BenButty Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Hey, my name is benjamin. I enjoy working out grip strength but have ran into a little problem. I closed the beginner (trainer) 26 times with my right and 22 with my left. Then i went onto lvl 1, i have closed it about 12 times before with my right and about 9 with my left lately it has seemed alot harder to close, barely crushing it 6 times. I was wondering if its possible that i could have dropped, or somehow broken the gripper? Or maybe i have over-trained my grip and it needs some rest. Furthermore i was wondering if there is a correlation (sorry about spelling) between pinch grip and crushing grip. I just started pinch grip, i made a block. and i pinched a 35 for 17 seconds with my right and 12 with my left. Will bringing my pinch grip up alot, bring up my crushing grip? My pinch grip is a a piece of 2x4 with a little hole in the middle. Then i took a rope and made a loop on either side. Then i found a key-chain, type rock climbing clip. I then proceded to put the rope thought the hole, through the 35 and clipped them end together. Is that a good idea? I then made a crushing grip piece of equipement, with the same general materials. I found a 2x4 with a hole on either end of it. Then i found a u-shaped bike lock and shoved it through the hole. On the other end/hole i used the same set-up as i did for the pinch grip. The idea is to told onto the bike lock, since your hand are placed in a hammer type grip (palms facing eachother). Is this a good idea? Furthermore i was wondering what a basic crushing routine/basic pinch grip routine looks like. I was alternating pinch grip and crushing grip every 2-3 days. But what would a gripper oriented routine look like, sets and reps wise. Lastly, when does one reccommend i puchase the captian of crush level 2? Once i can do so much reps with the trainer and lvl 1 , or pinch so much. Thank you for helping me, and i look forward to learning alot from this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximus1 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Search and read everything you can on this forum im sure all the info you require is out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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