eman 40 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 yep a few drops of wd40 is fine - Your doing amazing - that credit card set with the 2.5 is very impressive. I would recommend you order a couple RGC rated grippers between the 2.5 and 3 and that should give you a better idea of where your at. But at 6 reps on the 2.5 I would say your closing in on the 145lb rgc or a weak #3 in short order. I"m hoping that I am only about 5-6 month behind you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hopefully 1,257 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Nuttgens said: Thanks man I hope so. I think I’ll Start working in a bit more work with the #3 I wish there was a smaller step from the 2.5 to the three. What would you use to lubricate it. I have some 3 in 1 or wd40 or liquid wrench in the garage any of those good enough? Use the 3 in 1. I'm not sure about liquid wrench but 3 in 1 is great. Wd40 is not a lubricant from what people say. Also take some compressed air and blow out dirt from the spring. You'll probably up the reps by 2-5 Edited September 7, 2020 by Hopefully 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 8 hours ago, eman said: yep a few drops of wd40 is fine - Your doing amazing - that credit card set with the 2.5 is very impressive. I would recommend you order a couple RGC rated grippers between the 2.5 and 3 and that should give you a better idea of where your at. But at 6 reps on the 2.5 I would say your closing in on the 145lb rgc or a weak #3 in short order. I"m hoping that I am only about 5-6 month behind you. Thanks Yeah I wish I knew about RGC ratings when I got mine would like to know what they are at but don’t want to ship them out and back now. Where are you at right now I’m closing grippers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 Today’s training log front squat 155lbs 4 sets 8 reps deadlift 305lb 1 set 10 reps 305lb 3 sets 8 reps glute ham raises 3 sets 5 reps Dumbbell lunges 50lb dumbbells 3 sets 12 reps ab wheel 3 sets of 15 reps Today’s video first deadlift set. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Today’s training didn’t go good. I think after my attempt in my coc #3 my hand was just fried and couldn’t handle much more. warm ups #1-10 #1.5-10 #2-5 work sets right #2.5-8 reps Left #2.5-2 reps right #3 maybe closed it half way left #2.5-3 reps Right #2.5-3 reps left #2.5 forced closed Right #2.5-5 reps left #2.5-1 rep right #2-14 reps left #2-8 reps inverted Right #2-4 reps left #2-5 reps Right #1.5-25 reps left #1.5-25 reps right #1.5- 25 reps left #1.5- 30 reps right #1.5- 25 reps left #1.4- 25 reps Video is my attempt at #3. I barely get the thing to move. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Anderson 533 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, Nuttgens said: Today’s training didn’t go good. I think after my attempt in my coc #3 my hand was just fried and couldn’t handle much more. warm ups #1-10 #1.5-10 #2-5 work sets right #2.5-8 reps Left #2.5-2 reps right #3 maybe closed it half way left #2.5-3 reps Right #2.5-3 reps left #2.5 forced closed Right #2.5-5 reps left #2.5-1 rep right #2-14 reps left #2-8 reps inverted Right #2-4 reps left #2-5 reps Right #1.5-25 reps left #1.5-25 reps right #1.5- 25 reps left #1.5- 30 reps right #1.5- 25 reps left #1.4- 25 reps Video is my attempt at #3. I barely get the thing to move. If you fixed that set up you could probably close it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AvgJo 139 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Good work man. Look up on youtube ‘setting hand grippers” and you’ll see what I was talking about, preferably by Jedd Johnson, Paul Knight or Nathan Holle. You need to practice setting the gripper, no way around it. The handle in your palm is too far back in your hand right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hopefully 1,257 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) For ccs your technique is excellent in my opinion. If you just want to close it you would be able to right now with a mms set as the other guys said. But if you can have the handle more forward for ccs you should of course. It is far back but perhaps you cant have it more forward due to hand size. But if you can do it. Practice it and mix in some mms with ccs. Edited September 10, 2020 by Hopefully 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AvgJo 139 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Yea I agree with Hopefully. It comes down to what standards you set yourself for closing it. If you just want those handles to click together no matter how, practice setting. If CCS then your on the right track. I think from a MMS you could close it already 👍 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Hopefully said: For ccs your technique is excellent in my opinion. If you just want to close it you would be able to right now with a mms set as the other guys said. But if you can have the handle more forward for ccs you should of course. It is far back but perhaps you cant have it more forward due to hand size. But if you can do it. Practice it and mix in some mms with ccs. 1 hour ago, AvgJo said: Yea I agree with Hopefully. It comes down to what standards you set yourself for closing it. If you just want those handles to click together no matter how, practice setting. If CCS then your on the right track. I think from a MMS you could close it already 👍 Well for now I’ll keep working on a ccs set the 3 still feels awkward and hard and my set could probably be better. But if I seem to be getting no where maybe I’ll start playing around with some parallel sets and work on just getting the handles to touch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 9 hours ago, Stephen Anderson said: If you fixed that set up you could probably close it. Yeah I think I am gonna have to work on getting my set better now that I am working with the #3. It’s crazy how much harder the 3 is to close then any other goal gripper up to now. Are you suggesting a tighter set like parallel or just a better set up ccs? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AvgJo 139 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Just ask yourself what you think will give you that sense of owning the #3 close. If you are not sure, you could always train parallel sets until you get a close then widen it from there to 30-40mm block set or even ccs if you want to push yourself more. Over all, I think there is a lot to gain from working deep sets (parallel and narrower) especially with hard grippers, as that is the range the spring is the hardest - hence why choked grippers is a thing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hopefully 1,257 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 @Nuttgens I think as before that you should just continue what you are doing untill you feel that you hit a Wall. You have made great progress and given the #3 like what? 2 squeezes and have trained for a few months? And you can already take it to about 10mm. There’s nothing to speculate about yet. Make an attempt on it giving everything every other workout or something, when you feel that you cant get any further start up some heavy mms closes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hopefully said: @Nuttgens I think as before that you should just continue what you are doing untill you feel that you hit a Wall. You have made great progress and given the #3 like what? 2 squeezes and have trained for a few months? And you can already take it to about 10mm. There’s nothing to speculate about yet. Make an attempt on it giving everything every other workout or something, when you feel that you cant get any further start up some heavy mms closes. Yeah. Thanks man I like the sounds of that my big goal right now is a ccs close of my #3 I haven’t plateaued yet I’ll keep working at it and if I feel I need an easier goal for a bit maybe starting working on parallel sets just to get It closed. Haha yeah that was only the second time I have every squeezed it. Maybe after a dozen squeezes getting no where I will re evaluate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hopefully 1,257 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, Nuttgens said: Yeah. Thanks man I like the sounds of that my big goal right now is a ccs close of my #3 I haven’t plateaued yet I’ll keep working at it and if I feel I need an easier goal for a bit maybe starting working on parallel sets just to get It closed. Haha yeah that was only the second time I have every squeezed it. Maybe after a dozen squeezes getting no where I will re evaluate. Yeah 👍 and later on when you mix in some mms of #3.5 and stuff your ccs strength will skyrocket even further. There’s good carry over between the two. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AvgJo 139 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 What’s your height and weight just out of curiosity? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 3 hours ago, AvgJo said: What’s your height and weight just out of curiosity? 6’ tall 185 lbs 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AvgJo 139 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Nuttgens said: 6’ tall 185 lbs Any reason you lost 20lb or so? I’m 6’ and 205lb right now which is you without the weight loss lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 3 hours ago, AvgJo said: Any reason you lost 20lb or so? I’m 6’ and 205lb right now which is you without the weight loss lol. I dunno gyms were closed and I was working up in dawson creek B.C. from March - May so it was still pretty cold and crappy. Living in a camper trailer with two other guys to save money and I just didn’t eat very much or really worry about what I was eating since I wasn’t doing any strength training and I was kinda being lazy. Cooking in a little trailer you share with two other guys is a bit of a pain. Now I’m up in ft McKay Alberta in a work camp where food is all cooked for you and free so I’m sure I’ll be putting in weight and probably end up close to where I was before I’m usually bouncing around between 195-205. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AvgJo 139 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Nuttgens said: I dunno gyms were closed and I was working up in dawson creek B.C. from March - May so it was still pretty cold and crappy. Living in a camper trailer with two other guys to save money and I just didn’t eat very much or really worry about what I was eating since I wasn’t doing any strength training and I was kinda being lazy. Cooking in a little trailer you share with two other guys is a bit of a pain. Now I’m up in ft McKay Alberta in a work camp where food is all cooked for you and free so I’m sure I’ll be putting in weight and probably end up close to where I was before I’m usually bouncing around between 195-205. Yep, same as me 195-205lb usually. Although right now I'm making an effort to gain a bit, winter is coming soon too. Edited September 11, 2020 by AvgJo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Today’s training warm up coc #1 10 reps coc #1.5 10 reps coc #2 5 reps work sets coc #2.5 8 reps right 4 reps left coc #2.5 9 reps right 2 reps left coc #2.5 9 reps right 4 reps left coc #2.5 3 reps right 2 reps left coc #3 failed right coc#2.5 2 reps left inverted coc #2 4 reps right 3 reps left coc #1.5 25 reps right 25 reps left coc #1.5 25 reps right 25 reps left coc #1.5 25 reps right 25 reps left Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 Today workout warm up coc #1 10 reps coc #1.5 10 reps coc #2 5 reps work sets coc 2.5 8 reps right 3 reps left coc 2.5 7 reps right forced reps left coc 2.5 7 reps right 3 reps left coc 2.5 10 reps right 2 reps left coc 2.5 6 reps right 2 reps left inverted coc 2 8 reps right 8 reps left Coc 2 8 reps right 2 reps left coc 1.5 30 reps right 30 reps left Coc 1.5 30 reps right 30 reps left Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Training log Sept 17 squat 4 sets 5 reps 255lbs GHR 3 sets 5 reps Step up 3 sets 8 reps 35lb dumbbells ab wheel 4 sets 18 reps sept 18 bench press 4 sets 5 reps 205lbs DB row 4 sets 12 reps 80lbs overhead press 3 sets 6 reps 105lbs Pull ups 3 sets 8 reps 27.5lbs DB hammer curls 3 sets 12 reps 35lbs tricep pulldowns rope 3 sets 12 reps 80lbs sept 19 overhead press 3 sets 8 reps 95lbs Close grip bench 3 sets 8 reps 165lbs Skull crushers 3 sets 10 reps 75lbs Cable flies 3 sets 15 reps 60lbs sept 20 grippers warm up coc1 10 reps coc 1.5 10 reps coc 2 5 reps work sets coc 2.5 11 reps right 4 reps left coc 3 forced closed right and left Coc 2.5 8 reps right 2 reps left coc 2.5 6 reps right forced closed left coc 2.5 5 reps right 1 rep left inverted coc 2 5 reps right 4 reps left coc 2 4 reps right 5 reps left coc 1.5 30 reps right 30 reps left coc 1.5 30 reps right 20 reps left sept 21 deadlift 4 sets 10 reps 305lbs front squat 3 sets 8 reps 165lbs GHR 3 sets 5 reps DB split squats 3 sets 12 reps 45lbs ab wheel 4 sets 20 reps Worked up to a max deadlift DO with fat grips ended up getting 255 and failing 275 not sure if that is decent or not think I might start messing around with that lift a bit. The GripBoard is getting me interested in different grip exercises. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coffeegrip 77 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Impressive volume on the grippers! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nuttgens 205 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 24 minutes ago, coffeegrip said: Impressive volume on the grippers! Thanks. Right now I basically do 5 sets max reps with the hardest gripper I can close then just mess around getting a good pump doing some inverted stuff for high reps. If I had a gripper I could work with that was closed to my 3 for less reps I think that would be better but right now I just have my 2.5 and my 3 and reps on the 2.5 are getting pretty high now while the 3 is still feeling like a brick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.