austinslater Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Im curious who on the board has tried the new rule and how many #3 closers could or couldnt do it. Thanks! Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Sorry, I have no idea. My credit was revoked. Honestly, I have never tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opnsysme Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I am actually now training for it, I have many times closed the #3 with a partial set, so now I'm using the CC rule , currently I'm in the neighborhood of 5-6 mm. I hope to have a video next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I started training it for shits and giggles. Within a week, I began to get bad pains in my hands. I stopped doing it, and the pain vanished. Rick Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I am actually now training for it, I have many times closed the #3 with a partial set, so now I'm using the CC rule , currently I'm in the neighborhood of 5-6 mm. I hope to have a video next week. what changes have you made to your program for this? was it more than just using no set closes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I try it for grins every once in a while and I'm a healthy 1/4" away sometimes farther. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunny Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I started training it for shits and giggles. Within a week, I began to get bad pains in my hands. I stopped doing it, and the pain vanished. Rick are you limited by hand size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkbone Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 After closing the #3 with a set about the middle of August, I started training for the CC set. It took about 3 1/2 weeks of training before closing it with the CC rule. I think my technique might be a little different than some. I basically set the gripper like I would normally, then I let it out enough to get the card in there. That way I seem to maintain a better grip with my first three fingers, rather than just doing a three finger no set close with it. It's kind of like doing 3/4 of a rep with the gripper (during the set) and the letting it out, then performing a full rep. One thing that I have been doing different in my training is doing no set overcrusshes and strap holds with a #2 and a filed #1 respectively. The last inch of the close feels much harder to me with the CC set because of the lack of leverage on the gripper. It really makes you work for it at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Rick are you limited by hand size? No-I have 7 3/4" hands. Rick Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lipinski Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I've done it once, when I was playing around with no set stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunny Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I think my technique might be a little different than some. I basically set the gripper like I would normally, then I let it out enough to get the card in there Is this ok under the ironmind rule for certification?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinslater Posted October 3, 2004 Author Share Posted October 3, 2004 Rick thats odd that you experienced more pain with a fuller range or motion. Im the exact oposite. I felt better when I was focusing soley on no sets and IM sets. I think Milkbones setting technique is fine. Hes still opening the gripper up to the credit card width. Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkbone Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 (edited) Rick thats odd that you experienced more pain with a fuller range or motion. Im the exact oposite. I felt better when I was focusing soley on no sets and IM sets. I think Milkbones setting technique is fine. Hes still opening the gripper up to the credit card width. Austin Yep. I sent an email to Ironmind with a video of me closing the gripper in this manner and asked if this was a legitimate close under the new rules and they said it looked great to them. Randy himself gave the okay on it. The rule states the gripper has to be wide enough for the credit card before the close starts. Here is rule #4 from the Ironmind site: "4.The free hand may be used to position the gripper in the gripping hand, but the starting position can be no narrower than the width of a credit/ATM card, and the gripster must show the official that he has an acceptable starting position by using his non-gripping hand to slide the end of a credit/ATM card in between the ends of the handles. Once this is done, the official will give the signal to remove the card and begin the attempt." Edited October 3, 2004 by milkbone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 That technique sounds very good, I would of never thought of it but I will definetly give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 This is how I was introduced to training the grippers and I like it alot. Ive only trained with no sets and the wide sets that Ironmind requires and I feel this is how they should be done. But to each there own and I have alot of respect for a #3 close no matter how it was done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotenmyoou Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Never tried the credit card thing ,but I could close #3 with no set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opnsysme Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 "what changes have you made to your program for this? was it more than just using no set closes?" Lyle , I always have to change up my grip routine every 4 weeks or so , or I go flat. But the one change I made that got me closing the #3 was speed closes with lesser grippers. I started with a #2 single stamped and hit that a couple of times a day for about 5 reps, then moved on to my filed '03 #2. I feel that speed closes , which I was introduced too by thorfinn on this board were key. Give them a try and let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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