IvanYastrebov Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone! Does it make sense to have a single reps with heavy grippers 6 days a week for 5-6 single reps on each hand per day, and combine it with studies armwrestling three times a week? Edited November 30, 2012 by IvanYastrebov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 If you see progress, yes. If not, then change it up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Well I know for me that wouldn't work. The pressure put on my hands from grippers is too much, making recovery slow. So I only do them once a week. But if it works for you, then do it. Just be aware of fatigue, improper recovery, and anything that feels like injury. If that happens, change it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I train as often but not on the same movements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanYastrebov Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Thanks everyone! The problem is that I just can not not touch grippers for a single day, I ask my wife that she had hidden them. Then under the pretext that "I just see them", take and compress them))) So, my solution for that problem, system of training 6 days a week. If will not be progress, I will try train with grippers once a week, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellswindstaff Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Thanks everyone! The problem is that I just can not not touch grippers for a single day, I ask my wife that she had hidden them. Then under the pretext that "I just see them", take and compress them))) So, my solution for that problem, system of training 6 days a week. If will not be progress, I will try train with grippers once a week, That's totals to a volume of 20-30 supramax/ max/ or circamax closes a week. I say go for it, see how your body responds, but tread with caution. Edited November 30, 2012 by hellswindstaff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 What you might want to do, if you really just can't keep your hands off the grippers, is have alternating light and heavy days. Say, Monday Wednesday and Friday would be your heavy single close days, while Tuesday Thursday Saturday you could use a much lighter gripper and do a few sets of reps, which would train either endurance or do recovery, depending on how light you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanYastrebov Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 What you might want to do, if you really just can't keep your hands off the grippers, is have alternating light and heavy days. Say, Monday Wednesday and Friday would be your heavy single close days, while Tuesday Thursday Saturday you could use a much lighter gripper and do a few sets of reps, which would train either endurance or do recovery, depending on how light you go. this is good idea! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanYastrebov Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 from what position do better singles? MMS with heavier gripper or CCS with easier? or it is not matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 from what position do better singles? MMS with heavier gripper or CCS with easier? or it is not matter? Just depends on what you're training for. If you're training to do a CCS cert, then do that, if you're training for an MMS cert, or a competition where that set will be used, do that. Personally, I don't set grippers, I just close them from open. I have my own reasons for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter77B50 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Don't spend to long at a time on a grip session if you are training 6 days a week just do what your body can handle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squat More Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Best to start slow, low volume, low intensity and over time pick up the volume then intensity. Train smart, avoid injury, slow and steady will get you to your goals with minimal time off from injury. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanYastrebov Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Completed RRBT program. Nothing.. Started train once a week. Finally I see progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Completed RRBT program. Nothing.. Started train once a week. Finally I see progress! You have to wait until the program is complete. There is no way you will see gains immediately normally as it's basically controlled overtraining/overreaching. It's called a rebound. Which is why after you switched to once a week after RRBT "progress" started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanYastrebov Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six Barrel Shotgun Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hard grip training 6 days a week has worked good for many people. KTA for grippers for example.. Just Sayin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstagripp Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Grippers 6 days a week is a bit much I would think. I only train 2 days a week and that seems to work for me. monstagripp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Grippers 6 days a week is a bit much I would think. I only train 2 days a week and that seems to work for me. monstagripp Agree. When I was strongest on grippers it was a 2 day split. And didn't really have a "weekly" schedule because what is a week anyway? No reason to force yourself to plan within arbitrary groupings of days. I would just train again when I was fresh and it tested well. Overall it probably averaged twice per week though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sharkey Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Personally, I don't set grippers, I just close them from open. I have my own reasons for that... I've kinda wanted to ask you about that for a while. Would you elaborate on your reasoning? Is it just a personal goal, physical characteristic, or you think this is the best way to make progress? Curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Personally, I don't set grippers, I just close them from open. I have my own reasons for that... I've kinda wanted to ask you about that for a while. Would you elaborate on your reasoning? Is it just a personal goal, physical characteristic, or you think this is the best way to make progress? Curious. Basically, I don't like setting grippers. Haha. And I don't like closing them that way. I don't feel like I've really "done" it if I set a gripper and close it, I only feel accomplished If I do it from all the way open. Having big hands aids in this, my leverage is better from the open position. And I'm not really too big of a gripper guy, so it's not such a big deal to me to be closing them from parallel and to see how many I can do that way. If I can get the ironmind certs, cool, but I'm not too interested, say, in training to close grippers parallel for a competition. If I could do the mash monster grippers from open, that would be cool too, but I'm not really too concerned about it, so parallel sets (or really any sets) just aren't my thing... Plus, my own training is really more in the spirit of developing and applying brute force, and I don't think grippers really factor into that much. I'm more about the grip lifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Although they are fun. But I'm not a gripper fanatic, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Not to say that heavy parallel closes, like the Mashmonster certs, are hard as hell and respectable closes. They totally are. Closing a #3.5 or beyond is crazy hard any way you look at it. But it's just not my style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sharkey Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Thanks. Its good to do your own thing man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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