Finland has strength in its blood and grip strength is no exception as the 2017 Finnish Rolling Thunder Championships produced a new national record and a valiant effort to break the world record for the CoC [Captains of Crush] No. 4 Silver Bullet Hold.




“Our contest went very well, GripMonsters’ Juha Harju reported to IronMind.  “Tomi Tuomi and I broke the old Rolling Thunder Finnish Record (2012, Johannes Suomela 106kg) two times. 

“First I pulled 107kg and after that Tomi pulled it too. 109kg was too heavy for me this time but Tomi got it!

“After the Rolling Thunder my target was to break Jedd Johnson's world record time on the CoC Silver Bullet with the Captains of Crush (CoC) No. 4 gripper. My time was 12,88sec. It was close to success,” Harju said.

Rolling Thunder
Tomi Tuomi 109kg (new Finnish record)
Juha Harju 107kg
Harri Tolonen 95kg
Arto Joronen 95kg
Jouni Mähönen 90kg


CoC Silver Bullet Hold with Captains of Crush No. 4 Gripper
Juha Harju 12.88sec
Tomi Tuomi 1.97sec


CoC Silver Bullet Hold with Captains of Crush No. 3 Gripper

Juha Harju 39.75sec
Jouni Mähönen 23.6sec
Tomi Tuomi 19.34sec
Arto Joronen 15.97sec
Harri Tolonen 8.88sec


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