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Grippers As Part Of An Overall Program


ianders1

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I'm using the grippers as part of an overall grip program, not specifically with goals of trying to close the #3 or #4 and had a few questions:

1. I'm using the "no set" technique to work the whole ROM but I find my hand almost sticking to the handles near the close. It's like I can't close the gripper because it's stuck in the middle knuckle. Maybe I'm just a weakling and that's how tough the almighty "close" is, but it jus feels like my skin, bones are preventing the gripper from that last 1/2"

2. What is an "overcrush" I searched the FAQ section and site, but couldn't find anything other than talk of filing down grippers?

Thanks in advance for any help and I hope that I'm not just a 225lb weakling :blink

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Thats what happens to me when I no set. My fingers just don't have any leverage at the close and the gripper and your hands are way out of position.It seems painful and dangerous. What I've been doing to work on full rom is setting the gripper deep and then opening my hands all the way (just shy of letting the gripper slip) this seems like a good compromise to me.

An overcrush is just taking a gripper you can close pretty solidly and mashing it at the closed position. So you close the gripper and then squeeze it as tightly as you can - grind it ect. Kind of like an isometric contraction against it...

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AP thanks for your reply - I'm glad that you cleared up both of my questions for me and that I'm not alone with the no set problem.

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A set close and a no-set close are two different exercises, completely. Different techniques, different muscles, different positioning. Working on both is best.

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Janders1

hey, try doing a very shallow set so that you can just get the gripper shut. As you get stronger with the shallow set you'll get better at the No Set. Also you can force the gripper shut and do neg's in the no set position.

-HH

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