wulfgeat Posted May 13, 2014 Posted May 13, 2014 While I feel that the # 2.5 has been getting smashed on the Grip Board here lately, I wanted to practice filming a close. This represents my fourth close ever with my left hand, and my third today. For anyone who certs with Grippers, any feedback would be awesome. DSCN1243.MOV Quote
Tom Scibelli Posted May 13, 2014 Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) Good close, looked like a really wide set. I think if you used chalk and set the dog leg farther up in your palm you'd be closing the 3. Edited May 13, 2014 by Tom Scibelli Quote "When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison. "That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant. "Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.
Josh O'Dell Posted May 13, 2014 Posted May 13, 2014 Good close, looked like a really wide set. I think if you used chalk and set the dog leg farther up in your palm you'd be closing the 3.Tom is right, good job bro. Quote
wulfgeat Posted May 13, 2014 Author Posted May 13, 2014 Thanks guys!!! I have a question though, I have short fingers, which makes it exponentially more difficult to set the gripper when the dog leg is higher in my palm. If I do manage to set it, I can't seem to hold it there, or get the gripper closed. Obviously, that is a thumb pad problem, and there are great exercises for that: 2hp, titan's telegraph key, and etc; but is there something more specific to gripper work--helps train the thumb pad to shove the gripper into my fingers, that I could work on? Or does that just come from gripper training? Quote
Tom Scibelli Posted May 14, 2014 Posted May 14, 2014 Short fingers can actually be good for grippers. Having a big thumb pad does help, but it's more important to push your thumb forward to create that shelf for the gripper to stay in place. Kinda hard to explain, you'll get it though the more you practice. Quote "When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this--you haven't." -Edison. "That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.” -Heber J. Grant. "Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and are more useful in general." -Mark Rippetoe.
wulfgeat Posted May 15, 2014 Author Posted May 15, 2014 Having a big thumb pad does help, but it's more important to push your thumb forward to create that shelf for the gripper to stay in place. Kinda hard to explain, you'll get it though the more you practice. Actually, I know exactly what you are talking about. That was what I was asking about training but I did not know how to explain it either. I feel sometimes that pushing the thumb pad forward to meet the fingers is where my close is weakest. Right before I could close the 2.5, I could use my setting thumb to help hold the dog-leg in position while I closed the gripper with my finger strength. Once I removed the support of my right thumb however, I found that I still felt strong in the fingers, but I had difficulty pushing my thumb pad to meet them (at least until I made this video). So you're telling me that abillity comes by just practicing with grippers? I was thinking, that choked gripper work might adress that fairly well, but I don't know which kind of hose clamp to buy, or even, if that is true. Quote
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