Tfriend Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Check out this dudes videos hes insane http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=martinarildsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 ...and he's on here right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tfriend Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 wait is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 wait is that you? Not quite there.....yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Wow, that guy closes that 3.5 like I close my #1 It looks so easy for him, I don't even know if I could 2 handed close that 3.5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetAGrip87 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Yeah, he is a very strong guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yersinia Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 nice close martin. svenskepowers :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the swiss Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Martin is the euro champ. very very strong, and probably nowhere near his potential yet. scary. I think at the moment he is pretty unbeatable in any allround grip competition. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Well if both hands are tested he is very hard to beat with the LGC standard events. Would be close though between him, Horne and McKinless as far as the Europeans are concerned. Nick in particular is about 10 per cent stronger in the vbar than Martin, whereas Horne is still better in the pinch. Anyway these three are definitely the top three in Europe. Harder to compare with the Americans as grip competitions in the US are moderately to extremely biased towards large hand size and all the three above have hands shorter than 8''. None of the sub-8'' hands grip guys in the US would currently stand a chance against Martin, Horne or Nick, based on what we have seen thus far (with the more common events such as grippers, two hand pinch, vbar, one hand deadlift and levering for example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 None of the sub-8'' hands grip guys in the US would currently stand a chance against Martin, Horne or Nick, based on what we have seen thus far (with the more common events such as grippers, two hand pinch, vbar, one hand deadlift and levering for example). I think you need to look up Heslep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_Arildsson Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Whoa thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 None of the sub-8'' hands grip guys in the US would currently stand a chance against Martin, Horne or Nick, based on what we have seen thus far (with the more common events such as grippers, two hand pinch, vbar, one hand deadlift and levering for example). I think you need to look up Heslep. I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 No need to turn this into an "us against them" thread. It is a post about some great accomplishments by Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Politically correct = boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Very strong, Martin. I love watching your vids. However, I hate to do this to you, but I will uncover your SECRET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_Arildsson Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Very strong, Martin. I love watching your vids. However, I hate to do this to you, but I will uncover your SECRET. Damn! You found my secret viking butter made of polar bears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusom1 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 This is really impressive!! Martin- Your an animal and humble man. I don't think I would look past Heslep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 None of the sub-8'' hands grip guys in the US would currently stand a chance against Martin, Horne or Nick, based on what we have seen thus far (with the more common events such as grippers, two hand pinch, vbar, one hand deadlift and levering for example). Nobody stands a chance against Horne. He beats everybody, even when he's injured. As far as Martin and Nick: I think Clay could give them both a run for their money. He might not win but it would be very close. As far as I know his hands ar 7 7/8". I think he's going to be at MGC5 so it will be interesting to see what he does on grippers, vbar, and 1HDL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigT Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 None of the sub-8'' hands grip guys in the US would currently stand a chance against Martin, Horne or Nick, based on what we have seen thus far (with the more common events such as grippers, two hand pinch, vbar, one hand deadlift and levering for example). Nobody stands a chance against Horne. He beats everybody, even when he's injured. As far as Martin and Nick: I think Clay could give them both a run for their money. He might not win but it would be very close. As far as I know his hands ar 7 7/8". I think he's going to be at MGC5 so it will be interesting to see what he does on grippers, vbar, and 1HDL. good spot on view Josh and good strength Martin...you haven't reached your full potential yet either Josh, now that's something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) Nobody stands a chance against Horne. He beats everybody, even when he's injured. As far as Martin and Nick: I think Clay could give them both a run for their money. He might not win but it would be very close. As far as I know his hands ar 7 7/8". I think he's going to be at MGC5 so it will be interesting to see what he does on grippers, vbar, and 1HDL. Regarding Horne - I don't think so. He narrowly beat Nick in a competition where he himself selected the events. This would have given Horne a slight but significant advantage. Regarding Clay - I don't think so. Part of the reason Martin and Nick are so hard to beat is that they will take a huge lead in the pinch against any guy in the sub-8'' category (except Horne). We all know how easy it would be to beat Martin in grippers both hands. You can't pinch around 180-200 lbs and expect to beat Martin and Nick in an allround grip competition. Part of the reason for all this talking is of course that I wan't these guys on the platform doing battle. Edited December 12, 2006 by Mikael Siversson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Nobody stands a chance against Horne. He beats everybody, even when he's injured. As far as Martin and Nick: I think Clay could give them both a run for their money. He might not win but it would be very close. As far as I know his hands ar 7 7/8". I think he's going to be at MGC5 so it will be interesting to see what he does on grippers, vbar, and 1HDL. Regarding Horne - I don't think so. He narrowly beat Nick in a competition where he himself selected the events. This would have given Horne a slight but significant advantage. Regarding Clay - I don't think so. Part of the reason Martin and Nick are so hard to beat is that they will take a huge lead in the pinch against any guy in the sub-8'' category (except Horne). We all know how easy it would be to beat Martin in grippers both hands. You can't pinch around 180-200 lbs and expect to beat Martin and Nick in an allround grip competition. Part of the reason for all this talking is of course that I wan't these guys on the platform doing battle. Regarding Clay: depends on the scoring system I suppose and who else shows up. I thought you were just throwing the two hand thing out there, if it was two hands contested, only person that has a chance against Martin with two hands on the grippers is Show and he's definetly not in the sub-8 category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifesnotfair Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Doesn't Martin have a weakness in the form of the V-bar? Heh. And yeah, doesn't Heslep 2 hand pinch a lot of weight too? I remember Wes saying Tommy told him he wanted to break the pinch record, or something like that. Wouldn't he be good in a comp? Hrm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikulich Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Heslep always seems to be under-rated. Personally I think he has a chance to win any competition anytime as does Horne or any of the other grip greats. The sport is constantly growing with new peaks and records every few months. If you lose track of one of the top guys for a few weeks you may not even know that he is approaching a world record in a particular event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 My personal favorite to beat them ALL in a grip contest: Steve Gardener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Heslep is nowhere near Martin in the Euro two hand pinch. Both have competed on this implement more than once so we don't even have to guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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