EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 (edited) August 8-14, 2003 __________________________________________ GRIPPERS: right hand for reps/ left hand for reps ONE HAND DEADLIFT: right hand/ left hand PLATE PINCH WRIST CURL __________________________________________ 1) Eric Milfeld #3x4 PR #2x13 PR----------9.21 255 PR 250 PR---------------8.86 180----------------------------10.0 181 PR------------------------8.04 total---------------------------36.11 2)John G McEneany (OldGuy) #2x12 #2x9-----------------7.87 295 275----------------------10.0 140---------------------------7.78 225---------------------------10.0 total--------------------------35.65 3)John Wood #3x3 #3x1------------------10.0 250 225----------------------8.33 156---------------------------8.67 185---------------------------8.22 total--------------------------35.22 4)Jedd Johnson #3x1 #2x4 PR--------------8.52 240 PR 235------------------8.33 180 PR-----------------------10.0 185---------------------------8.22 total--------------------------35.07 5)Dag Runar Oersvik Oeye (2strong) #3x2 #2x17----------------9.28 210 190---------------------7.02 135 PR----------------------7.50 160--------------------------7.11 total-------------------------30.91 5)Leonard Sanchez (HandsofStone) #2x2 #2x7-----------------7.24 230 220---------------------7.89 140--------------------------7.78 180--------------------------8.00 total-------------------------30.91 6)Jonathan McMillan #1x27 PR #1x20---------6.51 215 PR 215 PR------------7.54 147.5 PR-------------------8.19 155 PR---------------------6.89 total------------------------29.13 7)Jesse Reimann (Incindium) #2x3 PR #1x15-----------6.50 230 PR 225 PR------------7.98 125 PR---------------------6.94 150 PR---------------------6.67 total------------------------28.09 8)Stefan Straub (Strong Man) #2x29 PR #2x11 PR------8.87 220 PR 200 PR------------7.37 100 PR---------------------5.56 140-------------------------6.22 total------------------------28.02 9)Alan McCabe (AnimalCage) #2x20 #2x9--------------8.29 205 PR 185---------------6.84 110------------------------6.11 135 PR--------------------6.00 total-----------------------27.24 10)Jeff Tan (JeffT) #2x7 #1x23-------------6.99 191 PR 185--------------6.60 132 PR-------------------7.33 136-----------------------6.04 total----------------------26.96 11)Niklas Straub (gripmaster316) #2x12 #2x1------------7.45 200 180-----------------6.67 100----------------------5.56 160----------------------7.11 total---------------------26.79 12)Charlie Swanson (Jett) #2x10 trainer x30--------6.18 235 225 PR----------------8.07 100 PR---------------------5.56 140 PR---------------------6.22 total------------------------26.03 13)James Smith (Smitty) #2x2 #1x8-------------6.20 185 PR 165-------------6.14 110----------------------6.11 150 PR------------------6.67 total---------------------25.12 14)Scott Greenbaum (Bullet Tooth) #3x1 #2x7-------------8.68 N/A 145---------------------8.06 N/A total--------------------16.74 BEST LIFTS right gripper: Eric Milfeld #3x4 left gripper: John Wood #3x1 combined gripper: John Wood #3x3/ #3x1 right deadlift: John G McEneany 295 left deadlift: John G McEneany 275 combined deadlift: John G McEneany 295/ 275 plate pinch: Jedd Johnson/ Eric Milfeld 180 wrist curl: John G Mc Eneany 225 The second Gripboard Grip Bash proved to be a huge success. A total of fifteen enthusiastic hand strength athletes, representing four countries and three continents, produced no less than 31 personal records, as they battled for the top spot. The #3 Iron Mind gripper was defeated by the right hand of five of the competitors, including John Wood, who conquered it with his left as well. The competition was excitingly close, with most of the rankings being determined by small fractions of a point. Fifth place found Leonard Sanchez and Norway's Dag Runar Oersvik Oeye actually tying, despite the fact that the scoring was based on the hundredth of a point! I give a very warm "thank you" to all of the athletes who gave their best effort, with an abundant amount of integrity and friendly comaraderie. Till next time, train hard, and praise be to the Lord Jesus Christ. P.S. - I'm awarding the prize from the Gripboard Store to the very deserving John McEneany, for his second place showing, for obvious reasons. And if all the other top five finishers would please send to me your mailing address, I'll send out your certificates, pronto. Edited August 15, 2003 by eric milfeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 (edited) Thanks for giving us all the opportunity to compete Eric, I had a good time. A few very narrow misses for me would've made all the difference, but alas it was not to be. I look forward to next time. Oh and congratulations Eric on the 5 PRs!!! Well Done! Jeff Edited August 15, 2003 by Jeff T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incindium Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 6)Stefan Straub (Strong Man) #2x29 PR #2x11 PR------8.87 220 PR 200 PR------------7.37 100 PR---------------------5.56 140-------------------------7.78 total------------------------29.58 I think you have a typo here somewhere. His wrist curl weight doesn't match up correctly with his scored points. Good work though on organizing and taking the time to compile all the results for this whole thing Eric. Thanks! And congrats on the win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Eric, I am glad that the turnout for your contest was better than expected. I am pleased with my second place (one better than last time) and that it was a close finish. I admit not having trained for it at all. My pinchgrip of plates, either onehanded or two is weak. Luckily I have done a great deal of heavy suitcase lifts with a curlbar, which helped me on the onehanded deadlift. I seem to be a natural on the barbell wrist curls as I do not do these. Maybe you are even now thinking of the next online competition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeff Roark Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 (edited) Hello. I am not up to speed on this bash- did you all get together or was this an interenet comp? never mind...idiot found it! Edited August 15, 2003 by Jeff Roark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 6)Stefan Straub (Strong Man)#2x29 PR #2x11 PR------8.87 220 PR 200 PR------------7.37 100 PR---------------------5.56 140-------------------------7.78 total------------------------29.58 I think you have a typo here somewhere. His wrist curl weight doesn't match up correctly with his scored points. Good work though on organizing and taking the time to compile all the results for this whole thing Eric. Thanks! And congrats on the win. Incindium is right. Give me a little bit to correct a few minor arithmetic errors. Sorry about that guys. I compiled all this after twelve hours of work, between the hours of 2 and 5 a.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 Thanks to Bullet Tooth, I've corrected a few figures, which has changed the ranking of a few competitors. This didn't, however, affect the top five finisher's rankings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Man do I feel like an idiot.... not that I want you to change my score or anything... but I just found out something interesting. Concerning the wrist curl.... the bar that you do it on can be ROTATING right?! What happened was I had a 35 and a 7.5 on each side secured TIGHT, plus the bar was about 100 pounds solid (non rotating)... and when I added weight I just loosely placed it outside to keep adding it to see how far I could go.... today I tried again to see if i could get more and this time I didnt tighten it all the way so the plates could rotate. I managed 160 and just missed 170... oh well... next time! :stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 Jett, a lift of 160 would have bumped you up one position in the ranking. Sorry about that, but like you say: next time! Nice lifts, by the way! I still can't get over how close the competition was. I'm really looking forward to the next one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 The rules say to use a standard Olympic bar with rotating sleeves. So that means a bar of 86'' in length and around 45 lbs in weight. The bar diameter would be 1 1/16 to 1 1/8'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gripmaster316 Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Sweet!!! I moved up a ranking!! An excellent competition Eric I can't wait for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 A few figures demonstrating how close the competition was: A bit more than 1% separated first from second. Fifth was nearly 86% of the winning total. The thirteenth place total was roughly 70% of the winning total. The fifth place TIE was completely unexpected. So, a few pounds here or there, and maybe one less missed attempt, and the ranking would have produced a whole other story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 Sweet!!! I moved up a ranking!! An excellent competition Eric I can't wait for next year. You don't have to wait till next year. I hold it every three months. Ya gonna try and get even with your little brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 The rules say to use a standard Olympic bar with rotating sleeves. So that means a bar of 86'' in length and around 45 lbs in weight. The bar diameter would be 1 1/16 to 1 1/8'' Yes, for future reference, please study the posted rules closely You might just lift more weight that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Eric, how about as far as possible choosing new events. Taking into account equipment availibility of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 (edited) Eric, how about as far as possible choosing new events. Taking into account equipment availibility of course. I'm open to any suggestions for exercises that, like you say, take into account equipment availability, and ease with which they can be judged objectively. The idea of replacing the barbell, with the dumbbell wrist curl, has been mentioned. This would be doable if all would be willing to use a standard handle size, fixed plate dumbbell, like most gyms stock. We also want to contest the four main areas of strength: crushing, supporting, pinching, and wrist. Also, we should keep the list of exercises brief (I'm a very slow typer, and not so good with these computer things) Or, if you want to keep the same lifts, or only replace one or two, that's of course an option as well. Suggestions? Edited August 15, 2003 by eric milfeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gripmaster316 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 (edited) I dislike 2 hand pinching. Perhaps you can change it to one hand pinching... please?? It's hard to believe that my brother beat me... I am still a better pincher and I have stronger wrists. As far as the grippers go I am not sure how he got so much better than me. Expect better results from both of us in three months. Edited August 18, 2003 by gripmaster316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Ahh the wonders of using the CORRECT equipment. Today I brought my "setup" (a box sitting on top of an old computer) to my basement where my oly bar resides. Got going at around 135 to see how it felt... a breeze... added a couple dimes to each side... wow... topped my results already, added a couple 5s... again it went up... then I added some 5s again.. woo hoo!!! Thats 175... Decided to take a smaller step considering it was starting to feel pretty heavy on my wrists... added a couple washers to each side to bring it up to 180. With effort it came up and I held it at the top to confirm that I had just done it. Took the washers off and replaced them with 5s... and the bar did not rise again, Ill try to only warm up and go straight to that in a few days. NEXT TIME... I will DEFINATELY not be as lazy as I was this time... just 2 flights of stairs the basement. *goes and does a 2 handed plate curl with a 45... * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 17, 2003 Author Share Posted August 17, 2003 200 in November, Jett? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Oh definately... I will say more even. Im not trying to brag or anything but thats pretty much my first time going to my max on the wrist curl, with no direct training on it either really. As for my wimpy pinch my thumbs will be suffering also, plus by november I should be in the gymnastics gym again with some access to chalk, come home with the chalk fresh on my hands and see if that will help. Thanks for all your work concerning this event Eric, its greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2strong Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 I would like to replace the one handed deadlift with the 2 handed support hold ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 I am sure you would. I would like to replace the twohanded pinchgrip, with a onehanded 3'' handle deadlift! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 How about the heaviest Olympic plate that we can plate curl for reps? Example 35 x 3 RH 25x10 LH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gripmaster316 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 That is a good idea Old Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Why not have the main group that has a go regularly take it in turns to suggest the lifts. Old guy first and so on. Each of you, say every 2 months, can include all your faves and see how you compare to others over the year. I'd add that equipment must be of a kind availbale to others cheaply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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