Clayton Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 Been awhile... Yesterday, 12-17 Reverse Curl 45x5 65x5 85x5 95x5 105x5 75x10 Hammer Curl 50x5 60x5 65x5 45x15 Wrist Roller x45 x90 x100 Today 12-18 Pinch 25's, 45 second hold 35's, 5 "reps" each hand 45's, 5 "reps" right, 3 left 4, 10 pound plates, 30 second hold Grippers warm up 5x5, #2 5 attempts, #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 I made myself a pinch block today. It's just a touch under 2 and a half inches thick. I hung a bucket full of scrap metal off of it and did 4 holds with each hand. Holds were probably between 30 and 45 seconds. After that I did some weaver stick lifts with a shovel. I had to move my hand about a foot up from the bottom of the shovel handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted December 23, 2001 Share Posted December 23, 2001 12-22 Played around with 100 pound sandbag. It worked the grip/wrists a little Leveraged a 10 poound sledge hammer. Grippers 5x5 with #2 5 squeezes on #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted December 25, 2001 Share Posted December 25, 2001 12-24 Pinch Block 2 holds to failure with bucket of scrap metal. About 50 pounds for 40 seconds I guess. Grippers #2, 5x5 #3, 5 squeezes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 12-28 Finger Tip Push Ups Sand Bag work Grippers warm Ups #2, 5x5 #3, 5 attempts. Managed 1 close with right hand. My crushing strength is starting to come back. I can't wait to get back to a weightroom where I can pinch some plates. The block is ok, but it's not the same. I've got some big ideas, we'll see how they work in the New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 1-2 Back in the gym. Pinch Warm up 45's 3 "reps," each hand 60, held for 20 seconds, both hands 50, held for 35 seconds, both hands Hammer Curls 40x10 50x10 55x10 In the past I made my best pinching progress with long holds, and I decided to use the holds again. Starting with 60 pounds, I'll use one weight until I can hold it for 30 seconds. Hopefully, I'll be able to make 5 pound jumps every week. 1-3 Wrist Roller x45 x90 x100 x110 Grippers Warm up #2, 5x5 #3, 5 attempts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 1-7 Wrist Roller x45 x90 x115 Pinch Grip warm up 60 pounds, 37 seconds, both hands 60 pounds, 34 seconds, both hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest james Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 What is the width of two 45lb plate pinch together(Sorin's feat)? I'm planning to make a wooden pinch block with the same width. Thanks in advance. JAMES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 I think Sorin's plates totaled 4 inches or so across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldy Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 It was at least 4 inches, maybe a little more. Also, he told me in a phone conversation that part of the difficulty was the way the plates tried to slip apart more than usual Olympic plates. It was something about the design of the York wide plates that made them really slippery against each other. With that in mind, you might be looking at something like what we have on the Inch dumbell thread where you have to go way over the target weight on the training apparatus. Scott, on days when you do the timed holds is that usually all the pinching you do, or was that day just short? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest james Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 Thanks for the info. I'll make the pinch block a little bit thicker, say 4.25" or 4.5". James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 baldy, usually I try do do a few "reps" with a pair of 45's, or some wide 35 pound plates in addition to the timed holds. In fact, I attempted some 45's at the end of that last workout, and barley pulled them off the floor, so I stopped. Looking back, I probably should have done the heavy lifts first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 1-9 Pinch warm up 45's, pass back and forth, hand to hand, 5 passes. Lift and hold for 1 count, 5 lifts each hand. Reverse Curls 65x10, 4 sets 1-10 Wrist Leveraging 5 pounds, on 2 inch thick handle, 18 inches long. 3 sets of 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldy Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Scott, thanks for the reply. I am going to try to do a lot of pinching and thick handle work starting February. My pinch is still a big weakness, I would like to see it (eventually) as a strength. I am certain your timed holds idea is what got my one hand pinch up to my PR. When you specialized in pinch, did you totally drop everything but pinching and thick handles? Also, would I be correct in assuming that your freaky pinching ability had some carryover to other areas of hand strength once the period of specialization was over? Again, I really appreciate guys like you, Heath, Tom Black, Roger Steffens, Woody, and others who I have forgotten who are willing to post workout reports to let others see what you are doing. I get lots of ideas from all of you. Sorry to be cluttering you training log area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Tim, Congradulations on your PR. Glad I could help you out. When I fist got crazy about pinching, that and the farmer's walk were about all I did. Lately, I've been trying to do some stuff for my wrists, while I specialize on the pinching. I guess it just depends on how hard you want to work your pinching. If you go totally crazy and work all out 3 times a week it's hard to find the energy, and the mental toughness to make yourself do much more. But if your just doing 2 moderate pinch sessions a week you can definetly do several other things. There is some carry-over to other areas, especially to thick bar stuff. I feel like they go hand in hand. Pinching won't really give you a huge increase in crushing strength, but it definetly won't hurt you. It may even help you with the "sweep" range on the grippers. Don't worry about cluttering up my log. I post so I can get the question and comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldy Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Scott, thanks again for the information. In looking forward to specializing in pinching, one obstacle I see for me is the thumb skin problem. I don't know if that will heal in time for 3 workouts a week, so I'll probably shoot for 2. I have been training in a very subjective manner lately, not really planning on what day to do what and instead I've been "going by feel". This is really new to a "bench on Monday, squat on Tuesday, etc" kind of guy like I have been for years. As for the wrist strength, I noticed a while back that you were working on 40d nails without too much success according to your log. Shortly after I read that you levered a 10 lb hammer! That levering indicates a strong wrist to me. I had trouble with 60d nails until I watched Tom Black's videos he provides on his website. Mimicking his form on those bends got me over the hump. However, I am still a long way off from a 10 lb hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 1-11 Wrist Roller 45x1 90x1 125x1 Pinch warm up 70 pounds, 15 seconds 50 pounds, 1 minute Going by feel is probably the best way to go. I think it's really the only way to acount for good and bad days you may have. As for the nails, the 40 pennies are just so short. I think I'll need more practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 1-14 Wrist Roller 45x1 90x1 135x1 Hammer Curls 35x10 55x8 65x6 80x4 Grippers -Many attempts, on many different grippers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 1-15 Pinch warm up 35's, 25 second hold wide 25's, passed back and forth, hand to hand, till I got tired. I'm making progress faster than I expected. Today, held 35's for about 25 seconds. I'm right on pace to hit 150 by April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 1-17 Have had several good sessions this week. Hands/forearms felt good today. Decided to do wrist roller, and go for a max single on the pinch. Wrist Roller 45x1 70x1 90x1 115x1 These were much harder than normal. Forearms got really "pumped." Was hoping for 140, stopped early. Pinch 20x1 50x1 57x1 70x1 77x1 90x1 97x1 102x1 Everything over 20 pounds felt heavy. I think I pushed a little too hard this week. I'm gonna take a few days off to rest up. But I still managed to get 102 with both hands. Can't wait till next week to see how much I can do well rested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 1-22 Last Night Pinching Three 25's, pulled with right, broke off ground with left. This was a little bit hard. But, I think it may be slightly easier with thee plates that are exactly the same size. The 3 I used were all slightly differnt. Wide 25's, 2 Long holds Rolling Thunder Singles up to 200 pounds. This was the first time I've used the Rolling Thunder. It was fun, but a little humbling. This may take a little work. Wrist Roller 50x1 80x2 Plate Wrist Curl 25x10, 2 sets Hammer Curl 45x8 55x8 65x5 No huge weights this session, but all in all not bad. Pinching the 3 25's was kinda cool. I guess three 35's comes next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldy Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Scott, that workout is one to write home about! Wide pinch with (3) 25's, I had heard somewhere that no one except Richard Sorin or David Horne could duplicate that. As for the Rolling Thunder, I knew you would do good at that since your IDB poundages are so high. I think that 200 lbs is great for the first time out. The plate wrist curls are very impressive as well, I would be very happy getting 25 * 10 (I'm a long way off). great work on everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannosaurus Dave Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Three 25's is doggone impressive! Maybe on your way to the 35's you can lift a 35 and 2-25's, then 2-35's and a 25, then...There's no law that the plates all have to match. I would never have made 2-35's without getting a 25+35 first. Just a suggestion from a grip guppy. Good luck with the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Posted January 26, 2002 Share Posted January 26, 2002 Tim, thanks for the kind words. TDave, that is something I may have to try. 1-25 Last Night Barbell Wrist Curl 95x15 105x15 115x15 125x15 Reverse Curl 65x15 75x15 80x15 Pinch Grip Warm up 3 25's, got a picture of this on a friend's digital camera. Will post soon. 2 45's, Passed hand to hand, 11 passes. 2 45's, Passed 8 times. Got a 15 second video clip of this on friend's camera, but it didn't turn out well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted January 26, 2002 Share Posted January 26, 2002 Scott, send the pic to me. I will put it in the gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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