Captain's of crush ordered, forearm training begins!!

Dr.EM · 17 Feb 2008 at 00:17

I think I got what you got Morba. I bought a set of 3 for about that price, the 150, 200 and 250lb ones. Heavy Grips they're called. Can't do the 200, but can do the 150 a few times and negatives with the 200.

Morba · 17 Feb 2008 at 00:24

yeah thats them.
can do the 200 twice

can get the 250lb one to about 1cm of touching, so will do some negatives on it.

oddjob62 · 17 Feb 2008 at 00:36

Morba said:
can get the 250lb one to about 1cm of touching, so will do some negatives on it.

Nah mate, get the 300 and do negs with that.

Morba · 17 Feb 2008 at 00:48

well, got the 300 also, so will give that a go

did try one neg on the 300 earlier, could feel it ripping my fingers apart! the knurling on these things more than rival the oly bars in my gym!

oddjob62 · 17 Feb 2008 at 09:02

Morba said:
well, got the 300 also, so will give that a go
did try one neg on the 300 earlier, could feel it ripping my fingers apart! the knurling on these things more than rival the oly bars in my gym!

You'll get used to it very quick. Trust me, doing negs on the gripper above the one you are trying to close works wonders.

Liverpool-Lad · 17 Feb 2008 at 11:10

The #1 isnt that hard - the 140 one. I can manage 10 reps on each hand or so and a mate can do 60 back to back in work.

Or was it the trainer. I cant remember.

Anyway, heres some excellent grip exercises: http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/ironmind/GripTips/GripTip.html

oddjob62 · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:42

Liverpool-Lad said:
The #1 isnt that hard - the 140 one. I can manage 10 reps on each hand or so and a mate can do 60 back to back in work.
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If he can do 60 with the #1 he should be able to do a few with a #2. That would be pretty impressive.

Liverpool-Lad · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:49

It might have been the 100 one you know. Either way he has very strong arms. His wrists are the size of my forearms!

Nate--IRL-- · 17 Feb 2008 at 12:49

I got my trainer set, and have been banging away on them every 3 days 3X10 sets. Already im seeing a good improvement in gripping while Deadlifting. Love them.

One question, negatives? How do you do them with these? Just let them out really slowly?

Nate

Liverpool-Lad · 17 Feb 2008 at 13:28

Does anyone fancy trying this one?

http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/ironmind/GripTips/GripTip7.html

Gotta love Magnus too.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwn11mM50f4

Chong Warrior · 17 Feb 2008 at 13:50

You guys recommend them then? What do you think of the ones you bought Morba? Or would you go for the CoC's?

Pigeon_Killer · 17 Feb 2008 at 13:55

Bought a pair of grippers a few years ago but hardly used them.

I've found deadlifting barehanded (no chalk/straps) and static holds to be more than adequate for improving my grip strength.

Chong Warrior · 17 Feb 2008 at 14:16

yeah I've still got some grippers I bought when I was about 15

I'm finding my hands are feeling a little strained from the constant gripping on heavy deadlifts, RDL's, HC2PP, BOR's, Chins... it's relentless and even though I'm cutting I'm still making good progress with strength gains every week. So it's a culminative effect on my poor grip!!

Last workout was brutal and I was just holding on for dear life for the RDL's at the end (10 sets with 125kg after I'd just done 10 sets of BOR's with same weight) my hands are killing me and not in a good way.

Pigeon_Killer · 17 Feb 2008 at 14:20

SLDLs/RDLs are the only exercise that has tested my grip recently and that's only because I used an overhand grip.

Chong Warrior · 17 Feb 2008 at 14:43

I have to switch to mixed grip once I get to 120kg, I just can't hold onto the bar AND concetrate fully on the exercise.

Morba · 17 Feb 2008 at 20:20

CW - i do thing that these will have a positive impact for me in terms of my grip :]

Chong Warrior · 17 Feb 2008 at 20:31

Think I might have to invest in some of these, my grip's holding me back whilst I'm cutting so it's only going to get worse when I up the calories.

Morba · 17 Feb 2008 at 20:55

Yeah, one of my biggest weaknesses is my grip, doesnt help in any pulling exercises.

Nate--IRL-- · 17 Feb 2008 at 21:37

Don't want to sound like a salesman, but after a week with these, I set a PB deadlifting, I was very happy with that. But to be honest i should have known that my grip was holding me back a lot sooner. Looking back i realise I was worrying more about maintaing grip rather than the movement. Not good.

Nate

Chong Warrior · 17 Feb 2008 at 21:45

Yeah grip definately helps. First time I started using chalk my lifts shot up! I don't like using straps though, they don't help as much as gripping the bar yourself. Can't use chalk in this poncy new gym I've been forced to join

Though I've just got some liquid chalk this weekend so will test it out next week, they can't stop me using that