@@ultimape Thanks for sharing your experience - very interesting that you link your increase in strength with your improved gut biome. As you say, taking in nutrients may not be enough for good health, if your body can't extract and make use of them properly

@@ChrisPT most of the people into grip strength seem to assume that those with extremely high grip are genetic freaks or have spent years training. What we might actually be seeing is that gut bacteria are passed on among families and exercise itself seems to promote changes to gut bacteria. Another factor that people over look is metabolic health of nerves. Neuromuscular strength seemed to be the thing that shifted in me that lead to such profound changes. My intention with the gut biome shift was targeting and treating Multiple Sclerosis related nerve problems and reduced inflammation. We're also seeing lots of fascinating work exploring lipid function's role in muscular strength that is seemingly surprising to many scientists. The gut shift also addressed my crohn's disease symptoms and likely lead to massively improved lipid digestion both directly thru improved bile function and indirectly thru activity on the liver. Did you know Tom Stoltman ("The World's Strongest Man") is autistic? Recovery from my health issues has been been my autistic obsession for 10 years. I thought it was weird that so many autistic types have sarcopenia even when they are young. My goal is to get a world record in grip strength. I started strength training last month after figuring out how to maximize recovery of muscles. I think it's funny how I went from being unable to lift a 10lb free weight to being able to curl 60lbs without any training.

Can you recommend a grip strength meter that can go above 90Kgs/200lbs? The ISO certified digital one I bought seems to have that as it's upper limit. I wanna reach 400lbs

Lol thanks. Think you meant to comment on my other short. It's not such a difficult parkour move, but I'm old and haven't tried it for years so I guess that makes it more impressive

Thanks for the advice!

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it so much. It was quite an experience for me!

Very interesting. Seems like your grip is quite acceptable now with those numbers

@@ChrisPT My blacksmith friend also has roughly the same numbers, is a few years older and has had past injury also. One surprise at training was the 18yr old, who's been doing smithing work for about 3 or 4 years is also squeezing low to mid 60's. All the male swordsmen were all mid to high 40's and the ladies were low to mid 30's. while the non-sword wielding ladies were in the mid 20's. I have a new device coming as my rubber donut is no longer effective, so I should see more improvement. I'm aiming for high 60's for the right, and mid 60's for the left. A strong grip being rather useful when forging steel.

@@derekrea4876 I wonder if you, your friend and/or the 18 year old are also naturally stronger in build than the average person? I highlighted this point in my video, as not surprisingly there seems to be a significant correlation between size and grip strength. Then of course the smithing work etc might add up to 10-20kg say on top of that. Also, I wonder if the swordsmen and ladies might improve their numbers with further tests, as sometimes people don't reach their full potential on their first try. Still, 45 is apparently average for a guy, and the women I've tested have been typically low 30s, so it all seems roughly as expected. Anyway thanks for sharing your findings. I've been planning to make another video on the subject, and hearing other people's info can provide further context. Having said that, there's already a lot of videos out there with adults testing their grip. Hardly any with kids though. A 9 year old recently did 25kg on my dynamometer! Would be interesting to know if there's many that age that can beat him.

@@ChrisPT thanks for that.... I don't think any of the three of us are any different to normal in any other ways. Three of the swordsmen were the other smiths adult sons.

If true that is exceptional and no I haven't

Thanks and I'm looking for someone who can beat me so far the closest is my friend Blair who got 45kg

My recent videos are smoother as I am holding the camera in my hand rather than having it mounted on my head.

That's wonderful feedback - thanks for taking the time. I've attempted these videos on and off for a few years now , and it's good to know that people are appreciating my intended approach. I should mention though that I may revert back to my fitness type videos again soon. Thanks again 👍

@@ChrisPT Thank you for taking the time as well to respond to my post. I wish you continued success on all your ventures! I really do appreciate the care and professionalism you implement on your video productions.

I think you mean the hedgerows. Very typical of rural England

Yes Chris hedgerows

Love the idea that there's no other game in town when a new Chris PT walk pops up! Thanks for commenting

It started at Waseley South car park

Thank you ever so much, ❤❤❤❤ you replied so quickly. Im so going here.

@@agnaw6872 no worries. By the way perhaps you might want to edit your initial comment as it looks a bit weird with the typo

Excellent England

Glad to know it's still useful 👍

Of course that's extremely good - you can see from my other video that the average for an adult male is 45kg

That is a very kind gesture, thank you, and glad you enjoyed the video ☀️🌳

At what sort of height and weight out of interest?

Glad you enjoyed your trip all the way from Colorado 👍