Roark Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Here is a list of a few articles on hand/forearm/grip. FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH by Joe Roark STRENGTH & HEALTH: Mar 1933 p 3 Forceful F- GFJ Jul 1933 p 23 Fingers and F- J.M. Thomson Mar 1935 p 22 The G- Pastel Jun 1938 p 16 Batta- King of the G- Alma Venabbles Apr 1939 p 20 What sort of G have you?- BH Oct 1939 p 22 Can you prove you're a strongman?- Klein Mar 1940 p 36 G champs of old- Klein Jun 1941 p 43 pho Al Berger doing doing a chin-up from a rafter Aug 1943 p 18 How strong is your G?- BH Oct 1946 p 17 photo of a freakishly developed F (also Mar 1965 p 20) Apr 1947 p 20 pho @ leverage feat with two 25 lb sledges with 30" handles Dec 1949 p 12 A greater G for you- Ressler Feb 1950 p 14 Building a powerful G- Rothenbach Jan 1952 p 20 Developing mighty G and powerful F- JCG Jun 1952 p 12 The G's the thing- Hasse May 1954 p 12 F- some good exercises- Klein Jan 1958 p 34 Thicker F and powerful wrists- JCG May 1959 p 24 Thinking about F- Stanko Aug 1959 p 18 John McLoughlin- phenomenal fingers- Galiano p 24 Improving those F- Sansone (does not model the exs) Jun 1960 p 36 F- H. Johnson Jun 1961 p 42 How it began: wrist roller- Klein Jul 1962 p 32 Developing wrist turning power- JCG Mar 1965 p 20 Mighty mitts (includes the pho which ran in SH in Oct 1946 p 17)- Todd Apr 1965 p 22 Mighty mitts part 2- Todd att JCG Nov 1966 p 12 G & F development- McCallum Dec 1966 p 12 G & F development- McCallum Aug 1970 p 42 F- Coe Mar 1973 p 62 F- shape and development- JCG Feb 1975 p 28 Incredible feats of Slim Farman- Shuman Jun 1976 p 18 Impressive F development- Adrian Nov 1982 p 50 Mighty F and how to develop them- JCG FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH YOUR PHYSIQUE: by Joe Roark Aug 1944 p 36 Unusual F exercises- Weaver Feb 1945 p 12 Developing wrists and F at home- Theriault Dec 1945 p 20 The Weaver stick revisited- Weaver Apr 1946 p 10 Add inches to your F and wrists- JW p 42 Barbell wrist curl- Weaver Sep 1946 p 42 G strength- Gaudreau Jan 1947 p 27 Finishing touches on G- Ansorge Nov 1947 p 8 Powerful F & G- DPW Apr 1948 p 30 The muscles of the F and their development- Jantzen Mar 1950 p 18 Some unique F exercises- Ben Weider Mar 1951 p 6 Developing the biceps and F- CAS p 26 Developing the F- Reeves Apr 1951 p 30 My 5 favorite F exercises- Robert Sep 1951 p 16 My favorite F routine- Stephan Nov 1951 p 17 Muscular neck and F- CAS Apr 1952 p 10 F- Eder FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MUSCLE POWER: by Joe Roark Dec 1947 p 16 Developing a mighty G- Zebrowski Jun 1949 p 22 Who has the strongest G?- Batchelor p 24 F development- Ross Mar 1950 p 23 Roll out the barrel for more powerful fingers- GFJ Oct 1950 p 12 The G of man- CAS Nov 1950 p 16 Let's build more muscular F- CAS Sep 1954 p 23 How I solved my F problems- Delinger Jul 1957 p 21 Small hands can be powerful- Delinger FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MUSCLE TRAINING ILLUSTRATED by Joe Roark Jan 1966 p 32 How I built my F and G strength- GFJ Sep 1972 p 22 Forging your F- Snodgrass Sep 1977 p 29 The F; getting a G on yourself- Oliva (does not model) Mar 1980 p 20 Herculean F- Strong Jan 1981 p 78 Powerful F- Gentle Apr 1984 p 37 Gart Stitch- a G challenge- Simpson Oct 1986 p 34 Forging your F- Snodgrass Feb 1988 p 18 F- Darden [excerpt from SUPER HIGH INTENSITY BBing] Apr 1989 p 44 F- Pearl FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MR. AMERICA: by Joe Roark Oct 1962 p 11 Gripper- you can make it!- Venables p 28 Charles Vansittart- man with iron G- WAP p 82 Palms down wrist curls- editors May 1963 p 54 Build F of steel- Bob Burke YOUNG MR. AMERICA: Jun 1964 p 80 The pinch-G plate snatch- Poole Jul 1964 p 54 Build and use the "Forearm Bomb'- clinic MR. AMERICA: Jan 1965 p 42 F- Sipes, Silvestre, Ross Nov 1965 p 6 Cord test for G strength- Sipes May 1967 p 12 F- Draper MR. AMERICA (ALL AMERICAN ATHLETE): Feb 1968 p 24 Killer Karate Krusher- JW Mar 1968 p 32 Hand and wrist strength in athletics MR. AMERICA: Oct 1970 p 42 Powerful F and G of steel- Zane PHYSICAL POWER: Jan 1962 p 4 Hand and wrist strength in athletics- Coker FOREARM / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MUSCLE & BODYBUILDER: by Joe Roark Jan 1980 p 20 Building a super G- MUSCLE-UP: Aug 1984 p 49 F- the forgotten bodypart- Boff MUSCLE DIGEST: Apr 1984 p 28 Understanding the F- Shalhoub FOREARM / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH STRENGTH TRAINING FOR BEAUTY: by Joe Roark Nov 1985 p 22 Gripping power- Dayton MUSCLE SCULPTURE: Jul 1958 p 16 Good news for weak grips Mar 1959 p 8 Developing a G of crushing power- Horvath BODYBUILDING LIFESTYLES: Jul 1991 p 70 Lifting weights and wrist pain- Falkel Mar 1992 p 82 Hands-on training- Lander FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH IRON MAN: by Joe Roark 4:6 p 6 And old F test revived- Weaver 5:4 p 9 Hands, wrists, F- Farabee 7:3 p 18 Super F & G- Batchelor 8:1 p 18 F- Rader Aug 1952 p 22 Super F- the mark of a man- McWilliams Nov 1961 p 12 Muscular F, powerful G- H. Johnson Apr 1969 p 26 Develop a massive lower arm- Ditillo Jul 1969 p 26 How Tarzan Jacobs developed his fabulous 16.5" F- Kallos Jan 1971 p 22 F magic- Sipes Sep 1972 p 21 Thick-handled weights develop great strength-Thompson Sep 1973 p 22 Finished F- Green Jul 1976 p 40 The Bruce White story- Gallasch Sep 1976 p 24 Feats of G strength- DPW Nov 1976 p 30 Feats of pinch G strength- DPW Jan 1977 p 32 Feats of strength with levers- DPW Jul 1978 p 28 More super G feats- DPW Nov 1978 p 21 Developing the world's strongest hands- Dayton May 1979 p 35 Feats of strength: Hand and finger strength- DPW Sep 1981 p 29 A new appproach to F- Puckett Jan 1982 p 19 Mighty F and a G of steel- Ross Jan 1986 p 36 Hand strength and finger strength Aug 1988 p 58 The hook grip- Takano Jul 1989 p 68 F and neck- Brainum Aug 1989 p 32 Wrist pain and the wrist strap- Horrigan Dec 1990 p 95 Wrist curls and wrist pain- Horrigan Mar 1992 p 190 F furor- Perryman May 1992 p 162 The Captains of Crush- the men who know how to get a G Jun 1993 p 76 Biceps and F- Z Sep 1993 p 100 Steve Brisbois' F- Prokup Jan 1994 p 186 Back, biceps, F- Ashley Apr 1995 p 210 F- Arthur Jones Jul 1995 p 40 Joe DeAngelis' biceps and F- Fredrick Nov 1995 p 58 F- Cepello May 1996 p 66 Forewarned is F- Seward p 72 Secrets to a powerful G- Poliquin Jun 1996 p 32 F flexor contraction- Holman Jan 1997 p 62 Freak F- Tuttle Feb 1998 p 112 F- Larry Scott May 1998 p 88 Standing wrist curls- Horrigan May 1999 p Reverse preacher curls- Andzel FOREARM / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MUSCLE MAG INT'L by Joe Roark 1:3 p 32 Pinch-G, past & present- DPW 3:1 p 80 Reg Park on F, neck, traps Jan 1979 p 22 Massive F can be yours!- Steiner Sep 1982 p 10 F development- editors Dec 1983 p 49 Wilkosz on F- Bartlett Sep 1985 p 74 Fabulous F and how to get them- Larry Scott Nov 1989 p 61 F, neck & traps- Z Jan 1991 p 169 Building awesome F- Z Feb 1991 p 56 G power- Z May 1992 p 115 Building massive F- staff Apr 1995 p 99 Don't forget those F- Merritt Apr 1996 p 78 Biceps / F- Darin Lannaghan- Mathas Nov 1996 p 227 F- Blais Nov 1997 p 94 F- Michio Grubbs- Grannis Jun 1998 p 148 F- Zulak Jul 1999 p 248 8 weeks to great F- Starr Nov 1999 p 213 F- Blais Dec 2000 p 152 F- Weis FOREARM / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT: by Joe Roark Sep 1964 p 42 Fabulous F- Stanko Apr 1965 p 38 Exercises for strengthening the G- Klein Feb 1966 p 24 F of iron bands- GFJ Apr 1967 p 12 Getting a G on things- Homola May 1968 p 10 Wrist roller- explaining the exercise- JCG Jul 1970 p 40 A super F builder- Arthur Jones Jul 1973 p 17 MD's guide to F delevopment- staff May 1974 p 23 Mr. Jim Easley: Mr. super G- Venables Jul 1976 p 44 Steel claw G and F- Williams Feb 1979 p 45 Wrist roller, wrist curl, leverage feat- Stanko Dec 1983 p 44 Develop those big bulging F- Puckett Apr 1984 p 18 Gary Stich- coming to G- Stich Jan 1988 p 30 Retooling the vise- Leistner Feb 1991 p 54 F forged in steel- Wedan Jun 1992 p 24 Kinesiology: F flexors- Alway Jul 1992 p 26 Kinesiology: F extensors- Alway Jun 1993 p 64 Your forgotten F- Mann Dec 1993 p 26 Getting a G on F- Ross Mar 1995 p 38 Extensors of the wrist- Alway Apr 1996 p 78 Biceps/forearms Lannaghan- Mathas Nov 1996 p 164 Barbell wrist ext- Alway Feb 1999 p 82 Neck and F- Mentzer Sep 1999 p 168 Carpal tunnel- Alway FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH PLUSA: by Joe Roark Mar 1989 p 27 F- Chorpenning Feb 1991 p 75 New product F trainer, pho @ FLEX: Jan 1989 p 34 F- Rick Stephenson Oct 1989 p 16 F- Mike Christian Nov 1990 p 24 Proportionate F- Jayde Dec 1990 p 86 Bowling pins- Viator Nov 1991 p 181 F mass- Lou Ferrigno Dec 1991 p 16 Popeye F- Steve Brisbois Jun 1992 p 28 Full factor F- shawn Ray Sep 1992 p 83 Achim Albrecht Sep 1993 p 94 Injured F- Segal Feb 1994 p 239 Popeye F- Paul Dillett Sep 1994 p 217 A wristed developed 'Captain Anabolic' Dec 1994 p 70 Lee Priest (claims 18" F) Summer 1995 p 42 F- Dorian Yates Apr 1996 p 217 Forearmed is forewarned- Cody Jun 1996 p 217 F / G- Cody Mar 1998 p 184 Mike Francois Feb 1999 p 184 Grip and lower back- Dorian Yates Jun 2000 p 280 Lee Priest FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MUSCLE BUILDER: by Joe Roark Apr 1954 p 24 F and he-man G- Leo Robert [ Ed Theriault models and uses Weider Leverage Bell ] Nov 1954 p 18 Bulging F- Horvath Apr 1962 p 36 F & G of steel- JW Nov 1962 p 36 A poor G means weak arms- GFJ Dec 1962 p 16 Super powered F- Sipes Jun 1967 p 12 Dob't neglect F- Poole Feb 1971 p 19 The exploding F of Arnold S- Draper Apr 1972 p 19 How I muscularized my F- Columbu Jan 1975 p 50 F- double split- Arnold S- JW Jun 1975 p 70 Magic of F- Larry Scott Jul 1975 p 12 I am Joe's F- JW p 14 Pain barrier for F growth- Birdsong Sep 1976 p 9 F & triceps (Gable & Robinson)- Mozee Sep 1977 p 50 I'm persistent, that's why I have massive F- Bill Grant Oct 1977 p 11 The F of Ferrigno- Tanny May 1979 p 14 Not training the F- sometimes it better- Mentzer FOREARMS / GRIP / HAND STRENGTH MUSCLE & FITNESS by Joe Roark Feb 1983 p 88 FPP comparing Viator & Gunnar Rosbo's F Aug 1983 p 30 Biceps & F- Zane May 1984 p 87 F (Mike Christian models)- Scott Wilson Apr 1985 p 18 The wrist curl- Yessis Feb 1986 p 22 The reverse wrist curl- Yessis Dec 1989 p 105 F- Yessis May 1990 p 40 Supination / Pronation- Yessis Jun 1990 p 49 Increase hand strength- Yessis Oct 1990 p 37 Fingers and hands workout- Yessis Dec 1990 p 53 G strength- Yessis Jun 1991 p 253 pho Nautilus forearm machine Jul 1991 p 44 Ulnar-radial flexion- Yessis Jun 1992 p 122 Reverse wrist curl- Yessis Jul 1992 p 124 Finger flexion- Yessis Aug 1993 p 151 F- Weider Research Group Nov 1993 p 96 Developing a vise G- Coan & Wright Apr 1994 p 72 Wrist curl- Yessis Oct 1994 p 124 Power F- Robinson Dec 1994 p 54 Pronation / Supination- Yessis Jan 1995 p 70 Losing your grip?-Henry Aug 1996 p 44 Reverse wrist curl- Yessis p 52 Lee Priest Dec 1997 p 182 Strapped for grip devel- Wagman May 1998 p 47 Dumbell wrist curl- Yessis p 50 " " Dorian Yates Jul 1998 p 162 F- Kissel Sep 1998 p 108 Get a grip- Wagman Sep 1999 p 58 Mike Matarazzo- Kissel p 156 Gripping tales- Chapman Sep 2000 p 176 F- Berg NatPHY FOREARMS Feb 1992 p 61 10 tips for hands, wrists, F- Boff OXYGEN FOREARMS Sep 1999 p 138 F- Shular THG FOREARMS Sep 1996 p 22 New twist on F ex- Begin I.MAST FOREARMS May 1996 p 35 Some amazing feats of grip strength- Gentle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 That is an amazing list Joe! Appreciate the massive amount of time it must take to put together a list like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyjoe Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Absolutely Fantastic!!! Thanks for this mountain of references Joe R.!!! What a great way to kick off the "Grip History" forum!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat 74 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Wow! What an amazing amount of information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Kellersmann Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I am wondering if we neglect some "classic grip feats" nowadays. If I think about classic grip feats I think about thickbar (Inch), plate pinch, hub Lifting, Blob, COC Grippers… but maybe we a missing out something that was a classic grip feat in the past? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 43 minutes ago, Florian Kellersmann said: I am wondering if we neglect some "classic grip feats" nowadays. If I think about classic grip feats I think about thickbar (Inch), plate pinch, hub Lifting, Blob, COC Grippers… but maybe we a missing out something that was a classic grip feat in the past? I don't see a lot of people trying the brick stack lift like Herman Görner was great at. Ironmind actually makes an implement called "The stacker" or something like that. However I don't think I've ever seen anyone using it. I've been curious about this strength feat for a while. Going to try it if I can find some cheap bricks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Kellersmann Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 11 hours ago, Fist of Fury said: I don't see a lot of people trying the brick stack lift like Herman Görner was great at. Ironmind actually makes an implement called "The stacker" or something like that. However I don't think I've ever seen anyone using it. I've been curious about this strength feat for a while. Going to try it if I can find some cheap bricks. Good Point. I think the plate curl may be similar to the brick lift/stacker in terms of what kind of strength is needed. For spectators the brick lift would be a nice competition lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, Florian Kellersmann said: Good Point. I think the plate curl may be similar to the brick lift/stacker in terms of what kind of strength is needed. For spectators the brick lift would be a nice competition lift. Yes, what plate should be considered world class though? I've only seen two people plate curling a 20 kg/45 lbs plate. Adam Glass and Nathan Holle.... Seems like 15 kg/35 lbs should be considered very strong? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Kellersmann Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, Fist of Fury said: Yes, what plate should be considered world class though? I've only seen two people plate curling a 20 kg/45 lbs plate. Adam Glass and Nathan Holle.... Seems like 15 kg/35 lbs should be considered very strong? I just checked the format of the bricks described in Goerner the Mighty. I also read about the historical german formats of bricks. They are not identical, but close. One brick of "altes Reichsformat" should be about 3.8kg. It shouldn't be hard to get some old bricks of this format to try the orignal feat out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 5/24/2020 at 11:58 AM, Florian Kellersmann said: I just checked the format of the bricks described in Goerner the Mighty. I also read about the historical german formats of bricks. They are not identical, but close. One brick of "altes Reichsformat" should be about 3.8kg. It shouldn't be hard to get some old bricks of this format to try the orignal feat out. I tried this today. I found some bricks. They were around 2.8 kg each. I managed four bricks plus the brick on the bottom. In total it was 13.75 kg. I'm not good at this, I can only plate curl 10 kg (olympic size) plates. It was fun trying it tho, I might train it just for fun. It's a good exercise after all. It would be interesting to see if someone can beat Hermann in this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawadhi Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 5/24/2020 at 12:32 AM, Florian Kellersmann said: I am wondering if we neglect some "classic grip feats" nowadays. If I think about classic grip feats I think about thickbar (Inch), plate pinch, hub Lifting, Blob, COC Grippers… but maybe we a missing out something that was a classic grip feat in the past? 2 hand pinch, anvil lift and red nail 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber511 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 When I worked construction the most popular "feats of strength" were sledge hammer lifts and levers, and plywood lifts. Plywood lifts are rarely done in competition (I had it in the Gripmas Medley and it stopped many strong guys.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magiclifts321 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 https://www.t-nation.com/training/big-forearms-crushing-grip/ https://www.t-nation.com/training/massive-forearms-strong-grip/ https://www.t-nation.com/training/old-school-grip-training/ https://www.t-nation.com/training/how-to-build-a-monster-grip/ some solid beginner grip strength articles on t nation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageWeightsPGH Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 I’m always so impressed, Joe. Thank you for this list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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