Greg Doucette Said My Grip Is Weak....

[@1milliondogs]

Hitchell Mooper, what a great guy!

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Indeed!

[@1milliondogs]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman Mitch! We need to see more lifts where you substitute regular weights with Golden Retrievers please...

[@ora6925]

Yeah, this Kitchen Looper sure is great!

[@jeffmacarthur9722]

Not really, whined about the Canadian cold. Leave at any time...

[@Eric_Gurt]

​@@1milliondogshe's Hitch not Mitch

[@TheKurama9]

always surprised by how normal greg doucette sounds when he's not doing his thing lol

[@Reppintimefitness]

Not more normal than me 😎

[@haramlasagne6685]

more normal than last time

[@NapolianMusic24]

It's a personality to draw more views

[@realkylehooks]

When he's doing his thing, he sounds like a toned-down Gilbert Gottfried. When he's not doing his thing, he actually sounds like a more amped up Gilbert Gottfried when he wasn't performing.

[@andreaslarsson5084]

Yup! Same! Prefer him as "the angry parrot" though😅

[@adamjones5931]

Great work, Cooper.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

😉

[@Budsport_TV]

I don’t know I love these two together so much, simply great chemistry I’d imagine.

[@b1ackic3]

I always saw Greg's face on KZbin, never really gave him a chance, but he really does seem like a genuine, real guy, good to have around.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Greg is the 🐐

[@psychosis345]

He needs to stop hounding the Beast

[@chillypeper777]

@@psychosis345 the Beast needs to make up his mind, either he finally commits to a DIET and actually does bobybuilding or he could try sumo, seeing how good he was vs UK champs at his last video.

[@Bigramt]

Yeah Greg is a good dude His youtube has really blown up and well deserved imo

[@kylefitzherbert9381]

@@chillypeper777 he has a plan he has said hes bulking ( for some stupid reason) and i believe come july he said he will start dieting. He just doesnt stand a chance doing what he thinks hes going to do. Especially thinking he will compete against Cbum who would be in a lower weight class than eddie

[@stuchatterton6550]

Mate of mine's father was a boat builder. He apparently used his hands when gluing things in awkward spots and getting a clamp in there was nearly impossible. Strongest handshake I ever experienced...

[@afrog2666]

If you use your hands as clamps when waiting for glue to harden, I imagine that would be accurate, dam..

[@joshuaosko5008]

Would love to see Brian Shaw give this a shot - he occasionally posts videos working on grip strength. Seems to enjoy being tested in that arena

[@DanHammarstrom]

He could try some armwrestlers. Like Vitaly Laletin or Tobias Sporrong. They both do like 120+ kg of grip pressure.

[@ascendance569]

They both did 150kg+. Vitaly even 155kg+, very close to 160kg

[@e.c.9468]

different testing machine. The advantage with Greg is that he's been using the same for 20 years so you can compare

[@baki_sigma]

@@e.c.9468 the problem is that some people cannot be mesured because the max is 100 kg

[@GOPSlayer]

Alex Toproll (School boy), or Devin Larrett would be cool to see

[@Maddolis]

Interesting seeing strongmen, armwrestlers, sumo wrestlers etc all do this test and seeing how they score. There needs to be some sort of standard (slow increase vs explosive) for any serious results but it's interesting nonetheless.

[@Flixlim]

Thats like saying all sprinters need to have the same stride for a "serious result". They all have the same goal and same restrictions to achieve that goal, that is a serious result...

[@Mylada]

Pretty sure you could up this by 10 kg if you just trained for it. Almost no sports requires this kind of squeezing strength. Maybe some grip sport guy with a lot of captain of crush experience would do wrll

[@Maddolis]

@@Mylada Yeah I don't think it's a particularly useful indicator of strength. Armwrestlers will work all sorts of hand strength but their ability to close a heavy gripper isn't super important, powerlifters/weightlifters only really need to concern themselves with holding onto a bar etc. Much like the grippers I think it's interesting to see who's strongest but ultimately not all that important.

[@moodfm5673]

@@Mylada half of the sumo guys have a style where they only go for grip on the belt and they test higher than these things measure for the most part.

[@Mylada]

@@moodfm5673 Makes sense. You must have next level crushing strength to keep that 140 kg sumowrestler at Bay

[@guyincognito1985]

Greg seems very strong for his age & size. I'd like to see him try some strongman training/events?!

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Stay tuned for a future video 🤫

[@TIWofficial]

I guess you are Mitchell Cooper now. Kaz called you that before , now it is official :D Lets go Cooper!

[@J.P.__]

Haha, Greg does it for the view and comments, he knows exactly what it's doing.

[@sfyrisvasileios7799]

Grip strenght is a very unpredictable. Although I have a relatively strong grip and can close for some reps a CoC#2 I was humiliated by an older relative who has always worked in a farm often doing shoveling for hours or hammering fences. His hands were like an iron vice while he was nearly 70 and weighing almost 16kg less than me.

[@robertfender198]

That’s pretty strong I’d like to test ur strength at the table.

[@highviewbarbell]

Nice sfyris! I just closed a 2.5 for the first time and can do a couple reps with a 2 as well!

[@sfyrisvasileios7799]

@@highviewbarbell I also want to work my way up to 2.5 but unfortunately I have to play it safe. Training with grippers makes my wrists sore and then on top I bech a lot with dumbells which adds insult to injury. Do you have any pointers on how to lessen wrist strain?

[@highviewbarbell]

@@sfyrisvasileios7799 I don't even train with the grippers I just use them to see how it's coming. For the same reason, it screws up my wrists

[@wealthycow5625]

Grip is actually one those things that doesn't get weaker with age (you can actually get stronger). Case in point: the world champion grip athlete is like 71

[@Wham0]

Not the exact same device, but there's a few arm wrestlers who can hit over 150kg on a very similar implement to this. Vitali Laletin is close to 160kg...

[@donovanfrink3582]

I want to see Brian Shaw try that

[@Oylban]

He has a bit too big hands for that I think. But Brian's grip (and fingers) strength is legendary.

[@MyLegsAreKindaLong]

He had kzbin.info/www/bejne/maSXgZ16a9J1prs

[@theemperorofmankind3739]

@@Oylban In the least I think Brian would max it out. At most I think he might break it.

[@wickywills]

Or Mark Felix

[@MoltenGriefing]

a well known 6'9 arm-wrestler called Vitaly Laletin has done like 150kg on one of these grippers. Theres videos of it on larry wheels channel i believe.

[@TheBlah7777]

I wonder what Brian shaw would do on this machine just because how freaking huge his hands are well and strong.

[@ellipsis...1986]

His hand wouldn't fit in it lmao

[@gotzvonunentberlichingen1452]

He got over 150kg on a dynamometer in that UFC testing facility.

[@Trunk_Arms]

Meanwhile Vitaly Laletin at the top with the world record at 158kg or something like that lol. Imagine if Vitaly could set wrist curl and bicep curl world records, that's all he would need to at least challenge Levan for the number 1 spot. Because he is an incredible and complete arm wrestling champion already.

[@jeshdhawan]

Enjoying the collaboration. You guys have a good chemistry.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Greg is the 🐐

[@Demidar665]

armwrestling is only dangerous if you dont know what youre doing, never go outside your shoulder with your body, always stay locked in tight and you will never break it

[@garyhunt9838]

Brian Shaw .. PLEASE do this 😀

[@CalvinHikes]

Really would be helpful to have some sort of force associated with that number. Pounds? Kg? Arm wrestlers use grip strength measurements and they get pretty high numbers.

[@rdbm-uo5zt]

When using grippers be sure to keep them up-to-date by regular calibration. I bought a Handexer gripper a few months ago and found out that 45 lbs. of force registered 35 lbs. on it; therefore, I simply multiply any number I get on it by 45/35 = 1.28. My best squeeze was 112 lbs. which translates to 143 lbs. To calibrate this spring gripper, I stuck a piece of rope through a 45 lb. plate with the rope over the gripper handle. Then I lifted the weight up so that the rope was taught, but not yet lifting the weight completely free from the table top. I positioned the rope directly on the center of the handle pad and began to pull very carefully and extremely slowly so as not to jerk the scale down too much. The weight should leave the table almost unnoticeably. This is similar to the method used to calibrate Jamars where you very softly place a weight on the hydraulic cylinders during calibration. The gripper Greg's using looks of similar quality to mine; however, his results with people he's tested seem realistic, and physical education students are taught to regularly calibrate their testing equipment. Over forty years ago, I took a fitness test at the Queen's University Fitness Centre (at Kingston, ON) where, among other things, my grip was tested using a Jamar Hydraulic (one of the most expensive ones): my results were bad for a 27 year old man: 90 lbs. (left) and 100 lbs. (right). The young grad student who conducted the testing shook her head slowly as she wrote down my grip results while facing away from me. She looked like a runway model (6' 2" and around 160 lbs.) with large hands that could squeeze more than mine. While squeezing the grips, she insisted that I hold them with an outstretched upper arm parallel to the floor (a right hand cycling signal position) which really reduced my power, but I disobeyed and did what you guys did. I got away with it. Dr. Andrew (the man in charge) told me that crushing grip strength doesn't always translate to strength in general (at the time I could bench close to 300 lbs., squat nearly 400 lbs., and hold onto a 440 lbs. deadlift with a reverse grip (over 500 lbs. with straps)).

[@wickywills]

Great work, Coop.

[@rojer9]

sumo wrestlers and their grip strength: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnjWiGaqhstrbs0

[@Rakdoss238]

I would love to see Brian shaw do this, dudes grip strength is nuts.

[@Freshprankstv1]

he already has. on one of his vids he went to the ufc training facilities and they tested both hands on this and each hand was about 162 kg. check it out. about the 14 min mark on that vid

[@weedermann]

This seems to be ANOTHER exercise-video of Mitch Moose dominance.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Out here trying.

[@Bigramt]

I love that Mitchell is so dominant in a sport of giants, yet looks like an NFL or rugby player He didn't need to go to extreme measures bodyweight wise to be the best in the world. A great advert for strongman to have an athlete who looks healthy as the best in the world Of course he is way bigger than 99.9%, but no need to be 400lb to be the best I think Adam Bishop is another great example

[@deathlis]

Anyone remember what Shaw's grip was when he went to that testing facility? I know it's not 1-to-1 as that test was for a longer grip duration, but I wonder what his peak was.

[@undefeatedgaul3201]

I think it was around 150 at the UFC facility

[@mikakoivisto6504]

Will Tennyson really has the same grip strength as Hooper wow!

[@Hhhlll7778]

Yes and no , for example there’s no way Will could do Dinnie Stones even closely what Mitch has done

[@justanobody0]

Will Tennyson got an 84?

[@Editor_Steve]

Nope... will wasn't the guy with the highest. Bit will did have the highest of him l, eubank, greg, and William li. Off hand don't remember the number. In the 70s

[@slXD100]

@@Editor_Steve maybe this device is just too old and no good use anymore. 84 being the highest? that's not bad but nothing great...

[@Editor_Steve]

@slXD100 look up world class grip strength for elite athletes. These are measured in kilograms. No avg dude is hitting 80s on an accurate machine. Even Larry wheels was at about 90, with 2 other guys at roughly the same or a bit higher. Not sure if there are different scales out there....but this one is pretty accurate

[@neznit5993]

I love mitchell Copper bro, he's a great guy, great guy.

[@mikes5918]

Mike Hooper and Mitch Cooper - Greg calling it different than last time

[@derekpeiderek7396]

Two smart dudes!✌💪🇨🇦

[@gotzvonunentberlichingen1452]

I was expecting Mitch to just blow it out of the water with 120+kg or something, because he’s similar in stature to Misha Shivlyakov who consistently does over 140kg on dynamometers. Maybe this is just a different kind of dynamometer maybe his strength is distributed like 99% support grip 1% crushing grip. Grip is just awesome

[@tds06001]

You should see what Brian Shaw's number would be. I'm really curious.

[@hulkslayer626]

Greg needs to let Mark Felix try that so we know what the real record is 😉😁

[@MRmOnThER322]

Would be incredible, or the armwrestler Vitaly Laletin who hit 156 kg

[@Alex9501950]

I have a cheap hand dynamometer, so it must just be reading incorrectly or something. Because I can hit 90kg which is the max reading. Sometimes I even error it. I don't lift just do construction work.

[@jaxrammus9165]

loving the duo vids, super wholesome and fun to watch

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Glad to hear!

[@atrocitus9804]

I bought one of these a bit back and got 184 lbs left hand and 180 lbs right hand. I have smaller sized hands as well. Used to be a mechanic and can currently deadlift 630 lbs. I’m very surprised to see these results as I thought mine wasn’t all that

[@davidselawsky6620]

Love Mitchell!! Keep kicking ass Mitch!!

[@Thomas-zt7dm]

I assume it’s 84 kg which is really impressive for someone who doesn’t really train grip on purpose but makes sense considering you’re a strongman

[@baldmammoth]

I wish Greg acted more like he does here in his own videos. His old videos are awesome, where he's not screaming and stuff at the camera. He seems like a cool guy to hang/lift with off camera.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Greg is great!

[@drh3b]

He does the screaming thing because it gets views, I'm pretty sure he's said that more than once. He is entertaining.

[@Frankenstein0777]

Brian Shaw could break it easy. I think he has the best grip of strongman.

[@justanobody0]

how does he do in events that are called grip events like wrecking ball hold, or holding the two falling pillars I think Mark Felix does really well in those

[@Frankenstein0777]

@@justanobody0 Idk how he does in this but on his KZbin he shows off his grip and it's crazy good. he lifted the unliftable dumbbell.

[@undefeatedgaul3201]

@@justanobody0that’s a different type of gripe all together

[@MobaCry]

Gretshell Snooper is an amazing athlete 💪💪💪💪💪

[@flint3866]

Michael Cooper!

[@neaituppi7306]

It was interesting to find out that arm breaks and tears in arm-wrestling were pretty much always because of bad form. Unless the person didn't have strong bones. But if you don't do certain bad forms, normally it is highly unlikely to break a bone.

[@LilB.B]

Jokes on you, my girlfriend has the strongest grip.

[@NateDaBestest]

Huh….

[@RC_Engineering]

Mitchell Hooper is shooting up on my list of incredible humans.

[@clanholmes]

You should do a video with Devon Larratt on strength and arm wrestling training. He lives in your area. Both of you have a good following. He is already doing stuff with Brian Shaw. It is a Win win

[@wolfgangkirby6820]

I love this side of coach greg

[@calum5279]

i completely snapped my right humerus arm wrestling 6 months ago, i am aware i was doing it with bad form which is what led to the break, and i have made almost a 100% recovery, but i understand the fear and would not recommend 😅

[@robertmartin4449]

That thumbnail made me think of when I was a kid and I’d tell my big brother that he couldn’t hurt me. Lol.

[@chrism45]

Grip and crushing strength are completely different. I think crushing carries over to grip but not the other way around, or at least not as much. It's specificity like 1 rep max vs amrap events.

[@trentreimer130]

You can try to hide all you want but deep down you know Devon Larratt is going to find you and make you a world champion armwrestler.

[@deltalima6703]

Thats why he has a fake name. ;)

[@afrog2666]

"MICHAEL COOPER" 😂 That shouldn`t be funny, but it was😶

[@kidadd]

For those wondering, it's 84kg. So just over 185lbs.

[@SOLIDToM77]

You two guys crack me up 😂

[@Noobmaster-069]

That Micheal Cooper guy is crazy strong. He should do some strongman type stuff

[@bychen5011]

You should try out for the NFL like Eddie did. I think you’ll make a crazy good lineman.

[@George_Bland]

I also broke my pinky knuckle, couple months before my 16th birthday. Weirdly reassuring to hear you had the same.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

💪

[@jprp999]

I would have tried it with 2 hands, seems like it might be broken and never go above 84. Also who had the other 84?

[@lowtunedg9211]

The body builder you were talking about didn’t break his arm as a kid, he broke it as an adult body builder arm wrestling Devon Larrat

[@seekthe9]

Vitaly Laletin hits in the high 150 range for reference- he is an armwrestler

[@OGbqze]

I'm 24, and almost never work out. I just tested mine and got 76.4KG with my right and 74KG with my left. Is that good?

[@Vincent_Beers]

It's a little above the average; which is around 60kg. For comparison the world record is 150kg.

[@thierrymad9743]

This Michael Cooper is strong, he should try Strong Man 💪

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

He should 🤔

[@Chicken-1923]

Could be a world champion, you never know

[@KizamyYT]

greg is obsessed with will tennyson

[@victorsoto4821]

That's practically his long lost son lol

[@nathanj9544]

Michael Cooper is my favorite strongman!

[@willtexp]

Never imagined someone called Kitten Pooper could be the world strongest man

[@brianpolston9713]

Ive heard that grip strength can change throughout the day and also can be used as an accurate way to measure your testosterone.

[@Awesummzzz]

I'm not suggesting you start arm wrestling, but if you learn body positioning from a pro then you'll never break an arm. There are very simple ways to alleviate the torque on your humerus, you just can't be stubborn

[@kappaferret6052]

Say goodbye to the Hooper trooper, say hello to the Cooper scooper

[@NoNeed4Sympathy]

I'd love to know what Vitaly Laletin can do on this thing

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

Greg is way less hateable in this format. I hope he can get off the drama shit on his channel and start making good content like this.

[@Mordaqie]

Mitchell "Cooper" lol, Imagine tho if Mitchell Hooper were in a family Brett Cooper

[@WeiderMystic]

Coach Craig is fired

[@espenstoro]

Another fun video from Richard Blooper and Fred Musette.

[@heyheyhophop]

This guest is a keeper, I mean Cooper 😅

[@pimpnoho]

Greg should test some armwrestlers, I think some of the pros like Vitaly Laletin/Tobias Sporrong/Artyom Morozov/Levan Saginashvilli could all easily break that number

[@dustinirwin1]

Go to the next WAL or EvW or KoT armwrestling match and do this. Some of those fellas are several levels above this.

[@scamperooniespanker8736]

Michael Donkey is my favorite strongmin

[@Budsport_TV]

“World Strongest Man Mitchel lCooper” - Greg Doucette 2023

[@mxz2024]

30-40kg is average, 60+ id advanced, 80+ professional, and over 100kg is crazy

[@mcfarlac1]

I actually thought Mitchell’s grip would be stronger. I’m 6’4” and 240 but not that athletic and can score 160lbs to 170lbs (73kg to 77kg).

[@trixxy5180]

My favourite strongman Mitchell “Cooper”

[@ARDAYILMAZ72]

When you meet THE captain of crush

[@fade2black001]

With those testers you're not supposed to extend your arm like that. You're supposed to put your arm upward like you're flexing your bicep.

[@austininatx]

Vitaly Laletin (super heavyweight Russian arm wrestler) has the world record

[@dougfheck]

You guy's are great together

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Stay tuned for the finale.

[@Skraticks]

Thats nuts that will tied mitchell

[@ConcreteBombDeep]

For a fancy audio stick the audio quality is terrible...

[@adamloose1695]

Need to test Brian Shaw or some of the top arm wrestlers like Devon Larrat

[@mconcepcion752]

The Russian Armwrestler Vitaly Laletin once got 155kg on a device similar to that.

[@esterix101]

It's way different.

[@zeeshantaj3457]

Was going to post the same comment. Vitaly is a monster in terms of grip strength. Even among armwrestlers, he is a level above.

[@wss33]

It must have been way different, and maybe 155lbs. because it's just not possible to get 155kg on one of these.

[@zeeshantaj3457]

@@wss33 nope, it's not different. Many armwrestlers tested their grip on the same tool and all of them were around 80 to 100 kg mark although they are all world champions. Very few crossed 100, but that Vitaly dude is just different, very long fingers so he has leverage advantage too for this test.

[@wss33]

@@zeeshantaj3457 So all of them world champions got 100kg and he got 155kg? And here we have the worlds strongest man who got 84kg. Yet that dude got 155kg? Cap.

[@Flaax2k13]

Greg you should actually test ppl that train for this like this one old german guy. Bet he breaks it with easy. Or Leonidas he breaks everything tbh😂

[@gpipeslocal1414]

Would love to see Devon Laratt give this a go

[@blackmass1082]

Ladies and gentlemen, the WSM, Mitchell Cooper. I wrote that thinking you weren't going to address it.

[@tresteg77]

brian shaw would be top in this or martins licis

[@Harry_Bahlzanya]

First thing I think of when I think of strongmen arm wrestling is Nathan Jones vs Magnus Samuelsson 😹😹😹

[@PetenarYT]

Michael Cooper is my favorite strongman

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

He’s mine as well!

[@felix6114]

Nice one Coop

[@AsianSwagMstr]

you did it you crushed greg

[@countsmarald]

Strongest grip I've seen typically are not from strength athletes but blacksmiths

[@jayhome2715]

Now give that grip strength device to any veteran Brick layer in your local community and tell me what it reads.

[@FleXdaNorth]

mitchell cooper... lol come on greg.