Coc Reps

[oso]

are sets of singles for OC's and negatives the best way to gain grip strength? i was wondering if anybody got very far with sets of repping the grippers normally? (what everybody does when they first get a gripper, close it then let it open without a hold or anything)

[CoC#3]

Personally, i have had good results with small click reps where you close the gripper, open it a few mm, close it, etc... this has helpe dme at the close.

I don't rate reps very highly though. Doing reps with say a #3, will make you better at repping a #3 NOT get you closer to a #4 IMHO

Overcrushes, singles with a near max gripper, and negatives have given me the best results.

Edited June 26, 2007 by CoC#3

[makey98]

Sam,

Quick question for you. I see how working on max effort exercises has worked well for you, but I was curious if you have noticed your reps go up on a lower gripper solely from working on a higher gripper. For instance, if you are doing heavy negatives, and singles with an elite, have you noticed you can do more reps on a #3?

[CoC#3]

Sam,

Quick question for you. I see how working on max effort exercises has worked well for you, but I was curious if you have noticed your reps go up on a lower gripper solely from working on a higher gripper. For instance, if you are doing heavy negatives, and singles with an elite, have you noticed you can do more reps on a #3?

yes there is definitely carryover!

[Cannon]

Just my experience recently, I have been focusing entirely on singles--BTR overcrushes, negatives, and goal gripper attempts. My max crush is WAY up, and my max reps has stagnated at best. Probably down actually if I tried to rep out on a #2, for example.

[makey98]

Cannon, that is what I have noticed also. I haven't really put any serious time into grippers, but I got my #2 a while ago, but I can still only do about 6 full reps on my heavily filed #1. I thought that was interesting. I mostly just did negatives on my #2 and some overcrushes on my #1. Most people say that when you can do 10-15 reps on a lower gripper, you are pretty close to closing the next gripper, but it seems that being able to close a #2 for instance doesn't mean that you can close the #1 for 10-15 reps.

[Sybersnott]

are sets of singles for OC's and negatives the best way to gain grip strength?

Sure! OC's, negatives and timed holds are great for building grip strength! If they work for you, keep on doing them.

i was wondering if anybody got very far with sets of repping the grippers normally? (what everybody does when they first get a gripper, close it then let it open without a hold or anything)

IMHO, reps are for show. They are for impressing your buddies and also your girlfriend.

Stick with the tried-and-true: timed holds, negatives, OC's and BTR type training. It has worked for the majority of us here on this forum and it can work for you if you give it your all and believe in yourself.

[Lukeallard]

When I was training to close my #2 I tried various methods.

I was about 2mm away from closing that #2 and tried the following:

I did try high reps and I went from doing about 30 reps of the trainer to 60 reps in about a week. I then tried the same thing with the #1 and worked my way up to 30 parrallel reps. I then tried closing the #2 and I was still 2mm away.

I now concentrate on lower reps and forced negatives / strap holds etc and found that this is a better way of making progress for me.

[Bearcat 74]

Reps are a good way to train. I have used them as a way to break the monotany of single, single, double, straphold, negative. Pretty soon you will get bored and you will quit responding to the low rep method and reps are a great way to kick up some new gains. I could not train soley on reps and my whole goal of reps is to increase my gripper strength while doing reps. #2 for 3 sets of 10, in my opinion your goal should not be the #2 for 3 sets of 50, you should be trying to get up to a #2.5, 240N or whatever and work up to x sets for x reps, then to a #3 and so on. Staying on the same gripper for reps does work well for me for extended time, I get bored, trying to up the reps and up the gripper strength, well that's pretty smart.

[stratavarious_connection]

I completely agree with Heath. For me negatives and strictly low reps didn't allow me to progress. What did allow me to progresss was a lot of active recovery with high reps to go along with the low rep workouts.

[layla]

very interesting, I can go 10+ on the 1 in the right and not close the 2 at a very close distance and now I can get 3-6 on the 1.5 . figure I am gonna do a rep workout and a single,o.crush, and negatives workout also, thus two gripper days.

Cannon, that is what I have noticed also. I haven't really put any serious time into grippers, but I got my #2 a while ago, but I can still only do about 6 full reps on my heavily filed #1. I thought that was interesting. I mostly just did negatives on my #2 and some overcrushes on my #1. Most people say that when you can do 10-15 reps on a lower gripper, you are pretty close to closing the next gripper, but it seems that being able to close a #2 for instance doesn't mean that you can close the #1 for 10-15 reps.

[Cannon]

Good idea. That very thing is actually the basis of Heath's first suggested workout in the article "Closing Big Grippers."

http://www.farmstrength.com/Articles.htm

very interesting, I can go 10+ on the 1 in the right and not close the 2 at a very close distance and now I can get 3-6 on the 1.5 . figure I am gonna do a rep workout and a single,o.crush, and negatives workout also, thus two gripper days.

Cannon, that is what I have noticed also. I haven't really put any serious time into grippers, but I got my #2 a while ago, but I can still only do about 6 full reps on my heavily filed #1. I thought that was interesting. I mostly just did negatives on my #2 and some overcrushes on my #1. Most people say that when you can do 10-15 reps on a lower gripper, you are pretty close to closing the next gripper, but it seems that being able to close a #2 for instance doesn't mean that you can close the #1 for 10-15 reps.