bubba29 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 As a former Penn State football player, I am super jealous. Looks like the players are in for a bit of fun. Top of the line by Sorinex with a few grip toys sprinkled in. I got to play in a Sorinex rack at Andrew Durniat's gym. They are incredible tools for strength training. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wow that is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Richard Sorin is like Santa Claus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasnielsen Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Wow, what a gym! Those powerracks really look top-of-the-line. I love the details with the penn state text on the plates. Wouldn't mind training there, that's for sure :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilliman64 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 great set up, imagine the noise in there when all stations are being worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashtan Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Amazing room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 A gym I'd love to train at or own...Rich your a genius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I have personally working on some prototypes of grip tools made for real world use(simple and they work) in the USA right in our shop. I have a few new pieces that from a "been there" standpoint think other gripsters will be very pleased....and for a great price! Stay tuned! it's coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I have personally working on some prototypes of grip tools made for real world use(simple and they work) in the USA right in our shop. I have a few new pieces that from a "been there" standpoint think other gripsters will be very pleased....and for a great price! Stay tuned! it's coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, THAT'S exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 When you think you have tried everything, something simple is combined with another simple thing and..............BOOOM! The Mighty Mitts line is growing each day! I have a new version of my old plate loaded gripper (did a 1000 reps a day with 100lb. back in the 70s) that really works with unlimited versatility in the manner you want to load and train your grip. First is done, feels great and is soon to be released. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyjoe Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 When you think you have tried everything, something simple is combined with another simple thing and..............BOOOM! The Mighty Mitts line is growing each day! I have a new version of my old plate loaded gripper (did a 1000 reps a day with 100lb. back in the 70s) that really works with unlimited versatility in the manner you want to load and train your grip. First is done, feels great and is soon to be released. Can't wait to see this Machine Richard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 First 6 being made to allow for testing. Darn it feels nice , If I had it "in the day" things might have gone better even on the recovery/rehab end. R Sorin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Richard, The weight room looks outstanding! The grip aspect is great and much needed. As a PSU fan since I was 4 years old watching with my grandfather, it is nice to see them with some FREE WEIGHTS and a strength coach who has them busting their butts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 First 6 being made to allow for testing. Darn it feels nice , If I had it "in the day" things might have gone better even on the recovery/rehab end. R Sorin Looking forward to seeing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) Richard, The weight room looks outstanding! The grip aspect is great and much needed. As a PSU fan since I was 4 years old watching with my grandfather, it is nice to see them with some FREE WEIGHTS and a strength coach who has them busting their butts. the previous strength coach had them workin hard for sure just not as much on free weights. Edited July 14, 2012 by bubba29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I do not believe that there is a single athlete that shouldnt be using free weights to increase their strength. I guess I am old skool, but my athletes and my own kids never use machines. My 8 year old son does squats, deadlifts, and OH presses. It may be rumor, but I always heard they did HIT with machines with little emphasis on free weight. Every football player should be free weight squatting, IMO. I also heard players would sneak off campus to hit gyms with free weights, but again this may be rumor... At any rate, the new weight room is awesome and I can just picture waves of athletes smoking back squats, front squats, cleans, and the like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 I do not believe that there is a single athlete that shouldnt be using free weights to increase their strength. I guess I am old skool, but my athletes and my own kids never use machines. My 8 year old son does squats, deadlifts, and OH presses. It may be rumor, but I always heard they did HIT with machines with little emphasis on free weight. Every football player should be free weight squatting, IMO. I also heard players would sneak off campus to hit gyms with free weights, but again this may be rumor... At any rate, the new weight room is awesome and I can just picture waves of athletes smoking back squats, front squats, cleans, and the like! i played there. all that is true. the HIT was very hard. i always felt adding off campus training didnt allow enough recovery. the only day for rest was sundays. i agree about free weights vs. machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 The entire room and mind set has changed at Penn State. There is going to be tons of squats, cleans pulls and all the explosive free weight lifts you can think of. The coach is young with old school values and "new school " science and techniques. On another note the first 5 new oldschool grippers are going out today to some grip friends and standouts. R Sorin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 The entire room and mind set has changed at Penn State. There is going to be tons of squats, cleans pulls and all the explosive free weight lifts you can think of. The coach is young with old school values and "new school " science and techniques. On another note the first 5 new oldschool grippers are going out today to some grip friends and standouts. R Sorin will anyone be sharing details regarding those news toys on here soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I hope when the titans of grip get a hold of the device they will have some feedback. Good or bad it worked for me. R Sorin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I saw the first 5 go out today snuggled in their boxes. I always liked varying my hand position on a plate loaded gripper to an almost two handed(hands facing each other) pinch style( gotta work that thumb!) and always tried to figure out an "easy way" to get a smooth overload during my closing strength curve. The way the thing is built allows for this in addition to what many of the standard variations offer. I wonder how that original plate loaded gripper I built in the 70's ever got away from me! It was honed to being glass smooth from tens of thousands of repititions. I remember having it on site up to about 7 years ago. R.Sorin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Can't wait to hear feedback on new grip stuff Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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