I had quite some fun at our local Fall Fair. I ran a booth for our Armwrestling club, and had two small games running. One was a Dynamometer, and I found that a lot of people from where I live are well above the "average" list that I found online. I had about 6 people break the 165lbs barrier on the mens side, and one girl had 155lbs (she's a Millwright apprentice so quite strong). The record in our area was 199.2 lbs, the guy used to pull cable in a logging company. My personal record was 187.5 lbs, so now I have some work to do to catch up to that guy lol.
I remember i pulled 67lbs when i was 9 years old. It was at a place called the liberty science center. My teacher who was female pulled 67lbs as well! That was the first time i knew i was a strength kinda guy. My good friend pulled 53lbs that day too, he was also a bigger stronger kid for his age at the time. (Bit of a taboo subject but it is a very big part of the strength world, though grip is less affected by ped use, it still is a relevant variable in the world of grip too.) I have never taken Peds or any of the kind. Best dynamometer pull on the GM is 126kgs after training grip specific for 4 years and having 20 years lifting experience under my belt. Im going to take a crack again to make an attempt to crack the 130kgs-135kgs (300lbs) mark which honestly i think would be around my limit (130-135) without any kind of aid with PEDs. Id like to prove myself wrong and in 5 years-10 years say i eventually hit the 140kg mark. Maybe with some new consistent training after a nice lay off ill have some suprising personal records. We shall see, ill come back to this post, use it as motivation. Going to give it hell come this month! On the road to breaking Prs again.
Nice anecdote about your discovering your strength as a kid - thanks for sharing that. Will have to see if the gymnast I mentioned in the video can get up to 67lbs in the next couple of years... Good to hear from someone that is serious and high level in this sport. Inspiring in fact. Have subscribed and look forward to seeing what you can achieve. You're more than welcome to keep checking back here as well. Best of luck with the 130kg goal!
@@ChrisPT Hey Chris, Thank you for the kind response! Will be looking out for videos on your end too. Thanks for the little boost of motivation to get going!
my question is, if I squeeze a 150lb regular grip squeezer that means in the dynamometer it will also show 150lb or more, does the regular metal grip squeezer and dynamometer work the same?
I just got a dynamometer in the mail today. I saw them being used on a FB reel. I had been having grip issues for a while since getting tennis elbow in my right arm and my grip has been slowly improving, but I had no way to measure it. I do now. 62.6kg right hand and 52.1 on my left hand. It's my hobby that gives me an advantage here as I'm a historical reenactor so I do a lot of sword training and metal smith and leather work. I'm 53.
@@ChrisPT My blacksmith friend also has roughly the same numbers, is a few years older and has had past injury also. One surprise at training was the 18yr old, who's been doing smithing work for about 3 or 4 years is also squeezing low to mid 60's. All the male swordsmen were all mid to high 40's and the ladies were low to mid 30's. while the non-sword wielding ladies were in the mid 20's. I have a new device coming as my rubber donut is no longer effective, so I should see more improvement. I'm aiming for high 60's for the right, and mid 60's for the left. A strong grip being rather useful when forging steel.
@@derekrea4876 I wonder if you, your friend and/or the 18 year old are also naturally stronger in build than the average person? I highlighted this point in my video, as not surprisingly there seems to be a significant correlation between size and grip strength. Then of course the smithing work etc might add up to 10-20kg say on top of that. Also, I wonder if the swordsmen and ladies might improve their numbers with further tests, as sometimes people don't reach their full potential on their first try. Still, 45 is apparently average for a guy, and the women I've tested have been typically low 30s, so it all seems roughly as expected. Anyway thanks for sharing your findings. I've been planning to make another video on the subject, and hearing other people's info can provide further context. Having said that, there's already a lot of videos out there with adults testing their grip. Hardly any with kids though. A 9 year old recently did 25kg on my dynamometer! Would be interesting to know if there's many that age that can beat him.
@@ChrisPT thanks for that.... I don't think any of the three of us are any different to normal in any other ways. Three of the swordsmen were the other smiths adult sons.
My grip went to 137 pounds on one of those ISO standard dynameters. I don't exercise and I had previously been bedridden for basically three years. My grip had never been very strong. And during this bad health period, the highest I could get was 60lbs. I can see without a doubt that the only thing that changed was my gut biome. Turns out skeletal muscle depends a lot on how well your body can extract nutrients.
@@ultimape Thanks for sharing your experience - very interesting that you link your increase in strength with your improved gut biome. As you say, taking in nutrients may not be enough for good health, if your body can't extract and make use of them properly
@@ChrisPT most of the people into grip strength seem to assume that those with extremely high grip are genetic freaks or have spent years training. What we might actually be seeing is that gut bacteria are passed on among families and exercise itself seems to promote changes to gut bacteria. Another factor that people over look is metabolic health of nerves. Neuromuscular strength seemed to be the thing that shifted in me that lead to such profound changes. My intention with the gut biome shift was targeting and treating Multiple Sclerosis related nerve problems and reduced inflammation. We're also seeing lots of fascinating work exploring lipid function's role in muscular strength that is seemingly surprising to many scientists. The gut shift also addressed my crohn's disease symptoms and likely lead to massively improved lipid digestion both directly thru improved bile function and indirectly thru activity on the liver. Did you know Tom Stoltman ("The World's Strongest Man") is autistic? Recovery from my health issues has been been my autistic obsession for 10 years. I thought it was weird that so many autistic types have sarcopenia even when they are young. My goal is to get a world record in grip strength. I started strength training last month after figuring out how to maximize recovery of muscles. I think it's funny how I went from being unable to lift a 10lb free weight to being able to curl 60lbs without any training.
Can you recommend a grip strength meter that can go above 90Kgs/200lbs? The ISO certified digital one I bought seems to have that as it's upper limit. I wanna reach 400lbs
I got 136, 150 on this awkward machine at my Dr's office. As in, it barely fit in my hand, and it was hard to get a good grip on it, couldnt close my hand on it so Im squeezing with 2,3 joints. I thought it was weird, but I have no idea what the right grip pattern is. I think if I could have reached it closer to my palms I could have gotten more power, but maybe thats the point. IDK.
There never seems to be much discussion of exactly how wide the grip should be, or the ideal way to grip it. With mine, I often feel that I'm not getting my best grip, however I set it. Having said that, the results don't vary by very much, whatever I do.
I am able to grip like 100 kg and i have been trying to reach 250 lb but is very difficult, my growing curve seemed to have reduced since i got to the 100 kg.
you are talking about hand gripper and not dynamometer. two very different things. i can close the 250 pounds for reps but on dynamometer im stuck at 95kg
I have a hand gripper of 132.27 lbs(60kgs)I can do 20 reps at age 16 I don’t know my max grip strength (5’6) 65kg body weight and don’t even exercise (got my griper from my friend)😂
Hey, I'm also 16 and can do the same with a 130 lbs gripper. I also have a 150 lbs one that I can do around 6-7 times. I would estimate my grip around 160-170 lbs, yours is probably around there too 👍
I don't know how directly it comes into play, but it definitely correlates with results. Eg a heavier person is likely (on average) to be stronger and/or have a bigger hand, than a lighter person their age.
foremost hand size, frame ( wrist, forearm lenght) and long fingers. most people atheltic with big hands and long fingers can grip way more than a guy with way more muscle in forearm but a smaller hand. with bigger hand = mecanical advantage to crush things. you can look at vitaly laletin with some of the biggest hands in the world gripping 167 kg
164.7 kg is insane. I bought one last week and got to 64.9kg so far. The highest in my gym so far is 81kg. I do got 30.2kg with only my middle finger though
Vitaly laletin has 167 kg grip on the right hand making it the strongest grip on right hand. nikita yurkovets has 172,2 on left tho
Thanks yes I need to make an updated video soon!
@@ChrisPT np my friend))
I had quite some fun at our local Fall Fair. I ran a booth for our Armwrestling club, and had two small games running. One was a Dynamometer, and I found that a lot of people from where I live are well above the "average" list that I found online. I had about 6 people break the 165lbs barrier on the mens side, and one girl had 155lbs (she's a Millwright apprentice so quite strong). The record in our area was 199.2 lbs, the guy used to pull cable in a logging company. My personal record was 187.5 lbs, so now I have some work to do to catch up to that guy lol.
I remember i pulled 67lbs when i was 9 years old. It was at a place called the liberty science center. My teacher who was female pulled 67lbs as well! That was the first time i knew i was a strength kinda guy. My good friend pulled 53lbs that day too, he was also a bigger stronger kid for his age at the time.
(Bit of a taboo subject but it is a very big part of the strength world, though grip is less affected by ped use, it still is a relevant variable in the world of grip too.)
I have never taken Peds or any of the kind. Best dynamometer pull on the GM is 126kgs after training grip specific for 4 years and having 20 years lifting experience under my belt. Im going to take a crack again to make an attempt to crack the 130kgs-135kgs (300lbs) mark which honestly i think would be around my limit (130-135) without any kind of aid with PEDs. Id like to prove myself wrong and in 5 years-10 years say i eventually hit the 140kg mark. Maybe with some new consistent training after a nice lay off ill have some suprising personal records. We shall see, ill come back to this post, use it as motivation.
Going to give it hell come this month! On the road to breaking Prs again.
Nice anecdote about your discovering your strength as a kid - thanks for sharing that. Will have to see if the gymnast I mentioned in the video can get up to 67lbs in the next couple of years...
Good to hear from someone that is serious and high level in this sport. Inspiring in fact. Have subscribed and look forward to seeing what you can achieve. You're more than welcome to keep checking back here as well. Best of luck with the 130kg goal!
@@ChrisPT Hey Chris, Thank you for the kind response! Will be looking out for videos on your end too. Thanks for the little boost of motivation to get going!
my question is, if I squeeze a 150lb regular grip squeezer that means in the dynamometer it will also show 150lb or more, does the regular metal grip squeezer and dynamometer work the same?
I just got a dynamometer in the mail today. I saw them being used on a FB reel. I had been having grip issues for a while since getting tennis elbow in my right arm and my grip has been slowly improving, but I had no way to measure it. I do now. 62.6kg right hand and 52.1 on my left hand. It's my hobby that gives me an advantage here as I'm a historical reenactor so I do a lot of sword training and metal smith and leather work. I'm 53.
Very interesting. Seems like your grip is quite acceptable now with those numbers
@@ChrisPT My blacksmith friend also has roughly the same numbers, is a few years older and has had past injury also. One surprise at training was the 18yr old, who's been doing smithing work for about 3 or 4 years is also squeezing low to mid 60's. All the male swordsmen were all mid to high 40's and the ladies were low to mid 30's. while the non-sword wielding ladies were in the mid 20's. I have a new device coming as my rubber donut is no longer effective, so I should see more improvement. I'm aiming for high 60's for the right, and mid 60's for the left. A strong grip being rather useful when forging steel.
@@derekrea4876 I wonder if you, your friend and/or the 18 year old are also naturally stronger in build than the average person? I highlighted this point in my video, as not surprisingly there seems to be a significant correlation between size and grip strength.
Then of course the smithing work etc might add up to 10-20kg say on top of that.
Also, I wonder if the swordsmen and ladies might improve their numbers with further tests, as sometimes people don't reach their full potential on their first try. Still, 45 is apparently average for a guy, and the women I've tested have been typically low 30s, so it all seems roughly as expected.
Anyway thanks for sharing your findings. I've been planning to make another video on the subject, and hearing other people's info can provide further context.
Having said that, there's already a lot of videos out there with adults testing their grip. Hardly any with kids though. A 9 year old recently did 25kg on my dynamometer! Would be interesting to know if there's many that age that can beat him.
@@ChrisPT thanks for that.... I don't think any of the three of us are any different to normal in any other ways. Three of the swordsmen were the other smiths adult sons.
My grip went to 137 pounds on one of those ISO standard dynameters.
I don't exercise and I had previously been bedridden for basically three years. My grip had never been very strong. And during this bad health period, the highest I could get was 60lbs.
I can see without a doubt that the only thing that changed was my gut biome. Turns out skeletal muscle depends a lot on how well your body can extract nutrients.
@@ultimape Thanks for sharing your experience - very interesting that you link your increase in strength with your improved gut biome. As you say, taking in nutrients may not be enough for good health, if your body can't extract and make use of them properly
@@ChrisPT most of the people into grip strength seem to assume that those with extremely high grip are genetic freaks or have spent years training. What we might actually be seeing is that gut bacteria are passed on among families and exercise itself seems to promote changes to gut bacteria.
Another factor that people over look is metabolic health of nerves. Neuromuscular strength seemed to be the thing that shifted in me that lead to such profound changes. My intention with the gut biome shift was targeting and treating Multiple Sclerosis related nerve problems and reduced inflammation.
We're also seeing lots of fascinating work exploring lipid function's role in muscular strength that is seemingly surprising to many scientists. The gut shift also addressed my crohn's disease symptoms and likely lead to massively improved lipid digestion both directly thru improved bile function and indirectly thru activity on the liver.
Did you know Tom Stoltman ("The World's Strongest Man") is autistic? Recovery from my health issues has been been my autistic obsession for 10 years. I thought it was weird that so many autistic types have sarcopenia even when they are young. My goal is to get a world record in grip strength. I started strength training last month after figuring out how to maximize recovery of muscles.
I think it's funny how I went from being unable to lift a 10lb free weight to being able to curl 60lbs without any training.
Can you recommend a grip strength meter that can go above 90Kgs/200lbs? The ISO certified digital one I bought seems to have that as it's upper limit. I wanna reach 400lbs
I got 136, 150 on this awkward machine at my Dr's office. As in, it barely fit in my hand, and it was hard to get a good grip on it, couldnt close my hand on it so Im squeezing with 2,3 joints. I thought it was weird, but I have no idea what the right grip pattern is. I think if I could have reached it closer to my palms I could have gotten more power, but maybe thats the point. IDK.
There never seems to be much discussion of exactly how wide the grip should be, or the ideal way to grip it. With mine, I often feel that I'm not getting my best grip, however I set it. Having said that, the results don't vary by very much, whatever I do.
i just squeezed 108 kilo, but i am 14 cm shorter than Enzo, also Dutch, and i weight 94 kg. i go to the gym, but only 6 times a month averagely
I am able to grip like 100 kg and i have been trying to reach 250 lb but is very difficult, my growing curve seemed to have reduced since i got to the 100 kg.
you are talking about hand gripper and not dynamometer. two very different things. i can close the 250 pounds for reps but on dynamometer im stuck at 95kg
37 years old. Got 144 lbs on the dyno w right hand
Mine is 85Kgs at 29 years of age.
Well done! What kind of training or work do you do?
I got 93kg left hand, mainly weight lifting and climbing. Probably some genetics too, I bet my Norwegian grandpa still has 60kg
Who is this Irina Schukina and how did she become that strong?
My highest is 66kg 146 lbs at 13 I do weight lifting and calisthenics have you met anyone else my age with a grip stronger than mine
If true that is exceptional and no I haven't
Thanks and I'm looking for someone who can beat me so far the closest is my friend Blair who got 45kg
I have a hand gripper of 132.27 lbs(60kgs)I can do 20 reps at age 16 I don’t know my max grip strength (5’6) 65kg body weight and don’t even exercise (got my griper from my friend)😂
Hey, I'm also 16 and can do the same with a 130 lbs gripper. I also have a 150 lbs one that I can do around 6-7 times. I would estimate my grip around 160-170 lbs, yours is probably around there too 👍
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Mine 159.4lbs at 38 so pretty good.
are you a male?
How good is 138 for a 14 year old boy
That's excellent
@@ChrisPT update just got 144
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@@ChrisPT 135 pounds at 5’7
@@ChrisPT update : 158
i did 140.5 lbs as my strongest grip. i dont do any sports and dont work out, all natural.
At what sort of height and weight out of interest?
Do you think weight comes into play here Chris?
I don't know how directly it comes into play, but it definitely correlates with results. Eg a heavier person is likely (on average) to be stronger and/or have a bigger hand, than a lighter person their age.
foremost hand size, frame ( wrist, forearm lenght) and long fingers. most people atheltic with big hands and long fingers can grip way more than a guy with way more muscle in forearm but a smaller hand. with bigger hand = mecanical advantage to crush things. you can look at vitaly laletin with some of the biggest hands in the world gripping 167 kg
About 180 pounds at 61. Hand tools.
164.7 kg is insane. I bought one last week and got to 64.9kg so far. The highest in my gym so far is 81kg. I do got 30.2kg with only my middle finger though
Those are some high numbers 💪