This weeks events
One hand deadlift on either Axle or single Fatgripz
Two hand pinch lift and hold with two 45 lbs plates
2″ vertical bar DL with standard V bar or loading pin
Standing strict curl with BB for maximum weight. Simple rule- no body English
ATG 213 OHADL, 340 Vbar, 45′s pinch 62 seconds, 165 Strict curl
Mike Sheehan 185 OHADL, 240 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 70 seconds, 150 lbs strict curl
Frank Berean 185 OHADL, 225 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 48 seconds, 140 lbs strict curl
Josh Hanagarne 180 OHADL, 190 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 45 seconds, 150 strict curl
Ryan Maier 145 OHADL, VBar: No Lifts, 45′s pinch – 39 seconds, 115 lbs strict curl
Tyler Staples OHDL w/fatgripz 135, 188 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 60 seconds, 110 strict curl
Steve meidlinger OHADL 150, 205 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 50 seconds, 110 strict curl
Kevin Knapp 115 OHADL, 190 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 17 seconds, 105 strict curl
Kris Wragg 104 OHADL, 170 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 19 seconds, 83 strict curl
Chris L 100lbs OHDL W/FatGripz, 170 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 50 seconds, 95 strict curl
Kevin 125lbs OHDL W/FatGripz, 165 Vbar, 45′s pinch- 36 seconds, 120 Strict curl
Nigel Zamora 95 lbs OHDL w/fatgrip 95lbs 165 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 15 seconds, 95 strict curl
Melody 95lbs regular one-handed deadlift, 105 Vbar, 45′s pinch – 22 seconds, 51 strict curl
Additionally we had a bit of a records day lifting comp on Sunday at Movement Minneapolis. We did bear hug deadlift, overhand axle, rolling thunder, griptopz coin, repetition dumbbell deadlift, and plate pinch and hold.
Robert Lorch – 335 Bearhug DL, 265 Axle, 147 Rolling Thunder, 25 Coin, 36 seconds pinch
Mike T Nelson – 220 Bearhug Dl, 245 Axle, 127 Rolling Thunder, 19.5 coin, 23 seconds pinch
Cliff Hansen – 210 Bearhug Dl, 220 Axle, 127 Rolling Thunder, 25.4 coin, 45 seconds pinch
Josh Freeman – 175 Bearhug Dl, 210 Axle, 122 Rolling Thunder, 19.5 Coin,
Nick Oswald – 220 Bearhug DL, 235 Axle, 127 Rolling Thunder, 22 Coin,
ATG – 315 Bearhug DL, 415 Axle, 227 Rolling Thunder, 43.9 Coin
ATG
NEXT CHALLENGE-
Farmers Walk w/100 lbs dumbbells or 48kg kettlebells * TIME Spent holding bells and walking, not distance.
Hang from pull up bar
No set close with COC Trainer or Vulcan Level 3
One hand pinch off floor, number of reps with sandwiched 25′s in 60 seconds (can switch hands at will)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-oqr6YIFIg&feature=share
Here are the results for Melody, Kevin, and myself:
Chris L
100lbs FatGripz one-handed deadlift
50.36 sec with 2x45lbs plates
170lbs 1″ V-bar deadlift
95lbs barbell curl
Melody
95lbs regular one-handed deadlift
22.56 sec with 40lbs pinch block
105lbs 1″ V-bar deadlift
51lbs barbell curl
Kevin
125lbs FatGripz one-handed deadlift; (130lbs pulled, but not locked out)
36.21 sec with 2×45 plates
165lbs 1″ V-bar deadlift
120lbs barbell curl
Had a great time, looking forward to the next one.
47kg one hand axle deadlift
19 sec hold with 2x20kg discs
77kg 2″ v-bar
37.5kg strict curl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8BCsjB7AkQ
Sad I had to miss this one. I’ll try to get my lifts in tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDn9DG9WRS0
115lb One hand Thick bar DL(75lb bar)
17sec Pinch hold w/ 2 45lb plates
190lb 2″ Vbar(left hand, handshake grip)
105lb Thick Bar Bicep Curl(75lb bar)
Thanks Adam, excited for the next one!
Axle DL: 180
Pinch hold with 45s: 45 seconds
Ironmind loading pin substituted for V bar: 190 lb. Really low, but lifted it from the floor.
Strict BB curl: 150. Nearly popped my eyes out, but that’s a PR.
Good times. Infinite room for improvement.
Two hand pinch hold – 50sec
One hand fat bar dead lift – 150lbs
2″ vertical bar – 205lbs
BB curl – 110lbs
http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveMeidinger11/videos
Apologies for the four separate videos. I am admittedly low-tech.
Steve, I accept your apology.
Thanks, Josh.
Lifted with Ryan M today. He’ll have to post his numbers as I don’t have them. He has a few videos too.
Fatgripz 1 Arm BB DL- 135
THP Hold- 60 secs
2″ V-bar- 188
BB curl- 110
BB curls tested great- I never do this exercise but will start working it in.
Here’s a few of Tyler’s lifts I was able to get.
My Grip has been effed lately. Not sure why. Scratched the 2″ V-bar all together cuz i couldnt get my opening weight off the ground.
Axle ONe Hand Lift: 145
VBar: No Lifts
2HP for time: (crap) :39
Strict Curl: 115
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdNRtPA-aTQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
One hand axle swager strength bar 185
2HP for time 48 seconds
Strict curl against wall 140
V-bar 225
Seeing as how these numbers are all unofficial, I decided not to try and break any world records or anything. With that said, be amazed…
One hand deadlift with a Fat Gripz: 95lbs (not surprised)
2″ vertical bar: 165lbs (a crushing defeat)
Two hand pinch and hold with two 45lbs plates: 15 seconds (you cannot have cake and ice cream)
Barbell curl: 95lbs (…don’t look at me that way)
Despite the glaringly low numbers, this ended up being a great learning experience for me, on top of being a lot of fun!
I had no real approach going into this, and that, as it seems, turned out to be my undoing. Apparently there’s something to the strategy of all this. (who knew?)
First, I did the one hand deadlift. I was neither surprised nor disappointed with the outcome. It was about what I expected. So, confident and undaunted, I moved on.
The rest of the lifting that afternoon, however, would not be so “uneventful.” Enter, the 2″ V bar. It was, for me, where everything fell apart! Now, I train the V bar from time to time, and I really like it. I’ve come a long way (pr before the events: 180lbs) from where I started (a wobbly 70lbs), so I felt pretty good about it. My third attempt was 165, and it felt easy. Easy enough that I was ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that I could pull 200 on my fourth attempt and net a 20lb pr. As it turns out, being “absolutely certain” of something has little to do with whether or not that something will ACTUALLY happen. So yeah, the 200… didn’t move. At all. But! The effort of TRYING to get it to move… wore my hands the freak out! Like really… the freak out! We’re talking game over here! At the time, I wasn’t fully aware of the degree to which I had just exhausted my meat hooks(medical term). I moved on to the pinch lift and hold and I knew FOR SURE that I wasn’t going to embarrass myself on this one. I train pinch deadlifts and rows as often as they test well for me, and yeah, I don’t mean to brag, but I do alright. (of course by “alright,” I mean, “can actually do them”) So I chalked up, sandwiched the stupid plates and… man, I couldn’t even get ‘em off the floor. What!? How could this be?! Oh yeah… I just strained my guts out trying to choke that there V bar off the ground! Determined not to accept defeat in the face of adversity, and intent on at least coming away with a time to post, I suffered my humiliation. It took all the strength that I had left to hold those two plates in the air for 15 lousy seconds. (I set them down very nicely however!) By the time I got to the curl, I was done for. All the high tension techniques in world wouldn’t have helped me out at that point. (but aren’t curls useless anyway?) So there it is. All in all… Freaking awesome!
The highlight of the day, for me, was that I took a fifth attempt on the V bar to see if I could pull 190 (like I should have done on my fourth attempt), and I got it! A 10lb pr! Happy day! (You can now have cake and ice cream!)
Thanks, Adam! I’ll be looking forward to next time!
Nigel, that has to be one of the funniest results post I’ve ever read. Thanks for the laughs, and 165 isn’t bad on the 2″ vbar. My max is 205 and I couldn’t even get 163 off the ground two inches. So, I feel your pain.
Did either of you test or have a couple warm up lifts to see which hand was stronger for the V-bar? I always do this for competitions when only one hand is to be used because sometimes you can surprise yourself and your stronger hand is not actually the strongest on every given day.
I did my V-bar left handed even though my strongest is usually the right, which was a good choice because I couldn’t budge my final weight with my right hand that day!
Kris,
I had the same experience with the Vbar, right hand couldn’t budge 190lb off the floor..I almost didn’t even try with the left(video shows this) then came back and pulled 190lb on the left pretty easily.
This has happened twice now in the past few months.
No. Since I was uncertain as to how that sort of thing (warm up lifts) would be handled at a real meet, I just went and did the lifts. In retrospect, it would have been to my advantage to do so. Thanks for the tip!
At an actual competition you can have as many warm up lifts as you want (within reason I guess?), I tend to get some lifts in a little lower than my first lift just to “get a feel”, and in some cases to help me decide whether to go lefty or righty
Ahhh… There’s that word again… “Pain.” The uncomfortable blessing I aim to resolve with every test! I’ve had some MAJOR pain problems clear up in the last year and a half using the things I’ve learned from Adam. I just happen to have a lot more that are still lingering on! Because of certain issues, I have to be very careful with anything grip related, which kinda bums me out. It keeps my numbers laughable(apparently!). I’m really focusing on getting those things out of the way though because I’ve come to discover that I love grip! (“What could be more awesome than picking things up and putting them back down?”) Anyway, I’m glad you got a laugh man! Good luck with the next events!
axle 185
2inch v bar 240
2 45 pound plates one minute 10 sec
strict curl 150lbs
Very strong Mike!
Adam,
Comparing the RB Adjustable Gripper to the Vulcan Gripper, Level 3 will be soft spring attached to notch 2 and notch 1, correct?
Thanks,
Chris
Where are you posting results from the next VLC? I did it on 1/27- too early?
FW 100 lbs DB- 1:28
Hang (overhand grip)- 1:14
Vulcan LV3- 21R/22L single set each hand
OHP- 24 reps
I’ll put up a post today for it, time moves fast