Slider454 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Took these off some of the countless wrecked cars laying around the shop!!! Loads of fun!!' http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?act=mod...si&img=4629 http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?act=mod...si&img=4630 If you try this be sure to wear some gloves or something the tags have sharp edges when torn!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 impressive, at least for me! what training have you been doing to tear this license plate? how thick it was? difficult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slider454 Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 impressive, at least for me! what training have you been doing to tear this license plate? how thick it was?difficult? Just your everyday grip training....grippers....block weights......levering.....I didnt take an exact thickness I will measure it and let you know but I would guess it at being around 1/8 thick...once you get it started its easy to finish but its getting the initial tear in that is real tough....the technique I used is...if you take your left hand and hold onto the tag with your thumb up and take your right hand and place it above your left hand with the thumb up and grip as tight as you can to keep it from slipping and bending to much and just torque your wrists in opposite directions...I will try to get one on video and let you see if you cannot see it in your head but I didnt think this would be that tough but getting it started is pretty tough!!! In my opinion its harder than tearing a deck of cards!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 very impressive....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripuru Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Incredible!! How much time take you to perform both feats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetAGrip87 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Very Nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slider454 Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 Incredible!!How much time take you to perform both feats? Quarterd the N.C. one in about 2 mins.......1/8thed the S.C. one in around 5 mins....gives you some real nice forearm pump and you have to have a lot of wrist torque to make the initial tear in these things...Im sure there are some other techniques out there but this one just seemed better for me.....kinda like one of Clays phone book tearing techniques I think he called it vertical style?? Im not sure.but the left hand grabs the tag with the thum up and then the right hand grabs the tag with the thumb up and is placed right above the left hand and try to the the 2 hands as tight to each other as possible and the you will need to just bend your wrist like doing wrist curls but at the same time you will need to torque your left hand down and your right hand up so they will be pulling away from each other and if your grip is strong enough is will tear!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 What are they made of? May seem an obvious question, but I'm from the UK and over here they are made from acrylic - you can snap them, but tearing is out of the question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slider454 Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 What are they made of?May seem an obvious question, but I'm from the UK and over here they are made from acrylic - you can snap them, but tearing is out of the question! My best guess is they are aluminum....cheap aluminum at that...or could be some cheapo pot metal but I think they are aluminum here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 There's a pic of Bill Pearl in the book Developing Grip Strength in which he is tearing a car license tag in half. I've always wanted to try that myself!... BTW, good job, Troy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkmann Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 very nice. I found an old liscense plate when I was cleaning out my wifes car a month or so ago. I have been saving it and phone book I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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