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Other 2007 Grip Records
Chris Rice broke his age 55 Euro-grip 2-hand pinch lift record with 200.7 lb at the Global Grip Challenge on August 25, 2007. Wes Peart, in Tucson AZ, July 13, 2007, squeezed 115 kg on a Jaymar dynamometer for a new men's age 18 record. Nathan Bryant, in Oakland CA, at the Dunsmuir Highland Games, July 14, set a new age 12 boys record with 45 kg. Delaney MacNeil, set a new girl's age 11 record with 32 kg, also done in Oakland, but on July 15.
Grip Strength Dynamometer Records
Dynamometers are instruments used by health professionals and others to measure grip strength. Most types are squeezed with one hand using just the force of one's grip. Below are world records, or at least world bests, for marks made with the Baseline hydraulic dynamometer. Baseline,Jamar, Rolyan and Preston dynamometers produce the same results. Other brands are not directly comparable. Records made on the Robert Baraban Grip Tester, a spring dynamometer, are actually a little tougher than the first two brands named. The records below have all been done correctly--no bracing with the other hand nor other parts of the body are allowed, nor a jump start where one of the needles causes the other needle to jump. All of the marks have been witnessed by Dale Harder or other reliable sources. We are currently developing an all-time list and hope to have it on-line soon. Below are records listed by age, record squeeze in kg, name of person, and date. Single age records are listed thru age 19. Starting at age 35 the records are for 5-year groups--i.e. 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, etc. Missing age groups over age 35 indicate that an older person has a better mark than anyone in that age group. Likewise, under age 20, younger persons have the record if their marks are superior to those of older people. First are the male records. age kg name venue date age 2, 13 kg, Dillon Harder, Castro Valley CA, 122703; age 4, 14 kg Dillon Harder, Castro Valley CA, 072206; age 5, 15 kg, Dillon Harder, Castro Valley CA, 122706; age 8, 34 kg, Nate Fowler; McPherson KS, 092307 age 12, 45 kg, Nathan Bryant, Oakland CA 071407; age 13, 60 kg, Thomas Rice, Castro Valley CA, 021202; age 15, 72 kg, Al Negete, Livermore CA, 021206; age 16, 80 kg, Alexander Wong, Livermore CA, 021206; age 18, 115 kg, Wes Peart Tucson AZ 071507; open, 122 kg, Dave Brown, Pleasanton CA, 090404; age 45, 112 kg, Myles Wetzel, McPherson KS, 092207; age 50, 99 kg, Frank Henry Pleasanton CA, 090207; age 55, 93 kg, Ian Percy, Pleasanton CA, 083003; age 65, 86 kg, Dale Harder, Petaluma CA, 122705; age 70, 80 kg, Dale Harder, Castro Valley CA, 083107; age 75, 68 kg, Vince Sempronio, Napa CA, 101202; age 80, 53 kg, Bob Hutchings, Castro Valley CA, 102102; age 90, 42 kg, Clyde Myers (1), Salina KS, 021206; age 100, 24 kg, Joe Rollino SaddleBrook NJ 04; age 100, 24 kg, Frank Murray, Hayward CA, 071305; (1) witnessed by Al Myers et al.
Female Grip Strength Dynamometer Records
age kg name venue date age 7, 20 kg, Delaney McNeil, Pleasanton CA, 083003; age 8, 21 kg, Brianna Harder, Castro Valley CA, 072206; age 9, 25 kg, Brianna Harder, Castro Valley CA, 032407; age 11, 32 kg, Delaney McNeil, Oakland CA 071507; age 12, 39 kg, Kelly Eaton, Global Grip Challenge, 082507; age 15, 56 kg, Shiloh Eggert, Vancouver CAN, 111803; open, 71 kg, Bethany Owen, Oakland CA, 071104; age 50, 56 kg, Jan Todd, Saddlebrook NJ, 062803; age 65, 44 kg, Claireed Weld, Oakland CA, 091607; age 70, 37 kg, Karel Harder, Castro Valley CA, 062906; age 75, 32 kg*, Norma Dekker (2), Three Rivers MI, 071205; age 80, 29 kg, Shirley McPherson, San Jose CA, 082303; age 85, 28 kg, Agnes Jacobson, Castro Valley CA, 062106; age 90, 20 kg, Bernice Hutchings, Castro Valley CA, 102102; age 95, 15 kg, Margaret Pickford Hayward CA, 100206 (2) witnessed by Don Larkin, et al. John Landry, of Nevada City CA, set a new age 94 grip record with 37 kg right hand and 35 kg lefty on May 27 in Nevada City, witnessed by Harder. Clyde Myers, 90, weight 178, crushed the dynamometer closed at 42 kg with each hand on Feb. 12, 2006, in Salina, Kansas, for the Dino Gym Record Day Meet. On that same day he also set other age 90+ world records: right hand partial dead lift 205 lb; right hand 2" diameter vertical bar lift 118 lb; and 2-hand pinch lift 66 lb.World Strongest Man of 2006 is Over
Phil Pfister wins the World's Strongest Man Contest in China. First time an American has won since Bill Kazmaier won in 1982. See page 7. Mikhail Koklyaev and Kyrylo Chuprynin UKR made attempts at breaking the world record in the weight over the bar, standing style, at 19' in Scotland. Ryan Vierra wins 5th world championship in highlang games. For more news and records see page 7.Phil Pfister, USA, won the World's Strongest Man Contest in China. It's the first time an American has won since Bill Kazmaier did in 1982. Second was Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland, who led by 1/2 point going into the last event. Third place was Don Pope, USA. It seems no one except Phil had given himself a chance to win over Mariusz. Results of the two days: 1. Pudzianowski and Mark Felix tied in the car dead lift for reps with 16x each. Dymek POL had 13x. Pfister, Hollands, and Vidzik did 12. Mitt EST did 9, Wenta POL 8x. Toczek 8x, and Pope only 1x. Pope's low score would hurt him later on. Event #2 was the Power Stairs---won by Pudzianowski; Tarma Mitt 2nd; Don Pope 3rd. Event #3, last of the 1st day, was the Overhead Lift: Phil Pfister was the only one to lift all four stone weights overhead. Next closest man could lift only two. Day 2 started with Event #4--Bus Pull--won by Pfister. Event #5 was the Fingal Fingers won by Pfister. BTW, Phil had set a new WR in the prelims in this event with 32.14 seconds. Event #6 was the Car Walk. Phil just barely edged out Pudzianowski. The Atlas Stones was the final event; Phil won that too, winning the last 5 events in a row!" Hey, I remember when a few years ago Phil shouted out that someday he would bring the WSM championship back to America. Few believed him then. Guess he knew something they didn't. Talking about reaching deep inside yourself--Phil has made many believers.
IFSA Strongman Grand Prix in Finland
Andrus Murumets EST set a world's record in the Farmer's Walk. Details to follow.
World Championship Highland Games at Pleasanton
Kyrylo Chupkrynin, Ukraine, won the weight over the bar using the standing style, even though his competitors used the spin technique which adds 2' to 5' to their marks. Read complete results and many photos in October issue of "Strength & Speed Newsletter". Mikhail Koklyaev RUS also made some great attempts at 19' in Europe. See above newsletter info on page 5 of this web site.
Age 14 dead lift record in 148 lb class
Bobby Natoli, dead lifted 375 lb raw at a high school tournament at Fulton High School in Fulton, NY on March 3, 2007.
1 minute pushup record for age 40+ broken
Russ Copack GBR, did 135 pushups in one minute on May 28 at Twickenham Stadium, in England,in front of thousands of rugby fans.
Jarred Rome threw the discus 220' at the Hartnell College Thrower's Meet, in Salinas CA, on May 24, 2006. He also closed the Baseline dynamometer with 107 kg right hand and 106 kg left hand. Marks were witnessed by Dale Harder and several others.
Goerner Grip (overhand grip) Deadlifts
854 lb (387.5 kg i) Brad Gillingham, Trencin SLO, 11-17-02 at 331 lb, height 6'4.5.
Raw Deadlifts
"Raw Deadlifts" means dead lifts performed without a special suit. K= knee wraps i = done at an IPF meet. n = national meet. d = druq disqualification. * = unofficial. Dead lift suits started showing up in 1986, although a few lifters had used squat suits as an aid for the dead lift before that time. Input included from Gus Rethswich, Herb Glossbrenner, Bruce De Rosier, Michael Soong and Kevin O'Rourke.See a longer list in "Dale Harder's Strength & Speed Newsletter."
410 kg (904 lb) Wohleber, Dan, Sandusky OH, 121282, bw 268, ht. 5'8e
410 kg (903 lb) Kenady, Doyle, Honolulu HI, 040686, bw 305, ht. 5'10
410 kg (903 lb) Henry, Mark, Wilkes-Barre PA, 071695, bw 405.8, ht. 6'3
402iw kg (886 lb) Kazmaier, Bill, Columbus GA, 112981, bw 330, ht. 6'2
401.5iw (885 lb) Reinhoudt, Don, Chattanooga TN, 050373, bw 357, ht. 6'3.5 Key: i = IPF or international powerlifting federation; e =estimated.
Chinups (chins/pullups)
209 chinups in 30 minutes--age 12--Bobby Natoli at Oswego NY, 5-14-05, bw 128, ht. 5'4.5"
418 chinups in 30 minutes--open record--Stephan Hyland GBR at Stoneleigh, Surrey, 3-7-06
42 chinups in 1 minute--open--Stephen Hyland GBR at Stoneleigh, Surrey, 3-7-06
99 chinups in 2 minutes and 50 chinups in 1 minute--open record__ (unofficial) Huang Thai Doung VIE at Hanoi, Vietnam, 10-31-04
44 chinups in 1 minute--age 51--Bob Natoli at Oswego NY, 2-10-07, bw 186, ht. 5'10. He also set a world record of 56 squat thrusts in one minute on the same day.
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| Dale Harder winning 2002 World Highland Games for Masters Age 65+. |
Mission
We publish three unique books and a newsletter:
1. Strength & Speed--is a fun fact book like the Guinness Book and Ripley's Believe It Or Not combined. Find the age records, percentile ratings, bodyweight records,and sometimes height recordsfor the bench press, squat, dead lift, snatch, clean & jerk, press, curl,track & field events, pullups, and pushups. We also have age and weight records for the highland games, farmer's walk, all-around lifting, the Inch Dumbbell, Dinnie Stones, Basque lifting, strong man events including the Arnold Scwarzenegger Strongman, grip strength, and football among many others. Please see page 2 of this website.
2. Strong, Stronger, Strongest--This book has the biographies and strength feats of over 100 strong men from many areas--weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman including Arnold Schwarzenneger's Strong man, World's Strongest Man, IFSA, grip feats, wrestling, Basque lifting, highland games, shot put, arm wrestling, etc. These bios include: Chuck Ahrens, Alexeev, Paul Anderson, Andre the Giant, Apollon, Randy Barnes, Mac Batchelor, Andy Bolton, Dave Brown, John Brzenk, Pat Casey, Ed Coan, Jon Cole,Louis Cyr, Miles Darden, John Davis, Marvin Eder, Clay Edgin, Garry Frank, Gama, Brad Gillingham, Hermann Goerner, Joe Greenstein, Shane Hamman, Mark Henry, Doug Hepburn, Alexander Karelin, Bill Kazmaier, Doyle Kenady, Antonio Krastev, Alexander Kurlovich, Salem Jabar, John Marx, Scot Mendelson, Karl Norberg, Brian Oldfield, Inaki Perurena, Anatoly Pisarenko, Pudzianowski, Don Reinhoudt, Reza Zadeh, Cannonball Richards, Zydrunas Savickas, Arthur Saxon, Schemansky, Brian Siders, Sigmarsson, Taranenko, Topham, Wilhelm, Jim Williams and others--see page 3.
3. Sports Comparisons...You Can Compare Apples to Oranges--Use decathlon-like scoring tables to compare track & field athletes, weightlifters, raw powerlifters, IPF lifters, and other power lifters, highland games, stone lifting, golf, rock climbing, pullups, pushups, situps, and athletic feats in 32 sports--see page 4.
Dale Harder's Strength & Speed Newsletter--covers grip sports, all-around lifting, strong man, weightlifting, powerlifting, highland games, track & field especially the shot put, discus, and other sports. See page 5.
Dynamometer (grip) All-Time List. Under development. see page 6.
News & Links
Please see page 7.
Profile
Dale Harder, the main author, has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley, an M.A. from S.F. State, and taught school at every level from kindergarten to college. He is a former world champion and world recordholder in age 65+ Scottish highland games in 2002. In his youth he was on the track teams of Oakland HS, Oakland JC, and University of California at Berkeley. He briefly held the school record in the discus throw at OJC. He was also on weightlifting teams for the Oakland YMCA and S.F.State College. While at S.F. State, he competed against San Quention Prison in weightlifting. When at UC Berkeley, he was captain of the Berkeley YMCA volleyball team against San Quentin. He participated in the Irish Games at Moraga, California, and five or six Scottish highland games starting in 1962 in Invergordon, Scotland, including the 2002 World Masters' Highland Games. He's currently the unofficial world record-holder for age 65+ on the Baseline grip dynamometer with 86 kg done at age 68. He recorded a chinup with 50 extra pounds at a bodyweight of 231, in competition at age 65. He also did two chinups with 101 lb in his youth. His best vertical jump was 32"; his best standing long jump was 9'7.5" with toes behind the line, and 10'5 in Olympic style (toes over but not touching the sand pit dug out to a depth of 4"). His other feats (with no coaching) were pretty modest: press 210, snatch 205 split style, clean & jerk 280 (split), clean 285, raw squat 335 (Dale's 6'5 and has extra long legs), bench 245, dead lift 475, 1" dead lift from the rack 805, 1" squat from the rack 805. All lifts were done with only a weightlifting belt and a bodyweight between 220 and 251 lb, and obviously no drugs. He did: 37'5" put with a 22 lb stone--the latter in Inverness, Scotland in 1962.He did 20 one-arm pushups. When 15, he pushed a 1932 Buick, weighing about 3000 lb, up a 20-degree grade for about 100 feet, pushing from the rear bumper while a friend steered.. In 1958, at 21, he was told he wouldn't live another 20 years because he had a hole in his heart the size of a half dollar, unless he had an operation--which he did and survived--thanks to Dr. Frank Gerbode and Dr. Norman Shumway at Stanford Hospital. In or about 1998 his heart went crazy and surged up to a pulse of 230. He walked home, drove to the hospital and was given defibrillation. Later he had cardiac ablation which totally solved the problem--thanks to Dr. Charlie Young of Santa Teresa Hospital in San Jose.
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Dale Harder has taught school for 35 years at every level from K-college extension classes. He taught mainly math, science, reading, English & geography. He has authored over 60 books ("Think Tanks sold 10,000 copies), created 4 games ("Frac Jack" sold 10,000 copies) and 6 software pieces (none of which sold over 200 copies), and served as a mentor teacher, district math coordinator for Fremont Unified Schools and moonlighted as a tutor. He's followed strength & speed sports for 50 years and has created sports comparions tables, like decathlon scoring, for 32 sports including 3 versions for powerlifting--raw, IPF, and other.
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