tmmicklabs Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Thank you wannagrip for the KTA Program. I've been 2/16th of an inch away from closing the #1 for 6 months. I started the KTA Program two weeks ago and just closed the #1 three times in the past hour. Man it feels good to finally do this after 6 months of messing around with grippers to no avail. Thank you Wannagrip and everyone else on the grip board for your advice and motivation. I am also within a half inch of closing the #2. Hopefully it won't take me another six months to close the #2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tou Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Keep working hard and the #2 is yours soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Black Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Congrats! Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2strong Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Congratulations ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emsquared Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Awesome work "tmmicklabs", the true work is now ahead of you. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don of tha new grip Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 timmicklabs, first off congrats on the #1 I too am stuck on the #1 and was wondering how long you been gripping and wondering if I should get the KTA I have been gripping for the last year and am wondering if it to soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Mellen Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 NICE JOB! I too have gained strength with the KTA program. I've been on it for two weeks, and I went from just barely closing the #1 to SMASHING shut the filed gripper! I am on the way to #2. --Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 NICE JOB! I too have gained strength with the KTA program. I've been on it for two weeks, and I went from just barely closing the #1 to SMASHING shut the filed gripper! I am on the way to #2. --Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Congratulations on persevering and gaining victory. Watch out #2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Page Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Great job!! Keep up the hard work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmmicklabs Posted March 11, 2003 Author Share Posted March 11, 2003 donofthenewgrip, I was forced to start training my grip about a year ago. One evening my wife and I were in the kitchen making dinner. She handed me a jar of un-opened pickles to open. I huffed and puffed and squeezed and twisted with all my might. The pickle jar had won the battle. My wife made some snotty comment about me being a weekling so i handed her the jar. She gave it a little twist and the jar and my ego were both defeated. I went to walmart the next day and got a pair of grippers. I trained with these for 3 months until one day at work my friend Rick brought in a monsterous gripper with a huge chrome plated spring. I picked it up thinking I would be able to mash it together since i was pumping out 75 reps at a time on my walmart grippers. Boy was I wrong. I could not even budge the chrome plated monster. I was obsessed with Rick's monster. I did a search on the web to find some info on the monster. I ended up at Ironmind's site and discovered the COC program. I ordered a trainer that day. I got the trainer 4 days later. Boy was I pumped. I opened it up and gave it a go. Defeated once again. I was close. within 1/16'. The next day I was able to close it. I worked with the trainer for 3 months. I was able to close it for 10 reps at that time so I ordered a # 1, a # 2 and a # 3. I got the # 1 in the mail and gave it a go. I was about 1/4 of an inch away from closing it. I thought for sure that I would have it mastered in a few days. Well six months went by and I was still 2/16 of an inch away from closing the # 1. So 2 weeks ago I did a search on google.com for gripper training and found the KTA Program and the Grip Board. I ordered the KTA Program and stuck with it and finally yesterday the # 1 gripper was defeated. I've closed it about 7 times since yesterday. I am able to do a 10 second overcrush on it already. I would definetly recommend the KTA Program to everyone that uses grippers. Don, email me after you get KTA so we can chart our progress together. Now I'm dreaming about the # 2 grinding shut =-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 GET IT DONE! Rick Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Feels good when you make obvious progress with the grippers doesn't it?!!!!! Keep it up and your wife will be hiding the pickle jars from ya for a fear of you twisting them to pieces 1,2,3..... Jon@han Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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