My Training Log

[honestjbone]

Hey everyone this is my first post EVER on this board so i'll start off by introducing myself and my workout/goals..

My name is Jason i'm 23 years old and live in the chicagoland area.

I started seriously working my grip about 2-3 months ago due to the fact that i found a zeal and love through both john brookfield's books and a personal goal to close the #3 gripper and eventually the #4. Also to dabble into arm wrestling sine john brzenk is my arm wrestling hero and i love watching videos on him and devon larratt.

I've already had pretty decently strong hands due to my daytime job. So i wanted to increase it to a level of pure strength, power, and mastery so here is my workout and in addition i was wondering if this is OK for closing #2 gripper (which im about 1mm away from closing) and the #3 gripper and so on (all captains of crush by the way), and for arm wrestling.

Warm up: 10 slow HIT Mike Mentzer workout style squats

1. Towel Roll ups X2

2. Bar Twirling X2

3. Brick Crush X2

4. Weighted Broom Handles

5. Sand Blasting w/ 5 gallon bucket

6. 2x4 board finger walk

7. Ironmind Little big horn anvil lift X2

8. Wrist curling/plate pinching with weights

9. Ironmind Telegraph Key

10. Joe Kinney Secret Weapon negative only holds (i'm assuming ya'll know who joe is..sooo no introduction there)

11. Extensor workout with thick rubber bands

12. Hand pump...which is opening and closing your hands as fast as you can until you feel a huge pump and burn.

13. One rep max very slow pull up 30 seconds on the positive phase, 30 seconds on the negative phase

With joe's secret weapon im thinking about alternating between his secret weapon and grippers.

I only do grip about 2x a week, so i don't over train.

I know this is a long post, but i figured i'd post it here since this is a HUGE ass forum pertained to all things grip so any critique, advice, tips, changes ANYTHING please dont hold back..im here to learn, to grow, to get stronger, have one hell of a powerful grip and some big forearms.

If you dont know what joe's weapon looks like i'll be MORE than happy to take a picture and post it on here down in my basement.

Thank you guys -Jason

[Bill Piche]

Welcome to the board Jason!