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[b]Quote from Scott Tully on December 15, 2011, 04:06[/b]
Im in for sure, will gladly let you beat up on me at this comp Ben!! big mark and nate the Great Liby are doing it also, nates a 15 year old who can pick up the 40lb blob already.

ST

Glad to hear you’ll be competing Scott! I’ll have to be at the top of my game to beat you when it’s not just a gripper event. I am pretty fond of the finger deadlifts though. I haven’t tried the index finger lift except for once at Clark’s Record Day in 2009. Where I totally failed to lift 135lbs and then Bill Clark stepped up and ripped it off the platform. I think I didn’t even budge it if I remember right. Al might remember better…

I’ve already started writing up some strategy for this contest. It isn’t all about just being stronger necessarily. I want to lose about 20 pounds so that my Lynch factor is better. That will give me some points. And I don’t think it will negatively affect my grip strength all that much.

[b]Quote from KCSTRONGMAN on December 15, 2011, 07:14[/b]
Did you put my name on there just so there would be an obvious last place?
ET

I put it on there because you are a beast! At least this grip contest doesn’t completely swing the whole shebang in a grip specialist’s favor. At least not in my opinion. There are no grippers and nothing with a lot of technique involved – more pain tolerance on the finger lift than grip strength. And the thickbar stuff always suits an elite strongman competitor (Eric, Scott, the list goes on…) possibly more than a guy like me who doesn’t spend a lot of time with truly heavy weights on full body exercises.