The Grip Show

Sal Sabatino made his debut in Grip Sport by winning Maryland's Strongest Hands 2025 beating several veteran competitors. 2025 was a great year for Sal as he competed often, going toe to toe with some of the sport's best lifters. He continued to get stronger and improve with each performance climbing up the ranks and finishing the year in the Men's Overall Top Ten (7th) for the North American Rankings. Sal has a competitive background in Strongman, Arm Wrestling, and is a certified closer of the CoC 3 (Captains Of Crush 3). Sal joins the show to give us more info on his background leading into the sport and his plans for the future.The Grip Show Discount Codes:“Gripshow20" for 20% off at https://dieselcrew.com/store/shop/"Thegripshow" for 5% off at https://www.armassassinstrengthshop.com

This episode is a list of all past Overall King Kong Grip Challenge winners with some extra information regarding King Kong History.

Eric Roussin joins the show once again to announce this year's King Kong Grip Challenge Event Lineup! The International King Kong Grip Challenge is the biggest and longest running multi-venue Grip Sport competition in the world. We hope to see you competing at a venue near you! Best of luck in your training and best of luck to all organizers and promoters!

Northeastern Regional Championships for Grip Sport International were held in Vermont by Vince Broderick. The events contested were 2 3/8" Napalm Nightmare, 2 Hand Flask, Inch Pinch, Meat Hooks Deadlift, and a Medley. Congrats to Jedd Johnson and Joanna Hull for becoming the Northeastern Regional Champions this year!

Jedd Johnson and Zach Staniewicz join the show to summarize this year's competitions, discuss rookie of the year, best overall grip athlete, most improved athlete and much more. Tune in and check it out and we will see you in 2026!

The Napalm Nightmare World Championships Recap covers everything from the Weight-class winners, Overall Winners and Top Lifts for each events. Congratulations to Thomas Larsen and Heather MacDowall on winning the Overall Divisions.The Grip Show Discount Codes:“Gripshow20" for 20% off at https://dieselcrew.com/store/shop/"Thegripshow" for 5% off at https://www.armassassinstrengthshop.com

In this episode the show highlights all of the Grip Sport International (GSI) Regional Champions of North America. Thank you to all promoters for their efforts making in making the 2025 Regional Competitions a major success!

These are the 2025 North American Grip Sport End Of The Year Rankings. Congratulations to all the competitors for putting their dedicated training to the test in the 2025 Competition Year. Keep working hard and see you all in 2026!!!The Grip Show Discount Codes:“Gripshow20" for 20% off at https://dieselcrew.com/store/shop/"Thegripshow" for 5% off at https://www.armassassinstrengthshop.com

Eric Roussin joins The Grip Show to cover the results for the 13th International King Kong Grip Challenge. The events this year consisted of the 2.25" FBBC Crusher, Freestyle Hub, 1 5/8" Thumblaster (Arm Assassin), and the Little Bighorn. The competition reached participation from 43 venues across the world and had 350+ adult competitors. Including the youth divisions the numbers were not too far from 400 total competitors. Several World Records were set and even more weight class records have been bumped higher. Congratulations to all of those who hosted and competed. Thank you all!

With a competitive climbing background beginning at an early age Tanner Merkle developed a great base for Grip Sport. Early on Tanner was a stand out lifter who has continued to deliver world class lifts at the highest level. Tanner joins the show to talk about his recent performance at the Shaw Classic, past competitions, some of his grip training, and much more in this episode. Be sure to tune in and check it out! The Grip Show Discount Codes: “Gripshow20" for 20% off at https://dieselcrew.com/store/shop/ "Thegripshow" for 5% off at https://www.armassassinstrengthshop.com