AdamTGlass Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I have been waiting for a lot of things in the mail. I think the USPS is slower nowadays. After thanksgiven to new years is the hardest time of year for the USPS. I have been told the number of packages increases by nearly 400% in some regions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Man i'm itching to see your close Matt, and i'm just the spectator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Slam it Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Gripper is here, mail just arrived! 90% sure I will attempt tonight if the kids cooperate. Coffee is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 nice, mash those handles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Three things: 1) Not even close. I think my best attempt was about 1/4" off. Those are bad misses. And it surprised me because everything felt great! I'm disappointed, but not defeated. I will get revenge in 2012. 2) Apparently the "action" camera setting I found recently is not a good one. It doubles the frame rate which is excellent if your hand is moving around. The clarity is much better. But apparently the max video length is 2 minutes! Shortly after I opened the box and took my first attempt, the video stopped rolling. So anything after the first attempt would not have counted anyway. 3) I love this process. Call me a grip romantic, but everything about the cert process is exciting to me. Training with the cert in mind and visualizing the destruction of a goal gripper. Anticipating the arrival of the gripper. Even this unsuccessful attempt was exciting and extremely valuable. Because now it's a vendetta. I do well with vendettas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timstruse Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I will enjoy watching your vendetta unfold. Think "Edmond Dantes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel reinard Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Spoken like a true grip junkie. The MM2 cannot put off what is inevitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Good attitude, you got it next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaz Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Great attitude Matt. As you stated I too find that how I feel doesn’t correspond to my performance at hand. Some times my hands feel great and I "know" I can smash my #3 and then I try and am way off from were I normally am. Other days I’m like "no way my hands are to stiff" but I nail it. I don’t get the CNS. 2012 you will get it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 You'll get it Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Sorry to hear that Matt but great attitude brother! I like certs too because of the focus and drive required to achieve it. Good luck getting revenge on the sucker in 2012!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Sorry to hear it Matt! But glad to see your attitude is still strong and you're going to put the MM2 on Vendetta notice. Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 I see what happened here. Matt, you obviously got ahold of some decaf. A little espresso and she's all yours next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eduard23 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 No problem Matt!Next time you will get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbe705 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 at least the camera crapped out on a miss. do you think you planned your peaking wrong? what would you have differently? or, do you think it was just an off day? normally when something like this happens to me I try to think about what I had been doing for a couple of days and see what could have made the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Guys, thank you for the support and the kind words! Eric, gripper is headed back. Coffee was DEFINITELY caffeinated because I was up until midnight and then slept lousy after that! at least the camera crapped out on a miss. do you think you planned your peaking wrong? what would you have differently? or, do you think it was just an off day? normally when something like this happens to me I try to think about what I had been doing for a couple of days and see what could have made the difference. I believe I planned as well as I could for this attempt. I certainly felt "peaked" prior to the attempt and my final workouts reflected the level of strength I wanted to have going in for the cert. What I will do differently for next time is ensure I have some extra in the tank. I knew this was going to be a near-max effort. It would be nice to make it less so. I probably won't sign up again until I've closed my 167 BBE a few times. Here is the only thing I can figure that contributed to my poor performance. Kind of a funny story. When the gripper arrived, the package was COLD. This is Minnesota in December and it had been in the mailbox for probably an hour. So I put the package by a heater vent and threw a blanket over the top. Well time goes by and I'm getting ready for the cert; setting up the camera, etc. My 20-month-old son is with me and he is sick. It was nearing his bed time so he was also tired. Therefore he would NOT let me set him down so I was carrying him everywhere as I set up. So I'm almost ready to put him down to sleep and I look in the kitchen for the package. Not there. So I blame him. "What'd you do with it buddy?" He says a few of the words he knows (cat, eat, lights) but not very helpful. So now I'm beside myself. WHERE IS THE PACKAGE? I completely tore apart the house, retraced my steps multiple times, carrying that 35lb meatball the whole time. Probably 30 minutes pass of this and now I'm wondering what the hell I'm going to tell Bill? Now I'm cussing under my breath, flushed, irritated, tired of carrying Mr. ThickBurgerKid. Finally I take a seat on the couch to gather myself. Calm down. I look over across the room and see the blanket. Oh yeah, the gripper was cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Oh man, great story! I hate it when stuff like that happens and have a heavy toddler myself. - Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbe705 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I would guess that it was all the stress of thinking you lost it rather than the exertion. last saturday my wife's car died. when the tow truck got there he fixed a nonproblem. after thinking the car was going to need to go to the shop I had a terrible gym day. stress. bad stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaz Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 That is a great story Matt. Cat Eat Light…Thanks buddy that helps a lot. I have wondered about temp and spring stiffness for a while. I wondered if it affected some of my results. Now it’s freezing in Flagstaff so I will calibrate a few grippers cold In my garage. Then Ill heat them on my vents (maybe 100 degrees F) and see what the #s do. Maybe this is why Texas, Tucson and Phoenix have a skewed representation of heavy gripper closers. If there is no change then it dose not matter because I know hands don’t perform the same gripping frozen grippers. That is why I have been storing some on top my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Three things: 1) Not even close. I think my best attempt was about 1/4" off. Those are bad misses. And it surprised me because everything felt great! I'm disappointed, but not defeated. I will get revenge in 2012. 2) Apparently the "action" camera setting I found recently is not a good one. It doubles the frame rate which is excellent if your hand is moving around. The clarity is much better. But apparently the max video length is 2 minutes! Shortly after I opened the box and took my first attempt, the video stopped rolling. So anything after the first attempt would not have counted anyway. 3) I love this process. Call me a grip romantic, but everything about the cert process is exciting to me. Training with the cert in mind and visualizing the destruction of a goal gripper. Anticipating the arrival of the gripper. Even this unsuccessful attempt was exciting and extremely valuable. Because now it's a vendetta. I do well with vendettas. Good attitude Matt, you'll get it next time. The vendetta is oooon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IROC-Z Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Next time you will smash it for sure.........and it will be even sweeter because of the revenge factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Next time Matt; funny story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joefrey Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 You'll get it next time Matt ! Keep up the hard work !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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