On Saturday in Minneapolis we lifted for the Master of Horror Grip Contest, then Sunday morning in Finland the Grip Monster team added in their numbers. Here are the details.
Who has the killer's grip?
Epana Gym Kirkkonummi and Movement Minneapolis, MN USA
Sunday 4.8.12 (USA) 5.8 2012 (Finland)
Starting Time (10 AM USA) 12 PM Finland
Contest Results:
TOP 3
1. Adam T Glass 8p
2. Matti Harju 11p
3. Matti Heiskanen 11.5p
4. Juha Harju 18p
5. Joe Goodin 19p
6. Matt Brouse 21p
7. Jussi Parpala 22p
8. Petri Partanen 23.5p
8. Juha Piironen 23.5p
9. Matt Cannon 26p
10. Ryan Maier 32.5p
10. Joe Yunker 32.5p
11. Matt D Bell 33p
12. Jason Masse 40p
13. Jacob Eggleton 43.5p
14. Jason Baynes 45p
15. Josh Freeman 47.5p
16. Jeff Nolan 51.5p
17. Tomas Valverde 54p
Women TOP 3
1. Yvonne Häkkinen 3p
2. Alicia Maart 6p
3. Lyndsy Gumz 9p
Competitors:
Juha Piironen 138.4kg, 30 years
Juha Harju 131.0kg, 39
Jussi Parpala 102.1kg, 28
Matti Heiskanen 96.6kg, 44
Matti Harju 93.7kg, 32
Petri Partanen 92.2kg, 35
Tomas Valverde 80.7kg, 24
Ryan Maier 121.11 kg, 32
Matt Brouse 115.66 kg, 27
Joe Yunker 104.78 kg, 34
Jason Masse 103.42 kg, 37
Matt D Bell 101.6 kg, 33
Adam T Glass 101.15kg, 29
Jeff Nolan 97.06 kg, 26
Joe Goodin 96.16 kg, 30
Jason Baynes 83.91 kg
Josh Freeman 80.28 kg, 31
Jacob Eggleton 74.84 kg, 26
Matt Cannon 66.67 kg, 34
Women
Yvonne Häkkinen 84.8kg 32
Alicia Maart 97.06 kg, 34
Lyndsy Gumz 87.99 kg 31
World of Grip Shallow Hub Lift – Master of Horror Grip
1. Juha Harju 26.480kg
2. Matti Heiskanen 25.980kg WR 105 kg class
3. Jussi Parpala 25.480kg
4. Petri Partanen 24.980kg WR 93kg class
5. Matti Harju 23.180kg
6. Adam T Glass 22.130 kg
7. Juha Piironen 21.5kg
8. Matt Cannon 19.960 kg
9. Matt D Bell 17.350 kg
10. Joe Goodin 17.1 kg
11. Jason Masse 15.530 kg
12. Ryan Maier 15.430 kg
12. Matt Brouse 15.430 kg
12. Joe Yunker 15.430 kg
12. Josh Freeman 15.430 kg
13. Tomas Valverde 14.760kg
14. Jacob Eggleton 13.230 kg
15. Jason Baynes 11.020 kg
16. Jeff Nolan 10.890 kg
1. Yvonne Häkkinen 12.260kg
2. Alicia Maart 10.890 kg
3. Lyndsy Gumz 9.040 kg
Ironmind Hub Lift – Master of Horror Grip
Men
1. Adam T Glass IM Hub 32.060 kg
2. Matti Harju IM Hub 30.020 kg
3. Matti Heiskanen IM Hub 27.280 kg
4. Joe Goodin IM Hub 26.670 kg
5. Matt Brouse IM Hub 25.090 kg
5. Joe Yunker IM Hub 25.090 kg
5. Matt Cannon IM Hub 25.090 kg
6. Matt D Bell IM Hub 24.510 kg
7. Jussi Parpala IM Hub 22.980 kg
8. Juha Piironen IM Hub 22.740 kg
9. Ryan Maier IM Hub 22.730 kg
10. Jason Masse IM Hub 20.840 kg
11. Petri Partanen IM Hub 20.500 kg
12. Jacob Eggleton IM Hub 20.490 kg
13. Juha Harju IM Hub 20.260 kg
14. Jason Baynes IM Hub 18.590 kg
15. Josh Freeman IM Hub 18.500 kg
16. Jeff Nolan IM Hub 18.300 kg
17. Tomas Valverde IM Hub 14,220 kg
Women
1. Yvonne Häkkinen IM Hub 14.220 kg
2. Alicia Maart IM Hub 13.880 kg
3. Lyndsy Gumz IM Hub 12.680 kg
Ironmind Rolling Thunder Lift – Master of Horror Grip
1. Adam T Glass IM RT 104.15 kg
I was very happy to be able to take 1st position in the contest, doing two hub events was an interesting twist on the contest
2. Juha Harju IM RT 100 kg
3. Matt Brouse IM RT 99.62 kg
4. Matti Harju IM RT 82,5 kg
5. Joe Goodin IM RT 80.74 kg
6. Matti Heiskanen IM RT 75 kg
6. Juha Piironen IM RT 75 kg
6. Petri Partanen IM RT 75 kg
7. Ryan Maier IM RT 74.29 kg
8. Jussi Parpala IM RT 70 kg
9. Jason Baynes IM RT 67.08 kg
10. Jacob Eggleton IM RT 65.13 kg
10. Matt Cannon IM RT 65.13 kg
11. Jeff Nolan IM RT 62.62 kg
11. Joe Yunker IM RT 62.62 kg
12. Matt D Bell IM RT 62.61 kg
13. Jason Masse IM RT 62.53 kg
14. Josh Freeman IM RT 57.85 kg
15. Tomas Valverde IM RT 55 kg
Women
1. Yvonne Häkkinen IM RT 60 kg
2. Alicia Maart IM RT 48.75 kg
3. Lyndsy Gumz IM RT 32.44 kg
Promoters / judges
Juha Harju Finland
Juha is Finlands Grip Champion. He just this month closed the Mash Monster 6 gripper and is strong in all areas of hand strength as well as an accomplished Power lifter (750 Sq/710 dl/ 515 BP)
Adam T. Glass Minneapolis, USA.
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