Malice Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Good attempt Jay, don't give up and that biach will go down! Keep working it cuz I'm not far behind you and hot on your heals brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 After much fighting with computers and logins, here we go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchcalvin Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 The set is impossible to see but I did this on june 22nd. my wife helped with the video and it was her first time. I really need to improve on my camera skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 I really can't tell if that was closed, Calvin, but it was definitely closer than mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I really can't tell if that was closed, Calvin, but it was definitely closer than mine! It was definitely closed. The set looked to be very narrow, although mostly obscured by the setting hand you can see by the angle of the handles next to the spring that it was narrower than parallel, not quite a set and hold but not far off. Definitely closed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchcalvin Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I really need to work on setting and holding the gripper. I have a tendency of setting to parallel and the exploding on the gripper. This typically doesn't allow for my free hand to not get out of the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 almost got six with the 'big' #2.5 today, right-handed. Left was extremely weak today for some reason. Gonna try the 3 again next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Finally got the 3 closed for two good singles on Sunday! Now I just need to get it on film. I learned a very valuable lesson recently: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME TRAINING SUB-OPTIMALLY. I think it took me much longer to shut the 3 than it should have because I was training them in the morning, when I knew I was weaker. After being so close for so long, I was getting frustrated. Deciding to bring my grippers home and train them in conjunction with my bench and squat workouts was something I should have done long ago. I used the same workouts, but got much better results. Three weeks of training OPTIMALLY got me farther than six months of training the way I used to. When I shut it, I thought I had grabbed the wrong gripper. It was so easy, I thought I was holding my weaker #2.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Congrats Jay! Heck of a feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Finally got the 3 closed for two good singles on Sunday! Now I just need to get it on film. I learned a very valuable lesson recently: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME TRAINING SUB-OPTIMALLY. I think it took me much longer to shut the 3 than it should have because I was training them in the morning, when I knew I was weaker. After being so close for so long, I was getting frustrated. Deciding to bring my grippers home and train them in conjunction with my bench and squat workouts was something I should have done long ago. I used the same workouts, but got much better results. Three weeks of training OPTIMALLY got me farther than six months of training the way I used to. When I shut it, I thought I had grabbed the wrong gripper. It was so easy, I thought I was holding my weaker #2.5. Nice job bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joefrey Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Nice job !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Way to go! Don't lose focus now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Awesome job brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 Thanks, guys. I should be able to get the cert vid done on Sunday. Are we doing all of the certs through GripCerts.com now? Or are the MM certs still being submitted here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Thanks, guys. I should be able to get the cert vid done on Sunday. Are we doing all of the certs through GripCerts.com now? Or are the MM certs still being submitted here? I wasn't aware that Gripcerts was open for general submissions yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Thanks, guys. I should be able to get the cert vid done on Sunday. Are we doing all of the certs through GripCerts.com now? Or are the MM certs still being submitted here? MM certs are still done here. Just send it in to Wannagrip instead of making the vid public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Thanks, guys. I should be able to get the cert vid done on Sunday. Are we doing all of the certs through GripCerts.com now? Or are the MM certs still being submitted here? MM certs are still done here. Just send it in to Wannagrip instead of making the vid public. Awesome, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 Shite. Failed again. I think I got it closed on the second attempt today, but you can't really see it in the vid because I was straining so hard I didn't have any concentration left to pay attention to the camera. Oh, well. Nothing to do but keep trying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Shite. Failed again. I think I got it closed on the second attempt today, but you can't really see it in the vid because I was straining so hard I didn't have any concentration left to pay attention to the camera. Oh, well. Nothing to do but keep trying! Keep going, you'll be owning that #3 in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gothrik Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 (edited) Dang a year ago I would have been looking to ride this with you guys... but I switch to high reps when I stated NS-ing the 2.5 and now I can hardly get a good NS on the 1.5... despite doing close to 30 reps on the 1 if I do parallel reps. I'm going to start training hard and see if I can catch up (I know its a really long shot lol.) EDIT*** mmm just thought about the fact I'm 2 grippers behind ATM, so NVM. Was too excited to be in on the game. If I make some fast jumps I'll be in otherwise, I'll observe Edited November 5, 2010 by The Steve Train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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