achieve that, but I really don't think so. I didn't say that about the 3 -- I just wondered whether it was possible. But I also have judgment, and I don't think the 3.5 cert is actually within my body's capability (and I 100 per cent know the COC 4 isn't!). I think that if I did pursue the COC 3.5, or the MM3, I would indeed improve my gripper closes a bit for a while. But not enough. And the devotion of that much of my remaining time on this world to that goal does not seem like a good choice. Do people disagree with this assessment, in general? I am still trying to decide on a next goal, and have been thinking about this for a year or so since my COC 3 cert. This is important to me because I really enjoy grip sports, and part of that enjoyment was chasing the 3. I want a new thing to chase. I don't think the 3.5 is it. I may occupy myself with going for a few reps on GHP 7, but that doesn't captivate me the way the 3 cert did. What is worth chasing? Maybe the Inch? My best circus bell lifts have been in the 140s, and my best RT in the 170 range. But I never trained Inch or RT more than doing a few sets at other people's houses once in a while in an inconsistent way. There may be enough potential there, and lifting the Inch at a body weight of about that same weight, in my 50s, would be a hoot about equal to the COC 3 cert I think (maybe actually rarer, but since I love grippers, it might still only be equal in my mind). Anyway, I am posting here both to ignite a discussion about possibilities, and also for suggestions and motivation as to a new goal. I actually would like to ignite some fire in me, to get myself focused on a goal again. I don't think it is helpful (or correct) to say "nothing is impossible." A few famous quotations say that in some way or another, and I don't take that seriously, because obviously some things really are impossible. A few sayings I found about this topic that I think capture my overall view that we should have some goals, that we should use some judgment in choosing the right goals for ourselves, and that we should work hard and expect to achieve at some and fail at some and keep trying: “The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”– Michelangelo “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”– Albert Einstein “If you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time.” – Unknown “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe “You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.” — Ted Turner “Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.” — Venus Williams "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." — Frederick Douglass “You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” — Wayne Gretzky “In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.”– Sid Caeser “You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” — Edmund Hillary “Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.” – Thurgood Marshall A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee AND MY FAVORITE: “The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.” – Dalai Lama

It is my pleasure to post the grip profile of a still rising but already star of the grip world, TIM BUTLER. I want to add a little extra at the beginning here, because he is also a good friend of mine. I met Tim in early 2018, when we were both fairly new to the grip world, and he immediately began inviting me to his little workout barbecues at the home where he lives with his parents. My wife and I split up in mid-2018 very soon after I discovered grip sports, and my 50th birthday on April 27, 2019 was my first birthday after the split. At that point I was living with my mom, dealing with a nasty divorce, and really not focused on having anything nice happen for my 50th. Tim was having one of his grip and grill fests that day, so I decided to go to that, rather than sit home and mope. I didn't even tell him it was my birthday. But someone else must have -- because when I got there, everyone said happy birthday, Tim's mom had baked me an amazing birthday cake in the shape of a gripper, and Tim offered me any gripper from his collection of about 100 as my birthday gift. One or two other new friends added some thoughtful gifts as well. Needless to say, it was pretty much my best birthday ever. The above is just one example of the warm, decent guy that Tim is, and is also representative of the overall experience I've had in this sport. Since that most excellent "grip and grill" birthday, between the occasional barbecues, Tim and I have attended many grip comps together. We have always enjoyed a friendly competition re: gripper events, where we often find ourselves going for the same RGC rated gripper close or silver bullet hold. But on everything besides grippers, there is no competition: this man is elite-world-class-phenomenal at a few different aspects of grip, such as anvil and blob lifts, and I am pretty sure he is the greatest card-tearer who ever lived (it was only after his instruction that I tore my first deck of cards). So he's not just a nice guy, but a grip guru. Here's what Tim has to say. 1. What are your stats? Grip Board name: temmmeeee Age: 29 Height: ~6'3 1/2”/~192cm Weight: Currently ~215lbs/~98kg but I fluctuate. In the summer I can be as low as 87kg/192lbs Dominant hand, and hand size: Right-handed, 7 7/8”/20cm (Left hand is slightly larger at 8”) Country/City: Piscataway, NJ USA Relationship Status: Single Children: None Occupation: SEO Specialist 2. Why did you start training grip (and how long is it now)? I used to arm wrestle with my dad for fun up until my late teens. My hands and wrists were so much skinnier, so I googled ways to thicken them. That's when I came across COC grippers and they remained in the back of my mind. A few years later in December 2015 I got my first ones. By Fall of 2016 I was a full-fledged gripster and had a lot of the basic implements. 3. What are you most proud of accomplishing in grip already, and what is/are your grip goal/goals? It's pretty hard to pinpoint something. It took a lot of work for me to be able to do the blobs by the face stuff I do. I'm also pretty proud of lifting blobzilla without gigantic hands. It took 6 years to build up to that one. Other than that it's just feats that nobody else or very, very few have managed to do yet. My inch dumbbell lift balancing a deck of cards on the globe and then tearing the deck in my mouth while still holding the inch might be my favorite just because it's so silly and unique. As far as goals go, I really want to just get better and more consistent with common competition lifts. I'm more of a “featist” than a grip competitor and would like to change that. Feats are just so much more fun!! Other than that, I would like to clean the inch and clean/curl blobzilla. 4. How do you currently structure your overall training/how do you incorporate your grip training? I try to train 4-6 days a week but a lot of my training depends on how I'm feeling. Usually the PPL split and I do my grip sets between my working sets. I find that helps me warm up a lot better for the grip stuff, particularly on squat days. 5. What hobbies (other than grip/bending/lifting) do you enjoy? I don't do much outside of work and exercise. I play bass guitar but that's pretty much just my therapy these days lol. I need to find more interests... 6. Do you have a personal anecdote, topic or thoughts you'd like to include in your profile? I don't really know what to put here. I guess try not to limit yourself (within reason). I find that we are capable of more than we think, with enough hard work and consistency. And once you hit a goal, try and find ways to take it up another level! Also, I feel like you can almost always find a slightly better hand placement/angles on an implement. I find even body positioning is huge during a setup. I'm still making mini breakthroughs on implements I've been training with for 5+ years. Experiment with it, especially if you've been stagnant on a particular lift for a while. We all have different hand structures so everyone will have their own ideal placement for each implement. Don't just assume you've found your perfect setup after a few sessions, you might be leaving a lot on the table! 7. Whose Grip profile would you like to see next? Zach Mullins!

Its been put off for too long but its happening, Pre certification has been sent off

Thanks everyone! The hardest part was definitely saying goodbye to that Gripper forever

11th Annual International King Kong Grip Challenge "The Biggest Grip Sport Contest on the Planet" Main Contest Date: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 Multi-City Mega Contest Events: 2.25” Crusher (FBBC) – 6” Lift Pinch Block (IronMind) – 6” Lift Finnish Ball (Otevoima) – 13” Lift 2.5” Jug (FBBC) – 6” Lift Divisions: Men: 59kg / 66kg / 74kg / 83kg / 93kg / 105kg / 120kg / 120+kg Men’s Masters 50+ Years: Open Women: 57 kg / 63kg / 72kg / 84kg / 100kg / 100+kg Women’s Masters 50+ Years: Open Youth Divisions (offered at individual promoters' discretion): Boys 7 and under Boys 8-10 Boys 11-13 Boys 14-15 Boys 16-17 Girls 7 and under Girls 8-10 Girls 11-13 Girls 14-15 Girls 16-17 Divisions not officially offered in the contest will still be tracked for GSI records purposes. Awards: Custom King Kong gorilla sculptures for the following: The overall male and female champions ("The King Kong of Grip" and “The Queen Kong of Grip”) The male and female exceptional lifters (best pound-for-pound performance) 6” Custom three-dimensional King Kong medals for the following: The top three finishers in each class The overall male and female top lifter in each event Youth awards: Medals for top 3 in each division Last Person Standing format. Reverse strongman scoring. Confirmed Venues (So Far): North America: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – Eric Roussin Sioux City, Iowa, USA – Andrew Pantke Fort Worth, Texas, USA – Adam Glass South America: Santiago, Chile - Bruno Gonzalez Andres Europe: St. Petersburg, Russia – Alexander Andreev Gatchina, Russia – Dima Lappalainen Ukraine – Ivan Pupchenko Greece – Manos Nyxtovios Many more venues to come....

This is my fourth training in this style - therefore, I made several organizational errors, which affected the result. Be that as it may - I feel a small supply of forces for further increase!

New pr, 7 reps with 81.2kg rgc 3.5.

Most treasured grippers. Pictured: Tetting Pro (rated 274) GHP10 (rated 275) My first GHP10 (has both GHP stamps-bought 18. January 2018 Tetting World Class Tetting World Class with narrow handles Three Tetting Thor/Hercules (each with .437 spring - one on bottom left with red tab is rated approximately 1180lbs) Tetting Hercules Standard Unobtanium Tetting Thor AtomGripz6 (rated 305) Not pictured: My 2004 CoC #4 and my new Tetting World Class (rated 270)

A gripster from Instrgram (featsofalex) sent me this to see if I could close it. I'll have it for about two more weeks. I'm gonna try to CCS it before I send it back.

Bodyweight RGC credit card set with #4

Todays training squat 4 sets 6 reps 335lbs deficit deadlift 3 sets 6 reps 375lbs leg extensions 3 sets 12 reps 200lbs ab wheel 3 sets 25 reps

Hello everyone, I am not a new member on here, but I have not posted on here in several years. Many of you know myself (Frank Chaudoin), and my brother Addam from Instagram. We run some Armlifting USA, GSI, and other Grip Events (such as King Kong) in the Pacific NW. I have been working with grippers for a little over 20 years (on and off). Slowly I have progressed to the point where I am able to close the 3 from a mash monster set. If you follow our Instagram (couchpotatostrong), you'll see my 3 close as a pinned post. Several Mash Monsters stated that they believe that close would have been accepted for the MM0 had I followed the procedure of proper submitting for the cert. Closing the gap between the 2.5 and 3 was tough for me, and to help with it I have had some grip coaching from Armlifting USA President Riccardo Magni. Presently I am taking a short break (11 days, maybe 2 weeks) from grippers to fully recover and prepare to smash the MM0. I have been consistently hitting heavy grippers twice a week for the past year. Anyway, thanks for taking a moment to read my post. I'll be checking in on the gripboard more often to drop news of events we are hosting, my progress, and, any grip news we have to share (such as podcast interviews with gripsters, news from Armlifting USA, and, of course heavy Golden Potato lifts). Take care all and keep moving.

Congrats to Jaland! He is coming up strong up the MashMonster ladder!

Gripper has been dispatched, No turning back now

Grippers RH - 3x1 Standard adjustable Ti, filed handle, set to RGC 135, MMS, 5-sec hold - 4x2 Standard Fe, RGC 134, MMS, 3-sec rep holds LH - 7x1 CoC #3, unrated, 22mm choked, 3-sec hold + some extensor band work

For those here who knew him, Gus Bush passed away yesterday. He had not competed in grip or armwrestling for a couple years due to health issues but had competed at SJ4 , Nags and in Detroit. He still holds many masters records in Canada. Lifting and pulling in his 60s, he was stronger than most half his age. He was an incredibly kind and strong man rest in strength Gus.

Heavy Hands 2023 Sanctioned Comp held on Sept 9th Myself and Ben Helms will be hosting this competition in Virginia. if anyone has any questions regarding the competition you can comment on here or message me. I will continue to post updates and information for the competition as things develop. Entry: $20 Events • 2” One Hand Nightmare (6”Lift) • 2 3/8” FBBC Andrews Axle (Lockout) • 3” Saxon (Arm assassin) Lockout • Little Bighorn (6” Lift) • Rising Bar Format (Last Man Standing) • Weight Classes Men’s- 66kg,74kg,83kg,93kg,105kg,120kg, 120+Kg Women’s- 47kg,52kg,63kg,72kg,84kg,100kg, 100+kg

Hey guys.. I found a 200 IronMind #4

Below the thunders of the upper deep...

I think the mash monster ladder is the best system. You have every fair advantage to be able to close the gripper, and there is also room for charisma and showmanship. Best of all, the lineage and history of the grippers is worth going through all of them. I get the "FOMO" from the board about a guy like Carl never devoting the months of coordination to get to the MM10; we want to see it, but there's also something cool about the guy who is clearly the GOAT never getting around to it because he was too busy breaking world records. It leaves room for someone else to do something he never did, because frankly, we are running out of those opportunities.

Excuse the excessive sounds RPE 9 effort

As for me, this is legit parallel set! THE GREATEST FILMED RESULT

I can ride a unicycle, I tried to teach it to someone once and they didn't tell me till like a year later that they didn't know how to ride a bicycle. So that obviously went really well

I’ve had the chance to meet Tim for the first time at last years grip nationals. We both went head to head at 93kg class and Tim won the weight class. Both of us are obsessed with the feats so after the comp we were trying tons of feats with everyone else and we both lifted a half 75 “Glob” (half of York globe Dumbbell). Tim has went on to lift a half 80 Glob. When I ordered Inch Bells from overseas all of the bells were delivered to Tims about 9.5hrs from my house. Tim and Vinny just so happened to be coming to a contest a few hours from me and were kind enough to load up the dumbbells and bring them to the comp and save me a lot of hours of driving. Whether it’s competing in person or multi-venue comps me and Tim have competed a lot against each other in the short time I’ve been involved in the sport. The thing that stands out to me the most is that even though we are often competing against one another we will still offer our experience or tips to help the other one out even though this could end up being the reason one of us beats the other. With Tim there is no ego… just hard training and pure love for the sport. Looking forward to conquering some more feats and competing with him in the future. And hopefully one day I can make the trip up to NJ and lift in the “Yellow Room of Pain”. Tims awesome.

60mm pinch block Both hands - 2x1 28kg/61.7lb - 1x1 30.5kg/67.2lb - 1x1 31.9kg/70.3lb - 2x1 33.1kg/73lb 80mm pinch block Both hands - 2x1 28.2kg/62.2lb Blobs KWN50 (22.9kg/50.5lb) assisted lifts RH - 6x1 It's getting somewhat easier. KWN40 (18.7kg/41.2lb) - 2x2 - 4x1 + CRS 1/4 x 7" (6.35mm x 178mm) barehanded I bent it to almost exactly 1".

Got challenged by my buddy to close a #3, level lift my 143lb inch with both hands and rip a deck of cards in half in under a minute. Well, I did all that then bent a Red Nail in about 35 seconds! Anyone else with the same style medley feel free to share, I wanna see some more.

My first grip competition was today. It went well. I managed to finish first.

Thanks for all the advice from everyone, I do listen and take everything everyone says into consideration. I will find a proper balance. My issues are time and space right now, I really only have mornings and at that, 75 minutes to 2 hours which is plenty of time, but still need to try and it barebone because still want to focus on grip and bending. Maybe i'll start up with the sandbags again, squat press and carry them. I got decently strong with them. Problem is you can't load them like barbells. But i've always really enjoyed training with them and dont take up a lot of space. this morning just 24minutes 4000m on Concept 2 and 10 minutes of stretching.

My favorite gripper? My Warren Tetting "THOR" 112 Master. Closing it was a step on the path to the other two and my long-term goal of certifying on a CoC #3. A very close second is a little steel GNC 100 that Matt Cannon went to a lot of trouble to file for me. Absolute favorite warmup/recovery gripper and I use it almost every session. I really appreciate the great lengths he went to help me out.

20 minutes on the rowing machine, 20 minutes yoga, did some soft tissue work with the lacross balls... Then I went in my parents sauna, drank a few beers and listened to George Carlin. The indian clubbells really do loosen up the shoulders. I should use them more often.

Todays training incline bench press 4 sets 8 reps 195lbs cable row 4 sets 12 reps 190lbs chin ups 3 sets 7 reps 75lbs face pulls 3 sets 14 reps 170lbs rolling thunder 172.5x3, 3 sets 3 reps 157.5, 3 sets 3 reps 142

Zach Mullins wanting to do MM0 Cert. Will send video over as soon as possible.

@John Knowlton Still feeling lousy had low expectations ended up having an amazing workout. Get Strong phase 2 half a$$ED WD2 Orange Spring 2 Rubber band 1-1 1-2, 2-1, 2-2,2-3,3-2 all 1 rep then 1 attempt each hand w/ CROM Levering 26"x3 27"x3x4 sets DO IMP 2F 6x3/16- 6 sec 5"x3/16 -5 seconds 6x3/16square- 6sec 60 timber tie- 5 seconds 60d galv- 9 seconds DO in SUEDES 60D BRITE didnt time 60D BRITE didnt time Reverse Suedes 5.75" 60d - 14 seconds 6.5x1/4 DR-32 seconds 6.5x1/4 DR 37 seconds 6x1/4 CRS 1min 11 seconds Decided to try iso with DO today and 1st was pre kinked from last week 60dbrite and I felt it move, and crushed it... I was in shock.. I rested and it took probably 5 minutes but I did another one. Very proud of myself considering a month ago I couldn't do and DO.

Grippers may only touch our hands for a little while, but they touch our hearts forever.

The order was a little bit different, I did the harder stuff (of everything) in the first half of the session. DU leather singles - CRS 5/16" x 6.7" - 1 hit - CRS 21/64" x 7" - 1 hit - C45 HEX 7mm x 6.7" - 2 hits C45 hex is still a killer. - DR 5/16" x 7" - 1 hit - DR 7.8mm x 7" - 2 hits Started to get tired, so took a 5-8 mins break. - DR 7.7mm x 7" - 1 hit - DR 7.6mm x 7" - 1 hit - DR 7.5mm x 7" - 1 hit - DR 7.4mm x 7" - 2 hits - DR 7.3mm x 7" - 1 hit - DR 7.2mm x 7" - 1 hit - DR 9/32" x 6.5" - 1 hit Reverse leather singles - Stainless 304 HEX 7mm x 7.2" - 2 hits Probably the hardest stuff I've tried so far reversing. - Stainless 304 7mm x 7" - 1 hit - Annealed 35CroMo 7mm x 6.7" - 2 hits All are above 40 degrees. Wrist Developer 2, suede singles, CROM spring LH front - 1x1 Level 13 (3-4) PR, I'm glad I tried it. - 1x4 Level 12 (3-3) - 1x2 Level 12 (3-3) - 1x6 Level 11 (3-2) RH front - 3x10 Level 10 (2-3) - 1x4 Level 11 (3-2) Both hand positions - 1x12 Level 9 (2-2)

Also posted in Derek's log: Tom was ALLLMOST done with these grippers when he passed I have all the parts and I'm trying to figure out how to finish them. They still need some engraving for example. I really want to get this cert out there. I think any kind of set will be allowed with the minimum being visually parallel like the Mash Monster Cert. But if you want to do 20mm, 30mm, 1.5", credit card, no set, anything... go for it. Then on the list for anyone who closed a certain level, it will have their name and set used like Matt Cannon (parallel set). And also you will be able to link to the video so you can just see what they did.

About 8.2 wrist crease to middle finger, 10.5 pinky to thumb, 11.5 fist. Carl has 8,5 hands if I recall, our hands aren't much different in length but his fingers are much thicker. Yeah I've lifted the Inch, done a bodyweight pull on an RGT handle at 89kg, just now did 110kg on country crush 1.75 inch handle. Don't train thickbar or pinch as much as I do grippers but I will start training them more.

125mm pinch block Both hands - 2x1 19.9kg/43.4lb - 2x1 21.1kg/46.5lb - 4x1 22.5kg/49.6lb It's been a while since I used this monster pinch block + I tried face lifting my KWN40 blob (41.2lb/18.7kg) and I could! Nice. Forearm/wrist recovery - 2x2 Ulnar deviation and radial deviation rolls with Twist Yo wrist - 2x30 reverse wrist curls - 2x30 wrist curls

Finally successfully rated some grippers, brand new ghp7 after 30 closes was 140. My home filed grippers were 3-5 pounds lighter than I had estimated using percents. I made different shims for coc/ghp/standard so grippers don't rotate and sit snug, also consistent shim length is what I am using to put the gripper into consistent position also. My coc2 was 99 lbs which makes sense because it's stupid easy which is why I have never trained volume on it before. An original 152 coc3 was filed 158 now. A 163 Cobalt was filed 168 now. I could not rate my double filed coc3 because it hit the rgc while attempting to close. I could close it if I loaded it in differently but thats not the position I'm rating from so I don't really care. I am scared to rate my ghp10 cause I feel like the whole apparatus could come crashing down with 260 lbs on it and because I use plates I don't want to be near that, I don't really need that rating that bad either. For now that's pretty much all the ratings I wanted...I'm going to file one of my ghp7s soon and re rate that, I have been debating filing one of my 2 158's but that's such a rare rating and it was such a pain to even locate one 158 much less two I don't know if I'll be able to get myself to file it cause of rarity. So we'll see. I do like doing all my warm ups filed though up until or just before doing 1RM or near 1RM singles though which is why I like having so many filed grippers even if they're close duplicates to non-filed ones cause sometimes for really tough volume just a regular gripper is hard enough But yeah I consistently rate 1.5-2 lbs above CPW so I will just subtract 2 lbs from all my ratings to match, which I did in the above ratings . The crane scale is kind of meh too, I can take off a 0.5 lb plate and it doesn't even register sometimes, it was cheap though It was also interesting rating a brand new ghp7, I took before and after spread measurements to see how much spread it lost, about 1.5 mm. I forgot to take an initial rating to see how much rgc it lost. Ghp7's are getting super light now though

not the best workout today with rolling handle. Pinch blocks felt real strong though... woke up real sore. Spent an hour after work trying to get plow on the truck. I hate snow, didn't want the plow, dont want the accounts we have. You would not have wanted to be around me last night. Thats why i'm trying to get my ducks in a row and move somewhere warm. Trying to get my family go with me. Get Strong week 4 RGT L 88x1 88.25x1 88x1 89x1 88.5x1 R 90x1 90.25x1 90x1 87.5x1 had to drop weight down 87.75x1 NN 2x5 pinch blocks 130x3 132.5x3 133x3 135x3 137.5x3 142.5x1 145x1 old max was 140.... 145lbs felt relatively light... inch 3x3 negatives 3x3left 3x3right inch band deload really sucked at these today... grip was not having it 3x1 second only got it up an inch so did some assisted ones where i used my other hand for assistance on the bands 3x5 seconds both hands Chest Krusher 3 springs held out further to work chest bunch of sets of 4 or 5

Grippers RH - 2x1 Standard Cobalt RGC 165 MMS attempt Close, but I can't say I was closer than 2 weeks ago. 2-3mm. - 1x Standard Iron RGC 134 CCS No problem, but when I did this before, it felt easier. Maybe because of the Cobalt attempts. - 3x1 Standard Adjustable Tungsten set to RGC 175, 23mm choked One of the closes is the first video. Grippers LH - 5x2 GD Iron 90, Level 5, widest spread, no extensions, handles touching, MMS - 1x GD Iron 90, Level 5, widest spread, no extensions, handles touching, 30mm block set Wrist Developer 2 CROM spring, suede singles LH front - 1x3 Level 12 (3-3) PR, the WD2 felt real good today. RH front - 1x3 Level 11 (3-2) Both hand positions - 3x8 Level 10 (2-3)

Hurry up and smash that b*tch so I can do the same!!

5min warm up 10x30 sec on 30 rest C2 an 5 min cool down 20 minute yoga