Grab an anvil by the horn and lift it off the ground to prove your grip strength: Kody Burns has just broken the world record on the IronMind Little Big Horn, the modern-day descendent of this classic feat of strength.


Kody Burns nailed this huge 233.97 pounds on the Little Big Horn to break the world record. IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Andrew Pantke


Inspired by the tradition of mighty blacksmiths proving their grip strength by lifting their anvils by the horns, IronMind developed the Little Big Horn in 2002 as a progressive way to train on and test one’s ability on this classic feat of strength and when Adam Glass hit At the 2012 IronMind Record Breakers (held by Odd Haugen at the San Jose FitExpo), Adam Glass hauled up 100 kg to win the Little Big Horn, and as nobody has since exceeded Adam’s mark, what was then taken as an American record has burgeoned into no less than the de facto world record.

Inspired by the challenge, grip guys started chasing the mark set by Adam Glass and this past weekend saw a number of impressive lifts, but none so huge as Kody Burns, who walloped the the lift to the tune of a blink under 234 lb.

Many thanks to Andrew Pantke for organizing the grip contest where Kody defied gravity and to Kody Burns we say, Congratulations—you’re the proud new owner of the Little Big Horn world record!

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