Competing at the German Grip Meeting 2017 organized by Stefan Falke in Hannover, Germany last Saturday, Christiane Schmidt broke the Rolling Thunder world record by knocking out 8 pull-ups.



Christiane Schmidt held the former women's world record for Rolling Thunder pull-ups at 7 repetitions and looking at the power she showed on this performance, it seems likely that she will push this record even higher.

Here is link to a video of her performance:

Christiane Schmidt 8 reps Rolling Thunder Pull-ups

On the men’s side, there was a strong field, including three bold-face names in the grip strength world:

• Stefan Falke (certified on the Captains of Crush No. 3 gripper), the Red Nail, and the Crushed-To-Dust! Challenge
• Carl-August Mertz (certified on the Captains of Crush No. 3 gripper, the Red Nail and the Crushed-To-Dust Challenge)
• Gabriel Sum (certified on the Captains of Crush No. 3 gripper, and the Captains of Crush No. 3.5 gripper).

and events were the IronMind Hub (maximum weight), Inch Dumbbell (reps), Little Big Horn (time), a medley and bending.

Carl-August Mertz took first place overall, Stefan Falke was second and Gabriel Sum was third.


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