Jonathan McMillan Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 My point of this post is this: There's so many great exercises and goals to work towards -such as Wannagrip's focus on the inch bell. How do you decide what to focus on? I want to try to do everything. I haven't incorperated any kind of bending in my routine yet, and the grippers are just barely there (still waiting for the mail to come in). But these are some of the things I'd like to add to my routines. Currently I'm working with the Hardy Handshake, block weights, wrist roller, plate curls and plate wrist curls, Saxon's string lift, potato crushing, towel chins, wire cutting..feel like I'm forgetting something but my plates looking full already. Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Crusher Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 Jonathan, I would just try to keep things simple by picking a couple of exercises that will work your overall hand strength, like rverse curls using a thick bar, and some wide grip pinch gripping as a base. When you want to specialize in something, like the grippers, for example, drop down on the amount of activity on the base exercises, and step it up on the specialized activity. The simpler the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mg6680 Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 Amen to that. Nice job on the deadlifts Steve (re: Brooks Kubik email). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted November 29, 2002 Author Share Posted November 29, 2002 Thanks guys! I'm still waiting for my grippers to come in the mail, but when they come in I'll be sure to take your advice Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 Some grip specialist (like Brookfield) claim to have better crushing ability when their wide pinch grip is up and so on. This may have some merit to it. Remember-the grippers only train crushing and ignore the thumbs completely. I knew this-but choose to ignore it. The result? Closing the grippers I wanted to but still doing the same amount in the plate pinch and thick bar stuff that I did back in April This has caused me to rethink my training. I really want to have overall superb hand strength. I think this can be accomplished-look at the amount of people on this board that not only close big grippers but also are awesome at thick bar, pinching, levering, etc. This may extend my goals over a longer period of time by not focusing on one thing-but, like they say, good things come to those who wait Rick Walker :hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 I have had to rethink my grip training as well. I am doing good on the grippers and thickbar, but little or no progress on plate pinching. I can do little more than 2 years ago. As has been pointed out, grippers don't involve the thumbs a whole lot. Thickbar does if you do not have a very large hand. I am going to increase my thickbar to 2 3/4'' or even 3'' to force my thumb to work harder. I have reached my limit on wristroller work as any more weight will tear the skin of my palms. Plate curls I do not like as they bend back the fingers too much. With the RT I am going to switch to a non rotating handle until I can hoist 300 comfortably and then go back to the regular handle. If I get hold of some blob type weights I will try those. Nail bending is done once in a while when I feel like trying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted November 29, 2002 Author Share Posted November 29, 2002 Doesn't Brookfield himself train his grip in some way every day? Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mg6680 Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Oldguy - had the same problem w/the wrist roller. I had to start wearing gloves as the knurling destroys the hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom of Iowa2 Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Our wrist roller(homemade)doesn't have any knurling...Is this that unusual?Does everybody on this forum use a wrist roller WITH knurling? Ours has a smooth surface and we don't use chalk....how much more poundage do you think the knurling gives??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 My wristroller is perfectly smooth and 1 1/4'' diameter. I have to grip it extremly hard to stop it from slipping instead of turning. Once I built up to 200 lbs it put to much pressure on my hands and the skin started to tear. I will take up wrist curls instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mg6680 Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 I use the IM roller - 2" steel, knurled. I'd guess one would be able to roll quite a bit more w/the knurling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 Knurled vs. unknurled got me thinking...I have a homemade wristroller so aside from the odd chunk of rust it's quite smooth. I can't seem to grip tight enough for anything over 100lbs on the thing my hands sweat too much I guess and chalk almost seems to make it worse. How would I go about mimicing knurling on this bar so that my grip isn't the limiting factor? Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Friction tape will do the trick- Rick Walker :hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 My reasons for using a small diameter non knurled wristroller have always been to force me to grip harder and work my grip just as hard as my forearms. Now I have reached my limit with such a roller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted November 30, 2002 Author Share Posted November 30, 2002 Is friction tape the same as skate board tape? Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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