Ideas I've Been Playing With

[GoJu]

just some ideas for a gripper routine, let me know what you guys think:

one would be something built off the 5 x 5 system, i'm currently trying to close the #2 so I would do something like this:

T x 1

#1 x 1

BBSA x 3 x 1

if I can get all 3 sets with the BBSA then I increase the total number of reps I do in the workout, so if I get this then the next training session will be

T x 2

#1 x 2

BBSA x 3 x 2

if I can't get all 3 sets then I keep doing the same workout till I do

and so on until I've built up a fair number of reps with the BBSA, I'm hoping if I can get BBSA x 10 I'll have the #2, thoughts, I was thinking of doing this maybe 2 or 4 days a week along with pinching.

I was also thinking of doing this only 1 day a week and then another day of the week I would do negatives with #2, the BBSM, and the #3, thoughts and suggestions are appreciated!!!!!

[gerryg]

Try doing over crushes and strap holds with your BBSA.

[Cannon]

Tommy recommended a routine like this to me (of course in his example, he was talking about some HUGE grippers, but here it is adjusted down a bit):

Trainer

Just warm up with this. Click out a few no set reps. Don't waste much energy on this.

CoC1

No set, or light set

3-4 sets, 1 rep

CoC2

No set, or light set

3-4 sets, 1 rep

Just give it all you've got.

BBSA

No set, or light set

3-4 sets, 1 rep

That's it. A maximum of about 12 reps in the whole workout. You're kind of going up and then coming back down. No need to go to failure. Do this twice per week and do extensors and fingerwalking at least EVERY OTHER DAY (more of Tommy's advice).

Also, I wouldn't personally recommend doing negatives with the BBSM and especially not with the 3 if you can't close the CoC2. I would do the negatives with the CoC2 until you've got a handle on it....

[GoJu]

Tommy recommended a routine like this to me (of course in his example, he was talking about some HUGE grippers, but here it is adjusted down a bit):

Trainer

Just warm up with this. Click out a few no set reps. Don't waste much energy on this.

CoC1

No set, or light set

3-4 sets, 1 rep

CoC2

No set, or light set

3-4 sets, 1 rep

Just give it all you've got.

BBSA

No set, or light set

3-4 sets, 1 rep

That's it. A maximum of about 12 reps in the whole workout. You're kind of going up and then coming back down. No need to go to failure. Do this twice per week and do extensors and fingerwalking at least EVERY OTHER DAY (more of Tommy's advice).

Also, I wouldn't personally recommend doing negatives with the BBSM and especially not with the 3 if you can't close the CoC2. I would do the negatives with the CoC2 until you've got a handle on it....

THANKS BRO!

I think I'll go with something like this!

well, when I couldn't close the #1 I did overcrushes with the Trainer and my negs with the #2, I am trying to get an easier gripper then the BBSM like the RB240N, but right now that's all I got to work with, thanks for your post!

[Klicks]

I doubt if the RB 240N will be any easier. It will probably be around the same or harder. A 210 narrow might be better.

[GoJu]

I've tried my friend's pretty new RB240N and it's definetly easier then my BBSM, I'd rate them at 2.5 and 2.7 respectively, I want something harder than the #2 to do negs with, but negs on the SM are just a little tough considering the big gap from my BBSA which I do my overcrushes with.

Edited October 10, 2006 by GoJu

[CoC#3]

an HG300 is pretty cheap and is a good gripper for negs. I know what people here think of the HGs but i have always thought they were decent grippers. Yes, they vary, but most of the time HG300s are like a hard #2 or above.

[Mlstrass]

I'm having good luck on a routine very similar to the one Cannon suggested, but I do NEG's instead of the back off stuff with the BBSA since I don't own one.

I highly recommend doing the attempts on the #2 as that's helped me a lot. Both in gaining strength and confidence. I seriously was getting a mental block with the #2, or at least it seemed like it. But by doing 5 attempts with it at each workout I got past that and now have closed it all 5 attempts for the past 2-3 workouts. I'm going to start on the BBSM as my goal gripper now. Also only doing grippers once per week since I also lift 2 days per week.

I really liked strapholds, but since I train at work I can't really do them as I'm in a "cube" office environment. Just don't try to do EVERYTHING that is suggested all at once. I made that mistake