Some changes and corrections need to be made now that I'm reading through the thread. All of the bending information remains accurate and the links appear to be current. Not all of the videos work,...
I'm glad to see the thread has been useful to so many :) Grip has come quite a serious distance since I put this up, and due in no small part to the readers of these forums over the years.
I've managed 135 before. Somewhere around 115 lefty. I like messing with OLY-ish lifts every so often. My biggest deal is hook gripping the bar. My thumbs simply cannot be put in a hook grip...
Say what you want about how ridiculous they look, but switching to vibrams and going barefoot more often is what fixed a friend of mine's shin splints. Wearing vibrams for an extended period also...
1. Model your grip workouts after your squat/dead workouts. They aren't exactly the same, but as endpoint accurately pointed out, having a routine is better than just messing about.
You train to lift wider objects by training with wider objects. If you want to lift a certain weight on a thickbar, then you should train thickbar. If you want to lift a certain blockweight or some...
Perhaps what Benni was trying to accomplish with the 487.5kg attempt was just exactly what's happening now? People haven't talked about Benni and the deadlift very much since Bolton has been getting...
Are you asking what is between the #2 and HG250 and what is between the HG300 and #2.5? If that is the question, then I don't recommend getting any grippers that are allegedly between those pairs....
My hands have toughened up a good bit since I started training. The callouses on my fingerpad, the ones that pinch, do still rip when I go for higher volume on grip lifts and pulling movements, but...
I managed the #1 with both hands when I first received my grippers. From that point it took almost exactly 1 year of specific grip training to close an easy #3. It took me almost...
I'll echo PAS08 and say that you should definitely get yourself some FW implements or find someone who has them. Train with something as close to the event equipment as possible. If the event will...
My recommendation would be to do all 3. As with most things in strength, don't work it too often or you'll make no progress. You have the same size hands as myself btw ;)
It is more logical to assume, given the nature of the contest and the kind of gents running the show, that gear will be unrestricted and raw allowed. It seems to me that the overarching goal is to...
As a general rule, the CoC Trainer, #1 and #2 are a good first-buy. You really want one you can rep, one you can just close or are close to closing and one you can't close. If you can't swing 3...
