Monday, September 12, 2011

World's Strongest Hands - Leg 2

Competed this weekend at the Movement Gym.  Adam Glass was the host and ran a great contest!  Very well organized and ran quickly.  Here are my scores and some comments:

Vulcan @ 30mm
1) Level 9, good
2) Level 10, good
3) Level 11, miss
4) Level 11, good

>>> My fourth attempt for Level 11 was a battle.  I hit it probably 5 times and each time it gave just a little.  I couldn't believe I was able to bring it in.  Glad I stuck with the attempt.

2HP @ 58mm
1) 165.36, good
2) 172.85, good
3) 178.035, good
4) 183.215, miss

>>> I was a little gun-shy on this lift due to some back trouble.  However the lifts felt amazing.  Everything after the first attempt was a PR.  My previous best was 170 at Nationals.  I took a risk on the 4th lift based on how good the third lift felt.  I had roughly 181 loaded and then had Adam add two pounds at the last second.  I got air under 183.215 and that was very exciting.  I feel confident about going over 180 in Leg 3.

GripTopz Stub
1) 35.44, good
2) 37.93, good
3) 40.48, good
4) 41.79, good

>>> This was a good event for me, 12th overall.  I was actually hoping this would be good enough for an 82.5kg World Record, but Daniel Reinard stole that with a huge lift of 44.55.  I did get second in the class to his lift.  I had more in the tank too.  Video is below and I felt like I could have held this forever. 

GripTopz Coin
1) 32.06, good
2) 35.07, good
3) 37.03, miss
4) 37.03 miss

>>> I had high hopes for this lift!  35.07 was a very easy lift and 37.03 would have been a World Record.  I got it about halfway up on my 4th attempt, but it was not to be!  In heinsight, I should have tried for another safe number on the 3rd attempt, but 35.07 felt SOO light.  I finished 15th overall on this lift!  Video is below. 



   

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