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In 2013 I cut from 230 to 180. I stayed under 190 for 5 years. I accomplished my weight drop primarily with nutrition and a shift to body weights training. The first year my max strength stayed pretty close to my 225 lb levels. By year 3 I had a pretty substantial shift in all my heavy events like double over hand lifts. Going in to year 5 I could still easily lift the inch / hub a 45, close a 3 - but barbell lifts all felt heavy. The biggest area I saw was lifts where greater spine stability mattered under load. A big belly and more fat contributes to spine strength in certain conditions. Definitely found it easier to increase strength when eating more food. Now im between 210-215 and I feel at about the right weight. I literally eat whatever I want and have enough belly to help for dead’s but not over 14% bf the improvements in blood pressure and sleep quality that came with the weight drop well worth the low priority change in gym lifts. Get that belly down and you’ll feel better ps I would add the athletic advantages I got from a season of gymnastics and Calisthenics has been my highest yield detour in my strength journey. The 2012 version could lift more weights but would be broken in half at the warm ups of the 2019 model

Long and boring for most (and horribly made) but I've been doing a lot of tearing lately. These have been my best/favorite ones from the past 6 months. At the moment, it's pretty much all I can do since having a hernia repaired a few weeks ago. I started really trying to learn to tear exactly a year ago and have made some pretty good progress. It's extremely fun and dangerously addictive

Tim your card tearings f*ckin nuts! Congrats on all those crazy feats man - speedy rest of the recovery and looking forward to see some new inch dominations in the next couple months!

Its contest week- OSH'19 is this Saturday. Looking forward to seeing some strong men and women. Below 2019 GreshamGripper award, which will be voted on by peers to athlete who best demonstrates qualities of sportsmanship and tenacity-qualities I value!

I updated this book. Lots of new info, including: Steel Shredder King’s Shield MI Champs British Grip Champs GBI steel and pain contest I hope you like it. Let me know what you think. The document is in the first post at the very top.

I've fluctuated between 230 and 280 over the last few years. When I dropped weight, I was able to maintain my grip strength on all lifts and increase them a little on most. When I added weight, I was able to increase them a little easier and quicker. Always easier to increase strength and muscle mass on a caloric surplus. That being said, weight isn't as big a factor in grip as it is in other full body strength sports. I think you would only see a very minimal impact, if any, unless you drop a huge amount of weight.

This video tells the tale of my contest. Enjoy! Riccardo

Go for it! I have done much worst due to my own stupidity - I mashed my thumb between a 35# plate and the corner of some angle iron at the climbing gym over a year ago. Entire nail was black, and I was nail-less for a few months. Don't do as I do.

Bring to NAGS!!! I believe Dave is coming

Yea. Just bent over rows with NN instead of a barbell. Same stance with feet.

What do you guys think; should I paint them all this color?

I was wondering what kind of grip strength decrease people have experienced while losing weight?

That "Big Deck" looked hard to handle

That’s ugly. Liquid bandage for the win? My worst without question was the condition of my hands after bending 100 grade 5 1/4x6 bolts consecutively. Peeled my index fingers palm and thumbs. I was leading field maneuvers that month for the group and felt especially stupid having so many issues the first week after.

Those initial slips bruised the out of my index fingertip haha

I loved "Bikes in Dish Soap." Geez!!!!

Addictive is right! I'm following along at a distance lol.

Thanks, Don! Same can be said about you and your steel bending!

You are a card tearing beast, great stuff!

This week the itch to lift has been serious I'll have to live vicariously through you all for now lol

Flask 40 X 3 , 50 X 2 , 56.25 X 2 , 61.25 X 2 2.5 Crusher 71.25 X 6 X 25 96.25 X 4 X 2 Hubdub Shallow LH & RH 25 X 1 , 27.5 X 1 , 30 X 1 , 32.5 X 1 , 35 X 1 new pr both LH & RH

Looking forward to it, Mike.

Yea I smashed my big toe like that once. Nail-less for almost a year. No bueno. HAHA

Best of luck to all the competitors!

Hi, I've got a long history of f*cked up shoulders. What would you say are good calisthenetics beginners moves that are possibly benificial to shoulder health?

Been 6 days since I shredded the skin on my right thumb. Tested it out today with no bandaids: 2 3/8" NN: Rows up to 300 X 3. Then 3 traditional singles at 360. 2.5" Slug: Up to an easy single with 243.8. Felt like I had 5 - 10 more in me, but the fresh skin was getting hot and I shut it down there.

Hello I use that as a blanket term for handstands, Hollow backs, crow & crane, planche, HS push ups and whatever dumb pose I can hold on a given day. Calisthenics done correctly will mend the shoulders and increase pain free motion. It’s incredibly useful to me.

No big deal bro. Happened few times here LOL Don't forget to keep your hands moist. But you do that I assume. As for now, don't forget to put some lemon to heal faster....

19/5/19 team practice at Metroflex with Eric, Tanner & Tommy DOH Axle 305-2, 355-2, 395-1, 415-1, 425-1 flask one hand 70/80/90/95-1/1 2.5” crusher 150-1/1, 170-1/1, 185-1/1, 205-1 Anvil Horn 175-1/1, 195-1/1, 220-1/1 silver bullet #4, #3.5, #3, #2.5 Bench press w/slingshot 225-5, 315-1, 345-1, 355-1 pr in SS 37E08BCF-A285-4BEB-A97B-BA35CC51772A.MOV

78kg/62 mm handle

Ironmind LBH 220.5lbs (100kg) hold for time (~10-11secs) for a 6 second PR. Have been using the FBBC 2.5” Jug and FBBC Anvil for most of my vertical lifts so I was happy to see my LBH has actually improved slightly. LBH 100kg Hold

I know it’ll probably never happen but just imagine how awesome it would be to perform a record attempt live in between two matches at one of the future WAL events. Using similar slick looking sledges with the chome heads and shiny wooden handles. With Slim present in the crowd tipping his hat in respect to the next generation of strongman. I’m sure if it’s done right it could be presented in a way where it would really capture the interest of the armwrestling crowd. I would jizz in my pants.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ACf8n6CBJsE

Idk about all of that, Gripmaster Stepien!!

That's why you're the Garden State Phenom Tim Butler!!!

I miss tearing. My left wrist prevents so much power from coming through and just when I was close to my first vert tear. I also had some bike blitzes planned as well as some power tears no one has done yet. Really annoying. Cant really tear Mavs with authority. Awesome video

Apparently God's just going to keep letting me mess up my hands until I'm competing with stumps at NAGS. Going to definitely lose that nail. Was doing pinch holds / negatives lefty, at the end of my workout with two 25kg plates. They started slipping and I followed em down. One bounced back and smoked my nail. Reason 319 why I hate the metric system.