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Thanks for posting!  Whenever I lift my half 125 to lockout, I'm treating myself to a 130 (and a fresh hacksaw blade).

That was fun. The dyno is such an approachable grip challenge. Easy to understand, instant gratification, apples to apples with other people. Fun video.

A good place to start is to read thru the grip well. Lots of great information there on training and structure.  

There's really not one answer to this. As you touch on in your last sentence, it's completley up to the individual. Every thing from trainin once every 10 days to training six times a week has been working. It's relly up to you. In my opinion, at your level, I think 2-3 times a week is a good start. Higher reps on one day aand another day lower reps. If 3 times a week, I would do first day in the rep range of 8-10 reps (starting at 10 reps). Second day I would do 20+ reps, you can experiement and go really high here. But I would start with 20 if I wasn't used to a lot of volume. Last day lower reps, in the range of 3-5 reps (starting at 5). You can switch this up as you go, if you feel there's no progression, try switching it up, like switching the order of the workouts. If I had a really high rep workout in there I would always do that one in the middle tho. Swithing the rep counts as well, like starting heavier with 3 reps etc. You can start on lower reps also with the same grippers and add one rep to each set you do per week. Let's say you start at 8 reps with a gripper you can do 10-12 reps with, add 1 rep each week to all the sets. I don't know how much volume you're used to doing. You need to start at a level you know you can handle and slowly build up to more volume over time. So the amount of sets you're doing should be based on that.  I would suggest starting with only 3 sets on the heavy day and also 3 sets, maybe 4 on the volume day. Then I would start with 4 sets if you have a super high rep workout in there. Instead of adding reps to that I would add sets instead, so 5 sets on week 2 and then 6 sets on week 3. Then after that I would add 2 reps and go back to 4 sets, starting over. How you train with grippers depends a lot on what grippers you have access to. It's not like lifting weights where you can decide the exact resistance every time. I highly recommend adjustable grippers by the way, they are great since you can choose the resistance more exactly.

Good afternoon, y'all. My name is Alex, and I'm new to Grip Training/Grippers. My current goal is to close the IM CoC#3 and consistently crush the 2.5. I have been using various methods to help me achieve this, though time will be the determining factor for evident progression.  My week does not have a consistent structure, but I can say that daily, I perform a few sets/reps at a PSS with an SG Copper RGC 105, CoC #2 RGC 111, and an HG250 RGC 113. I Powerlift and predominantly compete in benchpress, so I indirectly work out the arms and forearms through various pulling supplemental lifts (Pull-ups, Cannonball grip Pull-Ups, Lat Pulldowns, Hammer Curls, Barbell Shrugs, Bent-over Rows, etc.). How many times do you recommend working the grippers, and what does my volume/frequency look like in a proper gripper split? I know this is subjective to the person but would like an idea to get a better gauge on how to t