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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....

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)

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

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.

Shoulders are still a little bit sore, but DU/Reverse bending day. The order was a little bit different. DU bending - leather singles - CRS 7mm x 7" - CRS 8mm x 7" - CRS 21/64" x 7" I clearly got it to 40+ degrees in one hit, so I didn't bother bending it further (this was already after the 5/16" hex). DU bending - leather doubles - CRS HEX 8mm x 7" - hard batch It's been months since I tried 5/16" hex because of my left wrist. This batch is definitely harder than the official hexabastard I DU bent (or the other 8mm hex bars I was able to bend so far). It took about 4 mins because of the breaks, this was quite a fight. Wrist is ok, the bar is not: 48 degrees. - 15 min ISOs (with some impossible bar) This was the last thing I did today. It absolutely destroyed me, no power left after this. Reverse bending - leather singles - CRS 7mm x 7" - CRS 8mm x 7" My first 5/16" cold rolled steel reverse! After last week's 7mm hex stainless, I had the feeling I could do this. Very off center, but 51 degrees within a minute, so ok. - CRS RECT 6mm x 9mm x 7" - CRS SQUARE 1/4" x 7" - Stainless 304 7mm x 7"

Yes, a couple replies above. This was more of a training session I was curious if i needed to peak for it and also cuz its bodyweight rgc ccs , I'm aiming for 212 rgc ccs at <205 bw. Might be one of only times someone closes more than their bodyweight with credit card set so will def feel special. With the 7 reps i'm sitting around 216 rgc wide set, one more rep and i'll be around 222 rgc which should put me in position to ccs an average 4. Its getting closer

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

Todays training deadlift 4 sets 5 reps 415lbs SSB squat 3 sets 8 reps 300lbs Cable crunches 3 sets 30 reps 160lbs leg curls 3 sets 12 reps 175lbs grippers Coc 3 5 sets 5 reps right hand, ghp8 failed, coc 3.5x1 hg300 5 sets 6 reps left, ghp7x1, coc 3x1

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

OHP - 4x5 82.5kg/181.9lb - 1x10 60kg/132.3lb Weighted neutral grip pullups - 4x5 36kg/79.4lb - 1x8 20kg/44.1lb Weighted dips - 6x10 20kg/44.1lb These were a little bit too easy. I will increase the weight next week, but I need to be careful because of my elbows. Lat pulldown - 3x8 127kg/280lb Compound row machine (Nautilus) - 3x17 110kg/242.5lb

@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.

Video submitted and mailing back tomorrow.

3/22 MID DAY WORKOUT GRIP MACHINE 100 X 5 120 X 5 140 X 2 160 X 1 170 X 1 180 FAILED PINCH GRIP MACHINE 10 X 5 20 X 5 30 X 1 35 X 1 40 FAILED

159 RGC - The holes are for mounting choker hardware and were drilled by CPW. I was on a roll today...

So I’ve focused on CCS only the past month or so and I’ve seen literally mad strength gains.. It turns out (atleast for me) that I am atleast 3-5 reps weaker when doing CCS. Went from doing 2 CCS on the average #3 to doing 5 CCS reps. Turns out I went from 6-7 wide reps to almost 10 reps. What I am trying to say is that CCS will make you stronger overall when doing other sets like wide sets etc. I am going to go for another 1-2 months of volume with CCS and see where it takes me.

Why not?

Hoping by the end of April. I gotta CCS my 177 Titanium, then I'm ready.

A little work left to do to get the cert...

#4 Road to CoC #4 Thoughts: Today was one of those “I wanna throw my gripper through the fucking wall” days.. My last two workouts were not good at all hence me getting sick for a week or so, what can you do? Warmup: Red Ironmind Bands: 2 sets x 10 reps. Captains of Crush #2: 1 sets x 10 Working sets: Average Captains of Crush #3: 1 set x 5 reps (wide set). CCS Average Captains of Crush #3: 1 x 3 closes. Cooldown: CCS (Heavy) Captains of Crush #2.5: 1 set x 5 reps CCS (Lighter) Captains of Crush #2.5: 1 set x 8 reps Accessory Work: 45mm Pinch: Built up to 40kg for 2 reps, then 3 sets at 80% of that for 6 reps. Note: As you can see, everything was just as low as it can go and no reps were hit as it should’ve happened. I’ll get em next time Thanks for joining me today and feel free to try this aswell!

Tried a kinney close for fun after my working sets. Think if I peak for it I could maybe do a 3.5 in similar fashion, hard part is to close it fast at the end after slowly going through the sweep.

3/17 PM WORKOUT BENCH Bar x 20 x3 135 x 10 225 x 10 275 x 5 x 5 REVERSE GRIP PUSH DOWN 20 x 15 30 x 15 40 x 15 50 x 15 PUSH DOWN 40 x 10 50 x 10 60 x 10 70 x 10

3/17 MID DAY GRIP WORK GRIP MACHINE 90 X 5 120 X 3 140 X 2 160 X 1 170 X 1 180 X1 But only half way WRIST CURL MACHINE 5 SETS OF UP DOWNS

3/17 Happy St. Patrick's day AM GRIP WORKOUT GHP#1 RGC 50 X 20 GHP#3 RGC 77 X 5 COC# 1.5 RGC 93 X 3 COC# 2 RGC 103 X 2 COC # 2 RGC 105 X 1 GHP # 5 RGC 111 X 1 60 SEC. REST BETWEEN SETS GHP # 5 RGC 111 X 1 GHP # 5 RGC 111 X 1 GHP # 5 RGC 111 X 1 ( This was hard)

The Ocarina of Time!

Grippers RH - 5x2 Standard Iron RGC 134 MMS, 2-sec hold reps - 5x1 Standard Adjustable Tungsten set to RGC 175, set practice, 3 sec holds at parallel (or a little bit closer) LH - 5x1 CoC #3 unrated 27mm choked, 2-sec hold reps The last set/rep opened a little bit before the 2 secs passed. - 3x3 U-shaped 30mm parallel gripper set to RGC ~128 - 2x2 U-shaped 30mm parallel gripper set to RGC ~128

I found my estimates for you: MM1 - 153ish. The thing about this gripper is that it has a super soft easy set and sweep so that helps if the set is your weak point. MM2 - about 163/164. MM3 - 180-183. this is the real divider. I closed my 180 COC #3.5 right before and this felt harder. I had to dig deep. they made it a big jump on purpose. For some reason that last quarter inch really binds so it gives you false confidence until you hit that last bit. You have to blast through it MM4 - 182-184. Not really much harder than the MM3 if at all. Smoother. I don't remember the same bind at the end. MM5 - 190. Next noticeable jump MM6 - felt just like my 194 super elite. MM7 - 197-200. Felt like my grand elite 198 grand elite MM8 - 204-206. Per Morgan. MM9- 205-210 per Steve Anderson MM10 - no one has tried it yet

Warm up did some zercher squats with 2 sandbags unknown weight. One is 120lbs i believe and the other is probably 70lbs.. Form was good and got down real low. But I kept it to sets of 1 and 2. Next week i'll do more reps. WD 2 orange spring, didnt get to working sets just warmed up Levering 14lbs sledge 27"x3 27"x3 28"x3 27"x3 27"x3 DO IMP 2ft 3/16x7" square 8 seconds 60dtimber tie 20 seconds 60dtimber tie 10 seconds Reverse suedes 60d 5.5"-19 seconds 6 1/4 DR x 1/4- 31 seconds 5.75" CRSx 1/4 2 minutes I got it down to about 40 degrees pretty fast but took a break to give it one more hit before the crush thats it for today no isos.

Silarukov Parallel Handgripper (second setting) compared to rated grippers (a very unscientific experiment). Musical Inspiration: "Santo Domingo" by Rodrigo y Gabriela from the album "11:11" released in September 2009.

60mm pinch block (GoG) RH: - 1x1 37.2kg/82lbs Over 80lbs yaay! LH: - 1x1 34.7kg/76.5lbs Both hands: - 1x3 27.9kg/61.5lbs - 1x1 33.4kg/73.6lbs - 2x1 34.7kg/76.5lbs - 2x1 35.9kg/79.1lbs Failed one with LH. Blobs RH: - 10x1 KWN50 (50.5lb/22.9kg) slow, assisted lift LH: - 2x2 KWN40 (41.2lb/18.7kg) lift - 8x1 KWN40 (41.2lb/18.7kg) lift with 5-sec hold +did 5x12 pronation curls with this new wrist tool between the blob sets What a great tool. It's waay harder on the wrist than just using a belt. With my right, it felt super good, but my left wrist didn't like it too much.

Beltless double overhand deadlifts - Fat Gripz original (blue, 2.25") - 1x2 120kg/264.6lb - 1x1 125kg/275.6lbs with 5 sec hold - 1x1 127.5kg/281.1lbs with 5 sec hold - 2x1 130kg/286.6lbs with 2 sec hold Beltless thumbless deadlifts - Fat Gripz Extreme (orange, 2.75") - 2x1 100kg/220.5lbs - 1x1 102.5kg/226lbs - 1x10 80kg/176.4lb Beltless double overhand deadlift - 1x1 190kg/418.9lbs - 1x3 170kg/374.8lbs - 1x5 140kg/308.6lbs

Since pinch felt good yesterday decided to do it again today with the ironmind block 1 HP ironmind block(loaded weight) 45 x 15 70 3x5 each hand (easy right hand) 80 1 x 6. -only right hand- pretty confident this is a PR for me 70 2x5 left and 1 x 5 right. Felt strong on these today. I think I can push for 100+ this year loaded weight on this lift. Pony pinch 3x failure each hand (just light for a pump) Red extensor bands 3x 50 Went heavy on pushing movements got to be careful though as I'm feeling strength come back I felt a little strain in my left shoulder nothing serious but good idea to not push too hard and keep form solid.

Very busy and a lot going on just gonna put some highlights and stuff up.

Today's session: Grippers Iron Woody's the Vice Gripper: Warming up: (1,3)-(1,5)-(1,7)-(1,8)-(1,9)-(1,10) One rep max test: (10,12): 180 LB RGC I am going to chase full closes this time so I knew I was going to miss it but I wanted to see how far I was able to move it I almost "competition" closed it which means that I did lose some strength but not a lot which is a big relief. (6,12): 138 LBS RGC Missed it by a hair 3x3: (3,11): 105 LBS RGC Got all 3! I absolutely love this new gripper the knurling feels great and the upper part of the handle touches before the bottom part does which means that I will never have to worry about "competition" closing something again. On the Ivanko it was the exact opposite which at times made it very difficult to gauge my progress. I am also working on placing the gripper closer to my fingers for better leverages. Recovery: 100 LB gripper: 3x failure Extensor "bucket": 3x failure

3/19 Right: (Warmup): - GG1 x 20 TNS - Extensors: GG RED x 20 - Extensors: GG RED x 20 - GG2 x 15 TNS - Extensors: GG Green x 15 - COC #2 (103) x 1 CCS - COC #2.5 (123) x 1 - COC #2.5 (123) x 1 - COC #2.5 (123) x 1 - COC #2.5 (123) x 1 Left: (Warmup): - GG1 x 20 TNS - Extensors: GG RED x 20 - Extensors: GG RED x 20 - GG2 x 15 TNS - Extensors: GG Green x 15 - COC #2 (103) x 1 CCS - COC #2.5 (123) x 1 - COC #2.5 (123) x 1 - COC #2.5 (123) x 1 - COC #2.5 (123) x 1

Zercher squat 100 kg 15, 8,8, 6 Warming up HG 100, coc T Left: 2 reps ccs #2.5 5 reps 25 mm block set #2.5 4 reps 25 mm block set #2.5 4 reps 25 mm block set #2.5 7 reps 38 mm block set CPWX GG 112 RGC Right: 3 reps #2.5 1 rep 20 mm block set144 #3 1 rep 20 mm block set 144 #3 5 reps 25 mm block set ghp 6 Iron FE 38 mm block set 1 rep

Todays training OHP 3 sets 8 reps 127.5lbs close grip bench 4 sets 8 reps 220lbs thumbless reverse grip curls 3 sets 10 reps 102.5lbs skullcrushers 3 sets 10 reps 102.5lbs Cable flies 3 sets 12 reps 92.5lbs the flask 189x3, 3 sets 3 reps 172lbs, 3 sets 3 reps 152lbs

It's cool to see he is still training hard and looks like he leaned out quite a bit. Thick bar today with my pull day Rolling thunder all loaded weight after some heavy rows Right hand 90 x 20 160 x 8 (felt heavy dropped back down) 130 3 x10 Left hand 90 x 20 130 3x 10 Some manus grip holds with 225 3x failure Manus grip lat pulldowns 220 4x10 Some single arm seated rows with rolling thunder handle attached to cable 100 lbs 3x 8 each hand Manus grip hammer curls 3x 8 45 lbs Couple wrist curls with 35 lbs 3x3 each hand (felt kinda hard not really strict) Fatigued after the workout did a lot of pulling/arm movements along with the grip stuff was probably at gym 2 hours and I generally try to be in and out in an hour. No bending might try to rest up(have not been getting enough sleep at all) and go for some high volume this saturday after I sleep in to prime my cns with friday off.

crushed to dust - both hands