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I've become pretty obsessed with it the last couple of weeks. Bought my first decent gripper a week ago... a RB160. On my first attempt I was about 1½inch from closing it and now just a couple of millimeters. You see progress very quickly with grip training which is fun and rewarding. I'm also doing some pinch stuff with weights and plate curls. My long term goal is to close a CoC #2.5 within a year or so and I'll use RB grippers till I feel I'm close to my goal and then "invest" in a CoC.
Any of you beasts do any grip training? There's gotta be some #3 closers around here.
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I've become pretty obsessed with it the last couple of weeks. Bought my first decent gripper a week ago... a RB160. On my first attempt I was about 1½inch from closing it and now just a couple of millimeters. You see progress very quickly with grip training which is fun and rewarding. I'm also doing some pinch stuff with weights and plate curls. My long term goal is to close a CoC #2.5 within and a year or so and I'll use RB grippers till I feel I'm close to my goal and then "invest" in a CoC.
Any of you beasts do any grip training? There's gotta be some #3 closers around here.
My friend who's into powerlifting is obsessed with those stupid CoC grips, I think he comes pretty close to closing the #3 , he benches around 500, but looks like a fat out of shape powerlifter ;D
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stupid CoC grips
You take that back >:(
;D
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You don't need to buy a "gripper" for grip training. We use thick bars, thick ropes (21/2") farmers walks, etc, etc. Improvise and save your money.
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best way to train grip
build a time machine and start playing baseball from the time you are 5 till your teens and never wear batting gloves
seriously, that will build super grip and some veiny ass forearms
that being said, i'm willing to bet that Andy Van Slyk has some sick ass forearms
btw, how many of you expected me to chime in with something about masturbation?
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If i had that strong grip and 5inchs taller, I would have done MMA also.
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You don't need to buy a "gripper" for grip training. We use thick bars, thick ropes (21/2") farmers walks, etc, etc. Improvise and save your money.
From what I've gathered grippers don't really improve the kind of hand strength that you use in your everyday life. So you've got a point, but it's a fun hobby and a nice ego stroke when you get better at it.
If I currently only have the basic gym setup available to me like barbells, dumbbells, plates etc what exercises would you suggest using that equipment?
EDITED for better communication.
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In english please.
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In english please.
Uhm never mind.
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As an example, sometimes when we do one arm row, we will do something called "landmine" rows using the end of an olympic bar (I youtubed it) when you set up set one end of the bar in say a corner to secure it. When doing the actual movement, set up to the side of the on the opposite end, using the fat end of the olympic bar. By gripping the fat end of the bar, you can't help but to use your whole hand an thumb. The end of that is 2-3".
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my grip is fucking pathetic lol.
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As an example, sometimes when we do one arm row, we will do something called "landmine" rows using the end of an olympic bar (I youtubed it) when you set up set one end of the bar in say a corner to secure it. When doing the actual movement, set up to the side of the on the opposite end, using the fat end of the olympic bar. By gripping the fat end of the bar, you can't help but to use your whole hand an thumb. The end of that is 2-3".
Wow that is actually quite genius. I'll try that next time. How do you think the end of an olympic bar would compare to a Rolling Thunder grip? Never tried it myself so I don't have a clue.
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MY GRIP IS SHITTY BUT NOT AS SHITTY AS MY HAMSTRINGS
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best way to train grip
build a time machine and start playing baseball from the time you are 5 till your teens and never wear batting gloves
seriously, that will build super grip and some veiny ass forearms
that being said, i'm willing to bet that Andy Van Slyk has some sick ass forearms
btw, how many of you expected me to chime in with something about masturbation?
Aww man, and I thought your 'veiny' forearms were built from years of compulsive masturbation!?
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I've become pretty obsessed with it the last couple of weeks. Bought my first decent gripper a week ago... a RB160. On my first attempt I was about 1½inch from closing it and now just a couple of millimeters. You see progress very quickly with grip training which is fun and rewarding. I'm also doing some pinch stuff with weights and plate curls. My long term goal is to close a CoC #2.5 within a year or so and I'll use RB grippers till I feel I'm close to my goal and then "invest" in a CoC.
Any of you beasts do any grip training? There's gotta be some #3 closers around here.
I trains forearms by themselves every week for a good hour or so and do a fair bit of gripwork, which makes a huge difference to your size and strength.
I don't use the gripper, but load about 3 - 3.5 plates on one side of an Olympic bar (with maybe a plate or so on the other side) sitting on the pins of a power rack at about 4" or so below where your hands would be, if you let them hang naturally when you're standing. Then grab the bar on the outside of the side with more plates with one hand and keep holding to failure, which will take around 30 secs or so. Alternate with the other hand.
You can work on improving both the time and the weight you can hold. Do this at the beginning of your forearm workout when your arms aren't fatigued, for 3 sets of 30 sec holds, before doing other exercises like reverse barbell curls, hammer curls and such. You should notice some changes over time. You can also try pinch gripping 2 plates together.
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You can also try pinch gripping 2 plates together.
Your hands big enough to grip two 45lb plates together?
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Wow that is actually quite genius. I'll try that next time. How do you think the end of an olympic bar would compare to a Rolling Thunder grip? Never tried it myself so I don't have a clue.
Rolling Thunder is good but you can have just as stronger if not a stronger grip by improvising. Here's one example of a landmine row and another example of how I use the think rope in our sled drags....(not plugging, just watch how we do the sled drags) Jay and Dave are pulling about 270lbs for 40 yards with a 2 1/2 thick rope.
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I trains forearms by themselves every week for a good hour or so and do a fair bit of gripwork, which makes a huge difference to your size and strength.
I don't use the gripper, but load about 3 - 3.5 plates on one side of an Olympic bar (with maybe a plate or so on the other side) sitting on the pins of a power rack at about 4" or so below where your hands would be, if you let them hang naturally when you're standing. Then grab the bar on the outside of the side with more plates with one hand and keep holding to failure, which will take around 30 secs or so. Alternate with the other hand.
You can work on improving both the time and the weight you can hold. Do this at the beginning of your forearm workout when your arms aren't fatigued, for 3 sets of 30 sec holds, before doing other exercises like reverse barbell curls, hammer curls and such. You should notice some changes over time. You can also try pinch gripping 2 plates together.
Why so much forearm work dude is that to improve masturbation?
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Your hands big enough to grip two 45lb plates together?
They are. I'm only 5'8" something, but I have the hands and feet of someone about 4 or 5" taller, lol - I get told that all the time.
Why so much forearm work dude is that to improve masturbation?
I've always wanted big arms and have had good forearms, esp. because my wrist (and other joints) are tiny. Nothing like a pair of big, thick arms.
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Rolling Thunder is good but you can have just as stronger if not a stronger grip by improvising. Here's one example of a landmine row and another example of how I use the think rope in our sled drags....(not plugging, just watch how we do the sled drags) Jay and Dave are pulling about 270lbs for 40 yards with a 2 1/2 thick rope.
SPAM
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It's easier to show than explain.
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They are. I'm only 5'8" something, but I have the hands and feet of someone about 4 or 5" taller, lol - I get told that all the time.
;) This guy had the same issue. I heard through the grapevine = big hands and feet = big cock (no homo)
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They are.
Damn, that would be an impressive pic of your little hands holding two 45lb plates together.
How long can you hold them?
Better yet, can you hold them together off the ground? :D
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I've held two THICK 25lbers together in a pinch grip for about 30 sec...the last seconds are brutal. Can't imagine holding two 45's.
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I trains forearms by themselves every week for a good hour or so and do a fair bit of gripwork, which makes a huge difference to your size and strength.
I don't use the gripper, but load about 3 - 3.5 plates on one side of an Olympic bar (with maybe a plate or so on the other side) sitting on the pins of a power rack at about 4" or so below where your hands would be, if you let them hang naturally when you're standing. Then grab the bar on the outside of the side with more plates with one hand and keep holding to failure, which will take around 30 secs or so. Alternate with the other hand.
You can work on improving both the time and the weight you can hold. Do this at the beginning of your forearm workout when your arms aren't fatigued, for 3 sets of 30 sec holds, before doing other exercises like reverse barbell curls, hammer curls and such. You should notice some changes over time. You can also try pinch gripping 2 plates together.
Rolling Thunder is good but you can have just as stronger if not a stronger grip by improvising. Here's one example of a landmine row and another example of how I use the think rope in our sled drags....(not plugging, just watch how we do the sled drags) Jay and Dave are pulling about 270lbs for 40 yards with a 2 1/2 thick rope.
Some solid advices here, thanks guys.
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Damn, that would be an impressive pic of your little hands holding two 45lb plates together.
How long can you hold them?
Better yet, can you hold them together off the ground? :D
Haha I know the true test is to hold 2 45lb plates together with their smooth sides out, but the gym I train at only has rubber plates with grooves on both sides. I can't hold 2 45s for very long though and only do it once in a while. I mostly do the barbell holds.
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Damn, that would be an impressive pic of your little hands holding two 45lb plates together.
How long can you hold them?
Better yet, can you hold them together off the ground? :D
Some gym's have the thicker and not as wide 45's, I think Ivanko makes them, they're stubbier looking but half the width of a standard 45
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i trained grip today on this website, lol kyomu and jayjonna probably have it bookmarked already, nothing like somthing different once in a while
http://www.hentairules.net/
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I trains forearms by themselves every week for a good hour or so and do a fair bit of gripwork, which makes a huge difference to your size and strength.
I don't use the gripper, but load about 3 - 3.5 plates on one side of an Olympic bar (with maybe a plate or so on the other side) sitting on the pins of a power rack at about 4" or so below where your hands would be, if you let them hang naturally when you're standing. Then grab the bar on the outside of the side with more plates with one hand and keep holding to failure, which will take around 30 secs or so. Alternate with the other hand.
You can work on improving both the time and the weight you can hold. Do this at the beginning of your forearm workout when your arms aren't fatigued, for 3 sets of 30 sec holds, before doing other exercises like reverse barbell curls, hammer curls and such. You should notice some changes over time. You can also try pinch gripping 2 plates together.
one hour training your forearms!!!.. if it works good for you it's ok but for me this is definitely overtraining and boring.. i train them after biceps in 5 minutes and they look fine..
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When I competed, I used grippers all the time and heavy dumbell wrists curls with 125's and I would hang from the chinup bar for as long as I could with a 100 lb. dumbell hanging from a dip belt
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When I competed, I used grippers all the time and heavy dumbell wrists curls with 125's and I would hang from the chinup bar for as long as I could with a 100 lb. dumbell hanging from a dip belt
sure you did , then you got a blow job from betty davis then you went to ice land on your hover craft that was given to you buy fidel castro
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sure you did , then you got a blow job from betty davis then you went to ice land on your hover craft that was given to you buy fidel castro
well actually you offered the blow job but I said I wasn't gay. But you insisted and blew Goodrum. And the hover craft was from jonesy
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well actually you offered the blow job but I said I wasn't gay. But you insisted and blew Goodrum. And the hover craft was from jonesy
question:how sweating did you get typing that ?
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landmine row? sounds dangerous.
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one hour training your forearms!!!.. if it works good for you it's ok but for me this is definitely overtraining and boring.. i train them after biceps in 5 minutes and they look fine..
Haha I love volume training and take a good 3 - 4 mins off between sets to catch up with other people in the gym fully recover and lift the same weight I did for the first set, which is why it takes around an hour. I end up doing 6 exercises, 2 sets each and triple drops on most of them.
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question:how sweating did you get typing that ?
Hey better watch out. What if your mommy comes in and sees you playing with yourself while you are looking at photos of bodybuilders. How you told her yet. you have outed yourself on here plenty of times.
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Hey better watch out. What if your mommy comes in and sees you playing with yourself while you are looking at photos of bodybuilders. How you told her yet. you have outed yourself on here plenty of times.
o ya sausage fingers ? how have i "outed" my self around here , haha
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why does it take you five mins to respond ? are you using a typing wand cause your fat little fingers mash the key board ? haha
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Haha I love volume training and take a good 3 - 4 mins off between sets to catch up with other people in the gym fully recover and lift the same weight I did for the first set, which is why it takes around an hour. I end up doing 6 exercises, 2 sets each and triple drops on most of them.
does your back workout take 10 hours?? ;D
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why does it take you five mins to respond ? are you using a typing wand cause your fat little fingers mash the key board ? haha
hey do you jack off thinking about me. I know you do
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Just recently closed an rb210 which is almost identical to a CoC #2.5 ;D
So much for my one year goal, took me four months.
Now on to the #3!!
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Some gym's have the thicker and not as wide 45's, I think Ivanko makes them, they're stubbier looking but half the width of a standard 45
I hate the gyms with the thin plates...you put 4 plates on the bar and it looks like nothing
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You have succeeded my large friend.
That being said...grip strength is for weenies.
Hey a lot of people have had their grip training assist them in other lifts. Oddly enough it can help your bench to a small degree.
Plus it's fun. ;D
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I hate the gyms with the thin plates...you put 4 plates on the bar and it looks like nothing
yes sure no wonder an attention whore like you likes to show ppl how he lifts heavy ::)
thin or not does it make any difference :-\
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yes sure no wonder an attention whore like you likes to show ppl how he lifts heavy ::)
thin or not does it make any difference :-\
Says the guy who posted a video of him benching heavy ::)
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Says the guy who posted a video of him benching heavy ::)
i posted it to shut some idiots mouths up when they didnt believe me if you remember ;)
yes mossel and you!!..
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The gold standard of thick plates was the old Yorks. They ran around 2" thick at the rims. The best plate gripping I've heard of is Wade Gillingham, who can pinch 3 35lbs plates on a good day. On the original question, I've found thick grip barbell/dumbbell work to transfer the best to general gripping and support strength. Stick with 2- 2 1/2" thick bars, thicker severly limits your poundages.
Pinch and hub style lifting is more specific I find and should be practiced alone.
(http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/images7/york_deepdish.gif) .
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Hey a lot of people have had their grip training assist them in other lifts. Oddly enough it can help your bench to a small degree.
Plus it's fun. ;D
hi bones,.. where have you been??.. will you post new pics by june to show an improved version of you after those self owning pics you had posted as you promised??.. boooohahhahahahhahaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa
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some interesting feats of grip strength (from the Dino Files):
Herman Goerner - 1 hand deadlift 602 lbs
Herman Goerner - pinch grip 111 lbs to dead hang position
Doug Hepburn - tear an auto license plate in half
John Marx - tear two decks of cards in half
Charles Vansittart - tear a tennis ball in half, tear 3 decks of cards in half
Adrian Schmidt - one arm chin holding on a chain with just his thumb and forefinger
Mac Batchelor - bend a beer bottle cap with only thumb and forefinger, with a dime inside the cap
Hans Steyer - lifted 582 lbs off the ground with just his middle finger hooked through a plain iron ring
all drug free
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I remember back in the 90's when Dorian Yates was still big he was asked to try to close the #3 gripper at an Arnold Expo. He couldn't do it.
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hi bones,.. where have you been??.. will you post new pics by june to show an improved version of you after those self owning pics you had posted as you promised??.. boooohahhahahahhahaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa
Meh, I might and I might not. I managed to put on a decent amount of weight back in nov/dec but after that work hours messed up my workouts. I have been able to workout twice a week, if lucky. Now I have also been sick for several weeks. If I manage to get my shit together until June and make progress then yes I'll post pics.
You little fag, btw. I know you're going to start a thread on the 1st of june asking for my pics :D
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I remember back in the 90's when Dorian Yates was still big he was asked to try to close the #3 gripper at an Arnold Expo. He couldn't do it.
Cool, but on the other hand you wouldn't expect much else. I don't know if anyone without prior specific grip training closed a #3 on their first attempt.
This is pretty goddamn close though:
With a little bit of coaching and practice setting etc he could have most likely closed that thing.
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Haha Ronnie's a good sport, that was pretty solid. He makes it look like a trainer.
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Haha Ronnie's a good sport, that was pretty solid. He makes it look like a trainer.
So I take it you train grip? Any feats you care to mention? Favorite exercise?
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http://www.heavysports.com/emag/April2004.html - Gunther Schlierkamp almost closed the HG 500 which was a 450-500lb range gripper. Interesting to see what he could do to the COC stuff.
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So I take it you train grip? Any feats you care to mention? Favorite exercise?
After a workout, if I'm up for it, I'll do some kind of finisher stuff - mainly farmer's walks or maybe some bar hangs. If the weather is good, I'll do some odd lifts in my backyard - 100 lb sandbag carries around the house for time and distance. I got a this 120 lb boulder in my yard. I'll deadlift it, but it on the back of my pickup, then put it back down on the ground and repeat for high reps, my version of atlas stone event - fucking murderous. I've seen neighbors stare at me like I'm crazy, ha ha.
Not really good at the grippers, but I can close the #2.
Here's some cool stuff,
John Brookfield's Grip Tips Index at Ironmind: http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/GripTips/ (http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/GripTips/)
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this is an excellent Grip training DVD
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this is an excellent Grip training DVD
That's too aerobic, Groink.
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Meh, I might and I might not. I managed to put on a decent amount of weight back in nov/dec but after that work hours messed up my workouts. I have been able to workout twice a week, if lucky. Now I have also been sick for several weeks. If I manage to get my shit together until June and make progress then yes I'll post pics.
You little fag, btw. I know you're going to start a thread on the 1st of june asking for my pics :D
no bones you are not that important!!.. i may just tease you occasionally in random threads like this..
first you owned yourself with your pics. and here you are owning yourself again with stupid excuses!!..
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The gold standard of thick plates was the old Yorks. They ran around 2" thick at the rims. The best plate gripping I've heard of is Wade Gillingham, who can pinch 3 35lbs plates on a good day. On the original question, I've found thick grip barbell/dumbbell work to transfer the best to general gripping and support strength. Stick with 2- 2 1/2" thick bars, thicker severly limits your poundages.
Pinch and hub style lifting is more specific I find and should be practiced alone.
(http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/images7/york_deepdish.gif) .
I love that site.