Strongman, dangerballer, and grip freak extraordinaire Andrew Durniat gave a demo after a kettlebell meet this past weekend.
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Not to show the guy up, but I didn't know that was a grip strength feat. I actually did that with an old pan years ago. I was moving to a new house and throwing an old skillet away, and for some reason I felt compelled to roll it up. My grip is decent since I've been a guitarist, rock climber and amateur sports massage therapist for years, but I didn't think rolling a skillet was all that difficult. It's more of a trick of leverage.
Now the sledge hammer trick is pretty impressive. I doubt seriously that I would be able to do that. Since I have a few sledges at my gym I will have to try one tomorrow. I'll start with the 8-pounder and work up from there.
For me true test of hand strength is at my local rock climbing gym. They have a 45 degree overhanging 20 foot long track for the hands only! You can't hook your fingers over a lip... You can only do it by being able to squeeze your finger tips against your thumbs on 45-degree square-shaped rungs, and you have to be able to pull yourself up hand over hand with no assistance from your feet. I just did about a third of it today (I'm a little rusty and I weigh about 180). There are guys there who can do that like it's nothing.
My son climbed at the climbing gym today till his forearms gave out (took two and a half hours of straight climbing to do it). I took him climbing the last two days in a row, and he did great! Yesterday we climbed on real rock at Shinall Mountain.
If you want to find out just how strong your grip is, try "Lumberjack" at Shinall (5.11, MAJOR overhang). I have never had anything test the endurance of my hands and forearms more than that climb did (haven't climbed it in a few years though).
If you want to test your nerves, have a 75 pound 10 year old boy anchored to a rock -- who has never used an ATC -- belay for you for the very first time in his life. It's the closest equivalent I can remember to free-soloing. The route we did was not particularly difficult (5.9-ish), but realizing that my life was in the hands of a sometimes-unfocused child made me feel alive! When you know you cannot fall it really fatigues you fast.
It also made me realize how much I need to get a gris-gris. That is on the list before next weekend. I'd like to get him climbing at least 5.7's by the end of summer, and to be back to at least 5.10+ myself.
Not to show the guy up, but I didn't know that was a grip strength feat. I actually did that with an old pan years ago. I was moving to a new house and throwing an old skillet away, and for some reason I felt compelled to roll it up. My grip is decent since I've been a guitarist, rock climber and amateur sports massage therapist for years, but I didn't think rolling a skillet was all that difficult. It's more of a trick of leverage.
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A friend of mine played college ball with Ed O'neill at Youngstown State. Ed was offerd a tryout by the Steelers, but chose Hollywood instead.
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Ed is also a blackbelt in Brazilian Jiujitsu under Rorian Gracie - so he probably has really good grip strength from grabbing the gi all the time. Not Durniat strong, but likely pretty decent.
What was that, about 4 degrees there?
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
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Andrew competed in a strongman comp this past weekend - check out his one arm deadlifts:
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I was tired heading into today. I think it was from National All-Around Championships I competed in yesterday. These were some different lifts and I'm glad I was able to experience it first hand.
The first event was the 1-arm clean and jerk with a standard bar. I was able to manage 60kg pretty easily and then spun around like a top after cleaning 70kg because I was off balance apparently. Our second event was the Pullover and Press. It was more of a roll over your face, pivot on your elbows and then a major bridging floor press. I stopped at 70kg knowing My elbows were not use to that stress. Third up was the Zercher, we would deadlift the bar to our knees and then continue lifting with the bar resting in the crooks of our elbows. I managed 170kg (374lbs.) and have the bruises to prove it. Next was an event suited for me, 1-arm Deadlift. I pulled 200kg (440lbs.) on a standard straight bar with my left arm (hook grip), and 195kg (429lbs.) on my right (hook grip). According to the USAWA records they had on hand, both of those lifts qualified as records. Previously it was 375lbs. on the left and 425lbs. on the right. The last event for the day was the hip lift. This is a minimal range of motion lift and I managed 1700lbs. We ran out of room on the bar and were balancing plates on top, another guy did 1800lbs.
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Durniat's Grip Strength Demonstration
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