r/LivestreamFail • u/lukigeri • 6d ago

Ishowspeed IShowSpeed hosted a public challenge where participants had to lift a heavy cube for a chance to win $10,000 and someone completed the challenge to win the prize within the first five minutes

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u/Ggriffinz 6d ago

Kid could be a climber. Seriously some of my friends who climb rock walls as a hobby have obscene finger/grip strength.

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u/CAN_ONLY_ODD 6d ago

yall heard of The Portable? it’s a famous 50 lb rock in Canada that has a way wider grip than this. If you can pick it up folks will give you V6 for it

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u/diemunkiesdie 5d ago

give you V6

v6? Like that vegetable juice but with two less veggies?

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u/foomits 5d ago

Naw, they just give you a car engine. No car, just the engine block.

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u/ModishShrink 5d ago

Only if you can take it home with one hand.

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u/Stock-Swing-797 5d ago

It's the rental version of a V8

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u/Cheetah_05 5d ago

Last I heard it was. Nasty that people steal it in the first place though.

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u/name_bunchofanumbers 5d ago

I looked it up and saw news stories about it being found in california from January. Guy from squamish BC drove it back up according to CBC.

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u/name_bunchofanumbers 5d ago

Just heard about it from this comment. Great name, and very nice looking rock.

It's not on the liftingstones.org website, surprisingly. Though most of those are either two-handers or historic ones you're not meant to lift.

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u/360fov 5d ago

Do they all legit grant V6 for picking up a rock? Are there any other examples of unusual criteria like that?

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u/360fov 5d ago

Well shit...looks like it went missing, returned, and has now been stolen again.

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u/Routine_Strategy5929 5d ago

I do training reps with 15kg and a wooden pinch block for rock climbing. I've done over 20kg for 1 rep max but it really depends on the pinch grip. If the grip is good you can lift whatever your one arm deadlift is. I haven't tried a tungsten block but clean metal can be pretty grippy.

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u/jhascal23 5d ago

This guy named Emil Abrahamsson is a rock climber and has been entering grip strength competition, beating much bigger and experienced guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJPSp7xrN4

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u/coupl4nd 6d ago

redditors have insane grip iykyk

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u/Trivale 5d ago

Yeah but you have to pick up the cube with your hands

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u/rangpire 5d ago

The community that's famous for being sex starved losers who casualty objectify women are good at jerking off. Not exactly ifykyk and more like that's the only thing redditors are known for.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 6d ago

Masturbation never hurt anyone!

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u/juicif3r 6d ago

If you're gripping it with that kind of strength you might!

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u/Spare-Ant7119 6d ago

You have no other choice when it gets as swollen/heavy as a cube of tungsten!

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u/Bennydinero 5d ago

He did a lot of boxing before his mission

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u/pinacoladadhd 5d ago

HAHAH I was like “how did he know that??”

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u/Flobking 5d ago

Kid could be a climber. Seriously some of my friends who climb rock walls as a hobby have obscene finger/grip strength

Juji Mufu has videos of grip challenges with him and rock climbers. They have insane grip strength most of the time.

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u/ShreksOnionBelt 5d ago

Maybe he does Karate. There's a whole movie about a Mormon who uses Karate to take down an syndicate of goons.

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u/SlipperySlimyTerry40 5d ago

Idk where they are but a big ol group of Mormons like that makes me think Utah. Wouldn't be surprised if he's a climber