Recovery Time Article Translates To Grip?

[Geralt]

http://criticalbench...le_recovery.htm

Read carefully...now translate this to grip.

What do you guys think about this article? Could it be that most of us are simply overtraining and could do so

much more when training grip HARD once a week at most?

I know, every body works different, but still.

Edited September 4, 2011 by Geralt

[Bright508620]

In my opinion. I have trained grip only once a week and have made no progress whatsoever. I would never really go down because i hit it hard once a week but i would never go up even a little bit. I was just about at the number 2. So as you can see it didn't do all that much for me.

I believe muscle recovery in the hands/wrists/forearms are a LOT faster than the bigger muscle groups such as the chest, legs, back. When you hit them (chest/legs/back), there are many muscle fibers that are broken down and need repair. The wrists are very COMPACT and can heal at a higher rate. The only thing that weirds me out is that i believe grip is mostly TENDON strength. They take a lot longer to heal. So this also stubs me.

But then why do people train grip up to 6 times a week and make great gains?

Well. Do you remember those high school football two a days?

Those wrestling "beating yourself down" weeks. They all seem to lead to one thing - - - that is overtraining. But in the end, you find yourself stronger. In a way higher condition. And performing better than you ever would on only one practice a day or light days every other day ect...

So what i think is that when you train grip you are training a small muscle group. Mostly tendons which is also a big reason why i think it takes a while to close the number 3-4 Captain of Crush. It also depends on your genetics/diet/ect...

I think weeks when you go very hard - - - 5-6 days per week HARD are very good but only for a short period of time. Maybe until your body adapts to it. So say... 3-4 weeks. Then you back down and go to maybe 1-2 days per week but hit it SUPER HARD on those days.

Its really all about variation and constantly evolving and progressing imo. REMEMBER im not completely sure in everything im saying, but this is what my take is on this. Nice topic. Made me think a LOT

[Bill Piche]

No, not even close. The hands/forearms are diff. You use your hands all the time. I haven't even read it by the way. I just know what works. If I did a once per week workout I would never have met my grip goals. Not even close!

I believe muscle recovery in the hands/wrists/forearms are a LOT faster than the bigger muscle groups such as the chest, legs, back.

100% true!

[Bill Piche]

They can take more, period. If I had tried a KTA type cycle/workout via my legs I probably would have been hospitalized for a month after!

[wojo]

It cracks me up when "researchers" make bold claims based upon a single contrived half-ass experiment they run over an 8 week period....now all of a sudden they're experts in weight training.