@MdoubleHBx Older version Ironmind grippers had lower rgc and no ccs rule for certificate closing. Carl closed a harder CoC 4 from a much wider distance. Look at Carl channel. Please do some research
I almost get a 3 closed but barely move the 3.5. It feels like you'd have to bend steel with one hand! I'm just over 60 so even trying these once a week would probably reinjure my trigger finger. These COC truly get exponentially harder. Btw, the only thing that helped me repair my trigger finger was very hot water soaks. One day I'd like to meet the awesome Larry Wheels and try Brian Shaw's grip challenge. If I couldn't do it I believe one of my sons may. Thanks again for bringing us this cool content!
Hey Dennis, I developed trigger finger this year just over 40. It's my ring and middle finger on right side. Can you explain your process used to fix it?
@@raphaelness1239 it was my ring finger as well, right side..seems it happens to the dominant side most often, most used.I checked out all the videos and nothing worked, then by accident it went away after I started keeping my hand submerged while taking hot baths for all my spine injuries. Needed to do just to be able to do my part time work every morning. Helps reduce the pain meds. Anyway, after about 2 months or less it went away! Use as hot as tolerable and only for about 5 minutes once a day and no flexing or closing the painful joints. Good luck, hope it works!
@@c8myotomeit’s odd he did a 3 or 4 reps? Thought more at that credit card 4 strength. Holle has done more than 10 reps and many 4 coc closes with credit card
I'm not sure how many here know a lot about grippers but what this guy is doing is unbelievable. He literally has the strongest grip out of any human that has walked the earth. Insane!!
Back in the day I nearly closed the 3 but it was far, far from official. The set was nowhere near a credit card set and I still couldn't close it. That was after training grip for a couple years and a bit of juice to go with it. The 4 is MILES harder. I can't wrap my head around how he closed it. @@BaconIsNotBiceps
i truly believe the strongest people in the world are calm and humble. no need for boasting or any drama at all, they know who they are.. love seeing it, such a great guy
yup. the strongest guy I've ever known about was some older fella down in serbia. the guy could rip apart logs.. he didn't call himself the strongest, in his mind, everyone around the world would have to "compete" to determine, otherwise someone stronger than him, careless of it, could be walking around just enjoying regular life.
@@animalscars3799 he originally was a serb from Srpska Republika or Bosnia (whichever way you wanna call it) and settled late in Ridjevstica (Trstenik. he passed away almost a decade ago.
@MdoubleHBxLol saying this is nothing special at all, when this guy is the only person in the world who could even budge these grippers halfway out of 8 billion people right now
@MdoubleHBx literally everyone uses drugs tho.. vitamin tablets are a "drug".. anything chemically put together in pill or injectable form is a drug. They all give people advantages physically n mentally
Years ago the gym I train at had all the COCs. Just for fun I tried the #4. I might as well have been gripping titanium. To this day I find it amazing that anyone can even budge one never mind close it. I would not want to shake hands full grip with this man. He could literally shatter your hand.
If anyone is wondering, you can buy these exact certified CoC grippers with the round aluminum tags from cannon power works. That’s who rates and sells them.
In fact, the manufacturers ratings are based on the rough weight required to close a gripper, if weight was to hang by a strap, in the *middle* of the gripper length. The real ratings he describes are the actual weight needed to close a gripper, if the weight is hung from the *end* of the gripper (where your pinky would be). So it doesn't really come out of thin air, but for the purposes of comparison and sales, the larger number taken from the middle weight hang is taken
@MdoubleHBx every single athlete is on a "drug" now tho.. They all take enhancements of some kind, legal or not.. even 50 years ago, it would not have been possible.
@MdoubleHBxI think he's talking about the content he puts out, not his accolades - which are also extremely impressive, and he's open about steroid use at least
Ive closed the 3.5 with a deep set, but am light years from a #4. The difference between a 3.5 and 4 is greater than the difference between the 2 and the 3.....just some perspective. As crazy as this is, his ghp10 cert close is much more impressive
Ghp are harder to close and ghp 9 is slightly harder than COC#4 (even at the average gripers strenght ratings COC #4 i average 214 points nad the GHP 10 is 260 points)
I remember seeing Magnus Samuellson (Sweden) doing 2 reps with #4 in a video with Svend Carlsen. Two one reps though allmost back to back with very little rest if remember right. His hand was huge as well and the gripper couldnt really fit. Strongest arms or something like that is the video called on youtube. Incredible Strength in these guys who like grip training! Nice of you to share your grip Carl!
Awesome video, always great to see Larry showcasing the world of grip for the future to see. Carl is an astronomically strong. Extremely humble too. Great to see Larry still gets a kick out of seeing other strength disciplines on display. BTW, always found the GG6 to be easier than the 3.5 (extremely difficult gripper for me) , funny some people deal with different branded grippers better than others.
rolling thunder lets see if he can do more than mark felix 146kg ;) or lets see if he can pinch 2x25kg steel rogue plates i think it would be more impressive
Crazy grip power. Carl is a Sasquatch ! I just started testing my grip at 47 years old. Been a casual lifter and done things like arm wrestling training, kickboxing and lots of firewood. I'm about 5'11" and 185 lbs. My best so far is 162.2 lbs. I think my goal is 175lbs. Unreal how strong some humans can get.
Yeah that would have been cool, missed opportunity. Or maybe they asked and he said no because he was very specifically aiming for those top sets (three!) with the number four gripper and didn't want to waste strength and energy on the meter?
I've been waiting for Carl to star on someone's youtube - he's a beast, not only with grip, but his other lifts too. Get him on the arm wrestling table! Derek Smith lives near him....
Please larry let him try the dynamo meter squeeze.. I would like tos ee how much the dynamic strength in grippers correlates to the dynomemeter too compare with vitaly static grip
@@c8myotome yeah i believe that squeezing statically straight down is different than dynamic angled squeezing.. Plus the technique and all that however their is a bit of correlation i doubt somebody can squeeze number 4 and not squeeze at least 120 - 130 kg on dyno even first time but yeah im not sure if he can break vitaly record.. Vitaly static grip is higher than ivan's who can also squeeze number 4 from deep set.. Even larry can squeeze up to 125 kg on dyno with good technique and when fresh and ivan has like 10-15 kg more.. Larry can barely close number 3 on a good day so definitely they are different
@@c8myotome ok that's a live example lol cool.. Yeah larry can barely close a 3 and got 120 - 125 kg as his best on dynamometer.. Hand size, lever and static vs dynamic is the difference.. You probably can do between 110-120? Fresh not sure tho
That was so awesome... Just for the one trying to figure out how hard this is .. Get a Captains of Crush Gripper #2.5 Try stepping on it to close it.. CC #4. You might need your family on your back and still won't happen.. Captions of Crush might want to make one more gripper and call it Carl 4.5
I’ve closed a 2.5 but never got a 3. I ran into Carl at the 2019 Arnold Classic Expo and talked to him for a bit. We were both college shotputter at the same time. I also ran into Joe Kovacs at the same expo.
I heard a fun story about Carl when he was in college. So at a shot put meet in college world champion Christian Cantwell was there. A 6'5, 340lb guy, absolutely massive. And the meet was starting but Cantwell's coach couldn't find him anywhere. He looked around and started asking people around him, like where did this kid go. But then Carl Myerscough moved out of the way, and Cantwell had been standing behind him. Also, apparently Carl would do shot put exercises with the 35lb weight throw ball. This dude's hands simply do not belong to a human lol
Already watched this guy close it on his RUclips channel awhile back, he has a bunch of haters saying “it didn’t close” glad you was able to prove them on wrong with this😂😂
So glad you are here to show the people what this man is doing. Incredible. It looks so easy but those who have tried any of these knows how impossible this really is. This man is a legend
i did not expect that at all!! A few days ago i saw someone closing GHP 10 and i thought that it would be awesome if this guy may collab with larry wheels in the future . And there is this!
Larry, in so many sports, little advantages (and disadvantages) accrue to certain athletes. In bench pressing with the 32" legal grip limit, big Jim Williams' (675 lbs. in early 70s) bench presses looked almost close grip, then some tiny guy/gal benches where it appears super wide using the same width. In deadlifting, a guy who can pull like you, really big weights, gets a bit of bar bend to better break it off the floor. In Olympic lifting, the high-end bars oscillate more after a superheavyweight shoulders the weight after a squat clean. Same overhead after a jerk where it makes keeping elbows locked more of an issue. You get the idea. Here on CoC's? This man has huge grip power . . . and his big advantage not available to everyone? Big hands to grab the grippers with a more favorable position. Good video!!!
Does he have a book on grip straining? I would love to buy a book like that. So few books on grip out there. Someone needs to kick him to the ass to write that. Like just to have his opinion on paper coherently and categorically explained would be super interesting. Example content: 1. grippers 1.1. warmup 1.2. exercises and methods 1.3. programming 2. think handle 2.1. warmup 2.2. exercises and methods 2.3. programming 3. pinch 3.1. warmup 3.2. exercises and methods 3.3. programming
@@user-vi4ty7dq8rcredit card rule means you have to open the gripper handles enough to fit a credit card in between. Reason being it's harder on the fingers since you can't fully wrap your fingers around and cant help with your leg or other hand too deep. Ghp is a little harder than coc 4 since he closed php with a deep set which is helping with the other hand to get it really close..
@@mystyle8753 thank you for your answer, I admit that I did not understand well because I speak French and I use Google translate the translation was not clear, can you explain it more clearly in simple words. Sorry
@@user-vi4ty7dq8r ghp 10 a bit harder than captains of crush number 4. To certify on ghp 10 you have to close it from a distance of 2 inch block or something like that. To certify on captains of crush 4 you have to close it form width of credit card which is harder since it's wider.
I'm grip training addict. All that started this year. I love how much attention you pay on you channel to grip strength. Keep such content coming! Also, you mentioned you are going to go through some of Carl's training routines. It didn't make to this video. Would be great to compare my program with the legend's program. Learn from the best! Thanks Larry! Congratulations Carl! You are beast!
Another instant classic! Larry and Adam, please reach out to do a future collaboration with the strongman legend Mark Felix. That would be phenomenal on so many levels, not just because you're both living legends and generational representations of strength feats, and passionate about all things grip, but also because you both have Islander roots!
@irishninja2009 He most certainly is. If you are in denial of that, then you're completely delusional. You think you only have to win the world title to be a legend in strongman? Mark is one of the most prolific of all time and most consistently competing despite his relatively older age compared to much younger competitors. He set the record for most World's Strongest Man contests competed in and made it to the finals three times. He also set the grip records that many of the world champions could not.
Carl Myerscough is a genetic freak, prior to his Grip career he threw Shotput and Disucs at Nebraska, throwing the shotput well over 70 feet, one of the farthest throws in NCAA history. He later represented GB at the Olympics in 2012.
That gripper has a rating tag of 220. If it was done by Cannon PowerWorks, it's worth noting that the average Captains of Crush #4 gripper has a CPW rating of 214 and the most common rating (the mode) is 212. So, statistically, this gripper is about 3 to 4% harder than other #4 grippers. Also, by all the earlier 'squeaking' that can be heard during his reps with the other grippers, it's apparent that none of these springs have been oiled. Unoiled springs full of chalk dust would add additional resistance as well.
Hand size doesnt correlate with strength anywhere near as much as other bodyparts, mainly because your fingers have no muscles in them. Granted a shorter hand will struggle with thick bar or wide pinch stuff
I'm a shorter guy at 5'6", 170 pounds, and have been a lifetime natural weight training for about 47 years. I have small hands which is a detriment to training with grippers even though I do train 2 times per week by just doing 4 or 5 sets just to maintain some semblance of strength in the hands. When younger I was pretty strong, benching 405, squatting 525 with a bad back since surgically repaired in 1998. I got the 150-pound dumbbells for 4 on flat bench and did dips with 150s. Having said that, we used to have the COC 1, 2, 3 and 4 with a couple halfs -1.5, 2.5. The most I've gotten is a 2. I may have been able to get the 2.5, or close, but never really used that one. For shits and giggles I tried the 4 at the gym one day years ago. It was like trying to close a rock. I couldn't budge it. Anyone who can close a #4 COC has the power to break every bone in your hand. The feat is unbelievable. That anyone is able to do a 3 is remarkable, never mind a 3.5 or 4.
Carl is a true beast. I don't know how much money he made when he competed and won world records. But that just goes to say that if u got the will power and put your mind into something, you can make money from nothing. Now personally speaking, a grip or arm wrestling competition isn't MMA UFC or pro footballer or soccer or basketball, you can't propose to a girl and impress her father with a resume of monster grip 😅, but as Carl put it (he's realistic and was smart about it), it's just a personal goal a you vs you and what I'd like to call self-help or self-development brain power tool. For me, my goal is 225lbs, and I get there with mind over matter and brain power and proper breathing technique..arriving at 225lbs of grip strength, 6 minutes of holding breath (I'm at 5 now), 150 pushups in one go (I'm at 100 now), 2000 elo rating at chess (I'm at 1800 now) are all coping mechanisms for me due to life's struggles whether my past demons or status quo, but say some company offered to sponsor me in any of the above and saw potential in me then I'm onnoard, however I don't consider any of the above a real world sport, feel me, just a coping mechanism in my eyes
The thing I love the most about grip strength is you can't actually see it or know about it. You can see a slim/fat guy easily win over a bodybuilder 😂
Ya'll could get a camera that doesn't have such a strong depth of field so focusing would be easier. I know the blurred background is a nice stylistic choice it just seams like it gets in the way of a lot of what you do.
Never thought a 6'10 giant freak of nature squeezing steel would trigger my ASMR but here we are
that guy is never 6ft10, larry is 6ft1 so hes 6ft5
@@levondarratt787 hes a weak 6 foot 7, his frame is big though def seen some HGH supplements in that structure not natty either.
Nathan holle credit card 4 years ago and over 10 reps of 4.
@MdoubleHBxcomment #1: loving Magnus Samuelsson
Comment #2: saying real athletes don't take drugs
😂😂😂😂😂
@MdoubleHBx Larry has admitted drugs of course, but has Carl?
Thank you Larry for putting Carl on your channel and showing people these incredible feats. I’m hoping grippers and grip will become more popular.
@MdoubleHBxyou must be fun at parties!!!
You have to be trolling right?
@MdoubleHBx all the top athlethe in the world, including your beloved magnus, are on drungs.
Imagine commenting the same shit on every comment, get a life.@MdoubleHBx
They've been getting more popular lately! But they've been since early 2000s
Carl very humble man and have legendary grip strenght!
@MdoubleHBx Older version Ironmind grippers had lower rgc and no ccs rule for certificate closing. Carl closed a harder CoC 4 from a much wider distance. Look at Carl channel. Please do some research
cope@MdoubleHBx
@MdoubleHBx”This is nothing special at all”. Spoken like a true armchair athlete.
@@wickywillswho’s on the steroids ? Larry had admitted it but Carl?
Proper northern
I almost get a 3 closed but barely move the 3.5. It feels like you'd have to bend steel with one hand! I'm just over 60 so even trying these once a week would probably reinjure my trigger finger. These COC truly get exponentially harder. Btw, the only thing that helped me repair my trigger finger was very hot water soaks. One day I'd like to meet the awesome Larry Wheels and try Brian Shaw's grip challenge. If I couldn't do it I believe one of my sons may. Thanks again for bringing us this cool content!
Thank you for inspiring me and others that we can be over 60 years old and still make gains with grip!
are u the same guy in this video?
Hey Dennis, I developed trigger finger this year just over 40. It's my ring and middle finger on right side. Can you explain your process used to fix it?
@@raphaelness1239 it was my ring finger as well, right side..seems it happens to the dominant side most often, most used.I checked out all the videos and nothing worked, then by accident it went away after I started keeping my hand submerged while taking hot baths for all my spine injuries. Needed to do just to be able to do my part time work every morning. Helps reduce the pain meds. Anyway, after about 2 months or less it went away! Use as hot as tolerable and only for about 5 minutes once a day and no flexing or closing the painful joints. Good luck, hope it works!
I'm confused, you can pre squeeze it with your other hand?
holy freakin hell... scary grip, CoC need to make a 4.5 just for him
He did ghp 10 certification recently which is harder than the coc 4
@@c8myotome what is the difference between ghp and coc pliers?
@@ÆÆæ-i4f what is the difference between ghp and coc pliers?
Ironmind needs to make gripper for him not CoC. Captains of Crush is name of gripper not the company that makes them.
@@c8myotomeit’s odd he did a 3 or 4 reps? Thought more at that credit card 4 strength. Holle has done more than 10 reps and many 4 coc closes with credit card
This man deserves more recognition. What he is doing is incredible... damn. Carl is a fucking beast.
@MdoubleHBxWhy are u always hating on every single fitness channel 😂
@MdoubleHBx acting like magnus samuelsson didn't take gear is funny af
@MdoubleHBx what r u talking abt "the mental illness"
@MdoubleHBxahh you're a fkin vegan. No wonder you're angry under ever comment 🤣.
@MdoubleHBxand I’m guessing you’re 5’6 and 120 lbs with your vegan diet 🤡
I'm not sure how many here know a lot about grippers but what this guy is doing is unbelievable. He literally has the strongest grip out of any human that has walked the earth. Insane!!
I certainly do. I've tried a 4. I saw this man do it and yet still believe it's impossible. LoL
Back in the day I nearly closed the 3 but it was far, far from official. The set was nowhere near a credit card set and I still couldn't close it. That was after training grip for a couple years and a bit of juice to go with it. The 4 is MILES harder. I can't wrap my head around how he closed it. @@BaconIsNotBiceps
He is making history. He deserves more recognition!
i think mark felix have strongest grip still..let him try break his hercules hold or rolling thunder ;)
@@LarryWheels Pretty sure Magnus Samuelsson repped #4 out. Full range, hold it closed for 10sec. Think he need some more recognition. Iirc
i truly believe the strongest people in the world are calm and humble. no need for boasting or any drama at all, they know who they are.. love seeing it, such a great guy
Yeah most big strong guys that i know are very calm nice guys
That is so true. Like strongmans. They all walking teddy bears.😊
yup. the strongest guy I've ever known about was some older fella down in serbia. the guy could rip apart logs.. he didn't call himself the strongest, in his mind, everyone around the world would have to "compete" to determine, otherwise someone stronger than him, careless of it, could be walking around just enjoying regular life.
@@slXD100whereabouts in Serbia? I’m Serbian and would like to know
@@animalscars3799 he originally was a serb from Srpska Republika or Bosnia (whichever way you wanna call it) and settled late in Ridjevstica (Trstenik. he passed away almost a decade ago.
COC4 for reps is something so ridiculous to even consider, that even after seeing it it's hard to believe it. Incredible strength.
@MdoubleHBxhere's the food bot
@MdoubleHBxLol saying this is nothing special at all, when this guy is the only person in the world who could even budge these grippers halfway out of 8 billion people right now
@@xaviorprime9203 Isnt there a guy on YT that has closed #4 multiple times tho? And wasnt he in a Larry video already?
@MdoubleHBx Nobody is idolising anything, but you saying that this is nothing special is just plain stupid and wrong
@MdoubleHBx literally everyone uses drugs tho.. vitamin tablets are a "drug".. anything chemically put together in pill or injectable form is a drug. They all give people advantages physically n mentally
Years ago the gym I train at had all the COCs. Just for fun I tried the #4. I might as well have been gripping titanium. To this day I find it amazing that anyone can even budge one never mind close it. I would not want to shake hands full grip with this man. He could literally shatter your hand.
@MdoubleHBx All athletes take steroids buddy lmao
I can close it and I’m only 16, I’ve been using my dads CoC set for the past 5 years everyday day
@MdoubleHBx Imagine caring lmao
@MdoubleHBxStop crying about it. Medicines are drugs too
@MdoubleHBx Animal protein is essential for body. Humans will become weaker after few generations if we stop eating animals
If anyone is wondering, you can buy these exact certified CoC grippers with the round aluminum tags from cannon power works. That’s who rates and sells them.
They the best of the best!
In fact, the manufacturers ratings are based on the rough weight required to close a gripper, if weight was to hang by a strap, in the *middle* of the gripper length. The real ratings he describes are the actual weight needed to close a gripper, if the weight is hung from the *end* of the gripper (where your pinky would be). So it doesn't really come out of thin air, but for the purposes of comparison and sales, the larger number taken from the middle weight hang is taken
I didn’t understand anything (I’m French) can you explain more clearly please
That's what people have said for years. Any proof of that?
@@jere.nurkka Someone should just make a youtube video to prove it. Easy lots of views.
@MdoubleHBx every single athlete is on a "drug" now tho.. They all take enhancements of some kind, legal or not.. even 50 years ago, it would not have been possible.
@MdoubleHBximagine being such a tool
29:31 that cut to "Shirtless Larry" just for the other guy's record is true sportsmanship.
oh i see, he had to take the shirt off to certify the lift, nice
Objectively, Larry is an American treasure. His consistency, transparency and quality of product is so, so impressive.
Lol you think people weren't juiced up back then? You're insane.@MdoubleHBx
@MdoubleHBxI think he's talking about the content he puts out, not his accolades - which are also extremely impressive, and he's open about steroid use at least
@MdoubleHBxthe ones taking drugs are the only real athletes, everyone else only takes it halfway
@MdoubleHBx imagine not idolizing drug users. Some real pansy stuff right there
Imagine not doing drugs sad
Ive closed the 3.5 with a deep set, but am light years from a #4. The difference between a 3.5 and 4 is greater than the difference between the 2 and the 3.....just some perspective. As crazy as this is, his ghp10 cert close is much more impressive
what is the difference between ghp and coc pliers?
@@user-vi4ty7dq8r pliers?
Ghp are harder to close and ghp 9 is slightly harder than COC#4 (even at the average gripers strenght ratings COC #4 i average 214 points nad the GHP 10 is 260 points)
@@Sebol453 214 points ?
@@Sebol453260? Wtf
3:44 After doing captains of crush for about 4 years hearing this man say “Just a 2” is extremely humbling 😂
I closed a 2 right out of the packet never did any specific grip training prior as well
@@Pointblank776 cap
I love my #2 coc I do reps with them all day sometimes
@@Pointblank776 never did it before= sneak training for a year
very kind, humble and peaceful man. amazing feats of strength. Great Video Larry!
I just recently got into the strength world and gym stuff and only closed a 0.5 CoC so far. So this is amazing to watch!
I’d’ recommend you jump from the 0.5 to the 1.5 directly, I did it like that and It worked for me!
I remember seeing Magnus Samuellson (Sweden) doing 2 reps with #4 in a video with Svend Carlsen. Two one reps though allmost back to back with very little rest if remember right. His hand was huge as well and the gripper couldnt really fit. Strongest arms or something like that is the video called on youtube. Incredible Strength in these guys who like grip training! Nice of you to share your grip Carl!
And Samuelsson was not specialized in grip and it was not a peak performance setup just to do COC
"World's strongest arms", it was uploaded to RUclips 17 years ago, a classic.
this is the 1st coc4 I ever saw, and Magnus made it look easy at the time. He trained grip for armwrestling back in the early 90's before strongman.
Yeah Magnus Samuelsson was crazy strong, he closed the #4 with three fingers (his hand was too big).
I can barely close a CoC 1.5, this is crazy grip strength.
Awesome video, always great to see Larry showcasing the world of grip for the future to see. Carl is an astronomically strong. Extremely humble too. Great to see Larry still gets a kick out of seeing other strength disciplines on display. BTW, always found the GG6 to be easier than the 3.5 (extremely difficult gripper for me) , funny some people deal with different branded grippers better than others.
What else would you like to see carl squeeze?
rolling thunder lets see if he can do more than mark felix 146kg ;) or lets see if he can pinch 2x25kg steel rogue plates i think it would be more impressive
Would love to see you guys with Nate holle
A collab with Carl and Brian
GHP 10 is the next step.
An apple would be great!
We need Vitaly Laletin vs Carl grip competition
Vitaly no chance..
Crazy grip power. Carl is a Sasquatch ! I just started testing my grip at 47 years old. Been a casual lifter and done things like arm wrestling training, kickboxing and lots of firewood. I'm about 5'11" and 185 lbs. My best so far is 162.2 lbs. I think my goal is 175lbs. Unreal how strong some humans can get.
Yup, Carl is the man. He is super strong and one of the best in grip, ever.
Amazing video Larry! Keep it up. 👊🏻😎
The No.4 is so strong you need a spotter to close it.
Would like to see Carl try the same grip device as Vitali Laletin got ~160kg ish on...
vitali has much longer fingers than carl and a much bigger hand. That probably helps a lot, so carl won't beat vitali on this device.
Maybe, maybe not. But that logic would mean Carl shouldn't have the WR for grippers (aka crushing), especially pinch and thickbar too....@@yozkopf3000
@@yozkopf3000someone already beat vitaly’s record 164.7 kg sergey.
Sergey Likhutyev has the record now with 164.70 kg
@@pascalrouencan you tag me the video where he did it
Great grip strength. Where's the grip meter with the gauge test to see max force?
Yeah that would have been cool, missed opportunity. Or maybe they asked and he said no because he was very specifically aiming for those top sets (three!) with the number four gripper and didn't want to waste strength and energy on the meter?
Super motivating!!! Guess im headed back to Cannon Powerworks for more grip training tools.
I've been waiting for Carl to star on someone's youtube - he's a beast, not only with grip, but his other lifts too. Get him on the arm wrestling table! Derek Smith lives near him....
I would also like to see his dynamometer scores 🤔 really curious,if he could squeeze error out of that thing lol
Larry, your videos are getting better and better. Never a disappointment seeing the strength world through you.
Great video... and amazing closes on. Gotta give credit to Cannonpowerworks for the rated grippers.
you have to be a grip guy to understand this difficult
Awesome content, Carl is a great guy ! Can’t wait to see more grip/hand strenght vidéos
I would love to see him try Brian Shaws grip/pinch gauntlet.
If Brian can do it, this guy can do it
Please larry let him try the dynamo meter squeeze.. I would like tos ee how much the dynamic strength in grippers correlates to the dynomemeter too compare with vitaly static grip
Yesss. This please. Gm150 Dynamometer please.
@@c8myotome yeah i believe that squeezing statically straight down is different than dynamic angled squeezing.. Plus the technique and all that however their is a bit of correlation i doubt somebody can squeeze number 4 and not squeeze at least 120 - 130 kg on dyno even first time but yeah im not sure if he can break vitaly record.. Vitaly static grip is higher than ivan's who can also squeeze number 4 from deep set.. Even larry can squeeze up to 125 kg on dyno with good technique and when fresh and ivan has like 10-15 kg more.. Larry can barely close number 3 on a good day so definitely they are different
@@c8myotome ok that's a live example lol cool.. Yeah larry can barely close a 3 and got 120 - 125 kg as his best on dynamometer.. Hand size, lever and static vs dynamic is the difference.. You probably can do between 110-120? Fresh not sure tho
That was so awesome... Just for the one trying to figure out how hard this is .. Get a Captains of Crush Gripper #2.5 Try stepping on it to close it.. CC #4. You might need your family on your back and still won't happen.. Captions of Crush might want to make one more gripper and call it Carl 4.5
Larry is insane for not giving this dude a dynamometer
I’ve closed a 2.5 but never got a 3. I ran into Carl at the 2019 Arnold Classic Expo and talked to him for a bit. We were both college shotputter at the same time. I also ran into Joe Kovacs at the same expo.
Thank you for showing us this absolute monster of a man, despite him being so humble he is a monster.
I heard a fun story about Carl when he was in college.
So at a shot put meet in college world champion Christian Cantwell was there. A 6'5, 340lb guy, absolutely massive. And the meet was starting but Cantwell's coach couldn't find him anywhere. He looked around and started asking people around him, like where did this kid go. But then Carl Myerscough moved out of the way, and Cantwell had been standing behind him.
Also, apparently Carl would do shot put exercises with the 35lb weight throw ball. This dude's hands simply do not belong to a human lol
Already watched this guy close it on his RUclips channel awhile back, he has a bunch of haters saying “it didn’t close” glad you was able to prove them on wrong with this😂😂
I think carl could have crushed a steel bar with larrys voice shouting COME ON CARL hyping him up
Ok, so when talking about Grip Genie:
“The hardest gripper they make”
…
“A good warmup”
Clearly there’s levels to this and I’m still at the tutorial.
So glad you are here to show the people what this man is doing. Incredible. It looks so easy but those who have tried any of these knows how impossible this really is. This man is a legend
Larry just randomly got to take his shirt off for the cert close lol
i did not expect that at all!! A few days ago i saw someone closing GHP 10 and i thought that it would be awesome if this guy may collab with larry wheels in the future . And there is this!
25:38 Wow Carl clicked and held it for a bit, thats insane hand strength. Would love to know Carl's all out true 1RM.
did not expect you to ever have a vid with carl! so great
Great to see! Well done Carl.
Larry, in so many sports, little advantages (and disadvantages) accrue to certain athletes. In bench pressing with the 32" legal grip limit, big Jim Williams' (675 lbs. in early 70s) bench presses looked almost close grip, then some tiny guy/gal benches where it appears super wide using the same width. In deadlifting, a guy who can pull like you, really big weights, gets a bit of bar bend to better break it off the floor. In Olympic lifting, the high-end bars oscillate more after a superheavyweight shoulders the weight after a squat clean. Same overhead after a jerk where it makes keeping elbows locked more of an issue. You get the idea. Here on CoC's? This man has huge grip power . . . and his big advantage not available to everyone? Big hands to grab the grippers with a more favorable position. Good video!!!
That was insanity. Carl is a true beast
We need a show with Carl crushing different everyday things with his hands
Finally Carl is on! Absolutely has the strongest grip in the world. He has closed a GHP 10, which is harder than a COC#4
I want him to try Brian shaws blob run
Does he have a book on grip straining? I would love to buy a book like that. So few books on grip out there. Someone needs to kick him to the ass to write that. Like just to have his opinion on paper coherently and categorically explained would be super interesting.
Example content:
1. grippers
1.1. warmup
1.2. exercises and methods
1.3. programming
2. think handle
2.1. warmup
2.2. exercises and methods
2.3. programming
3. pinch
3.1. warmup
3.2. exercises and methods
3.3. programming
He's the only person to certify on a #4 with the credit card rule. And the only dude ever to close a GHP 10.
What is the rule ? And what is the difference between ghp and coc pliers?
@@user-vi4ty7dq8rcredit card rule means you have to open the gripper handles enough to fit a credit card in between. Reason being it's harder on the fingers since you can't fully wrap your fingers around and cant help with your leg or other hand too deep. Ghp is a little harder than coc 4 since he closed php with a deep set which is helping with the other hand to get it really close..
@@mystyle8753 thank you for your answer, I admit that I did not understand well because I speak French and I use Google translate the translation was not clear, can you explain it more clearly in simple words. Sorry
@@user-vi4ty7dq8r ghp 10 a bit harder than captains of crush number 4. To certify on ghp 10 you have to close it from a distance of 2 inch block or something like that. To certify on captains of crush 4 you have to close it form width of credit card which is harder since it's wider.
And what about Ivan Cuk. Why did everyone forget this guy
I was not expecting Carl to event attempt a rep out of the CoC 4 wow!
I can't believe that Larry do not bring the Gm-150 Dynamometer,we would like to see how much carls can squeeze 🗿
Would love to see him do Brian Shaws grip gauntlet.
Yes
I'm grip training addict. All that started this year. I love how much attention you pay on you channel to grip strength. Keep such content coming!
Also, you mentioned you are going to go through some of Carl's training routines. It didn't make to this video. Would be great to compare my program with the legend's program. Learn from the best!
Thanks Larry!
Congratulations Carl! You are beast!
Another instant classic! Larry and Adam, please reach out to do a future collaboration with the strongman legend Mark Felix. That would be phenomenal on so many levels, not just because you're both living legends and generational representations of strength feats, and passionate about all things grip, but also because you both have Islander roots!
Mark felix is certainly no legend in strongman
@irishninja2009 He most certainly is. If you are in denial of that, then you're completely delusional. You think you only have to win the world title to be a legend in strongman? Mark is one of the most prolific of all time and most consistently competing despite his relatively older age compared to much younger competitors. He set the record for most World's Strongest Man contests competed in and made it to the finals three times. He also set the grip records that many of the world champions could not.
Would love to know how Brian Shaw, Mark Felix, Dennis and Levan stack up. All have legendary hand size / strength!
I moved a #4 about 3mm its like grabbing a river rock and trying to crumble it. Unbelievable.
Maybe mention you came second at Arnolds to Cim Johansson. He shares your WR Axle and beat you on single hand.
Really? 😮
Carl Myerscough is a genetic freak, prior to his Grip career he threw Shotput and Disucs at Nebraska, throwing the shotput well over 70 feet, one of the farthest throws in NCAA history. He later represented GB at the Olympics in 2012.
I’ve been scrolling through the comments trying to see if anyone was saying anything about the Cornhuskers flag he has on his wall
@@mattslittlebrown4355 They've got a great throws program built up again today!
Ridiculous how he’s repping after already doing it twice before. Incredible strength.
I would love to see this guy and Devon Larratt spend some time talking about hands and exchanging tricks.
Agreed.
I'd be happy to close the COC #3.5 for 1 let alone rep out a #4
That gripper has a rating tag of 220. If it was done by Cannon PowerWorks, it's worth noting that the average Captains of Crush #4 gripper has a CPW rating of 214 and the most common rating (the mode) is 212. So, statistically, this gripper is about 3 to 4% harder than other #4 grippers. Also, by all the earlier 'squeaking' that can be heard during his reps with the other grippers, it's apparent that none of these springs have been oiled. Unoiled springs full of chalk dust would add additional resistance as well.
This is awesome!! These collabs are dream vids.
insane that his hands don't look abnormally big like Khaled's but pretty much same size as Larry's yet they are that much stronger.
Hand size doesnt correlate with strength anywhere near as much as other bodyparts, mainly because your fingers have no muscles in them. Granted a shorter hand will struggle with thick bar or wide pinch stuff
@@sammorrissey9094 it helps with surface area tho
Seems like all these world class grip guys are tall with huge hands.
I love how Larry took HIS shirt off for Carl's big effort on the #4. LMAO Good stuff.
PR lifestyle babaay
Great video Larry, what power Carl has in those hands
What about the 20 year old you made a video about a while ago? He also closed 4 level.
Sadly others don’t get a mention
Karl Norberg was said to have had phenomenal grip into his 80's, and only starting weight training in his late 50's if I'm not mistaken.
Larry had to take his shirt off JUST to hand the #4 to the giant.
That is hard to believe even though I just seen it. Someone closing the 4 is amazing enough, I never thought it would even be possible to rep it.
The #4 feels impossible to close, the way he’s able to close it just baffles my brain how strong his crushing grip is.
This strength is amazing, brilliant work Carl👏👏
The Gripe Genie nr 6 is only good for warming up😂
I want to see a Strongest Grip on Earth Contest with Carl, Brian, Alexei and others.
Did you try the dynamometer test with this guy? If so, what were those results? :D
i think the ghp 10 is harder but the #4 is definatly near the top
No mention of Mark Felix, insane grip, even Devon Larratt was shocked by his size of hand.
huh? why would they randomly mention Mark Felix?
Avg Mark Felix meat rider
When you see a video with washing machines in the background, you know you're gonna witness some power.
Imagine arm wrestling someone with that grip strength. You’d fold just from the pain.
Love to see Carl! He’s a legend of grip strength.
Larry takin his shirt off for the grand finale! 😂
I'm a shorter guy at 5'6", 170 pounds, and have been a lifetime natural weight training for about 47 years. I have small hands which is a detriment to training with grippers even though I do train 2 times per week by just doing 4 or 5 sets just to maintain some semblance of strength in the hands. When younger I was pretty strong, benching 405, squatting 525 with a bad back since surgically repaired in 1998. I got the 150-pound dumbbells for 4 on flat bench and did dips with 150s. Having said that, we used to have the COC 1, 2, 3 and 4 with a couple halfs -1.5, 2.5. The most I've gotten is a 2. I may have been able to get the 2.5, or close, but never really used that one. For shits and giggles I tried the 4 at the gym one day years ago. It was like trying to close a rock. I couldn't budge it. Anyone who can close a #4 COC has the power to break every bone in your hand. The feat is unbelievable. That anyone is able to do a 3 is remarkable, never mind a 3.5 or 4.
Carl is a true beast. I don't know how much money he made when he competed and won world records. But that just goes to say that if u got the will power and put your mind into something, you can make money from nothing. Now personally speaking, a grip or arm wrestling competition isn't MMA UFC or pro footballer or soccer or basketball, you can't propose to a girl and impress her father with a resume of monster grip 😅, but as Carl put it (he's realistic and was smart about it), it's just a personal goal a you vs you and what I'd like to call self-help or self-development brain power tool. For me, my goal is 225lbs, and I get there with mind over matter and brain power and proper breathing technique..arriving at 225lbs of grip strength, 6 minutes of holding breath (I'm at 5 now), 150 pushups in one go (I'm at 100 now), 2000 elo rating at chess (I'm at 1800 now) are all coping mechanisms for me due to life's struggles whether my past demons or status quo, but say some company offered to sponsor me in any of the above and saw potential in me then I'm onnoard, however I don't consider any of the above a real world sport, feel me, just a coping mechanism in my eyes
Sounds great brother!
5 minutes of apnea? What's the secret
Hold breath for 5 minutes ? Show proof bud no pure o2 btw that’s cheating
The thing I love the most about grip strength is you can't actually see it or know about it. You can see a slim/fat guy easily win over a bodybuilder 😂
About damn time Carl got some eyes on him
Get Myerscough back on! Fantastic guest. Unbelievable strength.
This mf looks like Hathor's big brother. Guess someone viking genes got left down in England
Wait!!! What about the part where we learn his placement method?
This is simply insane amount of raw power, my hats to you sir!~
Ya'll could get a camera that doesn't have such a strong depth of field so focusing would be easier. I know the blurred background is a nice stylistic choice it just seams like it gets in the way of a lot of what you do.