Evan Raftopoulos Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 thank you John! this helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Im in. I've got this new super exhaustion job and training is falling behind but I will try to be smart about it! Grippers and hub is managable with a few training sessions to get back in to things. RT is 15 kg behind atm. I can get this before winter is upon us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Im in. I've got this new super exhaustion job and training is falling behind but I will try to be smart about it! Grippers and hub is managable with a few training sessions to get back in to things. RT is 15 kg behind atm. I can get this before winter is upon us! Peter how is your back now? Did you get it all fixed up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 The symptoms are loads better but the hernia is still there. Dont think that a buldging disc and a hernia can ever go away on its own. I just have to be very careful how I lift stuff and how I move. No more boxning, squatting or deadlifting heavy. I can train grip again tho! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 The symptoms are loads better but the hernia is still there. Dont think that a buldging disc and a hernia can ever go away on its own. I just have to be very careful how I lift stuff and how I move. No more boxning, squatting or deadlifting heavy. I can train grip again tho! at least lifts like the Axle stop you deadlifting too heavy mate! I'm glad though, seems like you are dealing with it well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Have not touched a gripper in, over a year? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0EFVL0HPFic This is where Im at. I'll try hub next weekend. Then the quest for 90+kg on RT may begin. The symptoms are loads better but the hernia is still there. Dont think that a buldging disc and a hernia can ever go away on its own. I just have to be very careful how I lift stuff and how I move. No more boxning, squatting or deadlifting heavy. I can train grip again tho! at least lifts like the Axle stop you deadlifting too heavy mate!I'm glad though, seems like you are dealing with it well Life is a struggle mate.You cant just lay down and die when you hit a wall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Still got CCS strength in the 120-130lb zone! Nice! That's pretty sweet keeping that strength up after a year off. I don't think you need to worry about grippers lol! Still can't believe how many grippers you sold out of your collection though man...I am biased though as I'm very keen on grippers currently. Respect for you, getting back up on ya feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Still got CCS strength in the 120-130lb zone! Nice! That's pretty sweet keeping that strength up after a year off. I don't think you need to worry about grippers lol! Still can't believe how many grippers you sold out of your collection though man...I am biased though as I'm very keen on grippers currently. Respect for you, getting back up on ya feet. I was once a gripper fantastic. Then mr. Rice influenced me. I thought about it and I feel its hard to progress in grippers when I train other things, like RT, for example. I dropped grippers to get a strong all around grip. Grippers dont contribute much to a well rounded I think. Thanks man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I'd like to see what your gripper max is in a year from now after training the RT and getting 90kg+ I'd like to see whether it's gone up or down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greppstark Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 It's strange thickbar training is bad for gripper strength. But in your case PeterSweden it looks that you have some power left!!! Pinch work should just be good combining with grippers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) It's strange thickbar training is bad for gripper strength. But in your case PeterSweden it looks that you have some power left!!! Pinch work should just be good combining with grippers?I dont feel that it was a good combo for me in the past.Thickbar and pinch tho, really good. Edited June 14, 2015 by PeterSweden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 As already been discussed this is pretty much only a RT race. But this has really been verified as a fact for me these last few days, just recently bought the IM Hub and holy crap it's really easy to lift 20 kg with it, had barely trained anything with it and pulled 20 kg today easy without maxing, I bet I could've done it without any training at all since it wasn't a max lift. They should really up the numbers on the gripper and hub. As it is now this challange is pointless as a triathlon. Maybe a COC#2.5 and 25 kg and possibly even more on the hub would be better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 As already been discussed this is pretty much only a RT race. But this has really been verified as a fact for me these last few days, just recently bought the IM Hub and holy crap it's really easy to lift 20 kg with it, had barely trained anything with it and pulled 20 kg today easy without maxing, I bet I could've done it without any training at all since it wasn't a max lift. They should really up the numbers on the gripper and hub. As it is now this challange is pointless as a triathlon. Maybe a COC#2.5 and 25 kg and possibly even more on the hub would be better. I agree, anyone here wanna step it up a notch or two? CCS #2,5 and pull 25kg on the hub to make it more interesting? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeezus Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 As already been discussed this is pretty much only a RT race. But this has really been verified as a fact for me these last few days, just recently bought the IM Hub and holy crap it's really easy to lift 20 kg with it, had barely trained anything with it and pulled 20 kg today easy without maxing, I bet I could've done it without any training at all since it wasn't a max lift. They should really up the numbers on the gripper and hub. As it is now this challange is pointless as a triathlon. Maybe a COC#2.5 and 25 kg and possibly even more on the hub would be better. I agree, anyone here wanna step it up a notch or two? CCS #2,5 and pull 25kg on the hub to make it more interesting? I'd be down for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 As already been discussed this is pretty much only a RT race. But this has really been verified as a fact for me these last few days, just recently bought the IM Hub and holy crap it's really easy to lift 20 kg with it, had barely trained anything with it and pulled 20 kg today easy without maxing, I bet I could've done it without any training at all since it wasn't a max lift. They should really up the numbers on the gripper and hub. As it is now this challange is pointless as a triathlon. Maybe a COC#2.5 and 25 kg and possibly even more on the hub would be better. I agree, anyone here wanna step it up a notch or two? CCS #2,5 and pull 25kg on the hub to make it more interesting? I'd be down for this.My right hand has to get alittle stronger on RT and hub, my left hand has to get stronger on all three events.I think CCS coc2,5 lefty will be the hardest part for me. Grippers dont work very well in my left hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeezus Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 As already been discussed this is pretty much only a RT race. But this has really been verified as a fact for me these last few days, just recently bought the IM Hub and holy crap it's really easy to lift 20 kg with it, had barely trained anything with it and pulled 20 kg today easy without maxing, I bet I could've done it without any training at all since it wasn't a max lift. They should really up the numbers on the gripper and hub. As it is now this challange is pointless as a triathlon. Maybe a COC#2.5 and 25 kg and possibly even more on the hub would be better. I agree, anyone here wanna step it up a notch or two? CCS #2,5 and pull 25kg on the hub to make it more interesting? I'd be down for this.My right hand has to get alittle stronger on RT and hub, my left hand has to get stronger on all three events.I think CCS coc2,5 lefty will be the hardest part for me. Grippers dont work very well in my left hand. Do we have to do both hands? My wrist is messed up, so I seriously doubt I can still pull 200# with my left hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 As already been discussed this is pretty much only a RT race. But this has really been verified as a fact for me these last few days, just recently bought the IM Hub and holy crap it's really easy to lift 20 kg with it, had barely trained anything with it and pulled 20 kg today easy without maxing, I bet I could've done it without any training at all since it wasn't a max lift. They should really up the numbers on the gripper and hub. As it is now this challange is pointless as a triathlon. Maybe a COC#2.5 and 25 kg and possibly even more on the hub would be better. I agree, anyone here wanna step it up a notch or two? CCS #2,5 and pull 25kg on the hub to make it more interesting? I'd be down for this.My right hand has to get alittle stronger on RT and hub, my left hand has to get stronger on all three events.I think CCS coc2,5 lefty will be the hardest part for me. Grippers dont work very well in my left hand. Do we have to do both hands? My wrist is messed up, so I seriously doubt I can still pull 200# with my left hand. No, but I want to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 As already been discussed this is pretty much only a RT race. But this has really been verified as a fact for me these last few days, just recently bought the IM Hub and holy crap it's really easy to lift 20 kg with it, had barely trained anything with it and pulled 20 kg today easy without maxing, I bet I could've done it without any training at all since it wasn't a max lift. They should really up the numbers on the gripper and hub. As it is now this challange is pointless as a triathlon. Maybe a COC#2.5 and 25 kg and possibly even more on the hub would be better. I agree, anyone here wanna step it up a notch or two? CCS #2,5 and pull 25kg on the hub to make it more interesting? Okay I'll jump on this race. Not expecting to have a chance against you guys but I can always try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I've been working the Ladders with the 2" crusher and last night I used 140# and did an easy 2 ladders up to 5 reps. Curious to see how that carry's over to the 2.5 version and Rolling Thunder for a max single. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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