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Bruce White’s Custom Cricket Ball Dumbbell

Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2018 by John Wood

Like many grip masters, Australia’s Bruce White was very creative in finding new ways to strengthen his hands. In doing so, he came up with this unique challenge: a cricket ball attached to a dumbbell handle. His best performance on this piece of equipment was 190 pounds – performed while keeping the bar perfectly level throughout the entire lift. He was 49 years old and weighed less than 150 pounds at the time.

Bruce White – Rafter Pinch Grip Chin Ups

Posted on Sunday, November 27th, 2016 by John Wood

It would be impressive to hold your bodyweight off the ground by pinch gripping rafters but far beyond that is doing an actual pullup with that kind of grip. Here Australian Grip Master Bruce White does just that — and this was just a warmup — White could perform same with additional weight tied to his waist!

Bruce White’s Inch Dumbbell

Posted on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 by John Wood

One of the most famous grip feats of all time is to deadlift the Thomas Inch Challenge Dumbbell. Replicas were not available until the mid-1990’s so if you wanted to lift it, you had to either travel to the original, or have your own Inch dumbbell cast, and that is exactly what the great Australian grip master Bruce White did. It took him five years of training to finally accomplish lifting his 172-pound dumbbell. Keep in mind that Bruce White was only 148 pounds at the time, the lightest man to ever do so — a simply phenomenal feat of grip strength.