Do you have the grip strength to tear a phonebook with your hands? While it does require strength, there's definitely some technique that might make it easier! Some people will like this and others won't - that's fine! This is entirely optional and not needed for fitness. HOWEVER, if you're like me and receive unsolicited phone books in the mail still, you can try this before putting them away to recycle. I really don't use them otherwise. (to be fair, I think the ones we get in the mail now are much smaller than they used to be). Note: I cannot emphasize how much of a beginner I am compared to people like @hairculese @irontamer @strongmanstorytelling and other performing strongmen. If you're at all interested in this, please check out their pages for inspiration and education. If there are any technique discrepancies, it's probably an error on my end. Have a wonderful day!

"Hey, here's something pretty useless that you don't need because you're already great, but I'll teach you anyway because it's fun and life is good. Have a beautiful day!"

This gotta be the most violent Hampton has ever been.

I have never had more grip strength in my life than when I worked in bakeries. Constantly squeezing those piping bags literally made my thumbs beefy

"Phone books are hard to find nowadays" I think we know why now

As a book-reader, this tears my soul 😂

Subtle reminder not to mess with this guy

He did it with cards so someone commented "Now trya phonebook". Our friend Hampton replied he would make a tutorial for that and boy, he's kept his words. Hope your life stays positive the way you make it for us. Problems are bound to be there but we all got to face them strong and happy.

Hampton once again shows us his true strength and violent potential… Which he would never use as this man wouldn’t hurt anyone. If a man broke into his house, he is more like to sit and talk to the intruder and help him along a better path.

Last week, I just got rid of ten years of phone books I found in a closet. And I missed out on doing this.

I need to do this to my paperback math textbooks at the end of the year

Hampton is the epitome of suave and manliness. He just oozes masculinity. I wish I was like him. I wish everyone was like him. Kind, blessed, patient and above all formidable.

I heard this man is banned in every library in the world.

Most wholesome channel ❤ I've gotten so much motivation for calisthenics and strength training from you :)

You are very relatable. Thank you for all of your tips, specially the tips for people who struggle. 😊

what did the book do to you 😭

Hampton, thank you for all of the help you give. You are very appreciated and loved by many. Have a wonderful day! 😊

This has motivated me to improve my grip strength, just so I can walk into my Management's office and tear their Employee Manual of company policies and procedures up in front of their eyes. Two inches of hypocritical lip service, including thick, glossy pages. (Who knew circuses had HR and manuals?) Have a beautiful day.

You are the best fitness trainer out there! I love your channel!

For people upset about the "waste of paper" When paper is recycled it is shredded into small pieces and made into a soup like consistency to make new paper. If something is going to be recycled and go through this process anyways, ripping it beforehand doesn't matter as it is going to be recycled.

"I am a bibliophile and I keep my book with great care. For me these people appear as a monster."😂

i love ur content, i actually have a “have a beautiful day” hoodie in my closet rn

I've learned a lot from your videos and I have incorporated them in my workouts. Great tip as always!

One of the only men in yt who has 0 haters

I’ma just put this in there because I don’t know what to say for the KZfaq algorithm and I appreciate your contact my guy keep it going. 💙

As a book lover, I felt pain watching this

Love your energy!!

casually tearing a book like me ripping off a piece of paper towel from the roll😂

I am, indeed, going to have a beautiful day, thank you sir.

Best gym teacher.

I love the commandment at the end, "HAVE a beautiful day » 😂

Holy crap dude i remember when you started on ifunny uploading videos youve come so far, love the content man!

In a previous video he said that he could do it, and he actually did! Hampton is a man of his word👏

General advice 1.- Be strong 2.- Don't be weak

Bro literally got no enemies LITERALLY

“phone books are kinda hard to find nowadays 😏” sounds like a threat if i ever heard one

Bro is just casually flexing his strength

Hampton training his phone book tearing grip strength to fight that GripZilla "What's harder" dude. 💀

Me who hates books: This is the best KZfaq short I’ve ever saw in my life 🥺

Man you are great. Just wanted to say that

Thanks bro this will be useful after my exams 👍

Damn it Hampton! You are just a great person! Take care!

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾 Thanks for this bro

Nice! I ripped my mathbook

I just watched your card deck video the other day and read the comment about a phone book. Damn. You're fast.

They say never provoke the calm quiet ones.....

I'm on KZfaq too much... The strongman in the beginning reminds me of Charles Berthoud. Now I've created a backstory (in my mind) where his family has possessed crazy grip strength for generations, and further developed that talent for professions that capitalize upon it. And just like that, it made sense how Charles can shred a bass guitar like practically no other 😂 Commenting for the algorithm and lols. Keep being awesome, Hampton. Same for all you beautiful people out there 👍

This man is kind because he chooses to be. Be glad you're not a phone book.

Gonna try this on my old maths textbook, ughh my inner thoughts wanted to try that for so longg, hella satisfyinggg

Phonebooks were so afraid of this man that they started to leave existence

Me as long as semester ends:

I just shredded the internet. thanks m8 for the lesson. lmfao

wow, that's pretty strong grip

There's a really easy way to do it with your thumbs that requires almost no strength. Hard to explain over text but you essentially bend the book on your hands and then force a V type shape with your thumbs so makes space between the pages so you're actually tearing the ends of them by themselves but at the same time.

looks like you gound a phone book! great video! i hope youre doing well

My Asian instincts right away ran towards temple to apologise 😂

Love this ❤

I can just hear the minds of people who've never heard of phone books getting blown

Thanks this helped lots

Holy cow!!

Took a second to get the form down but now I feel so powerful

i still remember him from the ifunny days ..

...as a book lover it hurts...

Watching them tearing books hurts my heart 💔💔💔

As a book reader iam tearing now😢i cant see this my heart is gonna break into pieces SPAM. REST IN PEACE for me😢😢😢😢😢

My chemistry book could never 😅

trying this with my school textbooks

Me with my math books when i take a bad grade:

bro is that one nice friendly guy but also deadly in the same time

As a book lover. I never thought i would ever get to see such kinda HEARTLESS TREATMENT WITH BOOKS!! (Seriously my heart aches right now like its shattered in 1000 pieces). 💀💀💔❤️‍🩹

Damn Kaoru Hanayama👀👀💀💀

I’m remembering this just in case I might need to tear my book in half for a joke

No way bro, 😳 that was impressive. I will definitely try this

As a book lover I've never been as terrified in my life.

My man explaining it like any one can do like bruh 🙂

neighbours : what does your son do? parents : tears books .

"Phone books are kinda hard to find nowadays..." *Proceeds to tear it apart like some common thing*

The hardest part of tearing a phone book in half is finding a phone book

My maths book next to me: 👁👄👁

Perfect Solution of my Holidays homework😂

The amount of Knowledge torn apart from a second,thats disrespectful

Bro ripped the book like it was a piece of paper

I can finally put my history textbook to good use...

I gave you a like just for saying, "Have a beautiful day"

Yeah, Adam Savage taught me this one.

He is Classified Baki character

" *Me to my old textbooks that caused me pain and trauma* "

Nice idea after my exams

Bro casually being a menace

Why is the only comment on this vid just hybrid talking about grip strength (I fixed it)

This is what im gonna do to my books at the end of the school year

Nice skill!!

The phonebooks are gonna go the way of the Dodo pretty soon D:

*Hanayama theme start playing*

Now I know what to do when studying gives me a hard time😂

"No books were harmed in this video".

i need a beautiful day and a stay flexi collab

step 1: have good grip strength

You look like a strong pup: see if you can rip this phone book in half

professor david malan from cs50 be like