Ryan Whiting Olympic Shotputter Grip

[Jeff Parker]

Stumbled across this video on YouTube of Olympic Shotputter Ryan Whiting doing grip. He doesn't show much, but has some grippers and says he can close the 3.5 right and the 3 left. He doesn't mention the set he uses but does mention he knows about certs for them so probably not real deep sets. Really strong overall guy, 550 bench at 6'3 or 6'4 squat high 600s or more. Obviously very explosive power, one of the best in the world right now in shot.

Video link here http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4fXOrXm7pk

[EJ Livesey]

Pretty informative video.

[king crusher]

Pretty cool. That knife looking thing he's rubbing his arm with. Strange. Wonder if that thing does anything?

[Shoggoth]

Them throwers are a pretty impressive group of athletes

[acorn]

I haven't met Mr. Whiting personally but I have known and trained with a few Olympic level throwers over the years. In the Hammer, Discus and Shotput. Generally they are beasts. I wasn't Olympic level but I was pretty high on the Collegiate level in the Hammer and Indoor Weight throw and even my Freshman year of college was putting to shame the best Football players we had in lifting and explosive testing like Vertical Jump, sprints and standing long jump. Being able to throw heavy stuff far often is not just strength, but culmination of strength, explosive power, speed, and accurate awareness of body position during incredibly fast movements. High level throwers are often wired a bit different and able to use a greater percentage of available muscle as well.

Just based on my own experiences.

Edited December 22, 2014 by acorn

[Jörg Keilbach]

Pretty cool. That knife looking thing he's rubbing his arm with. Strange. Wonder if that thing does anything?

I rubed my injured lower arm with some Blue Lotion and a screw-wrench like this three times a day the last few days. It feels better!