well I can close it easy enough on the lowest settings, but man I got work to do
Due to my small hands I can’t quite close it all the way in one motion, I have to juggle it a bit to close the last 2cm, but it really does make you work to hold it shut, so ISO holds on this thing will surely boost my grip strength fast.
Will do some work on it tommorrow. Since I gotta do clean deads today…I fear I might have sapped my grip already
Forarms aching!
A little bit slippery, but I guess that means minimal shredding of your hands
Some grip tape will fix this I guess
So far I think I will alternate between, regular shut and open sessions and ISO hold sessions for time - say 30-40secs and 15secs
did this a few hours after the a lower session of squats, olys, clean deads etc where grip failed me badly, so grip is slightly fatigued. But I need to get an idea where I stand
numbers refer to pounds on the calculator I found on the net that spits out spring positions to estimate poundage
resting 3.5 to 4mins between sets
31.5 x5
45 x 5
59 x 5 - hard
71 x 5 - tough. left hand harder, a few mm short of fullclosed
79 x 5 - very hard. left hand unable to close all the way
83.72 x 5 - failed right hand
5% dropoff to the closest figure roudned down -
left - 64 - x5, x5, x3
right - 79 - x4, 64x10sec ISO hold
ISO hold 56 x40secs both hands, that was painful!
just a testing workout, I can only get better from here
Chalk certainly helds, as it gets a bit slippery after a while.
So I tried this stuff called Gauztape. Its this black fabric type stuff my dad uses on his golfclubs.
It only sticks onto itself so I wrap it wrong the handles like a bandage and it clings on. Quite thin so doesn’t reduce the ROM
And it feels good, grippy, but not abrasive. Cloth like, sorta like a bandage in feel. Much better than knurling IMO
No chalk needed
Has anyone purchased the grip program they sell over on gripboard? I forget what it is called but I guess it is targeted towards those who want to work up to the COC #3.
