Mms Vs. Ccs

[Argyll]

I was just wondering if someone could give me a good answer for this question, it seems to me that there are people who are able to close grippers when using an MMS, but aren't able to when using a CCS. How is this possible when a gripper is hardest during the crush portion? Hand size? Not enough training with CCS or TNS closes? Too much energy/strength used during the sweep? I've always found the sweep the easiest, and had trouble with the crush.

[anwnate]

I was just wondering if someone could give me a good answer for this question, it seems to me that there are people who are able to close grippers when using an MMS, but aren't able to when using a CCS. How is this possible when a gripper is hardest during the crush portion? Hand size? Not enough training with CCS or TNS closes? Too much energy/strength used during the sweep? I've always found the sweep the easiest, and had trouble with the crush.

Others will likely give better explanations but I'll chime in anyway.

When you set the gripper you are putting it in a place where you have the best grip and most leverage on it.

On a larger scale, think about what part of a curl, or chin up is the easiest.

[John McCarter]

I was just wondering if someone could give me a good answer for this question, it seems to me that there are people who are able to close grippers when using an MMS, but aren't able to when using a CCS. How is this possible when a gripper is hardest during the crush portion? Hand size? Not enough training with CCS or TNS closes? Too much energy/strength used during the sweep? I've always found the sweep the easiest, and had trouble with the crush.

There are many ways to answer this question, but what I would first ask is where and what goals do you have in regard to what you are going after? If you are attempting to certify on the Captains of Crush, without question the CCS sets are what you need to work on. Whereas if you were to attempt the Mash Monster cert(s) you would need to focus on parallel sets.

The set is about achieving the greatest amount of leverage over the gripper to allow for greater use towards helping in the area that gives trouble you have to overcome.

The Sweep is the easy part but the place where you attempt to crush the gripper within the closed position is what gives most people a headache, since that's the one area that will stop most. Working from a MMS set, you can work in a more reverse manner until you can begin to widen the set until it comes within the range of CCS distance. Also, this is where the topic of Concentrics vs Eccentrics training can play a role as to what area one can become better at through which movement works best for you.