Kayum Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 General question.... as far as grippers go....would you stay on one gripper strength till you can close it with both your left and right hand or would you just train each hand individually?......i've just started out with the grippers and naturally have a strong right hand, i don't want to get into a bad habit and end up having a right hand grip that could crush bricks and a left hand that's far weaker?.....or am i just being paranoid.....and they'll realistically stay roughly the same sttrength? Quote "in the name of the grip, in the name of the crush ...in the name of the holy pinch...amen"
Bearcat 74 Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I do the same reps and sets, but my right took off from my left. Doing the exact same sets and reps the right was much stronger. Train them equally, but if one starts smoking the other, run with it. On pinch, blobs, whatever there is not near the difference from right to left. Leverage is a fair bit ahead righty, but blobs are actually more comfy lefty. Larson, terminator, and Wannagrip would be best to answer this one. They are equal or super close with both hands.............. Quote Real Name: Heath Sexton Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
showlarson Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I wouldn't wait. By waiting you will likely short change your strong hand and impede your progress. Many top grip guys are no where near as strong off handed as they are in their dominant hand. Besides, IMO your hands will likely be very similar in strength as long as you don't totally neglect you crush. In fact I rarely do grippers with my left hand but it has always stayed close to my right in regards to strength. Quote Shane Larson "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional."
steelbiceps Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 One of the main reasons to promote symmetry is to prevent injury. If, say, your shoulders are asymmetrical, you can pull your spine unevenly, or hurt yourself with lopsided bench presses, etc. I see little risk of injury if one hand is stronger, though. Hands are very far from your core and spine, so I just even 'em equal effort and let the right pull ahead. Quote Real name: Stan Hunter
Left Side Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Don't worry about one hand being stronger than the other, this is very normal, go with it. Don't neglect your left hand, but don't let it hold your right back. Quote
Soilworker Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I do the same reps and sets, but my right took off from my left. Doing the exact same sets and reps the right was much stronger. Train them equally, but if one starts smoking the other, run with it. ← Agreed. I was the exact same way. I wanted the hands to be equal but it just won't happen. If I wait for the left I will be waiting 'till I am a grand dad. Quote AKA Jeremy
Michael86 Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Grippers have always been harder w/ my left since I started and still are .I just do what I can do, and keep truckin. Quote Goals: Close #1(7/29/05) Close #2(11/30/05) Close #3 Close #4
darkdan Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 My right is closer on the #2 then my left. But my left can rep with my trainer all day long compared to my right. So my left has the endurance and the right has the strength. Quote
bencrush Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 I agree that it would be holding you back a bit if you had a hand that responded better, but still trained it the same way just for the sake of having equal strength in both hands. As someone else said, if one of the hands is stronger, RUN WITH IT! Quote
Mikael Siversson Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 I treat them as two different entities from a work load point of view. My left hand can handle a considerably higher volume than my right. Possibly because I do less things with my left hand during the day. Quote
Dave Lemanczyk Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 Why woudn't you train both hands to have a complete set? Don't shortchange yourself. You can develop both to their full potential in time with hard work and patience. Quote Rough is the road to the heights of greatness.
stranger Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 i think that if you can close a gripper with one hand then it counts Quote Goals Lift Fatman Blob Lift Inch Dumbbell -Done 10/13/24 Total Elite in Grip Instagram Profile
Grh122 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 I agree that it would be holding you back a bit if you had a hand that responded better, but still trained it the same way just for the sake of having equal strength in both hands. As someone else said, if one of the hands is stronger, RUN WITH IT! ← There is a mental aspect that can influence which hand is going to respond. When I was training for the #2, I put my best efforts into my left hand training and this paid off so that I got to the #2 at the same time with both hands, since my right hand was stronger to start with. My left hand always felt a lot stronger at that time on gripper closes. A couple of months ago, I started to wonder what would happen if I focused on my right hand - I did this - and now my right hand is quite a bit stronger than my left. However, for some reason I find that I have better leverage for closing a gripper with my left hand and so I'm about even when it comes to grippers. In either case, whichever hand I focused on ended up being stronger, after several weeks/months. My current goal is to even out any left/right imbalances so that I can be ambidextrous at bending and card-tearing. Quote
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