Theres always hope
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grippers
Fuck the program. Well i was supposed to go for the 2 if i got all reps with the 5×5 sets on the 1 today, next week .Knew i had the 2 in me today so fuck it
#2 close PR PR Pr
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpl61VPlbU8/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=u93kvdtm23ck
Finished workout:
5×5 5 second hold after each rep with the 1
Handbands
Band curls
Thankyou @T3hPwnisher!!!
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Nice work man!
Thanks! About time i got it.
How much time you’ve got before you have to close the #3 to get acknowledged for doing it as a teen?
Until the 1/02/2022. I’ll turn 20 on the 2/02/2022. I have time but its going to be very tough
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So i got the #2 gripper in june, couldnt close it in july (came close though) this is all on my instagram which i just searched. So it took me 4 months to close the #2. Thats okay i guess
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Glad to hear the program worked out. Now if only I could tell you how to close the 3, haha.
Yeah it worked great!
I wish i had my dad’s strength, he’s never touched a gripper or weights except for back in highschool (weights) but i bet within a few months of training he’d close the 3. He closed the 3 3/4 of the way when i let him try it out. Wtf… he’s a freaking giant.
Also You could tell me how to get to the 2.5 lol. I was thinking of buying the 1.5 and repeating the program on that, then doing the program on the 2 but idk?
Btw were you ever close to closing the #3? I remember you repping out the 2.5 like it’s nothing. The 3 is a huge jump though
I never took the time to really measure the gap on it when I tried it. I was far enough away that it seemed like a solid distance to close, haha. It got to the point that my pursuit of closing the 3 got in the way of my other pursuits and I didn’t want to take energy away from other training to be able to close the 3.
Closing the 2.5 is pretty much going to be the same approach. Try to build up to some reps on the 2. When you can’t close the 2 any more, work back to the 1. Basically pre-exhaust with the 2 and then still try to replicate that 5x5 approach with the 1. You may end up reverting back to the original 5x5 with no timed holds due to fatigue, or 5x5 with only timed holds on the last rep.
Don’t forget to get strong at other grip stuff too.
Pinching, supporting and wrists strength are like GPP for the grippers.
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Damn
Alright. I’ll stick to this for now
Ive been working on my pinch everytime i grab plates whether it be 25kg or 20, i try to pinch grip carry it for as long as possible. Seems to be working. I plan on buying a pinch grip block soon and the hub. I never really train for wrist strength so i might bust out the wrist roller which I’ve only used a couple of times. (It hurts lol). Any other ideas? Fat gripz pullups (thumbless) and axle work really seem to build up my wrist strength also.
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Sounds like you’re on the right track. I think the biggest thing is to find something you’ll actually do, so it can’t be too hard to set up, too painful or too time consuming.
If pinching bumper plates is working, keep doing it. If what your pinching is too wide or too narrow it’s hard to get comfortable enough to work and progress. Find something that’s a good width and hold it as long as possible.
I loved the wrist roller because you could do top and bottom of forearms/wrists (or flexors/extensors) with one setup. I liked a thicker handle for the Wrist roller. Thin like a broom handle does hurt. Wrist curls and reverse wrist curls were too much of a hassle for me, but some dudes really love them.
General stuff like fat gripz chins or hammer curls or using the axle is good too. Or sometimes doing hub holds instead of pinch holds. Or rope chins sometimes. Just be careful about jamming your thumbs up with too much. Keep that stuff mixed up and varied.
Mines a thick handled one. I was thinking of putting it in the power rack about shoulder height like you used to see in the older strongman competitions and really load up the weight.
Thanks man! I’ll be careful with my hand health. Grip can be trained pretty frequently i believe but you have to be careful. With grippers i was doing too much volume which resulted in funky elbows. I fixed it with fat gripz curls and hand bands but yeah.
Pinch is definitely my weakest grip
CRUSH AF.
beast.
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haha yeah!
now that i’ve closed it i expect to start repping it out pretty quick. thanks!
Today’s training
No school for 3 months.
Warmup:Blah blah usual stuff
Close grip bench
70kg
×6 pr
5
5
Superset Pendlay rows 70kg pr
3×5 starting to hate these. Might change to Tbar rows.
High incline smith machine press
Did a couple of sets and shoulders just feel strange and don’t like this. Removing exercise… so no Incline smith, no incline dumbell, no incline barbell. Going to try incline axle at various angles. If that is shit im going to try incline log press. If that doesn’t work then fuck off then.
facepulls
3×25
Then some foam rolling and stretching. Foam rolled calves and holy shit like made alot of tightness in my hammies, hips and lower back just disappear. Amazing what relieving tension off of a tiny ass muscle does.
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Are you hating the exercise or the number of reps you’re doing?
When I did sets of 8 on pendlays I hated it as well. Being bent down so low for such a long time is somehow irritating. Now that I’m not doing anything over 3 reps for pendlays they are all good again.
Nice!
Is this the norm down under?