Chad Gustin Retakes the Rolling Thunder Pullup Total Weight World Record

[Mashmonster268]

I was there as a witness and a judge. Great performance by Chad! 

[Mashmonster268]

@Chad Gustin

[mcalpine1986]

Now that is impressive, it was a nice smooth controlled rep as well. 

I wonder how well those handles RT spin, every RT I've used varied.

I'd love to see this guy try a max on an grip genie RGT. 

[stranger]

Wow, great job ! Super impressive! 

[Mashmonster268]

9 hours ago, mcalpine1986 said:

Now that is impressive, it was a nice smooth controlled rep as well. 

I wonder how well those handles RT spin, every RT I've used varied.

I'd love to see this guy try a max on an grip genie RGT. 

Chad has 3 RT handles.  All 3 are the newer version.  All 3 spin very well and don't seem to have any chalk buildup on the insides to prevent rotation.  He loaned me one of them after the contest, and I pulled 10lbs less (after a 3 day rest) than I pulled on the 2.25" Crusher, which is pretty stunning in my opinion.  I won't get into Chad's 2.25" Crusher numbers, because the contest is still ongoing.  

[mcalpine1986]

1 hour ago, Mashmonster268 said:

Chad has 3 RT handles.  All 3 are the newer version.  All 3 spin very well and don't seem to have any chalk buildup on the insides to prevent rotation.  He loaned me one of them after the contest, and I pulled 10lbs less (after a 3 day rest) than I pulled on the 2.25" Crusher, which is pretty stunning in my opinion.  I won't get into Chad's 2.25" Crusher numbers, because the contest is still ongoing.  

Thanks, I've always found RT's inconsistent spin wise as far as rolling handles goes. These sound like good ones.

This guy is a beast, even a normal bar pullup at 385lbs total weight is very good never mind on rolling handles. 

Edited October 26, 2023 by mcalpine1986

[Allen Heineck]

Was this the video submitted to Ironmind?

[Mashmonster268]

1 hour ago, Allen Heineck said:

Was this the video submitted to Ironmind?

It was at least one of the videos submitted to IronMind.  I think there were 4 videos taken of different angles.  The video I took was only of the pullup from the side view.  No weighing of him or the additional weights.  The front video was taken by Chad's wife. 

The video as you see it was copied from IronMind's YouTube account.