Worlds Strongest Hands Series Leg 2 is Coming

On August 13, I held my PA portion of the first Leg of the Worlds Strongest Hands Series 2011.

I had 5 lifters here for Leg 1: Mike Rinderle, Melissa Rinderle, Christopher Smith, Kevin Greto, and myself.

The events for the first leg were: Vulcan Gripper, Two Hands Pinch, Half a Penny, and Shallow Hub.

Overall Results (88 Competitors)

1 Juha Harju 14pt 2 David Horne 15.5pt 3 Adam T Glass 18.5pt 4 David Thornton 30pt 5 Jedd Johnson 35.5pt 6 Timo Tuukkanen 37.5pt 7 Ivan Beritashvili 39.5pt 8 Matti Heiskanen 41pt 9 Paul Knight 49pt 10 Jouni Pakarinen 50pt 11 Russ Farver 61pt 12 Daniel Reinard 64pt 13 Pete Kerr 64.5pt 14 Richie Bevan 68.5pt 15 Andrew Durniat 72pt 16 David Elmer 75pt 17 Chris Mathison 81pt 18 Casey Emery 83.5pt 19 Brent Barbe 86pt 20 Danny Bramall 87.5pt 21 Bob Sundin 88.5pt 22 Jarno Hyväri 90.5pt 23 Teemu Koivunen 96pt 24 Carl Coffey 106.5pt 25 Bob Lipinski 108.5pt 26 David Stiff 119.5pt 27 Derek Graybill 126pt 28 Elizabeth Horne 128.5pt (Female) 28 Mike Rinderle 128.5pt 30 Lee Morris 136pt 31 Gary Hunt 151pt 32 Kevin Emery 154pt 33 Paul Wood 162.5pt 34 Andrew Pantke 163pt 35 James Grahame 165.5pt 36 Tristan Woods 166.5pt 37 Kevin Fogarty 168.5pt 38 Maxwell Thompson 175.5pt 38 Richard Maclean 175.5pt 40 Ryan J Pitts 176.5pt 41 Sergey Shebashov 179pt 42 David Loughman 179.5pt 43 Taneli Levo 181pt 43 Tomislav Basic 181pt 45 Alexey Pritula 181.5pt 46 Zach Lister 182.5pt 47 Jarrod Riordan 183pt 48 Ruben Piliposyan 183.5pt 49 Ivan Silantyev 184.5pt 50 Austin Acree 186.5pt 51 Dmitry Motorin 191.5pt 52 Sylvester Salley 192.5pt 53 David Dellanave 201pt 54 Kevin Greto 202.5pt 55 Eric Milfeld 209.5pt 56 Darrin Shallman 211.5pt 57 Dylan Scally 217pt 58 Nick Oswald 219.5pt 59 Jim McCourt 220pt 60 David Sandel 234pt 61 Jani Silvennoinen 236pt 62 Aaron Jacobs 238.5pt 63 Tomas Valverde 241.5pt 64 Brett Lindskog 243.5pt 65 Alexander Mitropolsky 245pt 65 Chris Smith 245pt 67 Joe Tebbe 247pt 68 Peter Carey 248.5pt 69 Kris Wragg 254pt 70 Nikolay Saveliev 254.5pt 71 Steven McDonald 262pt (17 yrs) 72 Kari Väänänen 265.5pt 73 Anna Karrila 274pt (Female) 74 Anne Melin 281.5pt (Female) 75 Bernard Lynch 285pt 76 Brad Ellingson 292.5pt 76 Yvonne Häkkinen 292.5pt (Female) 78 Mike T Nelson 293.5pt 79 Craig Mooney 298.5pt (16 yrs) 80 Jaana Tanner 299.5pt (Female) 81 Mary Ann McKeague 307pt (Female) 82 Kathi Burger 313pt (Female) 83 Melissa Rinderle 315.5pt (Female) 84 Jodie Nelson 320pt (Female) 84 Thomas Mitchell 320pt (15 yrs) 86 Megan Kruger 327pt (Female) 87 Julia Harju 339.5pt (Female; 13 yrs) 88 Pyry Harju 342.5pt (11 yrs)

Below, I have videos of the four events. So,

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Inverted Gripper Training (Upside Down)

DIESEL Grip Strength Challenge Inverted Grippers

New DVD Horse Shoe Bending DVD

Please email me your submissions by 8 PM on Saturday evening.

All the best in your training.

Diesel Tee Shirt Inventory Update

Hello DIESELS!

I get contacted all the time regarding Diesel Tee Shirts.

I really appreciate everyone who is interested in getting shirts!

The problem is, I cant keep these things in inventory! Before I know it you guys have bought all that I have and then I have to order more shirts. I guess it is a good problem to have.

I work with a very small printing company and at one point they were able to fulfill orders on the fly and even sent them out for me but they have been tackled with HUGE orders from some of the new Natural Gas Industry companies who have come into the area and that process just doesnt work anymore.

So, I want to lay out what I have here so that you can order with confidence and not have to wait.

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‘Healthy’ Diet Mistakes: Fat Free, Cutting Carbs, and More

• Evaluator: Assess Your Diet
• Juice Wars: Best, Worst Choices
• Calculate Your Body Mass Index
• Quiz: Test Your Sugar Smarts
• Food & Fitness Planner: Get Started
• How to Master Portion Sizes

One of the happiest days of my life was when I found out that chocolate (yes, chocolate!) was actually good for me. The rich, creamy candy I’d been surreptitiously snacking on since I was a kid was packed with heart-healthy antioxidants.

I gleefully loaded up my shopping cart with bars and bags of chocolate — dark, of course — and gorged myself silly.

Order Smart at Food Chains

By Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D.

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