The Grip Show

Jedd Johnson and Eric Roussin discuss Regional Championships for Grip Sport for this year's upcoming competition season. The information included goes from how the regions are divided up across North America, the intent and benefits of having regional level competitions, and considerations to take into account when hosting or attending a Regional Championship. If anyone has any questions feel free...

Amy Wattles needs no introduction in the world of Grip Strength. She's Competed in everything from Strongman (earning her ASC Pro Card), Highland Games, Grip Sport, and even Steinholding. She's been featured in MILO magazine, set numerous world records in Grip along the way, and is actively competing and still claiming records. Amy has been instrumental in inspiring women to get into grip strength...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! First Grip Show news of 2025 is Eric Roussin stopping by to reveal the event lineup for this year's King Kong Grip Challenge. This is the longest running and biggest multivenue grip competition in the world. Last year had 373 total competitors across the world competing. Best of luck to everyone and their grip training for this year!

With the year 2024 coming to an end, Eric Roussin and Jason Dingey join The Grip Show to cover the major competitions and highlights from this year. They also select their picks for Rookie Of The Year, Best Athlete Of The Year, and Most Improved Lifter Of The Year. This yearly wrap up dives into big competition moments/highlights, standout performances, and shows the progress and legitimacy of the...

The Alpha Grip Competition was hosted by Nate Phillips in Newark, OH. It featured a mix of veteran lifters with some newer lifters. The events contested were Double Overhand Axle (Rogue), 3" Saxon Bar (Armassassin Strength Shop), Rogue Anvil, and the Ironmind Rolling Thunder. The overall winner was Jason Dingey with Cliff Kiener coming in 2nd Place. Tune in for more competition details!

Aggy St-Jacques Set a new record for Ironmind by completing 20 Strict Pull Ups while hanging from two Rolling Thunder Handles. The previous record was 15reps held by Tammy McClure. Aggy managed to knock this amazing feat of strength out prior to competing in the King Kong Grip Challenge. She went on to win the women's 63kg weight class and placed 13th Overall out of 80 women's competitors in the O...

With almost all of 2024's biggest competitions wrapped up Eric Roussin joins The Grip Show to cover his updated North American Rankings. The rankings can be found on the Canada Grip Sport website. Congrats to all the talented lifted who have competed this year and earned their place in these rankings. Discount Codes: Gripshow20 for 20% off at https://dieselcrew.com/store/shop/ Thegripshow for 5% o...

The World's Strongest Grip Competition will be held in conjunction with The Odd Haugen Strength Classic at the LA Fit Expo on Jan. 25/26th 2025. Odd and Will sit down to discuss the numerous strength competitions that will be held that weekend. There will be Pro and Amateur Strongman, MAS Wrestling, and The World's Strongest Grip competitions all happening in a couple day span. Will and Odd take t...

For her 4th time Sarah Chappelow has earned the title "Queen Kong Of Grip" winning the Women's overall division. She joins the show with the 2nd Place overall finisher Tammy McClure. They discuss various topics regarding their lifts, hosting venues for other people, predicting next year's implements, and future plans for competing. Congrats to Sarah and Tammy for another year of great King Kong pe...

Coming off of an impressive performance at last year's King Kong Grip Challenge by placing 3rd Overall.... Carter Colleaux returned this year with consistent and amazing lifts that earned him the title "KING KONG OF GRIP" over 242 other lifters. In this King Kong focused interview Carter shares how he found out about the sport, discusses his training background, and talks about his performance at...

The 12th Annual King Kong Grip Challenge has wrapped up. It's the World's Biggest Multi-venue Grip Competition in the world with over 33+ venues hosting and a total of 373 individual competitors lifting this year. The Men's overall winner was Carter Colleaux and the Women's overall winner was Sarah Chappelow. The man behind this competition is Eric Roussin and he joins the show as we cover all the...

Ivan Cuk is a fast rising star in the world of Grip. He was known early on for his elite level gripper closes but Ivan has solidified himself as a world class competitor as well in the last couple of years. He's medaled in his last two appearances for Armlifting USA at the Arnold Classic in the 100kg weight class (taking 1st place in 2024.) In this interview Ivan discusses his introduction to the...

Armlifting USA held their 2024 World Championship in Las Vegas at the Olympia Fitness Expo. The three events contested were the 2" Saxon Deadlift, Rogue Anvil, and 2" Raptor Medley. Some of the world's strongest grips and most experienced athletes took to the platform to battle it out for their places on the podium. Joining this recap show are Eric Roussin (1st Place 100kg class) and Jaland Worley...

In this episode of The Grip Show Eric Roussin and Adam Glass team up to tackle various topics related to the sport including: Weight classes/weight cuts, competition preparation, training methods, which grip disciplines are the most impressive and much more.

This competition was hosted by Alex Guiha in Sleepy Hollow, NY. The competition was made up of the following events: Mash Monster Gripper Close, Drill Rod Reverse Steel Bend, 2 Hand Euro Pinch, Marcy 45 Hub (Max weight), and a Thomas Inch Dumbbell/Blob combo lift. The events were based more around feats of strength than the sports standard competition lifts which makes this a very unique and excit...

Jedd Johnson has recently published a new eBook that goes into extreme detail about achieving the 2x45's pinch and plate pinch training in general. Jedd joins the show to explain some recent updates with Grip Sport International (GSI) and then we dive right into discussing his newest product based around the Gold Standard of Plate Pinching. PRODUCT LINK HERE: https://dieselcrew.com/store/product/h...

In this episode the panel (Sarah Chappelow, Eric Roussin, Chaz Strange) discusses many aspects revolving around the competitions held in the sport. From hosting competitions, prizes for lifters, rule suggestions, and ideas on how to efficiently run a single venue comp if you have a ton of competitors show up. If you plan on competing at some point or hosting a future competition there are a lot of...

This is a call to action for participants/hosts of Grip Strength events. Adam Glass joins to discuss the current state of competitions in the sport as well as discussing ways to improve contests, recruiting new lifters, and making the most out of your involvement in Grip Sport.

In this episode Eric Roussin covers the current and recently updated North American Grip Sport Rankings. We also discuss numerous upcoming competitions that people can look into and attend.

This competition was hosted by Mark Boylin at Ultra Fitness and Strength Gym located in Canberra (Australia). This competition was sanctioned by Grip Sport International (GSI). Men's Overall Placing was Henry Mullett (1st Place), Lachlan Simms (2nd Place), and Joe Hodgson (3rd Place). Sarah Rodwell won the Women's Division. Joining the show to cover the competition results are the Men's Overall Wi...

Along side the Strongest Man On Earth/Pro Strongman event held at the Shaw Classic there were open strongman divisions competing as well as Armlifting USA having a 6 man Pro Showdown and Open weightclass lifters battling it out. This recap features veteran lifter Eric Roussin who managed to win the 100kg open division. This show is a breakdown of the Armlifting USA results that went down at the Sh...

Pat McNamara has 22 years of special operations experience, 13 of which were in the U.S. Army's 1st SFOD-D (Delta). He is currently 59years old and uses his methodology of Combat Strength Training to ensure longevity and well rounded preparedness. He joins the The Grip Show to discuss some of his journey, principles, and of course a little bit of Grip is peppered into the overall strength training...

Dub's Grip Classic is the first competition that Jaland "Dubya" Worley has hosted. This event was held at Barratt Strength. Several Grip Sport International records were broken by Jesse Hagedorn, Sarah Chappelow, and Jaland himself. There is a growing scene for Grip Sport and Armlifting that is building up in Colorado and there should only be bigger and better things to come for future competition...

Chaz Strange and Ben Helms join Zach from The Grip Show to take on a long list of questions submitted by the audience.

The Greenville Grab was a dual sanctioned (Armlifting USA and Grip Sport International) competition held on 7-13-2024 at TriFit Barbell located in Mauldin, SC. Zach Staniewicz and Andrew Brodgen co-hosted this event. They join the show along with the Overall Champion Jake Fuller to explain how this competition was formed and how everything unfolded. This was a great competition and there is some s...