Opening fishing versus Strongest hands

Greetings all,

Last Saturday May 14th was an awesome day for me as Adam Glass hosted a grip competition at the Movement Minneapolis. While a large number of people took off for up north to go fishing (in the cold, wet & windy weather) I was safely tucked away in a gym with 17 other grip enthusiasts. It's amazing how one group of people could be that cool! Seriously, the people who showed up were just super and very supportive.

My 5th place finish ended up like this: 775 points. THP – 117, gripper – 84, axle – 275, V Bar – 165, PBDL – 353, rim – 130, coin – 17.5, finger lift – 134, repetition pinch – 24, medley 11 out of 29. While these aren't world records by any means, the majority were PRs. My V Bar stunk for some reason, down 25# and my two hand pinch of 117 was quite a bit less than my gym PR of 134. But my gripper was up, my axle was 10pounds off my best but it went way smoother. My repetition pinch went from 13 to 24! The final event was the medley, which was awesome although I felt I did poorly. Lots to improve upon, but again, just a little better all the time.

Adam, as usual, smoked everyone in the meet and totaled "world class." The things he is doing at just over 200#s is utterly amazing. Check out his performance in the medley:


So bottom line, it just goes to prove this gym movement stuff is for real. My lifts keep improving overall. At the TSC in April I PR'd in DL (410) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqEoA74TFyQ
and snatches (88). I also got 9 pullups even though I have been battling shoulder problems and did two pullup workouts over the last 4 months. Don't get greedy, listen to your body and you too will be rewarded.