Advantage And Disadvantage Of High Rep Mini Closes?

[Stephen Ruby]

I'm trying to work on my grip again after a long lay off due to some injuries and life issues. I've been playing around with my grippers again trying out high rep mini closes working on being as explosive as possible to hear the click more then longer range of motion. I'm curious if anyone has tried this type of training and if it helped at all? in the past I used traditional warm up and full rep closes but I'm trying to experiment with other things now.

Here is quick video I did with no warm up at the gym at the end of my workout messing around with a #3 for high rep which was probably silly but body was warmed up and then right after doing a coc #4 close and hold assisted(my goal gripper at the moment) rated near 215

Sorry for bad video had friend record and he isn't familiar with grippers.

Edited November 14, 2015 by Stephen Ruby

[Evan Raftopoulos]

wow

I think I've seen Paul Savage doing those, if he reads this maybe he can chime in.

[jvance]

Damn dude is that the 4 I traded you? Nice to see it getting a run for its money, that thing was a Monster!!

[Stephen Ruby]

Damn dude is that the 4 I traded you? Nice to see it getting a run for its money, that thing was a Monster!!

Yep I'm hoping to close it with a block set ideally at 275 in contest sometime next year. Its definitely a tough gripper hah got a ways to go before I can get it clean.

[HandsMcHanderson]

You weren't kidding about it being explosive speed work that's for sure. I've done a lot of limited range explosive work with DL to fix weak points in my ROM and I think this is a very similar concept though taken to a whole nother level here.

[KRC]

Talk about explosive

That was about 3x faster than I was expecting. Good stuff man.

[bwwm]

Yes, I have experimented with these in the past. They are very effective, almost too effective. I found I needed to be careful about over-training & joint health. However, they are great for busting past a plateau. I know one particular person who has pioneered an approach with these that is very effective.

[Blackdog]

wowzer!

[John McCarter]

That was seriously some of the best gripper work I have ever seen to date!

[Paul Savage]

It can help the close but i think this is too hard, if its a single rep on heavy gripper then fine, full power, but on a #3 when you are up near a #4 i would ease off a bit, especially high reps. I think it's much risk of injury doing that. Also by the #4 hold an the #3 clicking so loud im assuming your close is strong so more open hand training / full rom might be better for you. Good luck with the #4.

[Alawadhi]

Very strong. Not many can cheat close the 4 and hold it. Meaning you are doing something right. Also I remember the Romanian dude that came few mm within official coc4 cert said hia training is mini reps like 35+ reps on the coc3.5

I saw a video of him on YouTube mmsing a 4 he clicked ot so hard that you'll hear a loud click

[anwnate]

Damn...kept waiting for the machine gun to stop shooting...what the heck kind of clip did you use?

[acorn]

One of my most effective programs uses mini's in a particular way. It got me to my last comp #4 close in 2013. They can be very useful. btw, very fast reps. You must have either been a thrower or could have been a good one with that kind of explosive power and your size.

- Aaron

Edited November 14, 2015 by acorn

[bencrush]

Stephen, it's great to see you back in the grip game man! I hope to see you smash the hell out of the #4 in 2016. You're looking very strong!

[Royz]

Dude! I can't even close my hand that fast without a gripper... Impressive!

[Alawadhi]

Btw, your thumb placement in the mini reps of the coc3 was putting you at a disadvantage. It must me harder. Did you do that on purpose for a more challenging close? Damn man!

[Stephen Ruby]

Thanks all for the suggestions/advice and encouragement. I think I might try out some explosive closes with some heavier grippers to avoid taxing my hand as much with the high reps stuff ( generally do 3 4 sets like that and my hand is pretty tired near the end)

Btw, your thumb placement in the mini reps of the coc3 was putting you at a disadvantage. It must me harder. Did you do that on purpose for a more challenging close? Damn man!

Yeah that was by accident, its a fairly easy gripper for me right now so I sometimes just yank it close and forget about proper hand placement.

Edited November 14, 2015 by Stephen Ruby

[Justin Matney]

I counted 134

[odin]

Not a gripper guy here, but that's some of the most dominant gripper work I've ever seen Stephen...especially for someone who's taken a lot of time off grip! You look to be capable of anything you set your mind to do with grippers as long as your training is correct.

[silverbackgrip]

dat was wild

[slazbob]

Stephen-

Way to smash that thing! Too easy, 3.5 should be used in that fashion. You should be able to get 10 or so in that style...have you tried?

Those mini reps are really helpful for jumping up.

[wobbler]

Crazy. I like to do those with (much easier or course) steel handled grippers. I think the extra weight and momentum of the heavy handles adds some value. Not that you need any tips obviously, but it might be worth trying out.

[Alawadhi]

I counted 134

Damn It's so hard to count but I guess I counted 155 clicks