Only The Strongest Will Survive, Lead Me To Heaven When We Die

[Paul Savage]

so whatever, lets find out..

back squats

- 50kg x whatever

- 80kg x whatever

- 120kg x 5 paused

>belt from here<

- 140kg x 3 paused

- 160kg x 3 paused

- 170kg x 3 paused

- 180kg x 9

- 200kg x 2

- 210kg x 1

tried the 500 a bunch of times, got it to 1/8 at best, again spring held - pretty sure i can at least come very close to closing it if i was fresh, but saying that, ive never even done 180k for 1 without wraps, so like what the hell, obviously a strong day!

[Paul Savage]

21/11/07

i had to go up an down our big steps all day long in work today, legs are near to par on each step an me legs are beat to sh*t from yesterday, so that was fun! also tried to take a 182.5kg roll on the shoulder an nearly died haha i walked out with it about a foot an then it was only going down, i was luckily able to shrug it off me shoulder an get me head out the way before it hit the ground..not the smartest thing ive ever done, but whatever - if you dont test you're balls every now an again, you dont have any

grippers

- hg400 SH x 5 each hand

- hg500 SH 4 x fail (1/8th again) R

- hg400 no set / ccs singles L

- hg400 overcrushes each hand

im gonna close this thing soon, maybe have another go saturday, if my legs are ok to do squats i might be able to do it, it's just a matter of getting the set done

[odin]

21/11/07

i had to go up an down our big steps all day long in work today, legs are near to par on each step an me legs are beat to sh*t from yesterday, so that was fun! also tried to take a 182.5kg roll on the shoulder an nearly died haha i walked out with it about a foot an then it was only going down, i was luckily able to shrug it off me shoulder an get me head out the way before it hit the ground..not the smartest thing ive ever done, but whatever - if you dont test you're balls every now an again, you dont have any

be careful with that type of lift:

http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?showtop...st&p=246451

Edited November 21, 2007 by odin

[Paul Savage]

ive probably already done that!!

22/11/07

beat to sh*t in work today, supposed to be a day off an after the squats an the big ladders yesterday me legs are drunk :-)

grippers (E = easier H = harder)

- E HG400 x 5 each hand

- H HG400 x 1 each hand

- HG500 SH 5 x fail

- H HG400 wide set 5 x 1

- E HG400 with 20mm block 5 x overcrush each hand

1/16 1st try - thought about it an figured since im not strong enough to set it properly with just my hands, may as well try crushing it inbetween my knees (shut it for negs like this) a little too an i think i got it set better

[Paul Savage]

24/11/07

partial back squat >4 pins down<

- 60kg x whatever

- 100kg x whatever

- 180kg x 5

>add belt<

- 260kg 3 x 7

grippers

- E HG400 reps each hand

- H HG400 SH x 1 each hand

- HG500 SH x 1, 0,0,0,0 R (all fails 1-2mm)

- HG500 5 x negs L (held 3/8 at best)

- H HG400 x overcrush R

- E HG400 x overcrush L

pinch

>blockweight<

- 25kg x 3 deadlifts each hand

- 25kg + 15lb x several deadlifts an holds each hand

>t-bar pinch< (gripping wide 50lbs)

- 45kg x 1

- 61kg x 1

- 71kg x 1

- 86kg x 1

>blockweight<

- 15kg x many snatch, catches, flips etc

- 25kg x many catches from hand to hand

plate wrist curl

- 15kg x 15

- 50lb 2 x 5

- 25kg x 10

extensors

- drop set 4,3,2,1 band max reps

yeh it was spring held, but i f*ckin did it

[Paul Savage]

meant to be two hand plate wrist curl - it's a little confusing anyways though, you would think the sets of 50lb were warm ups, but actually it had a huge diameter an they were tough as hell, felt like my fingers were gonna snap off, the 25k had a small one so not as bad..im gonna have to measure the plates im doing an say that as well cuss it makes a big difference

[Paul Savage]

2nd sesh of the day

seated dumbbell hammer press

- 12kg x whatever

- 18kg x 10

- 26kg x 10

- 28kg x 10

- 30kg 2 x 6-7

hydrolic seated shouler press

- 30 x 10

- 40 x 3

- 50 x 3

- 60 x 3

- 70 x 1

+ one more rep set with dumbbells of 20kg

light cable cross over

bench press

- 60kg x 10

- 80kg x 10

drop 60kg x 4

hammer, alternate, an concentration curls upto 28kg

hydrolic ab machine

- upto 2 rep sets strongest starting 71 ending 50

farmers walk

- 50kg bells x several lengths of free weight area

rack lockouts >double overhand<

- upto 12 plates

barbell shrugs >double overhand<

- 140kg x 10

- 160kg x 10

drop 100kg x 10

superset with:

pushdowns

- upto 49kg x 2

drop 30kg x 8

swam 10-15 lengths an went in jacuzzi for a bit

damn those hydrolic things are heavy..pretty sure i can hold 300k now, it's not like my grip was fresh either, but i didnt have chalk for this

[Paul Savage]

25/11/07

grippers

- T x whatever each hand

- E HG400 x 1 each hand

- HG500 SH x 0,1,0 R

- H HG400 no set x 0,1,0 L

- new HG500 5 x negative R

- HG500 3 x negative L

- rep sets with overcrush on both HG400'S R

- E HG400 x several singles L

i got this close on video but ill upload when i can get a clear vid of doing it without holding the spring

[Paul Savage]

27/11/07

back squat

- 50kg x whatever

- 80kg x whatever

- 130kg x 5

- 140kg x 5

>add belt<

- 150kg x 5

- 160kg x 5

- 170kg x 5

- 180kg x 5

- 190kg x 5

- 200kg x 5

grippers

- T x whatever each hand

- #1 x whatever each hand

- E HG400 x 1 each hand

- H HG400 x 1 each hand

- HG500 SH x 0,1,1 R

- H HG400 wide set 5 x 1 L

- HG500 2 x 3 bfn's R

- H HG400 +added resistence 2 x fail L

- H HG400 ccs 3 x 1 R

- E HG400 ccs 3 x 1 L

>top two fingers<

- E HG400 2 x fail each hand

- #1 no sets each hand

two hand pinch

- 3 10kg x 10 seconds

>gripping 2 10kg<

- 42kg x 1

- 62kg x 1

- 87kg x 1

- 60kg x 5, 4

>gripping 4 10kg<

- 41kg 5 x 1

deadlift attempts with 2.5in 84k bell, no lockouts

two hand plate wrist curl

- 10kg x whatever

- 15kg x whatever

- 20kg x 10, 20

extensors with 1 band doubled, 2 rep sets

thought i may as well post 20k x 20 2hpwc so i thought whatever an uploaded a 500 close too - you cant see the set cuss i did it against me knee like ive said, it was about 1in

wrist curls - http://youtube.com/watch?v=rMSgIgG9fkc

500 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=21-F05iLT0o

p.s this was a good sesh, squats went 10k more than i plan'd, an 87k pinch is a big PR too

[Paul Savage]

some moron just posted 'nice attempt dude' on the 500 vid - im busting my balls like crazy day in day out, my little fingers looking like a pancake every time i crush this thing, an what do i get? some d i c k h e a d know it all who wants to p i s s me off (if you can type you can see the vid too!) >well, good job son, you've accomplished you're goal, just dont ever do that in person > they might not let me have grippers in prison

but on the other hand, i dont have to work 2moz so i got another two days off! sweet!!

[odin]

some moron just posted 'nice attempt dude' on the 500 vid - im busting my balls like crazy day in day out, my little fingers looking like a pancake every time i crush this thing, an what do i get? some d i c k h e a d know it all who wants to p i s s me off (if you can type you can see the vid too!) >well, good job son, you've accomplished you're goal, just dont ever do that in person > they might not let me have grippers in prison

but on the other hand, i dont have to work 2moz so i got another two days off! sweet!!

Paul, why don't you look at videos made by Acorn and many others and try to emulate the quality re: camera angles, etc.? You are obviously very strong, but I think people might be getting the impression you are being evasive or trying to obscure your closes.

I think you are just enthusiastic and want to share your successes, but you have been making videos with similar errors without making any major improvements despite being given this type of constructive criticism on this and other forums. Some of the reaction you are getting is jealousy, because anyone who stands out will draw critics, but some of the criticism is valid and you need to look in the mirror and see where your problem is before you complain about being attacked. If you continue on the path you're currently on, you might just end up getting in a heated exchange and that won't do you or anyone else any good.

You made a great step forward in your credibility by meeting with Sam & Mobster, but if you truly want to establish a great legacy for yourself you might want to attempt to learn from the feedback others are taking time to give you. I'm guessing others are thinking similar things, but don't take the time to respond for various reasons. I wish you continuing improvement and great success.

This is the last thing I'll say on this issue.

Edited November 27, 2007 by odin

[twig]

From what I can see he doesn't take the p155, just asks why you cover the camera, which, although you have explained why, could also be when you swap the HG500 for an HG400 (for example) so relax, read this and come back and prove without a doubt what you can do.

Failing that, enter a comp already; Hell: I'm considering it, and I'm twice your age, twice your size and half as good as you.

[Paul Savage]

it was a different comment, i deleted it, the other comment is not quite as stupid, was just too lazy to read my comments

you may not realise this, but i dont have any money right now, i have not had any for the past couple of months an pretty much none for a lot longer than that, so i couldn't even afford a new camera (i cant figure out how to upload vids from phone to computer), but im not gonna do that anyways, why should i? i dont get why i should spend any money i get which i need for training tools, food, the gym i plan on getting outside, a car etc i cant afford to be buying camera's cuss of nit picking. Bottom line is like always, im still not lying, i do exactly what i say i do, an my vids are of exactly what i say they are.

The 500 vid clearly shows the handles touching, clearly shows the hg500 on the handle, i dont see the problem with it? i dont ask for anything from anybody, never will, but if teemu posted a vid of him doing that, he would get about 50 comments telling him to rock on, an what do i get? nice 'attempt' an what are you doing at 1 minutute an 8.537383 seconds?? or, you swap'd it for a 400 - NO I DIDNT! hg500 springs are gold, whats next? i painted the spring of a 400 gold? swap'd the hanldes over so it says 500?? sure, im also really a japanese midgit who now lives in texas

twig - you surely cant be twice my size!? i aint that big but not even glenn ross is two of me! i plan to compete in the brits next year >Mobster is going strong an im sure will be stronger than ever next year so if i even lay off for a second i will have no chance of beating him, he would have won last year if he didnt have an untimely off day with v-bar. I only plan on winning though, i dont train for second place - if i keep improving my pinch an thick handle stuff ill be ok i think. New training equipment will help with that, i get paid in a couple days an i have loads of things i wanna buy! holle it up dumbbell, 2.5in wrist roller, IM tugs, IM extensor bands, V-bar, a new #4, a 365, a super..maybe more! got it all wrote down somewhere

[dima700]

Awesome job on the HG 500 Now go and collect the $500 bounty for closing HG 500 and use the money to buy a decent camera and videotape yourself closing HG 500 and #4 on the camera again, which you already said and showed that you can do, so you can become the first person in the world to close HG 500 and sixth person in the world to officially close #4. Keep up the great work !

[Paul Savage]

cheers euro, but not that easy! the #4 and hg500 certs are both very hard, ive a long way to go! other #4 certers have used a deep set to cert on there own grippers (magnus used a new one), now the cert is with a new gripper, and with a credit card set, nobody has certed this way. The HG500 cert is even harder, it's a harder gripper as far as resistence goes also, but the pure size of it is the main problem, even with my size hands, credit card set closing it for the cert is a huge ask. As far as i know, me and clay edgin are the only two to have closed it spring held (the prototype 500 that clay has closed an the german bodybuilder almost closed was easier, only hard elite level, the proper ones were made much harder).

28/11/07

grippers

- #1 / #2 x whatever each hand

- H HG400 x 1 R

- 06 #3 x 1 L

- HG500 SH 3 x fail (all 1-2mm)

- 3 paused singles on each of my 3 #3's L

- #3 / rb210 reps

pinch

- 4 10kg attempts each hand, no movement

- 3 10kg x 1 each hand

two hand pinch

>gripping 3 20kg<

- 61kg x 1

>gripping 4 10kg<

>with gloves<

- 41kg x 1

- 44kg x 1

- 46kg x 1

- 48kg x 1

>no gloves<

62kg x slight air

>gloves again<

- 41kg x 30, 30, 20 seconds

>gripping 3 10kg<

- 41kg x 30, 30, 20 seconds

two hand plate wrist curl

- 10kg x whatever

- 15kg x 3 rep sets

- drop 10kg x reps

extensors drop set - 6,5,4,3,2,1 band max reps each hand

Edited November 28, 2007 by Paul Savage

[Alawadhi]

The 500 vid clearly shows the handles touching, clearly shows the hg500 on the handle, i dont see the problem with it? i dont ask for anything from anybody, never will, but if teemu posted a vid of him doing that, he would get about 50 comments telling him to rock on, an what do i get? nice 'attempt' an what are you doing at 1 minutute an 8.537383 seconds?? or, you swap'd it for a 400 - NO I DIDNT! hg500 springs are gold, whats next? i painted the spring of a 400 gold? swap'd the hanldes over so it says 500?? sure, im also really a japanese midgit who now lives in texas

HAHAHA! Now that ws funny. Cool down Paul Just relax. Anyone believes you will always believe you. I personally do and I am really impressived with your close. And the HG500 are even harder than a #4!!! You know yourself so no need to worry on people who doubt you. Chill up

[Paul Savage]

The 500 vid clearly shows the handles touching, clearly shows the hg500 on the handle, i dont see the problem with it? i dont ask for anything from anybody, never will, but if teemu posted a vid of him doing that, he would get about 50 comments telling him to rock on, an what do i get? nice 'attempt' an what are you doing at 1 minutute an 8.537383 seconds?? or, you swap'd it for a 400 - NO I DIDNT! hg500 springs are gold, whats next? i painted the spring of a 400 gold? swap'd the hanldes over so it says 500?? sure, im also really a japanese midgit who now lives in texas

HAHAHA! Now that ws funny. Cool down Paul Just relax. Anyone believes you will always believe you. I personally do and I am really impressived with your close. And the HG500 are even harder than a #4!!! You know yourself so no need to worry on people who doubt you. Chill up

you want funny? this is funny -

hes gonna get ya! hes gonna get ya!! look at the little b * s t * r d go

yeh, listening to seether - f * c k it a little bit too much i think - i turned the negative into a positive in todays session though! best wide pinching to date

edit - an thanks! good to get some positive response man

Edited November 28, 2007 by Paul Savage

[mobsterone]

Paul, by now you'll have been made aware of the rules of the GB on more than one occasion. You'll know how strict they are regarding proper videos of world class feats of strength. You'll have been told something of the history of the strength sports and how many have made claims since been proven to be BS. So I don't wish to see you throwing the rattle out of the pram every time a feat of strength you KNOW is half decent becomes questioned.

I told you some of this when you back on Muscletalk posting videos of your crushing apples. You were told then that the cheapest digi camera known to mankind can be held steady long enough for people to have no doubts about switching grippers and so on. It's obvious that you can ask someone else to film your efforts. They only need use a few minutes of their time to help you and then only now and again.

If you possess half the talent you seem to have and hope to achieve then think on as to how you come across. Trust me when I say that the better I got the (just slightly mind) more humble I became. At least have an awareness of your potential place in history. I say all this to help you.

So no more rants over questions and locked topics.

PS: thanks for the kind comments above.

[Paul Savage]

Paul, by now you'll have been made aware of the rules of the GB on more than one occasion. You'll know how strict they are regarding proper videos of world class feats of strength. You'll have been told something of the history of the strength sports and how many have made claims since been proven to be BS. So I don't wish to see you throwing the rattle out of the pram every time a feat of strength you KNOW is half decent becomes questioned.

I told you some of this when you back on Muscletalk posting videos of your crushing apples. You were told then that the cheapest digi camera known to mankind can be held steady long enough for people to have no doubts about switching grippers and so on. It's obvious that you can ask someone else to film your efforts. They only need use a few minutes of their time to help you and then only now and again.

If you possess half the talent you seem to have and hope to achieve then think on as to how you come across. Trust me when I say that the better I got the (just slightly mind) more humble I became. At least have an awareness of your potential place in history. I say all this to help you.

So no more rants over questions and locked topics.

PS: thanks for the kind comments above.

i know you say it to help me, and am thankful for you're posts

i understand others have lied, but i have not, and i do not feel i should be treated like i am lying just because others have, im not them, im me, but i guess thats just the way of it - in the particular video of the 500 close that i spat the dummy over, yes my leg blocks the camera while im setting it, but the close is clear, and you can see the spring is gold afterwards >if someone else did this, i would give them props for sure, a 500 spring held close does not deserves 1 star ratings an stupid comments

i will be getting improved videos done, starting with another 500 vid where you can see the set

[mobsterone]

The reason for the rules as they are is what others have done and you MUST abide by them. There is no 'my name is my bond' which we've had in the past just because you'd like it so.

I've been questioned on the way lifts were done in the past. On one such occasion I ranted away and then got them to note the time of my rant. Went off and did a better lift than them in 15 minutes, web cammed an image of it, came back and posted a link inside the 15 minutes mentioned.

They came onside.

I proved beyond doubt I could do what I said.

You do the same and the kudos will come.

[The Mac]

Paul,

I've probably given you as much stick as anyone for the videos you have posted - the reason I have done this is because what you have presented is, almost universally, of very poor quality. You've posted those vids on public forums, so it is obviously something that you are proud of and want props for (and rightfully) - but I do not think that you can blame people when the evidence you present does not match the claim you have made. The knowledgable strength crowd will always call Bullshit on these things - you just can't show a video of you closing a #4 that DOESN'T actually show you closing a #4 and expect no comeback on it. If technical problems were to blame you man up and wait until you can get a good video. Was it really impossible for you to turn round when you were setting the gripper against your leg so that we could see what was going on?

The reason why video/witness is required is because of course that history has proven that a person's word don't mean much when it comes to lifting weights - it is nothing personal. I hold Steve in pretty high regard in the Grip World, I have seen what he can do in person and thought he was a nice guy on the occasions we have spoken, but if he suddenly posted on here that he had closed a #4 and then posted the same sort of proof you have then I would certainly call him on it too (and that's having seen how close he got with the #4 after the British this year.) Also I would say the same to your face - Internet Warriors are one thing but proof of lifting feats is something I take pretty seriously.

You seem to have real potential in the grip world (along with Sam and Pete and a few others you look like you could be amongst the "next generation" of British Gripsters - although of course guys like Steve, David and Nick will be about a while longer I think!) - train hard, work on the presentation of your vids or compete and I will be the amongst the first to congratulate you on your undoubted sucesses in the future.

[mbcx6pmw]

Paul, whereabouts do you live, seem to remember you're in the North West?

I have a decent camera, also have grippers up to a new #4, so would be happy to help if you wanted to get some stuff on video.

[Paul Savage]

all will be proven in time - i will be getting better vids, too much negativity now an im sick of being labled a liar >i have much pride yes, but videos are more for other people, we all like seeing feats of grip, i guess i just dont look at vids like some others do, i dont look for whats wrong with the video

noob - yeh, north west, i live in cheshire, warrington to be exact. You're free to come round for a session at mine if ya want, i will have just about all the equipment you could want here. You can feel free to bring a camera an whatever grippers you want.

[mbcx6pmw]

Well, I might just do that. My wife's family are in Warrington, so know it fairly well. How would Fri 16th Dec be with you, in the evening?

[Paul Savage]

Well, I might just do that. My wife's family are in Warrington, so know it fairly well. How would Fri 16th Dec be with you, in the evening?

i dont think im doing anything then so i think you can come round yeh - because im in work most days now, i cant really say how ill be for a set day though, if i have a hard day in work that day i wont be on form for a session at the night time, thats why i do most of my grip training on off days (usually tuesdays, thursdays, an saturdays) >what id most likely do in this case is train monday, rest tuesday, thursday / try take it easy in work

you say in the evening, what time do you mean by this? ill finish work at 6