Rolling Hills Grip Challenge 2

I made the drive up to Cheyenne, WY to participate in the second Rolling Hills Grip Challenge hosted by Travis Bogard at ATR Training.

It was a good field with (5) in the women's field and (15) in the men's field.  Two platform were set up and the meet ran very smoothly.  Format was rising bar with unlimited attempts.

Samantha

Kim

Rebecca

Kelsie

Sarah Chappelow

Jonathan (74-)

Owen (Jr, 74-)

Gavin (83-)

Sanjiv (93-)

Joshua (93-)

Brandon (105-)

Arlin (120-)

Trevor (120-)

Landon

Colton Storm

Brad

Jeremy

Jaland Worley

Brandl

Steve

Saxon Bar Deadlift to Lockout - I opened conservatively at 66.  I followed that with 86, 96, 106, 116, before failing 126 pounds.

2-3/8" Napalm Nightmare - I opened better at 156.  I followed that with 171, 181, 201, 211, 221, 231, before failing at 241 pounds.

Inch Pinch - I opened at 23.  I followed that with 28, 33, 38, 43, 48, before failing at 53 pounds.

Grandfather Clock - I opened way too light at 80 pounds.  I followed that with 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 and 170, before failing 180 pounds.

Wrist Extension Drag Sled - 93kg class pulled (6) 45 pound plates on a sled for about 15 feet.  I was barely hanging on and finished in 51.94, just under the 60 second time cap.  Lighter athletes started with (4) plates and the heavies tackled (9) plates.  Times ranged from 25 seconds to distance covered under the cap.  This was a fun event.

I was crushing my training numbers.  I had not tested the Saxon Bar, but really surprised myself.  Napalm Nightmare was 231 vs 200 in training.  Inch was 48 vs 33 in training.  Grandfather Clock was 170 vs 80 in training.  Seasoned implements, friendly crowd and Spider Chalk probably made some difference.  We also used Zolex to clean our hands.

Overall, the drive was fine.  I just made weight at 204 pounds.  I packed the right amount of snacks and drinks with (2) clif bars, (2) granola bars and (2) gatorade zeros.  I would have liked a sandwich.  I competed well, but should have skipped some weights.  Relative to the field, I did well on platform 2 staying ahead of the juniors and the ladies, but behind Jon and Josh.  Platform 1 was going nuts and often doubling our weights.

Jaylan brought his blobs, hubs, steel stock and decks of cards to tear.  I did not get very far.  I could not lift the 35# Marcy plates.  I could not bend any of the steel stock.  I did not even bother grabbing a deck of cards.  I could pick up half 50#, but not the half 55#.  With two hands, I could pick up a half 80#, but not the half 90#.  I could not even brake the Jeremy's Inch dumbbell off the ground.

Relative to the field, I was ahead of the juniors and ladies (except Sarah) and was at the back of the pack against the men.  I occasionally matched Josh or Jon, but never beat them on a lift.  Lifters over 93 kg crushed me.

I will definitely try to make it back next year.

Overall:

Men

1. Jaland Worley - 991.8
2. Colton Storm - 937.9
3. Steve Millard - 910 (Masters)
4. Jeremy Everding - 875.3
5. Trevor Tempo - 817.9
6. Landon Whitt - 743.2
7. Brad Becker - 698.3
8. Joshua Jump - 672.5
9. Jon Hamrick - 565.9
10. Sanjiv Gupta - 565.9 (Masters)
11. Kyler Sorenson - 506 (Jr)
12. Gavin Ramirez - 371.9 (Jr)
13. Owen Barth - 351.9 (Jr)

Ladies 

1. Sarah - 688.4
2. Sam - 456
3. Kelsie - 451
4. Rebecca - 426.9
5. Kim - 371.9 (Masters)

Lynch (Weight) Adjusted Men

1. Steve Millard - 796 (Masters)
2. Jaland - 784
3. Trevor - 688
4. Colton - 638
5. Josh - 632
6. Jeremy - 624
7. Jon - 620
8. Brad - 533
9. Landon - 527
10. Sanjiv - 524 (Masters)
11. Kyler - 520 (Jr)
12. Gavin - 369 (Jr)
13. Owen - 366 (Jr)

Wrist Roller

4 plates

1. Jon - 24.69
2. Becka - 26.94
3. Sam - 29.88
4. Kelsie - 38.87
5. Kyler - 44.97
6. Sarah - 46.06
7. Gavin - 46.19
8. Owen - 55.88
9. Kim - 4.4 feet

6 plates

1. Josh - 28.15
2. Trevor - 28.57
3. Steve - 29.94
4. Sanjiv - 51.94

9 plates

1. Colton - 24.75
2. Jaland - 30.78
3. Landon - 31.63
4. Jeremy - 38.69
5. Brad - 9.6 feet