JoshW Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 In the last couple weeks ive been working out with thicker handled dumbells and barbells, doing quite heavy hammer curls with this and it seems to be affected my grip strength. As in the last week or two since I started I cannot close my heavy grippers which I used to be able to close for reps. Any advice or experience with thick bar work killing gripper strength much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Overtraining, rotate routines and.........rest! Using the Armaid , The Stick, a squash ball used as a trigger point roller may help. Do reverse hand openings using a heavy rubber band. From time to time use an Epsom salts soak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 I want to pursue fat bar training alongside gripper training but thanks, will definitely give these a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squat More Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Do grippers before thickbar, I can close my #3's and GHP7 and I do a lot of thickbar and pinch, I just close grippers first in a training when I decide to get the dust off them in a session before touching the rolling thunder, axle, bosco bell etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 il try that aswell, il give some time to recover and then chalk up. Ordered fat gripz extreme so that should be interesting to use with a 2.75" handle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfin77 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Same thing happened to me, I decreased fat bar work and worked up the volume slowly...I found thickbar to be taxing when I first got into it, much.more than grippers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 What you need to consider is your overall hand strength. Doing well in thickbar will help a lot on the sweep. It is only a slight trade off, as your gripper strength will come back+, but given time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Probably a good part of it is just the added volume in your workload. Ease into it, you'll get the strength back soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Same thing here. I've been able to MMS my coc3 and I tried to close it during a RTprogram than I've been running for 8-9 weeks. Missed the coc3 close even tho I set it deeper than MMS. Thickbar kills gripperstrength, but only during the period I train thickbar. When I stop, rest and go back to grippers Im alittle stronger than before, just like Autolupus said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwnate Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 In the last couple weeks ive been working out with thicker handled dumbells and barbells, doing quite heavy hammer curls with this and it seems to be affected my grip strength. As in the last week or two since I started I cannot close my heavy grippers which I used to be able to close for reps. Any advice or experience with thick bar work killing gripper strength much appreciated I went from a 152#-163# not working grippers at all (pinky injury)...just a lot of Axle work. So...I found thickbar pretty helpful in the long run. I think your body is simply requesting more rest for recovery. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvance Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 My gripper strength has been down lately while thick bar and pinch have risen dramatically. I went from closing my elite http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XvJGhcm6h1Y ... To only managing a 152 #3 with a 20mm block... Grippers are an extremely specific, skill dependent measure of grip strength. Even though I am certain my hands are overall much stronger than 11 months ago when I mashed the elite, my gripper strength is down because I've focused on other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Thanks everyone, much appreciated! Will give it some rest and then try train grippers more as it is my goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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