Teemu I Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Decided to start a new log, I am slowly getting back to training grip after 2 years of not doing anything that you could call specific grip training. Tested couple of days ago where I begin this time. Not as weak as I thought. Closed an easier #3.5 with CCS. Video later. Edited September 22, 2014 by Teemu I 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_wigren Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Good to see you back again. Do you have any specific goals you want to achieve? Maybe get revenge on that IM #3.5 cert? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Yes, that among others. I'll post a list of goals during these recent days but the most important goal is #4 close with 20 mm block set. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Great news! Are you planning to fire up the blog again as well? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hell yes! Great news! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McCarter Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Great to see you back at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jörg Keilbach Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 :rockLooks like the last warm up set! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Teemu, buddy, I am very excited to see you posting! Welcome back. It looks like your strength held on nicely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grysyuk Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Very strong close! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim71 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Wow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) Cool! Nice to read this man. What Jason asked btw, regarding your blog. That is amazing crushingwork after such a long time off. Not even struggling to get it closed. It's now obviously to me I have no talent in this area lol However this is motivating as hell. Edited September 24, 2014 by Geralt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Thanks all! Feels like a warm welcome. Grip feels a bit iffy from yesterdays Krav Maga session. For a month or two, I thought to have fun with this rather than follow tight program. So today, I trained with Vulcan with different way that I usually train grippers. Did not use chalk and despite the fact that the older version of Vulcan feels somewhat too wide for me I trained on its full ROM. To really make it an exercise of the distal joint flexion, I went super slow on these. Started with level 3 and went on from there, 5 reps each level. This started to feel really hard when I got to level 7! Normally, I would try to start the close no matter what set as explosively as I can. While it is the best way to treat gripper closes for best gains, it will not strengthen the distal joint flexion as much as the technique I used today. I have done this in the past but not nearly enough. For best possible TNS strength I think these might turn out to be good. I felt that I am clearly hitting one weakness really effectively with this. May start updating the blog as well Jason and Geralt, thanks for reminding me that I have one lol! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawadhi Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Glad to see you back Teemu! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 27th of September Getting-used-to-it-again-session with Wrist Developer. Several heavyish sets with orange spring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joefrey Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Very strong close !!! Can't wait to see more feats of strength. You're already back ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Easy close Great to see your back. #3.5 cert, #4 20 mm...can't wait to read the journey! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Funny thing...shortly after I started this log, I managed to injure my shoulder in Krav Maga training in the beginning of October. Focused all my training around shoulder rehab after that. I had to wait for MRI for 2 months after the injury, but fortunately even though the MRI confirmed torn labrum, it had already started to form scar tissue to re-attach itself. Most likely I will get it to decent enough condition in time just doing sensible rehab and will be able to avoid surgery. Haven't logged anything about my rehab here because it is really boring. Just trying to get my rotators as strong as possible to compensate the joint instability. As for grip it's been fairly light so far. I have a goal to return to Krav Maga training in February and decided to up the amount of grip training now along with GPP and rehab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Band training 60 reps of: 1. Band squats 2. Band good morning 3. Band Military press 4. Band pull-aparts Grip training 1. Light and wide Vulcan volume work 2. 1 kg shot rotations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norden Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 This made my day. Absolutely incredible. Is it a light, average or hard #3.5? Looks like your hands are sub 8" too, or am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 http://youtu.be/N-oQldWmqYA This made my day. Absolutely incredible. Is it a light, average or hard #3.5? Looks like your hands are sub 8" too, or am I wrong? I believe he said somewhere that it was around 169lbs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I would get that labrum fixed correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Ring & grip training 1. L-sit hold practice 2. Fat grip Fatman rows 3. Standing ab rollouts - Performed in a circuit KB press 16 kg 5x8 Grip got effectively covered with rows. Left shoulder is just starting to tolerate pressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teemu I Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 I would get that labrum fixed correctly Well if you mean surgery, most of the similar grade labral tears heal just fine through patient rehab. I talked to an orthopedic surgeon about the surgery and he said that surgical labrum repairs rarely succeed well enough and that risk of failure is something to seriously consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I would get that labrum fixed correctlyWell if you mean surgery, most of the similar grade labral tears heal just fine through patient rehab. I talked to an orthopedic surgeon about the surgery and he said that surgical labrum repairs rarely succeed well enough and that risk of failure is something to seriously consider.I had my surgery done about 9 years ago when I fell off a roof and have never had a prob since. All of my strongest lifts have been after the surgery. Mine had torn off the bone though, man that was a sucky time in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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