Picking up where he left off at the 2018 Los Angeles FitExpo, Russian grip strength star Alexey “Tank”  Tyukalov attacked the world record for the Rolling Thunder Two-Arm Pull-up, maximum weight, in the IronMind booth at the LA FitExpo.

With no warm-up, Tyukalov opened with a conservative 1-kg jump over his world record of 155.5 kg, for an easy success. “Alexeev,” he said to IronMind’s Randall Strossen with a smile, alluding to the great Soviet weightlifter Vasily Alexeev, who repeatedly extended his world records in 1-kg increments.

Succumbing to encouragement for more, Tyukalov went up 5 kg to 161.5 kg, where he met another success: “No doubt about it,” said referee Riccardo Magni. “Good lift!”

As impressive as the mark was, bystanders were quick to quip, “There’s more left in the Tank!”

Follow this link to Francis Brebner’s video of Alexey Tyukalov’s 156.5 kg and 161.5-kg world record Rolling Thunder Pull-ups.

Rolling Thunder Pull-ups Rules and World Records
                                                         

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