PeterSweden Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) I was thinking about training yesterday and two Things came to mind. Has anyone tried somthing like RRBT with the Rolling thunder? Also, when people train on the RT they often seem to do one set til failure and go alittle heavier each session, Im one of them. I never feel fully recovered when training once per week and for every week that passes i get alittle more worn down. After my rest week every 4-5 weeks i come back stronger. I was thinking, maybe I should turn it around, start heavy on week1 and Lower the weight alittle every week up til my restweek, that way I will get more reps done on the same weights because its easier to rep lighter when fatigue is adding up week by week. I think. Did tha make sense? More reps should equal better training? Edited July 30, 2014 by PeterSweden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royz Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hey Peter, If you're consequently feel tired from training RT once a week. Shouldn't you just try to make you're resting periods between sessions longer? Maybe go to 10 days in between? See what frequency works? I think training while feeling rested is more important than getting more reps in. Just my thoughts. I'm far from being an RT expert. Best of luck cracking that 90kg barrier! That's one of my 'short' term goals too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvance Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I always leave a little in the tank. That goes for everything I train - however, I'm one of those rare ppl who can train diff elements of grip 5-6 days a week and still make gains and recover. Doing 3x10 on rt with weight that I know ill finish the set with works for me... I've been able to increase that working weight by almost 25 lb in one year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The reason you can train something 5-6 times a week is because you just said you always " leave a little in the tank" If you train to complete failure, you won't be training the same thing 5-6 times a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sharkey Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Personally I have found holds for time the most productive across the board for grip lifts. I believe its simply a matter of time under tension and most lifts being too short and quick for the same kind of advancement one sees in the bigger movements. I tried lots of things to make my RT go up without a terrible amount of progress until I started doing progressively heavier holds with the Bosco bell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IROC-Z Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Personally I have found holds for time the most productive across the board for grip lifts. I believe its simply a matter of time under tension and most lifts being too short and quick for the same kind of advancement one sees in the bigger movements. I tried lots of things to make my RT go up without a terrible amount of progress until I started doing progressively heavier holds with the Bosco bell. I've recently started doing the very same thing in just about all aspects of my grip training and have been seeing some decent results. I highly recommend giving Mike's approach a try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sharkey Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Personally I have found holds for time the most productive across the board for grip lifts. I believe its simply a matter of time under tension and most lifts being too short and quick for the same kind of advancement one sees in the bigger movements. I tried lots of things to make my RT go up without a terrible amount of progress until I started doing progressively heavier holds with the Bosco bell. I've recently started doing the very same thing in just about all aspects of my grip training and have been seeing some decent results. I highly recommend giving Mike's approach a try. I can't claim original credit. David Horne talks about holds all the time and Nate's approach to gripper training was unconsciously similar. Mitti was also struggling to make progress on the Baby Inch until Daniel Reinard told him the same thing. I think he learned it from Acorn. All great minds in the sport. I've added 20# to my (albeit still unimpressive) RT without ever actually training on the implement in a relatively short time. You can approach it two ways. What has worked for me with the IM Hub was to use a sub max weight and hold until almost failure. For something like the Bosco or hubbing 45# plates, I used the other hand to assist the left and iso it in space for as long as I could. I believe Acorn said when you get to around a 5 second hold, you will actually be good for liftoff. I know Nate did supra max holds with the IM Hub as well. Edited July 30, 2014 by Mike Sharkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 Going 1 set til total failure once a week has gotten me 25-30 kilos on my 1rm in ~6 months. Im open to all suggestions and thoughts. I'll try anything once! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hey Peter, If you're consequently feel tired from training RT once a week. Shouldn't you just try to make you're resting periods between sessions longer? Maybe go to 10 days in between? See what frequency works? I think training while feeling rested is more important than getting more reps in. Just my thoughts. I'm far from being an RT expert. Best of luck cracking that 90kg barrier! That's one of my 'short' term goals too! We'll see on saturday or Sunday when I Max ouuuutttt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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