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The Road to the Record Documentary DVD

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Photo Courtesy Michelle Carns

In December 2009, I set a new World Record in the Two Hands Pinch Lift with 256.04 lbs after many years of trying. The picture above shows the record breaking lift.

This was one of the main focuses of my training for quite some time and finally breaking the record was a tremendous thrill for me.

For whatever reason, during my training for the Gripmas Carol, I felt more confident than I ever had been. My left thumb, which gave me trouble throughout much of 2009, for some reason felt better after Nationals, adding to my confidence.

One day, Smitty said to me, “Man could you imagine if you taped all of your workouts from now until December. You could have a complete documentary if you actually break the record.”

With that, I promptly looked him straight in the eye and told him, “What do you mean IF I break the record…?”

At that point in time, the plan was clear. From October until December, I video-taped during all the pinch workouts I did. Almost every single set and rep got recorded.

I felt so good about my training, I began thinking about the record even more each day. I was falling asleep at night thinking about the record, dreaming about it, and seeing visions of it as I woke up in the morning.

During that period I did stuff in my training that I never did before: used different rep schemes, used different movement patterns, and used different movement patterns.

After the contest was over, I immediately went to work editing the video. It wasn’t long before everything was put together how I wanted it, from Day One of the Documentary where I stated my plan for the next 3 months of training, to the day of the contest when I set the new mark.

The process is almost complete, and The Road to the Record is almost here.

If you act fast, you can pre-register for your copy. If you pre-register, you will get $10 off and there’s no shipping charge. To take advantage of this introductory offer, just do one of two things.

1. Send in the mail. Fill out a check or money order for the introductory price of $27 (within the United States) or $37 (for international orders). You can send it to me at the following address:

Jedd Johnson
PO Box 806
Wyalusing PA 18853

or

2. Send with Paypal. You can send it to jedd (dot) diesel (at) gmail (dot) com, or click the button below
for US orders:

or here for International orders:

The Road to the Record will be ready soon. In it, you will see the exact workouts I did leading up to contest day and the lengths I went to in order to build the thumb strength I needed to break the record.

So, for the next few weeks or so, you have the opportunity to pre-order for the discount and free shipping. You have to complete the pre-order by April 1, 2010

Fast Action Bonus 1

In addition to the discount and the free shipping, the name of every single person who pre-orders The Road to the Record DVD will be thrown into a hat and the person who I choose will receive a one-on-one coaching call with me. In this coaching call you can ask me anything about training, business, websites, etc. You can’t put a price tag on that.

Fast Action Bonus 2

In addition to the one-on-one coaching call, the winner will also get 6 months of free access to my website, TheGripAuthority.com, where I cover everything from the tactics I use to build my grip, feats of strength instruction like tearing phone books and pinching two 45’s, as well as recuperative strategies and injury prevention tactics: everything you need to know to build World Class Grip Strength.

Time to train!

-Jedd-

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Diesel Video – The New Two Hands Pinch Record

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Photo Courtesy Michelle Carns – Thank you for capturing my happiest moment in Grip in years…

History is Made – A New Record in the Two Hands Pinch

As you saw in one of the recent posts below, this past weekend I set a new world record in the Two Hands Pinch – 256 lbs.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AFTER THE JUMP (more…)

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Woodall Grip Highlights

Friday, June 26th, 2009

On June 20th, I went to Athens Georgia for the First Annual Woodall Grip Strength Challenge.

Below are some of the video clips from the contest.

Two Hands Pinch

The most common test of Pinch Strength is the Two Hands Pinch. The Two Hands Pinch is two 6 mm steel plates with rubber inserts between them.

The inserts are 6mm and 10mm and can be used to vary the thickness of the implement to allow the competitors to use widths that compliment the size of their hands.

There is a hole inside of the plates and inserts to allow for extra weight to be added on.

The objective is to grab the implement with both hands in a pinch grip and lift the implement high enough for the pipe to touch the cross bar 16.5 inches off the ground.

Here, I pinch 230, 240, and 245 pounds (on the second try).

This was by far the most I was ever pumped for a grip contest. The crowd was into it, the competitors were behind me, and I was feeling surprisingly well considering the woes I have been experiencing due to my thumb injury.

The next event was the Axle. The highlight of this event was Andrew Durniat breaking his own world record with a lift of 460+. He then went for 470+ and got it to knee height!

Next was the Rolling Thunder. Steve Gardener, Chad Woodall and Andrew Durniat all lifted ridiculous weight in this event.

The last event was the medley and it was sick. I had a rough time, but Chad got all but one implement, the shallow 45-lb hub. What a spectacle to watch.

After the event, we tried a few feats of strength. I did not do much because my back was killing me, but I did try my hand at the number 4 gripper that Aaron Corcorran brought. It is on the lighter end of the spectrum, but it still has a #4 stamped on the bottom, so getting it as close as I did gave me a good rush.

In this clip, several dudes try the number 4, but Steve Gardener actually closes two of them. Both Aaron’s and John Eaton’s which came out at 199 lbs. on a calibrator.

This was a great contest. I have more clips so make sure you sign up for our Feedburner email notifications so you don’t miss out when I post them. That is right up at the upper right hand side.

All the best in your training,

-Jedd-

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