hellswindstaff Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Not max effort weights... for instance. I would judge a new PR by fingers and numbers, just like I had prior. Now for instance, I can hold my bodyweight on 5 fingers... so then I would restart on ten fingers with weight, like maybe an extra 50lbs. That's only 5 more lbs per finger. Then I would work this extra 50lbs back down to 5 fingers and repeat. Also, I didn't literally mean a .5 second hold... I would probably count to 5sec or 10sec, as oppose to the 1/2min - 1min hold which I have been doing, and stay well within my limits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I can do about 35 or 40 traditional fingertip pushups, but I don't think this variation on pushups helps hand strength any at all. My PR is 10 reps with index&middle of both hands. This hurt like shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellswindstaff Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Tentacle... make sure that you're not crimping b/c it will hurt like hell... FOREVER! Of course it builds strength; through the bones, tendons, and ligaments. It just won't help you very much with closing a gripper, lifting the blob, bending steel, or anything popular... BUT it will make you less injury prone AND if you gotta slap a mothaf-cka then he'll now that you've been doing them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Crimping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellswindstaff Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 exactly what his fingers are doing: http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/26700000/2-fingers-push-ups-bruce-lee-26719320-720-556.jpg fingers should be held rigid, not bowed back at the joint. otherwise all of the stress is placed on the joint (no bueno) and not distributed throughout the finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 exactly what his fingers are doing: http://images5.fanpo...320-720-556.jpg fingers should be held rigid, not bowed back at the joint. otherwise all of the stress is placed on the joint (no bueno) and not distributed throughout the finger. Never heard about that. I don't think anybody can use Bruce Lee as a bad example of anything, either. Man's a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellswindstaff Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 His finger is bowed back. That's a bad example right there. LOL. p.s.- I know that he could kill me barehanded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellswindstaff Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 He also broke his back doing good mornings... the man has flaws like everyone. He's not a god, we could all achieve his level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter77B50 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I just started back and I added fingertip push ups into my COC hand gripper exercise program and combined them together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chosenone7 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Tentacle... make sure that you're not crimping b/c it will hurt like hell... FOREVER! Of course it builds strength; through the bones, tendons, and ligaments. It just won't help you very much with closing a gripper, lifting the blob, bending steel, or anything popular... BUT it will make you less injury prone AND if you gotta slap a mothaf-cka then he'll now that you've been doing them I like to do static holds and plyometric to strengthen the tendons&ligament in my fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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