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GNC Grip Gauntlet
The GNC Grip Gauntlet (officially GNC Pro Performance Grip Gauntlet) was a strength athletics contest that tested the grip strength of athletes over three disciplines, each designed to test one of the three recognized facets of hand strength: crushing; pinching and supporting.
It was developed by brothers Brad Gillingham and Wade Gillingham and became an internationally recognised contest featured at some of the world's most prominent strength athletics events and expos, including the Arnold Strongman Classic and various WSM Super Series Grand Prix's. The last time the GNC Grip Gauntlet was run in a competitive format was the 2010 Arnold Classic. Since then it has changed to an informal challenge with no official results maintained. Prizes are still awarded for successful completion of the challenge.
In 2002 Gillingham brothers and General Nutrition Center (GNC) introduced Blob Challenge in the GNC booth at the Mr. Olympia in Las Vegas, Nevada. After two successful editions, wanting to expand the challenge, they came up with the idea to test 3 main facets of grip strength: crushing strength, pinching strength and supporting strength. Therefore Wade approached Randall J. Strossen from IronMind Enterprises to get permission to use Captains of Crush Grippers as part of the challenge. In conversation with Strossen it was decided that Wade's original idea to use a Thomas Inch dumbbell replica for the supporting grip challenge should be replaced with the IronMind Rolling Thunder.
The GNC Pro Performance Grip Gauntlet debuted at the 2004 Arnold Expo Challenge. The three implements used were the No. 3 Captains of Crush gripper, the York Blob and the Rolling Thunder. An estimated 20,000 competitors at Fitness Expos over a 7-year run from 2004 to 2010 tested their hands at the GNC Grip Gauntlet.
The Gauntlet eventually settled on three formats: Light, Medium and Heavy. In early 2009, the weight of the Rolling Thunder was dropped from 212 lb (96 kg) to 207 lb (94 kg), to correspond with IronMind's new version of the Rolling Thunder. In 2010 due to changes in the Rolling Thunder and a change from Captain's of Crush grippers to the new Gillingham High Performance (GHP) grippers, it was decided by Wade Gillingham that the historical integrity of the event was no longer sound enough to continue compiling a list of winners.
The disciplines of crushing, pinching and supporting were tested. Crushing, used the IronMind Captains of Crush grippers, Pinching used the York Blob and Supporting was tested using IronMind Rolling Thunder.
Torsion-spring hand grippers date back at least as far as the beginning of the 20th century. In 1964, IronMind introduced heavy duty grippers which are now known as 'Captains of Crush'. By 2004, there were five models in increasing difficulty to close (The Trainer, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4) and the selected gripper was the No.3. With the introduction of three more bridge grippers in 2006 (No. 1.5, No. 2.5 and No. 3.5), the challenge was offered in three different levels. For the light format, it was required to close the No. 2 gripper. For the medium format No. 2.5 was the requirement and for the heavy format it was the No. 3 gripper.
Through IronMind's certification program which was also run in parallel to the GNC Grip Gauntlet, a lot of individuals certified themselves in the official certification list for the No. 3 Captains of Crush gripper which is now widely considered the gold standard of world class crush grip strength. During final years of the gauntlet, they switched to Gillingham High Performance (GHP) grippers.
GNC Grip Gauntlet
The GNC Grip Gauntlet (officially GNC Pro Performance Grip Gauntlet) was a strength athletics contest that tested the grip strength of athletes over three disciplines, each designed to test one of the three recognized facets of hand strength: crushing; pinching and supporting.
It was developed by brothers Brad Gillingham and Wade Gillingham and became an internationally recognised contest featured at some of the world's most prominent strength athletics events and expos, including the Arnold Strongman Classic and various WSM Super Series Grand Prix's. The last time the GNC Grip Gauntlet was run in a competitive format was the 2010 Arnold Classic. Since then it has changed to an informal challenge with no official results maintained. Prizes are still awarded for successful completion of the challenge.
In 2002 Gillingham brothers and General Nutrition Center (GNC) introduced Blob Challenge in the GNC booth at the Mr. Olympia in Las Vegas, Nevada. After two successful editions, wanting to expand the challenge, they came up with the idea to test 3 main facets of grip strength: crushing strength, pinching strength and supporting strength. Therefore Wade approached Randall J. Strossen from IronMind Enterprises to get permission to use Captains of Crush Grippers as part of the challenge. In conversation with Strossen it was decided that Wade's original idea to use a Thomas Inch dumbbell replica for the supporting grip challenge should be replaced with the IronMind Rolling Thunder.
The GNC Pro Performance Grip Gauntlet debuted at the 2004 Arnold Expo Challenge. The three implements used were the No. 3 Captains of Crush gripper, the York Blob and the Rolling Thunder. An estimated 20,000 competitors at Fitness Expos over a 7-year run from 2004 to 2010 tested their hands at the GNC Grip Gauntlet.
The Gauntlet eventually settled on three formats: Light, Medium and Heavy. In early 2009, the weight of the Rolling Thunder was dropped from 212 lb (96 kg) to 207 lb (94 kg), to correspond with IronMind's new version of the Rolling Thunder. In 2010 due to changes in the Rolling Thunder and a change from Captain's of Crush grippers to the new Gillingham High Performance (GHP) grippers, it was decided by Wade Gillingham that the historical integrity of the event was no longer sound enough to continue compiling a list of winners.
The disciplines of crushing, pinching and supporting were tested. Crushing, used the IronMind Captains of Crush grippers, Pinching used the York Blob and Supporting was tested using IronMind Rolling Thunder.
Torsion-spring hand grippers date back at least as far as the beginning of the 20th century. In 1964, IronMind introduced heavy duty grippers which are now known as 'Captains of Crush'. By 2004, there were five models in increasing difficulty to close (The Trainer, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4) and the selected gripper was the No.3. With the introduction of three more bridge grippers in 2006 (No. 1.5, No. 2.5 and No. 3.5), the challenge was offered in three different levels. For the light format, it was required to close the No. 2 gripper. For the medium format No. 2.5 was the requirement and for the heavy format it was the No. 3 gripper.
Through IronMind's certification program which was also run in parallel to the GNC Grip Gauntlet, a lot of individuals certified themselves in the official certification list for the No. 3 Captains of Crush gripper which is now widely considered the gold standard of world class crush grip strength. During final years of the gauntlet, they switched to Gillingham High Performance (GHP) grippers.