Nuttgens Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Today’s training incline bench 4 sets 10 reps 165lbs swiss bar row 4 sets 15 reps 150lbs chin ups 3 sets 8 reps 45lbs face pull 3 sets 15 reps 140lbs DB preacher hammer curl 3 sets 12 reps 32.5lbs rolling thunder 3 sets 8 reps 125lbs + handle and pin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJM Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 5:00 AM, Nuttgens said: Today’s training hg300 9 reps right 4 reps left Ghp7 3 reps right failed left ghp8 attempt right ghp7 failed left coc 3 ccs failed right hg300 2 reps left Ghp7 2 reps right hg300 1 rep right hg300 6 reps right 2 reps left coc 2.5 every rep ccs 10 reps right 3 reps left coc 2 22 reps right 12 reps left Nice work with those high reps! Especially after those heavy attempts you did before. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) Hey man, i was just reading some old threads on here about GHPs and after watching some videos of GHP closes ive realised on my recent GHP 5 close i had the gripper the wrong way around, i had the finger placement rings in my palm rather than the fingers. I only just realised, Do you find it makes any difference? I know on COC people look for the dogleg side. Edited July 25, 2021 by mcalpine1986 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 hours ago, mcalpine1986 said: Hey man, i was just reading some old threads on here about GHPs and after watching some videos of GHP closes ive realised on my recent GHP 5 close i had the gripper the wrong way around, i had the finger placement rings in my palm rather than the fingers. I only just realised, Do you find it makes any difference? I know on COC people look for the dogleg side. I’m not sure if it makes a difference but I have never tried. I always put the finger rings on the finger side. If it does make any difference I don’t think it would be very much. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Nuttgens said: I’m not sure if it makes a difference but I have never tried. I always put the finger rings on the finger side. If it does make any difference I don’t think it would be very much. Cool, thanks man. I knew you have Ghps, so Thanks for your thoughts. Ill try the correct way next time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Today’s training hg300 10 reps right 3 reps left ghp7 3 reps right missed a 4th by 1mm 1 rep left ghp8 failed right ghp7 failed left Coc 3 ccs really close right hg300 2 reps left Ghp7 1 rep right hh300 1 rep left hg300 6 reps right 1 rep left coc 2.5 22 reps right 10 reps left Coc 2 28 reps right 20 reps left 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 More training today bench press 4 sets 5 reps 230lbs DB row 4 sets 12 reps 95lbs Lever arm OHP 3 sets 8 reps 102.5lbs Pull up 3 sets 7 reps 42.5lbs EZ bar curls 3 sets 10 reps 95lbs tricep rope push downs 3 sets 12 reps 110lbs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Nuttgens said: Today’s training hg300 10 reps right 3 reps left ghp7 3 reps right missed a 4th by 1mm 1 rep left ghp8 failed right ghp7 failed left Coc 3 ccs really close right hg300 2 reps left Ghp7 1 rep right hh300 1 rep left hg300 6 reps right 1 rep left coc 2.5 22 reps right 10 reps left Coc 2 28 reps right 20 reps left Very strong workout. The volume you do is pretty high on grippers for being so strong. How often do you do this workout? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, mcalpine1986 said: Very strong workout. The volume you do is pretty high on grippers for being so strong. How often do you do this workout? Thanks man. I do grippers once a week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Nuttgens said: Thanks man. I do grippers once a week. No probs, you were so close on that 4th rep of the GHP 7. Id hope to be on your level one day. Many do grippers once per week, im planning on doing this myself even thiugh they are addictive. I dont know grip mutants like nathan holle can train heavy on them 3 times per week. My hands would be fried. Edited July 27, 2021 by mcalpine1986 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, mcalpine1986 said: No probs, you were so close on that 4th rep of the GHP 7. Id hope to be on your level one day. Many do grippers once per week, im planning on doing this myself even thiugh they are addictive. I dont know grip mutants like nathan holle can train heavy on them 3 times per week. My hands would be fried. Thanks again. Yeah really wanted that 4th rep on the ghp7 and the ccs on the 3 hopefully soon. I find I just do worse on grippers if I work them more than once a week I was doing twice a week for a while though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcalpine1986 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, Nuttgens said: Thanks again. Yeah really wanted that 4th rep on the ghp7 and the ccs on the 3 hopefully soon. I find I just do worse on grippers if I work them more than once a week I was doing twice a week for a while though. You will get it soon no doubt. In the past ive found the same. Twice per week is too much. Its hard to balance everything to keep progressing sometimes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Grip Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 11 hours ago, mcalpine1986 said: No probs, you were so close on that 4th rep of the GHP 7. Id hope to be on your level one day. Many do grippers once per week, im planning on doing this myself even thiugh they are addictive. I dont know grip mutants like nathan holle can train heavy on them 3 times per week. My hands would be fried. Amen to that! How guys like Nathan can do them 3x a week and progress is baffling. Even the volume you do Nuttgens is crazy, like Mcalpine said given how strong you are on crush strength. What I don't like about grippers is I find the moment I overtrain them in comes the tendonitis. If it helps either of you I've been using the RB adjustable gripper and so far it feels like its nowhere near as fatiguing as a torsion spring gripper. The con however is I'm not sure how great the carryover could be. I will say the sweep is harder though as other gripsters have stated before me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, Bigfoot Grip said: Amen to that! How guys like Nathan can do them 3x a week and progress is baffling. Even the volume you do Nuttgens is crazy, like Mcalpine said given how strong you are on crush strength. What I don't like about grippers is I find the moment I overtrain them in comes the tendonitis. If it helps either of you I've been using the RB adjustable gripper and so far it feels like its nowhere near as fatiguing as a torsion spring gripper. The con however is I'm not sure how great the carryover could be. I will say the sweep is harder though as other gripsters have stated before me. I don’t get any pain from grippers just find that I am weak when doing it more often nothing hurts though. I’m not even sure if once a week is better for me. I can go heavier every session with once a week but who knows maybe doing twice a week and having to go lighter because of fatigue then kinda peaking for a max attempt could work too. I just don’t like having to go lighter when I’m not recovered haha. And really close to consistently closing my #3 from a ccs and really want to get a good close on video so for now I won’t change anything up. what’s the crazy part with my volume the number of reps on some sets or the number of sets I do? Im guessing the high rep sets? I know I don’t see many people do them. Probably because they are not needed haha I dunno i like it and it feels easier than a heavy attempt like a ghp8 or coc 3.5. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 Today’s training squat 4 sets 5 reps 315lbs deficit deadlift 3 sets 6 reps 335pbs DB split squat 3 sets 15 reps 45lbs Ab wheel 3 sets 30 reps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Grip Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Nuttgens said: I don’t get any pain from grippers just find that I am weak when doing it more often nothing hurts though. I’m not even sure if once a week is better for me. I can go heavier every session with once a week but who knows maybe doing twice a week and having to go lighter because of fatigue then kinda peaking for a max attempt could work too. I just don’t like having to go lighter when I’m not recovered haha. And really close to consistently closing my #3 from a ccs and really want to get a good close on video so for now I won’t change anything up. what’s the crazy part with my volume the number of reps on some sets or the number of sets I do? Im guessing the high rep sets? I know I don’t see many people do them. Probably because they are not needed haha I dunno i like it and it feels easier than a heavy attempt like a ghp8 or coc 3.5. Ultimately just do what works for you. You're making great progress, and if you're intune with your body just keep listening to that and do what works for you. I come from a powerlifting background where some people squat once a week and break records while others work up to a daily max and break records. Slow twitch/fast twitch muscle fibers along with a million other factors(age, weight, diet, leverages, occupation, injuries, commitments and many more) effect how we train. Just to be clear your training makes sense, I'm rooting for you to get on that GHP & COC cert lists! I'm more in awe as I'm sure several others are on the gripboard at the general strength workouts you do(squat, ohp, deads ect) combined with the gripper workouts. Not saying its bad actually the opposite I'm in awe haha. I know my body would regress if I tried to do the amount of powerlifting type volume you do and gripper work. One example is your last gripper work, here is an excert..."coc 2 28reps right 20 left".....I'm reading that like wtf haha and that's your last work set lol not counting everything else you did. Ugh my elbows would make me pay and/or knuckles. For me I mostly prefer singles on torsion spring grippers because I find it's the most technical aspect of grip sport and I need to keep improving my set and execution. By breaking it up into singles I get more practice and can stay in a higher weight/rgc threshold and get meaningfull volume in as opposed to going light and doing alot of reps. Oddly for thickbar its actually working in the medium ish range that seems to carryover better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Bigfoot Grip said: Ultimately just do what works for you. You're making great progress, and if you're intune with your body just keep listening to that and do what works for you. I come from a powerlifting background where some people squat once a week and break records while others work up to a daily max and break records. Slow twitch/fast twitch muscle fibers along with a million other factors(age, weight, diet, leverages, occupation, injuries, commitments and many more) effect how we train. Just to be clear your training makes sense, I'm rooting for you to get on that GHP & COC cert lists! I'm more in awe as I'm sure several others are on the gripboard at the general strength workouts you do(squat, ohp, deads ect) combined with the gripper workouts. Not saying its bad actually the opposite I'm in awe haha. I know my body would regress if I tried to do the amount of powerlifting type volume you do and gripper work. One example is your last gripper work, here is an excert..."coc 2 28reps right 20 left".....I'm reading that like wtf haha and that's your last work set lol not counting everything else you did. Ugh my elbows would make me pay and/or knuckles. For me I mostly prefer singles on torsion spring grippers because I find it's the most technical aspect of grip sport and I need to keep improving my set and execution. By breaking it up into singles I get more practice and can stay in a higher weight/rgc threshold and get meaningfull volume in as opposed to going light and doing alot of reps. Oddly for thickbar its actually working in the medium ish range that seems to carryover better. Haha thanks man. Yeah I guess I’m doing quite a bit just in general but so far still making progress so I’ll leave everything as is for now. I actually do my gripper sets between sets of bench and rows And pull ups and stuff probably not ideal but it gets hard to fit all that stuff in with working 50-60 hours a week and commuting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 Today’s training OHP 3 sets 8 reps 115lbs close grip bench 4 sets 8 reps 200lbs Thumbless reverse grip curls 3 sets 10 reps 85lbs skull crushers 3 sets 10 reps 87.5lbs cable flies 3 sets 12 reps 80lbs DB curls 3 sets 10 reps 37.5lbs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 Today’s training deadlift 4 sets 5 reps 400lbs SSB squats 3 sets 8 reps 245lbs GHR 3 sets 10 reps Ab wheel 3 sets 30 reps 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 Today’s training hg300 9 reps right 2 reps left Ghp7 2 reps right failed left Coc 3 ccs missed by a hair right hg300 2 reps left ghp7 1 rep right hg300 2 reps left Hg300 6 reps right 2 reps left coc 2.5 20 reps right 10 reps left 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 More training today bench press 4 sets 4 reps 240lbs DB row 3 sets 10 reps 100lbs lever OHP 3 sets 6 reps 110lbs pull up 2 sets 6 reps 47.5lbs tricep rope push downs 3 sets 10 reps 120lbs EZ bar curls 3 set 10 reps 100lbs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Amazing how different we all are. My max crush on a gripper is very similar to yours, but I can't do anywhere near what you do on bench/squat/deadlift, and I am not sure I could do the volume you do on grippers either, although I admit I have never done any gripper for more than 6 or 7 reps, other than warming up on easy ones. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Vinnie said: Amazing how different we all are. My max crush on a gripper is very similar to yours, but I can't do anywhere near what you do on bench/squat/deadlift, and I am not sure I could do the volume you do on grippers either, although I admit I have never done any gripper for more than 6 or 7 reps, other than warming up on easy ones. Yeah everyone is different. I am sure I have spent much more time on the bench, squat and deadlift than you though. And for some reason high volume on grippers for me has been way easier than high intensity stuff like singles. I think i just have decent endurance from working. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Nuttgens said: Yeah everyone is different. I am sure I have spent much more time on the bench, squat and deadlift than you though. And for some reason high volume on grippers for me has been way easier than high intensity stuff like singles. I think i just have decent endurance from working. Couldn’t agree more! I’m on the opposite side of the spectrum, staying in the low reps helps me progress the most (I also have very little endurance in the high reps). It’s super important to find what suits you best, doesn’t have to be what works for everyone for sure 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttgens Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 26 minutes ago, Alexander Koss said: Couldn’t agree more! I’m on the opposite side of the spectrum, staying in the low reps helps me progress the most (I also have very little endurance in the high reps). It’s super important to find what suits you best, doesn’t have to be what works for everyone for sure That seems to be what works best for most people on GripBoard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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