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less than 6 weeks and I’ll pass big Carl’s 254 lift

My rows from this weekend. 2" db handle, 160#. Did them at the end of a 2hr. Pinch and thickbar workout hence the soaked through shirt.

GG keypinch device used for rows. Not a ton of weight, but you don't need a bunch to make it hard. My gym lacks the dumbbells and plates to really throw in on some heavy stuff. So. Getting creative. GG rows

I'm glad to see that everyone here is very strong at rows, they separate the men from the boys. My bicepsES are killing me today, so I probably won't do heavy rows for another year

I would just like to say to everyone on this thread that tricked me into doing these yeaterday... F#$% you! I hate you all. May you all die slow agonizing deaths and rot in hell. Mah back!

Which one has performed in front of objective witnesses?

The last San Jose Fit Expo Vise Grip Viking contest was in May, 2016. Not sure why they dropped it, probably because it was not a big enough draw. I thought I was ready to Certify. I wasn't. Before the contest, I adequately, based on past experience, was ready enough. But the "Over 60" me needs lots more warmup than the "50 Something" me. It was my first Cert attempt in 6 years. Clay Edgin was to be my witness. Randy Strossen was there with his camera. My first attempt? 3/8ths of an inch off! 3/8ths of an Inch!. Second one was a bit over 1/4 inch off. Third one was a bit under 1/4 inch. Randy said why don't I try it again, as I was getting closer. What? And get 3/16ths of an inch? Naah. So it was offered to a few that were there. Riccardo Magni? Nope, he was too intent on doing well in the contest and didn't want to exert himself.Martins? The Current World's Strongest Man, that day, had weighed in at 295, said "sure". He got it to about 1/4 inch. John Machnik, who ended up winning the contest that day, gave it a squeeze. He had it a little more than 1/8th of an inch. Clay Edgin, who had already been Certified for 13 years, easily closed it - - everyone was doing CCS. My hands were fried for the contest. The same gripper was then used for the Silver Bullet: I held it 6.22 seconds, very low for me. Riccardo held it 11.31 seconds, low for him. Martins held it 19.69, he was holding it in the 20s about that era, although his grip was always improving, so maybe that was low for him. Machnik held it 26.50 seconds, for him a bit low. Clay Edgin won it with 34.68 seconds, but he is Clay Edgin. When I got home that evening, my hands were super fried. With just one squeeze of my 2.5 as a warmup, I went for my 2010 Certification Gripper rated at 158 or 159 by Cannon. Went for it CCS. Was I close? No. But it was closer than the best of my three attempts I had that morning when I was fresh and prepared. So what was that gripper? 160 plus? I have no idea. Maybe I just had a bad day. The "weakest" gripper I was ever handed for a cert was a 154, in 2009. The hardest the 158/159 in 2010 - - until that May of 2016 one, which I presume, based on my end of day squeeze, was over 160. I believe that eventually that whole bunch who were there that day will become Certified. Not sure about John Machnik, it has been a while since I have seen him.

The GGR - German Grip Rating - shall offer in addition to the RGC Rating a better comparibility between gripper and the different brands. Every gripper has its very own difficulty to close. That depends on the RGC Rating but also on the spring diameter itself and the spread. A #3.5 with 200lbs should be easier to close than #4 with 200lbs and a narrow gripper is easier to close that a normal gripper. That difference does the RGC Rating not contain - it just says how much kg/lbs you'll have to use to close the gripper and at this point the idea of the GGR begins. To calculate the GGR we multiply the RGC Rating, spring diameter and spread. Finally there is one question: How can you calculate the GGR to the Ironmind numbers and what is a heavy gripper? For this you can use this table: For spread and the spring diameter we use cm as unit and the GGR itself uses the KG value so it's for the World Class 123,67 x 6,985 x 0876 = 756,71. So, how does the GGR affect me? Just if you are a gripper nerd and want to certify yourself on this list: GGR Certification. I tried to create certification for the athletes that is fair and easy that you can make from home without any witnesses. For most gripster the RGC Rating should be enough to know.

July 15, 2019 Before Supper Week 4. Bleh Squat wu to 188k(189.5k) x 5 x 3r Pause Squat 160/165/170k x 3 x 3r GHR plus 1 chain x 8/7/6 D-Ball Load 225 x 5 x 1r Between Squat Sets RDL w/FG 135 x 3 x 8r Deadlift w/FG 225 x 3 x 3r LBH 110.2 x 3 x 3r 1HP 2x35’s 3 x 2r

Strong as always Aaron!!

Nice job Shawn! I like that device:)

Realized the video cut. Thats 55 pounds on the device

Strong! Especially on the dumbbell axle at the end of a grip workemout

The lobster strikes again! Awesome pinchin'.

14.7.19 team practice with Matt Baker at the Edge. Body weight 209 lb single hand flask 57-3/3, 67-3/3, 87-1/1, 97-1/1, 103-1, 108.9-1, 111-1-2 two hand flask 142-1, 167-1, 187-1, 207-1, 212-1, 232-1-2, 237-1, 243-1-2, 248.9-1, 250.2-1 doh axle 215-1, 265-1, 305-1, 355-1, 405-1 gold bar 52-1/1, 65-1/1-4, 71-1/1, 73-1/1 finball 85-1, 89-1 one hand saxon 52-1/1, 62-1/1, 72-1-1, 82-1/1, 92-1/1, 102-1/1, 112-1/1, 122-1-2 two hand Saxon 142-1, 232-1, 242-1-2, 252-1, 257-1, 262-1, 268-1, 272-1 silver bullet #4 - 1 hold

Good job everyone. Yeah those back to back high rep sets were great. That is a good level of cardio.

Beach theme

Kilt it! Great set!

Buy yourself a T, #1, #1.5, #2, #2.5, and a #3. Find out.

Big PR today of bending 50 red nails in 44 minutes. Very excited about this!

That is very impressive! I have read your log so I know you are very strong but that was excellent. As far as being frowned upon.. I wear PJ bottoms quite often in my vids:)

Chez was there coaching me when I hit my PR on a gripper.

*UPDATE: I was not happy with some numbers and I calculated the whole process again... now it should be correct* This one is for the number guys and nerdy freaks: Until now the calculation for the IronMind-Number from a rated gripper has been made with this formula: ((Meassured weight - standard weight) / difference) + standard number = rating But this formula got one problem: depending on the standard gripper you got heavy variations. As a simple example shall be any gripper with a rated weight of 65kg / 143,298lbs. We can insert this weight into the formula and we use as reference a CoC #2, CoC#3 and a CoC #4: CoC #2: ((143,298 - 110) / 27) + 2 = 3,23 CoC #3: ((143,298 - 150) / 40) + 3 = 2,83 CoC #4: ((143,298 - 209) / 59) + 4 = 2,88 All 3 values are not correct. Why? A little picture will show: This are the "correct" values for the Captains of Crush-Grippers. Beginning with a #2.5 and ending with a #3.0 - devided by 0.01. Now we can see: the 143,298lbs (65kg) is a 2.84 - not a 3.23 or any of the other calculated values. Even for the IronMind-Standard-Grippers the formula can not offer correct results. We use a #4 as standard: Captains of Crush #1: ((83 - 209) / 59) + 4 = 1,86 Captains of Crush #1: ((110 - 209) / 59) + 4 = 2,32 Captains of Crush #1: ((150 - 209) / 59) + 4 = 3,00 Captains of Crush #1: ((209 - 209) / 59) + 4 = 4,00 But why can't we get any correct results? The formula just provides approximated values based on a standard gripper. That means that the meassured gripper just behaves like a 3.23, 2.83 or 2.88 compared to a standard gripper. Now how can we get around this problem? The solution is quite simple: we use the actual values from the intermediate stages. Those are not provided by IronMind but we can calculate them quite simple. For this we use another picture: You can seet that the CoC #1.5, #2.5 and #3.5 placed just in between the standard grippers #1, #2, #3 and #4. A standard #1 is rated at 83lbs, a #2 at 110. The average is exactly the strength of a #1.5: 96.5. We can use this for every other intermediate stage. The course of the Captain of Crush just differs at the #1, #2, #3 and #4. You can see that in the picture above. Now I calculated the ratings for every intermediate stage - graded by 0.01 (if we use more decimal places it's just getting more difficult, annoying and the athlete does not feel the difference by closing the gripper): Spreadsheet: RGC Rating vs. IronMind Numbers Now comes the fun part: How did I calculate the values for the #5 and #6? Well for this I take the standard values of the current #1, #2, #3 and #4 and create coordinates: A(83|1), B(110|2), C(150|3) and D(209|4). Now follows a simple math function for creating the graph: f(x) = ax³ + bx² + cx + d We can now insert our 4 points and create 4 formulas: 83 = a1³ + b1² + c1 + d = a + b + c + d 110 = a2³ + b2² + c2 + d = 8a + 4b + 2c + d 150 = a3³ + b3² + c3 + d = 27a + 9b + 3c + d 209 = a4³ + b3² + c4 + d = 64a + 16b + 4c + d Now we have to find the correct values for a, b, c and d. For creating a standard formula we have to convert those variables into constants. Step 1: formula 5 = formula 2 - formula 1: 27 = 7a + 3b + c formula 6 = formula 3 - formula 2: 40 = 19a + 5b + c formula 7 = formula 4 - formula 3: 59 = 37a + 7b + c Step 2: formula 8 = formula 6 - formula 5: 13 = 12a + 2b formula 9 = formula 7 - formula 6: 19 = 18a + 2b Step 3: formula 10 = formula 9 - formula 7: 6 = 6a This is now the first constant we can calculate: a = 1. We can roll up the hole process from behind to get our values by inserting a = 1 into formula 8: 13 = 12 * 1 + 2b => 13 = 12 + 2b => 2b = 1 => b = 0,5 a and b are inserted into formula 5: 27 = 7 * 1 + 3 * 0,5 + c => 27 = 7 + 1,5 + c => c = 18,5 And finally we calculate d by inserting a, b and c into formula 1: 83 = 1 + 0,5 + 18,5 + d => d = 83 - 1 - 0,5 - 18,5 => d = 63 We have to check if we made any errors: 83 = 1 + 0,5 + 18,5 + 63 110 = 8*1 + 4*0,5 + 2*18,5 + 63 150 = 27*1 + 9*0,5 + 3*18,5 + 63 209 = 64*1 + 16*0,5 + 4*18,5 + 63 Every equation is correct and we got the formula we were looking for: f(x) = 1x³ + 0,5x² + 18,5x + 63 With this we can calculate the values for a theoretically #5 and #6 by setting x = 5 and x = 6: f(x) = 1*5³ + 0,5*5² + 18,5*5 + 63 = 293 f(x) = 1*6³ + 0,5*6² + 18,5*6 + 63 = 408 The chart for Ironmind standard grippers is shown in the following picture: Please be adviced that this only is correct for the CoC #1, CoC #2, CoC #3, CoC #4, CoC #5, CoC #6 etc. The intermediate stages have to be calculated by the values in the first part.