Emsquared Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 (edited) Today I had the pleasure of competing with some of the great grip people from this board at Brian Carlton's "Feats with Hands". I placed 4th in this competition, Dave Ostlund placed 1st, Jeff Peterson placed 2nd Jeff Bissonnette placed 3rd, and Jason Adamski placed 5th. This contest was an overall awesome sucess there was 11 competitors, 2 of which were women who made some very good lifts. Pictures and video clips to come soon. Some good lifts were, Jason Adamski's 45lbs Hub lift, and did not even need his 3rd attempt. Jeff Bissonnette's 400lbs Appollons Axle deadlift with no hook grip and double overhand grip. 3 people (Matt Makousky, Jeff Peterson, and Dave Ostlund got the 45lbs Blob to a full deadlock position. Jeff Peterson did a #3 COC dime hold for approx. 13 seconds. Matt Edited August 31, 2003 by Emsquared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Does anyone else in South Florida even train grip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Horne Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Well done Brian for running the contest, and big congrats to all who competed. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Does anyone else in South Florida even train grip! Don't feel like you're all alone in your aloneness. I seem to be going it solo in north Texas for the time being, until Strongmitts moves here in December. Yes, congrats to all who competed. Can't wait for the photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Matt Congrats to all Did the Grip Goddess compete,if so,way to go Maggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Congrats to Brian and all competitors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Brian, Was the brick lift included? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emsquared Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 MattCongrats to all Did the Grip Goddess compete,if so,way to go Maggie Gazza, yes the Grip Goddess did compete. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongmitts Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Eric, can't wait 'til I get over there! We are gonna hit it hard! It's great to know I will be able to do some training with a like minded individual. Chris Caffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffPeterson Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 The IM stacker was included. It was a really fun contest. It's too bad there are not more of them. Matt can I buy a copy of the tape from you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bseedot Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Yes Joe, I went ahead with the IM Stacker. There was never any doubt that I'd use it, I was just concerned about the variations of how the lift can be performed. It turned out that everyone was basically training it the same way so I had no hard decisions to make. ::whew!:: Still, it was by far the most difficult event to judge. It was a little weird, but very interesting, to be on the 'other side' of the competition. No one yelled at me so I'm hoping that that means everyone thought I was a fair judge. The contest was great fun, in my opinion it was a success, and I've already begun planning for next year's contest. The full placings are as follows: 1) David Ostlund- 13 pts. 2) Jeff Peterson- 14 pts. 3) Jeff Bissonnette- 16 pts. 4) Matt Makousky- 16 pts. 5) Jason Adamski- 18 pts. 6) Aaron Boesch- 23 pts. 7) Joe Peterson- 33 pts. 8) Jeff Ford- 38 pts. 9) Daniel Peterson- 44 pts. 10) Nadia Johnson- 50 pts. 11) Maggie Godfrey- 52 pts. There was a tie for 3rd place, with Jeff Bissonnette edging out Matt Makousky because Jeff had won an event and Matt did not. Jeff Peterson won the COC dime-hold event (#3 for 13.81 seconds), Jeff Bissonnette the Apollon's Axle DL (400 lbs.), David Ostlund The Stacker (36.25 lbs.), Jason Adamski the IM Hub-style pinch (45 lbs.), and David Ostlund the blob DL (45 lbs.) Since three people pulled up the 45 blob the event was given to David because he got it on his 2nd attempt while Jeff P. and Matt got it on their 3rd attempt. Each event winner received a one year subscription to M.I.L.O. or a $40 gift certificate from IronMind. David Ostlund, being the overall winner, also received a IM Go-Really-Grip machine, a Fat Bastard 2" wrist roller, one of each of the four grip books from Super Strength Books, and a gripper rack of his choosing. I want to thank all of the sponsors, IronMind (who was also kind enough to post the results literally 15 minutes after the contest ended! Far faster than I could have gotten the results released on my own.), Fat Bastard Barbell Co., Super Strength Books, Uptown Tattoo, and S&H Woodworking. Thanks to all the competitors and the few spectators who came for participating. I hope it was worth everyone's time. Next year I hope to be competing as well! BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bseedot Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Oh yeah... and Joe, you'll be very pleased to know that there happened to be a clock on the wall directly behind the competitors and a large percentage of the pictures include the clock in them. You'll know the time of the lift, right down to the second. BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Sounds like your contest was a super success!! I like the variety of events-some cool lifts in there. Congrats to all! Rick Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emsquared Posted September 1, 2003 Author Share Posted September 1, 2003 (edited) For all of those wanting a copy of the "Feats with Hands" contest video tape I will have them available soon. The cost will be $5.00 for the competitors and $12.00 for non-competitors, and that will include S&H. Please E-mail me at MMakosky@mn.rr.com with all of your information, quantity, address to ship to (for non-competitors) and any other questions. Thanks Matt Edited September 1, 2003 by Emsquared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Brian Realy nice photos Once again a big congrats to all the contestants,good job on getting some of the LADIES to compete Brian,i bet you were itchin to have a go yourself. Good job on getting IRONMIND to help you out with the prizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwylie1 Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Well done to all those who competed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqeezeMasterFlash Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 This was my first contest and it was a blast! Thanks to Brian for putting this together. Can't wait for next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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