radar2760 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Just started lifting again after 20 years, and have never done any grip training. I will start today. I am going to start very slow as I do office work and am out of shape. I have a HG-150 and 200 that I just tried and they are pretty easy so I will work with them for a while then buy a #2 and see what happens. This site is very informative. Thanks for all the great tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Side Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Welcome to the board man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radar2760 Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 First workout today. i am only going to list grip related work here... HG-100 2x10 HG-150 1x10 HG-200 2x5 Light lever stuff Pinching small plates Rubber band finger extension I will become more organized as I go along. My only goal now is to acclimatize my hands and forearms to the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radar2760 Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 Yesterday Workout After Press workout, and curls, & DB Overhead Tri Press, I did: Hammer Curls 1x10x35 2x8x40 DB Wrist and Reverse wrist 3x8x40 Going light on above because I am not ready Fooled around with 2 25 pound plates for pinch 4 gripper sets with the HG-150. Laid off the HG-200 because hands were still sore from two days ago Bought used set of IM Trainer, 1, 2, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radar2760 Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 Yesterday... Did rubber bands for back of hands Grippers - did not keep track of sets, reps. Did sets of regular, holding them upside down, 3 finger, 2 finger, etc Lever with a very heavy steel pry bar in every direction - back, forward and side to side (could not locate my sledge at the moment) Hands are feeling better...still a little sore between index and middle knuckle...What's that about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Side Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 How do you find the ironmind grippers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radar2760 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 How do you find the ironmind grippers? I just received them in the mail today. They seem in great shape, the #3 is virtually new. I will not be using the 2 or 3 till I feel My hands are in shape to do it. I have only had 4 workouts, and my hands have been sore since the start. When the hands get used to the workload, I will cautiously advance. Just handling it a little bit, i suspect if it was life or death I might get the #2. That # 3 is quite sturdy! The #4 must be a serious item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Side Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 The #4 is much like squeezing a rock. The few that can close it are monsters indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radar2760 Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 Just grippers yesterday started to do a little more volume, did a load of reps with trainer, #1, HG 150 & 200 I start lifting a complete workout on Monday. Going to do a mix of quick (cleans, powersnatch, etc.) and basic power exercises starting at a very low weight. I will add 10lbs per workout to each exercise till i feel I need to back off. This should give me time to adjust to the workload. Grip and forearms will be done 3 times a week and in a couple months I'll see how its going and adjust It will take at least that long til I try anything serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Side Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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