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Hi guys this tuesday coc 3.5 official certification I'm the lightest in the world to have a 3.5 certified Now testing and working hard for coc4 and ghp9 . https://youtu.be/n5YZmhqKGPc My two video of official certs on my you tube Channel. @Cannon @Wannagrip@ @Jared P

This project started with me wanting an "ultimate choker gripper"; basically a hybrid between Standard adjustables and the CPW/Aaron Corcorran style choker grippers. Although the huge washer solution works really well on the adjustables, the biggest downside is that choking at the spring is suboptimal compared to choking at the end of the handles. So I thought, why not design a gripper based on Standards (my favorite gripper line). I learned about torsion springs, including how to measure things and materials, and made the specification. I found a local company that makes springs for machines, old toys, etc., and they could make the spring I wanted. The handle was more problematic. Not even because of the tapping but because of the knurling. I wanted the handles to be stainless steel with nice knurling like on Standards or GHPs. Thankfully, @Cannon gave me some really useful pointers (thanks again, Matt), so I made the design and ordered the handle from the company I usually buy steel for bending. I wanted at least six levels, ended up with seven including Flush. The levels are laser engraved into the spring. I didn't want to cut the spring, so this seemed like the best solution. Getting the hardware for the choker mechanism wasn't a big deal. I've MMSd some of the easier Levels, and well, it is one hard gripper that's for sure. Even those easier settings are far from beginner level. Btw I don't plan to make this again, it's a nice one-of-a-kind gripper. Only one thing remains: sending the gripper to CPW for rating! Some general stats: Spread: Flush - 70.5mm, Level 6 - 83mm Spring: 8.0mm diameter (slightly thicker than a Tungsten), oil-tempered steel Handle: ~19.4mm diameter (same as Standard because of the aggressive knurling), 304 stainless steel Weight: 521g/1.15lb (for comparison, my CoC #3.5 is 261g/0.58lb) Choker: M6 stainless 304 Some pictures: First one is at Flush Second is Level 1 Third and fourth are showing the choker at Level 3 Fifth pic: the whole "kit" @EmilBB this is the project I was talking about

We are very proud to bring you guys a re-released Standard Gold gripper, now with pinned handles! This will be the final fit and finish for the whole Standard line. We figured we should release them as we get them back. https://cannonpowerworks.com/products/gold-au

Three whites, first attempt. Congrats!

Oookay, we got the etching process sorted. Handles look the same as before. The only update I have is that the levels will be back one at a time. It's not what I wanted, but this is better than nothing. Gold will be first and that is soon. May for sure. This wasn't supposed to be first, but somehow we ended up prototyping with Gold. Iron is next. After that it will probably be Cobalt, Platinum, Silver, Tungsten then Titanium. Some of the grippers where the quantities are lower we can combine in with another level. Tin and Zinc for example. So close.

Congrats to Justin!

Congrats to Zach!

Always wanted to get the Red and Blue! Proud to go over 104 LB on both Thumbless and Regular Grip - Original Wrist Wrench and have them done on video. Not too shabby for a World Class Retired Keypincher:) Thanks for the men and ladies who have supported me in this crazy but satisfying sport we pursue. Original Wrist Wrench has been a friend and foe since my start in grip and now I can officially put this GREAT handle in a trophy case. Thanks to all!

Here is another shot. the levels will come quicker now. Next is Iron and the handles are already made. Those are in assembly. After that Silver and Platinum. Then Cobalt and Tungsten. Tin, Zinc and Titanium last.

Congrats to Tiziano Becchio from Italy for his recent close of the GHP Level 9. We first saw Tiziano close the Level 7 last September. He has had an incredible rise to the top, reaching the pinnacle of grip strength, closing the GHP Level 9. Tiziano becomes the lightest man to close the Level 9 and first man from Italy to perform this incredible feat of strength! https://youtu.be/2NiVjylW5TA

Alright so last weekend I posted my 2nd on-camera Captains of Crush #3.5 close and I got some critique about the camera angle.. Of course rightfully so, today I got another 2 closes with a picture added to both of them. Let me know what you think, any tips and advice is welcome Here’s the video: These are the still picture I got from both closes: Close: 1 Close: 2 Thanks for watching

Today After coc3.5 certs I start my prep for ghp9 and coc4 certs Do a Monster mash set close with coc4 rgc 212(96kg) BW 63 kg. @Cannon @Wannagrip@ @Jared P

Hello Guys! In the episode #7 I interviewed the current king kong champion of the -74kg class, Ben Cössey, who is a climber for 25 years and gripster for 2 years, obtaining the best pound for pound result in the King kong 2022. Don't miss this fun interview and stay tuned for next saturday, with my next guest Nathan Holle. You can watch the live interview on my instagram @gripsport.latino and check the full video later on my youtube Channel below. Have a great week!!

Ok, been super busy and I had heard from Randy directly about the cert first and didn't see it on the forum first. So, I assumed the normal single rep to certify. Ummmmmm, just finally watched the video. This to me this is arguably the greatest feat of gripper strength of all time. Because of the bodyweight. The Congrats post up above is an understatement.

https://ironmind.com/news/Derek-Palmeri-Certifies-on-the-Captains-of-Crush-No.-3-Gripper/

The atmosphere was awesome. Everyone was so cool and supportive. Everybody cheered for everybody else. And I got a lot of technique tips and things I can practice. I knew @stranger was going but @Jedd Johnson was a surprise! I pulled into the parking lot next to his truck and was like...holy smokes...Jedd is here?!? Both great guys and fun to meet them in-person. The gym itself had grip implements, racks of York round heads, stacks of deep dish plates, and other cool stuff. Think that added to the experience because we were all able to nerd out a bit. Started out with silver bullet which frankly I wasn't looking forward to because I haven't taken the time to master grippers yet. Got some good feedback about trying the CoC #1.5 with my left hand rather than going straight to my stronger (right) hand with a low rated gripper. Totally worked and gave me the confidence to do #2 with my right. And for my third attempt I went for broke and tried a 2.5 but only held it for 1.3 seconds and the minimum to count was 2 seconds. Awe inspiring to see the CoC #3.5 and #4 at work with people much stronger than me. So I enjoyed being a spectator, too, if that makes sense. Axle felt a little smooth/slick but I still got a PR at 130KG. Highest lift I recall seeing was 170KG so I think it affected everyone's numbers. Saxon is where Chaz needed to talk me through technique after I missed the opener. I thought I could handle 65KG but it only broke the ground twice. Neither was a full lift. Thankfully I got a redemption round at the very end and did like 130lb (or whatever that works out to in KG). Medley was tougher than I thought. Struggled with a fat 90 blob and then missed the Next Gen. Oh...and hub 45 was a bit too much for me. Fun watching a couple of guys just run through everything. But the real medley fun was afterward when we all kinda re-tried things after a brief rest. One of the many highlights for me was showing my ability to face pick the Next Gen despite failing to pinch it during my run. hahaha Then the 150lb anvil came out. You would have liked it. Jedd, the owner, and another guy all lifted it. I only got it to break the ground. Speaking of the owner...it was kind of amazing. He wasn't competing and would occasionally jump in a do our lifts cold. Kinda wild to see someone just like nail 200lb cold.

Hi guys i dont know if i can be the lightest person ti certs coc3 But for sure on coc3.5 @Cannon @Vinnie @Mashmonster268 Now Road to coc4 certs ,ghp9 certs And other certs stuff.

Guess who’s back Actually, I’ve only been away from posting for quite a huge while due to a lot of work and hobby related stuff, but grippers never left Currently training in a more intense manner, doing some decent closes on the choked SG Titanium rated 177. I typically have it with me at the gym, and close it from a choked parallel position. PR is currently 5 individual reps, where I let go of the gripper after the close and start from the parallel choked position again. Sort of like a very narrow no set rep massacre

This past Saturday I hosted the Canadian National Grip Sport Championships at Altitude Climbing Gym in Ottawa. It proved to be the biggest Nationals I’ve organized to date, with 24 athletes turning out to take part. There was a good mix of competitors spread across the three men’s weight classes, three masters competitors, and five women. In over 10 years of hosting grip contests, I had never had more than three women enter, so this was great! And it was a first grip contest for half of the athletes. Because the contest was promoted by Altitude, it attracted several climbers, most of whom were lightweights. The 83 kg class proved to be the biggest class – another first. But the contest also drew a few strongman competitors who helped fill out the 105 and 105+ kg classes. Having competed in the Spring Clench contest in Calgary just two weeks ago, and having only done three training sessions in between, I wasn’t sure what shape I’d be in for this contest. But, I was hopeful that I would be okay. The first event was 20 mm block set grippers. I hardly touched grippers during the pandemic and only trained with a dynamometer in recent months to prepare for the Spring Clench. So I wasn’t expecting much. I managed a 154 close and was quite happy with this result. I expected Zach Ebel, my training partner, to do well in this event because I knew he could close tougher grippers than me. He managed a close of 160. But first-time competitor and strongman Rob Notarianni had the top close of the group, with a 162. He easily shut it and I think he could have done more. But, because reverse strongman scoring was used for the contest, he was satisfied to stop there and save himself for the other events. Yves Gravelle, who competed in his first grip sport contest since 2021 and not having trained for the contest, had the top close in the lightweight class with a 148. The second event was the 2 3/8” Napalm’s Nightmare (two hands). This is one of my better lifts, so I expected to do well. But I was surprised to see just how many lifters also do well. Get this: six competitors had successful lifts of 410 lbs! This is just unheard of! The weight increments for this event were 7.5-kilo jumps. I was the only competitor to successfully make the next weight (427 lbs). Normally, I’m strategic in these situations – I would be satisfied with the event win and not attempt higher increments. But I felt good, so I decided to try to beat my 105-kg weight class record. 455 was loaded. I lifted the weight off the ground, got it up about 4”, but then had to put it down. Close, but no cigar. By the way, Yves was one of the competitors to lift 410 lbs. I have a feeling that this 74-kg class record will stand for a while… The 3”x4” Saxon bar was next. The big story in this event was Rob McMurren. Rob was a regular competitor in my contests before the pandemic. This was his first time back and he was leaner and stronger than ever. He dominated this event. All of his lifts were done with apparent ease. Though I tied him on the scoresheet, I feel we was the stronger man. We were both successful with our lifts of 245, but he almost locked out 257 and I wasn’t close. Rob turned 50 just a few days before the contest, so he now has the Canadian masters record. I feel it may be awhile before this record is broken, too. The fourth event was the Little Big Horn (6” lift). Not too much to report here. I was the last man standing with a lift of 215 lbs, and had no interest in trying to go higher. The final event was a 40-item medley, so there was no sense tiring myself more than necessary. This being Nationals, there weren’t too many “easy” feats in the medley. It generally consisted of medium, hard, and very hard challenges. Normally I feel I can maintain my energy and strength pretty well throughout the day, but in this medley I definitely felt that I was becoming tired. Nevertheless, I managed to complete 35 feats, one more than Zach and Tremayne Demarteaux. Yves completed 32. The women had their own 20-item medley. I wasn’t originally planning on having a medley for the women, but I announced that I would design one if at least three women signed up. Because five women registered, I held true to my word. I think they all enjoyed it. Whereas up to this point in the contest the weights lifted by Kathy Facey, Joliane Vinette, and Corinne Lalonde were relatively similar, in the medley Kathy distanced herself from the others. She completed 18 feats, while Corinne had the next best result with 13. At the end of the day, Yves won the 83 class, I took first in the 105 class, and Zach narrowly edged out his competition to win the heavyweight division. Kathy won the women’s division, while Rob won the masters class. I finished first in the overall standings. All in all, it was a very good day for Team Ottawa as we took first in four of the five classes. A number of first-time competitors really impressed. Nick Sorensen took second behind Yves in the 83 class: he had the second-best result in four of the five events. At only 15 years of age, Maxim Gervais finished in a very respectable fifth place. Check out his numbers – it’s insane to think of where he’ll be in just a few years if he sticks with it! Raymond Bouchard and Rob Notarianni both have strongman as their main sport, both travelled great distances to come to the contest, and both showed that they can do very well in grip sport. Each nabbed a third-place finish in their respective class. In my opinion, if there was a most improved award it would have gone to Tremayne. This was his second grip contest, with his first being last year’s King Kong. He finished somewhere in the middle of the pack in King Kong, but in this contest he took a close second to Zach in the heavyweight class. Whatever he’s been doing, he should keep doing it! All in all, it was a great Nationals!

Choker service is back! We split apart the pre-made chokers from the service. Right now you can see them both under New Products. https://cannonpowerworks.com/collections/new-products Quantities are very limited as we get a new system down. Bandwidth will open up more heading into summer.

Last time I remembered on the last day of the month that I wanted to post a profile tomorrow, I waited to do it on the 1st and then forgot for a week. And tomorrow is gonna be busy at work. So, here we go a day early. The grip profile for May is Ivan Cuk. I've never met Ivan, but it would be impossible not to know who he is -- I mean, WHO THE BLEEP CERTIFIES ON THE COC 3.5 WHEN HE'S STILL A TEENAGER? Well, I can't wait to see what Ivan does now that he's actually a man, given that he was doing more than most men will ever do even when he was still a kid. Ivan has a reputation in the community for being humble despite these amazing feats. But I think he knows he has a gift, and when he says he hopes to certify on the COC 4, I think that statement is one to be taken very seriously -- certainly more seriously than most people should be taken when they bluster on their first day discovering grip that they will cert the 3 someday, and then proceed not to do it. No, Ivan has been in it long enough and has done enough that he knows what he is capable of. I think that the grip community is likely to be treated to the news of that landmark COC 4 cert sooner than we might think. I hope to meet Ivan at a comp one day soon, and to hear of news of the Big Cert just as soon. In the meantime, let's all get to know him just a little better. Here are Ivan's answers to the traditional questions: 1. What are your stats? Grip Board name: Ivan Cuk Age: 20 Height: 6,0/183cm Weight: 200lbs/90kg Dominant hand, and hand size: Right handed, 8.125 inches/20.6cm Country/City: Chicago, IL, USA Relationship Status: N/A Children: N/A 2. Why did you start training grip (and how long is it now)? Saw videos from JujiMufu and Jedd Johnson as well as Brian Shaw back in 2019. It's about to be 4 years. Also seeing Denis Cyplenkov with his immense hand strength was something I always wanted. As well as Magnus Samuelsson closing the 4. 3. What are you most proud of accomplishing in grip already, and what is/are your grip goal/goals? Closing the #4 has been my greatest accomplishment so far and my main goal is to certify on it. I also have smaller goals of getting stronger biceps and wrists. 4. How do you currently structure your overall training/how do you incorporate your grip training? I train 4 days a week, 2 days each for grip/hand work, biceps, back, chest and shoulders, Sometimes I will do legs on those days as well but I like to work legs through basketball. Grippers are done separately from thickbar work, so Friday - Monday. 5. What hobbies (other than grip/bending/lifting) do you enjoy? Basketball, walking, running. 6. Do you have a personal anecdote, topic or thoughts you'd like to include in your profile? Grip is very fun and addicting to train for a lot of us, however a lot of people probably train a little too often with excessive intensity. A smarter approach in my opinion would be to back off the heavy grippers that are within 90%+ of your 1rm and focus on building size and strength through reps in 6-12 range just like in regular strength training. When you reach desired amount of reps with a particular gripper that correlates to a new 1rm you can either do a 6-8 week block or deload into the next week to try and hit your pr on grippers. This is much safer and less unpredictable, it helps you mentally if you know you are prepared to hit that pr rather than randomly attempting it. Heavy attempts and singles can work for a little bit but the reps are where most of the strength is built. Its a long process not for a couple months... but for years. 7. Whose Grip profile would you like to see next? David Shamey, he is one of the greats and inspired me to become stronger at grip.

Hey everyone, I hope your Fridays is going well! My name is Kameron, Iam 31, Iam new to the boards, but ive been a grip fan for years. Currently ive been training in body building, but ive spent several years training in strongman and power lifting as well. I love lifting things like natural stones and sand bags, my best was a 300lb sandbag load. Ive always sworn by having a strong grip for training in the gym, no matter what your sport is. But recently Ive been interested in things like deck tearing, bar bending and other feats of strength. So I bought a gripper from Ironmind, a few bicycle decks and Iam going to start programming more of it and other grip related exercises into my workouts! Iam excited to be here and learn from everyone! Thanks for having me and I hope everyone grips well and safe!

Hi guys finally since december i conquer Aldo ghp9 certs BW 64.5 now . Ghp9 rgc 216 lb (97kg). @Jared P @Cannon @Wannagrip

This would normally just be posted to my training log, but I feel it is notable.

Amarcord Moment , this Is my First certs of ever apollon 300lb rgc64 kg After two month of start on grip sport . I think my preceden work hepl me a lot i rescovered One clip i post here. I do this all day for 13 hours a day Up and down in the hole for take the beer or water at local . Total weight 165 kg .

A little more fun with clamps and heavy grippers:

Both reverse cert attempts I did on Tuesday were approved. I'm confident I can do the A2 at 5.5", maybe even shorter. But I need to get stronger to do the BSC Moose shorter (6"). @stranger is probably closer. 60mm pinch block (GoG) RH - 2x1 32.6kg/71.9lbs - 1x1 35.1kg/77.4lbs - 2x1 36.4kg/80.2lbs - both fail I could lift it both times but no lockout. I can do 79, but 80 continues to elude me... LH - 2x1 32.6kg/71.9lbs - 3x1 33.8kg/74.5lbs - one fail Couldn't lock out the last one. Blobs RH - 7x1 KWN50 (50.5lb/22.9kg) assisted lift LH - 7x1 KWN40 (41.2lb/18.7kg) lift Horn/anvil type lift (2" to 1.2") Both hands - 4x4 67.5kg/148.8lbs I bought a 20kg plate so I can finally use this implement, but I still need to buy more weights... Btw it's an old Tazaki plate, weighs 20.1kg/44.3lbs. Got it for ~26$ with shipping, so very good deal. Cleaned it up as much as I could, looks cool.

I updated my North American Grip Rankings today. I took into account recent contest performances and also removed some people who haven't competed in the past 12 months. https://www.canadagripsport.com/rankings.html

Short forearms/wrist and elbow recovery - 4x2 12.5kg/27.6lb ulnar deviation rolls with Twist yo Wrist - 4x2 12.5kg/27.6lb radial deviation rolls with Twist yo Wrist - 4x30 wrist curls with bands - 4x30 reverse wrist curls with bands Right thumb improving, but I won't do any fat bar/pinch/grippers this weak. Later I will do contrast baths. Btw forearms looked like a fat Lock Ness monster after all those curls

Whoops, made a typo in the Mash Monster Queue Pending Certification Requests MM1 - MM2 - MM3 - MM4 - MM5 -Jaland Worley MM6 - Jaland Worley MM7 - Jaland Worley MM8 -Jaland Worley MM9 - Jaland Worley

My family surprised me, all my friends and close family made it. I am not sure what was going on with my stance in that picture other than I was intoxicated. Cold beer was glued to my hand the entire time I was there. yeah we have parties in garages in my family

Didn’t get to workout this morning, needed a day off. Saw this on Facebook. Checkout the double sledge. Life has gotten really busy past few years but I need to make time to get back to the forge more consistently. I’d like to make something like that to train with.

I attempted today, and I am confident I closed the gripper. However, the video wasn't clear. I will reattempt in 3 weeks. When I do submit I will ensure the video is clear. I want my attempt to be undeniably successful. Road to MM0 continues.

I will be attempting the MM0 later today

2023 West Coast Grip Sport Championship Date: June 11th Weigh In: 8am - 930am Rules: 930am Lifting Starts: 10am Location: The Training Hall by Odd E. Haugen Address: 996 Lawrence Dr # 101, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 Website: WestCoastArmSports.com The purpose of this event is to provide the West Coast a Championship-level GripSport event and to further grow GripSport on the West Coast. Lifters qualified for 2023 United States Grip Sport Championship automatically qualify for the 2023 West Coast Grip Sport Championship. Divisions: Men: 59kg, 66kg, 74kg, 83kg, 93kg, 105kg, 120kg, 120+kg Women: 47kg, 52kg, 57kg, 63kg, 72kg, 84kg, 100kg, 100kg+ Master's: Age brackets 50+ Events: 20mm Grippers 2" Napalm's Nightmare 2x5 Napalm's Nightmare Pinch Little Big Horn Grip Gang Medley For the Medley, each competitor will bring his/her own Medley item. The competitor may choose to use one of the implements available at the Training Hall. The item may be as hard as the athlete chooses, with a handful of exceptions: - the size of block weight must not be larger than a half 100lb Blob - no thick bar may be thicker than 2.5" - height must not be an issue where a shorter individual would not be able to lock the implement out - no face lifting of Blobs - no plate pinches wider than 3x25's, 5x10s, 2x45s - feat items and loading pin items will be lifted to lockout - if other limits are deemed appropriate by the promoter, they will be added Each lifter must lift his/her own Medley item FIRST and then proceed with the rest of the Medley. 2023 West Coast Grip Sport Championships Qualified Lifters: Vincent James Rivellese Bryan Murphy Vinnie Rivellese Tim Butler Zach Mullins Clint Ziegler Lucas Raymond Nick Spencer Josh Culpepper Jedd Johnson Charles Strange Evan Norton Jason Dingey Nick Sanders Vicki Spencer Melissa Dingey Steve Millard Colton Storm Mike Saffell JT Sowards Steven Samaniego James Retarides Jason Otto Wallace Reams Ben Helms Andy Munsey Derik Hudson Michael Rogowski Adam Cohen Grant Thompson Dave Thorton Joel Dircks AJ Rwakatare Bryce Johnson William Reed John Enzenauer Sarah Chappelow Tammy McClure Melissa Dingey Ashley Munsey Becky Houston Katherine Bennett Sara Saffell Brittany Walling Kristen Sanders Kirsty Kussatz Isabell Warner Travis Weinand Will Guiliani Bill Weiss Odd Haugen Jaland Worley Dillon Furbee Rob Sny Tom Flesher Shawn Kapusta Lawrence Gray Ross Hilton Derek Palmeri Chris Andrade Andrew Pantke Chad Gustin Addam Chaudoin Frank Chaudoin Michael Wilfong Bryan Hunsaker John Baughman Cesare Ricchezza Ben Edwards ...Additional athletes may be allowed to participate, at promoters discretion Website: WestCoastArmSports.com Confirmed Lifters: William Reed Odd E. Haugen Will Guiliani

Not a process, but some tips: 1) Start with a clean and oiled spring to hope for a repeatable rating. 2) Know what your weights weigh. You cannot assume a 45 plate is 45 pounds. 3) You cannot have anything invested in the result. Accept the number and try to replicate and verify that result. 4) Put at least 30 reps on a new gripper. If the gripper will lose any spread, that usually happens on the first rep, but work it through about 30 with oil to make sure you are in a stable place. 5) The most common mistake with false high ratings is a subjective opinion of when the gripper is closed. Ideally you want handles that are effectively touching but not adding any extra weight. The moment the handles actually touch it is possible for the rating to spike with no observable change to let you know you’re pinning the handles together. This is probably one of the hardest parts that takes experience. It’s hard to get a false low result because you can just see that the gripper is not shut. 6) Don’t deal in decimals. 7) Retest your results before publishing. If you get predictable results most of the time, and have an errant odd result then you cannot trust any of your results. Check your process until you understand the odd result. By odd I mean maybe you rated a gripper at 150 and next time it was 154. If you can’t identify in your process why that happened then you cannot trust any results. 8] Understand that a rating is one piece of information. Pounds at the close. That’s it. There are many other elements to how a gripper feels to close. If I think of more I will add them.

5/24 AM GRIP WORK GHP # 1 RGC 50 X 20 GHP #3 RGC 77 X 5 GHP # 4 RGC 101 X 2 COC # 2 RGC 105 X 1 GHP # 5 RGC 110 X 1 CWP/GG4 RGC 112 X 1 SQUEEZE AND HOLD GHP # 4 RGC 102 X 3 COC # 2 RGC 96 X 5 GHP # 4 RGC 89 X 10 GHP # 3 77 X 22 LEFT HAND 21 RIGHT HAND GHP # 2 RGC 68 X 30 GHP # 1 RGC 50 X 50 PM HOME FROM WORK Walk 30 minute walk with wife BENCH 3 SEC PAUSE ON EACH REP BAR X 20 X 3 135 X 5 155 X 5 185 X 5 205 X 5 225 X 5 PUSH DOWN 30 X 10 40 X 10 50 X 10 60 X 10 70 X 10

I hate it, but I have to slow down on the big grippers. Gonna do some volume work for a little while to let my tendons adjust to these crazy RGCs.

||: One DU bend -> one reverse bend :|| Hard bending session. DU - double leathers - ECGB O-1 Drill rod 1/3" x 7.5" cert attempt - 4 hits, 15 secs Wraps were a little bit overkill probably, but it's better to get used to these for the 8.8 . DU - single leathers - Annealed 35CrMo 5/16" x 8" - 5 hits The hardest DU bend of the session. - 3x CRS 21/64" x 7" - all 1 hit - Grade 8 bolt 1/4" x 6" - 1 hit The batch is from ECGB Devin, rated at 490lbs. So a tougher G8. I won't waste my stock on DU, I got these for reverse. I just wanted to try these out first. Reverse - single leathers - Horrido A2 stainless (303) 5/16" bolt at 5" cert attempt - 5 hits, 50 secs Hardest reverse bend of the session. - 2x CRS 5/16" x 7" - 1 hit, 2 hits - Grade 5 bolt 1.4" x 6" - 1 hit The batch is from ECGB Devin, rated at 390lbs. It's too easy for these leather wraps, it will be good for suedes or corduras. - Grade 8 bolt 1/4" x 6" - 3 hits Getting quite tired here. The batch is rated at 490lbs, the same stuff I DUd a few minutes earlier. - Annealed 35CrMo 7mm x 7" - 2 hits

Figured I would keep a log of recent bends. Haven't really been able to go too hard, just trying to have fun. 34 x 5/8" HRS 70D Nail A4 Bolt from Horrido Bolts Thanks for watching

@Jedd Johnson was kind enough to appear on my podcast, Home Gym History. We chat about some historic feats of strength, whether he’s done certain feats or not, the modern history of grip competition, and more. Thanks so much for coming on, Jedd! Home Gym History can be found on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. Here’s the YouTube:

Warm up Ring pull ups 7,7,7,5,6 NN2" Handle 3x3 210 x 3 215 x 3 220 x3 Level inch handle Negatives Left and right 85 x 5 86.5 x5 88 x 5 RGT Holds 3 timed 75.25 x7 75.25x 6 75x 6 Right 77 x10 77.25x 7 77.25 x 7 RGT Thumbless Deadlifts 3x2 Left 81.5 x 2 82.5 x 2 83.5 x2 Right 83.5 x 2 85 x 2 85.5 x2 Blobtop Left and right 11.5 x 1 12 x 1 12.5 x 1 13 x 1 Sandbag shoulders 3 each side 3 14lbs sledge levers each hand Super set Chest Expander and Chest Krusher Sledge Rotations 2 sets of 10 each way, sidewinder extensor bands Today I turn 30.....First workout as an old F#%CK.. Gotta work a little then its Miller time. edit Totally not planned just saw this is my 531 post.. I was born 5.13 in room 531 and weighed..... 5lbs13ounces... They played the numbers and won $100. I'm not a gambling man though.

Congratulations Tiziano! This once again proves that you're a beast And also proves that you are an honest person Huge respect!

Grippers I've decided to focus on GHP block sets for a while (with RH). RH 5x5 1.5" GHP block set, Standard adjustable Ti set to RGC 111 LH 1x1 1.5" GHP block set, Standard Fe RGC 134 3x2 27mm choked, CoC #3 unrated 1x1 27mm choked, CoC #3 unrated Bought a single stamped CoC, looks nice. It arrived yesterday, already MMSd it twice. Hard to decide which is harder; my newer style #3 or this. This one is slightly narrower though at 74mm.

Workout 5/6/23: GRIPPERS Right: Warmup MMS: Silvis T-rex set to ~140 x 4 singles Choked reps: Tetting Grand Master (150) @ 16mm x 2, 2, 2 Left: Warmup MMS: GHP6 (126) x 4 singles Choked reps: RB adjustable @ 19mm: Heavy Spring 4-4 x 6, 3, 4, 5 Not too bad for a hotel workout. I think I was hitting the T-rex reps, but it was hard to tell. I didn't feel like it was worthwhile to attempt the GHP7 given how I felt. I'll stick with this as my singles gripper for the next workout. I am going to de-load next week and just take it easy before I start my next mesocycle. It'll probably go for 6 weeks or so. I am going to attempt what @Chez laid out in a video a couple of years ago where you do heavy singles, then doubles, then triples. I probably won't do the negatives just because I'll have other volume in the form of my second gripper day. I won't detail it all here because you can go watch his video on it. As a deload week, I'm just using my workouts this week to see where I stand on a few lifts (I'll do an RGT attempt at some point) and to also see what I should consider for working weights in exercises that I am adding to the mix. I was watching a video where Eddie Hall made an interesting point that I hope to hold on to. The context was that before he finally took home WSM he was really bummed out having not won the WSM, and he was seeing a therapist about it. The therapist asked something along the lines of "What if told you that it was only going to take X more failed attempts before you win? Would that make the loss easier? Would that reinvigorate you?" I like that. I'm going to try to stop thinking of progress in the framing of "that was one more workout where I didn't accomplish X" and instead think of it as "I'm now one workout closer to the time when I do accomplish X."

Big thanks to @C8Myotome for giving me some tips on rehabbing my hand.

don’t think I’ve shouldered in a few years. Maybe I did a couple last year but I really can’t remember. Closed hand strength is better than ever, my open hand strength is lacking but I will come back. Not bad for a long layoff and I did this last this morning. Hopefully in a few months I’ll be shouldering the 180lbs one.

Todays training OHP 3 sets 10 reps 127.5lbs close grip bench 4 sets 10 reps 220lbs thumbless reverse grip curls 3 sets 12 reps 97.5lbs skull crushers tricep bar 3 sets 10 reps 90lbs blockbuster 5 sets 10 reps 69.5lbs, 74lbsx5, 79lbsx1

Two reverse bend cert attempts today: - Horrido A2 bolt (5/16" stainless 303) at 6" Single leathers, two hits to 51 degrees. I can go shorter for sure. - Bend Sport Canada Moose bar (5/16" CRS 1018) at 6.5" Single leathers, four big hits to 49 degrees. This was hard. Based on the batches I tried, Moose tends to be harder than IM reds. It looks like I always almost pass out from the first hit of big reverse bends... Makes my wife worry when she records the bends . A2 6" bend is from 2:38, Moose 6.5" bend is from 2:53. Edit: both attempts were approved