The Movement Minneapolis Decathlon 2011 Results

I wanted to create an experience to spark interest in future grip athletes and to push current grip athletes. I believe the Grip Decathlon was a good first rep towards this goal.

The events for this years competition were two hands pinch deadlift, grippers from a parallel set, overhand axle deadlift, 2″ vertical bar lift, one hand plateau buster lift, coin pinch, rim lift, middle finger lift, 60 second repetition pinch and a medley.

We had three classes- advanced for experienced grip competitors, open for newer athletes to the sport, and a womens class.

17 People came out to the event.

Movement Minneapolis Grip Decathlon 2011

I will list off everyones best numbers and placement. All numbers are in pounds.

Total points possible was 1,000

Advanced class:

1st place Adam Glass. 987  points. THP- 222 , gripper- 179, Axle – 407.5, V Bar – 305, PBDL – 563 lbs, rim – 200, coin – 37.5, finger lift – 204, repetition pinch – 39 reps, medley 28 out of 29.

2nd place Chris Mathison. 889 points. THP – 182 lbs, gripper – 179, axle – 350, V Bar – 250, PBDL – 423, rim – 170, coin – 30, finger lift – 234, repetition pinch – 39 reps, medley 28 out of 29.

3rd place Ryan Pitts. 736 points. THP – 152, gripper – 142, axle – 285, V Bar – 205, PBDL – 383, rim – 150, coin – 25, finger lift – 199, repetition pinch – 34, medley 19.5 out of 29.

4th place Matt Cannon. 714 points. THP – 152, gripper – 149, axle – 250, V Bar – 215, PBDL – 323, rim – 140, coin – 30, finger lift – 194, repetition pinch – 34, medley 15 out of 29.

Open Class:

1st place Will Williams. 957 points. THP – 165, gripper – 114, axle – 320, V Bar – 165, PBDL – 363, rim – 155, Coin – 25, finger lift – 175, repetition pinch – 26, medley 18 out of 29.

2nd place David Dellanave. 893 points. THP – 127, gripper – 116, axle – 285, V Bar – 190, PBDL – 333, rim – 155, coin – 20, finger lift – 144, repetition pinch – 30, medley 17 out of 29.

3rd place Jesse Bond. 856 points. THP – 130, gripper – 119, axle – 270, V Bar – 220, PBDL – 343, rim – 125, coin – 25, finger lift – 94, repetition pinch – 21, medley 17 out of 29.

4th place Joe Tebbe. 793 points. THP – 127, gripper – 84, axle – 260, V Bar – 190, PBDL – 343, rim – 125, coin – 22.5, finger lift – 124, repetition pinch – 16, medley 16 out of 29.

5th place Brad Ellingson. 775 points. THP – 117, gripper – 89, axle – 275, V Bar – 165, PBDL – 353, rim – 130, coin – 17.5, finger lift – 134, repetition pinch – 24, medley 11 out of 29.

6th place Mike Nelson. 723 points. THP – 117, gripper – 70, axle – 215, V Bar – 180, PBDL – 323, rim – 130, coin – 22.5, finger lift – 94, repetition pinch – 20, medley 11 out of 29.

7th place Mark Trammel. 371 points. THP – 100, gripper – 54, axle – 275, V Bar – 200, PBDL – 323, rim – 0, coin – 0, finger lift – 0, repetition pinch – 0, medley 0.

8th Cliff Hanson. 345 points. THP – 107, gripper – 84, axle – 205, V Bar – 150, PBDL – 283, rim – 0, coin – 0, finger lift – 0, repetition pinch – 0, medley 0.

9th place Kevin Hayden. 221 points. THP – 97, gripper – 54, axle – 185, V Bar – 130, PBDL – 0, rim – 0, coin – 0, repetition pinch – 0, medley -0.

Womens Class:

1st place Kathi Burger. 884 points. THP – 105.5, gripper – 84, axle – 185, V Bar – 160, PBDL – 290, rim – 0, coin – 12.5, finger lift – 95, medley 8.5 out of 29.

2nd place Sam Trammel. 645 points. THP – 70.5, gripper – 0, axle – 175, V bar – 125, PBDL – 230, rim – 95, coin – 10, finger lift – 70, medley 0.

3rd place Erika Mundinger. 477 points. THP 0, gripper – 0, axle – 125, V Bar – 100, PBDL – 150, rim – 75, coin – 10, finger lift – 80, medley 4.5 out of 29.

4th place Sarah Gruber. 413 points. THP – 60.5, gripper – 0, axle – 95, V Bar – 80, PBDL – 125, rim – 70, coin – 8.5, finger lift – 55, medley 1 out of 29.

The event was an epic fun time.

For me personally this competition was a mile stone for several PRs.

At Metro Flex Mayhem in Ft Worth (Jan 2011) I pinched 211, closed 165 (MM2 replica), lifted 383 axle. Total from that is 759 lbs.

Grip Decathlon (May 2011) pinch 222, closed 179 (Elite owned by Cannon), lifted 407.5 axle, total this time was 808 lbs.

Fellow grip athletes- have you improved your total by 50 lbs in the last 5 months? If not, maybe it’s time you hire me.

Waiting to get better sucks, it’s much better to PR every single day with Gym Movement

In the NAGSA an 800 lbs total is elite. Only a handful of men have done this in competition and I am proud to enter their ranks.

My plateau buster lift of 563 was an absolute PR for me. I was very happy with my medley performance as I was able to stay calm and relaxed through all events.

I have three hours of footage of lifts. I am going to load them on Youtube over the next week.

I will put up footage over the week.

On to the Virtual Contest

For those on my news letter you know I sent out a challenge this week. Post your videos on this article (those who put them up yesterday do not need to do so again) and I will begin putting them up. I will announce the Winners on Wednesday.

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