Bill Piche Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I was never very gifted in grip in reality hence my username "Wannagrip" So, what worked for me to be the best I could be to attain certain grip goals was to specialize to achieve the goal. For example, if I had a gripper goal to achieve I would only train gripper specific with total focus on grippers. The same for the blob. I would drop all gripper work and work solely on the blobs with full force! Anyway, this might be a direction for others as well to achieve certain grip goals you might have for yourself. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwnate Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 4 minutes ago, Wannagrip said: I was never very gifted in grip in reality hence my username "Wannagrip" So, what worked for me to be the best I could be to attain certain grip goals was to specialize to achieve the goal. For example, if I had a gripper goal to achieve I would only train gripper specific with total focus on grippers. The same for the blob. I would drop all gripper work and work solely on the blobs with full force! Anyway, this might be a direction for others as well to achieve certain grip goals you might have for yourself. Ditto. My fastest gains have always been when specializing. This really helped me get over the last hump before my successful Credit Card Cert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber511 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 It never worked for me - every time I tried doing only one thing seriously for any extended length of time - I ended up hurt. I agree that for the majority of people its the way to go - the only way to know for sure which group you fall into is to try it for yourself and see what happens. I train around the edges of whatever I want to increase - strengthen the pieces and parts - and then put it together on the day. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagars Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Doesn't specialisation (UK spelling) get kind of boring after while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobbler Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Not if it's something you really want. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwnate Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 3 hours ago, climber511 said: ...I train around the edges of whatever I want to increase - strengthen the pieces and parts - and then put it together on the day. Sounds pretty similar to part of goal attacking via Bio-feedback...working the component-specific movements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripmaniac Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 A timely topic from my perspective! Last nights training was prioritized around thumb strength and conditioning - my biggest missing piece of the Inch DB puzzle. They were the first exercises done and the most taxing. Chris and I seem to be on the same page when it comes to "pieces and parts" - but it is oooooh so easy to lose focus when you're in the confectionary store that is "grip training". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 13 hours ago, Dagars said: Doesn't specialisation (UK spelling) get kind of boring after while? 12 hours ago, wobbler said: Not if it's something you really want. No, @wobbler is right on. Plus, I cycled the specialization which is key. I would often flip back and forth in about 8 week cycles typically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 ...and if speialization is working for you, it is hard to get bored while setting PRs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ Livesey Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Push until it's uncomfortable push until it hurts push until it almost breaks Repeat This is what worked the best for me. But my body adapts very well to abuse and pain. I guess you could say I used the specialization technique, just hit it very very aggressively. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobbler Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 The only boring part is waiting long enough to recover so you can try again. If you're bored while you're doing it, you're doing things wrong. Just do what you want, or what is working at the time. I started working more on thumb strength to help with grippers, really wanted to close my coc2. When I got there, I started obsessing about blobs and have been hooked since then. Helped a lot with wider or tns grippers, but haven't progressed much with deeper sets and I'm fine with that. For now. Grip is very much about personal development, you're not going to impress most people with it, but that's fine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KapMan Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I've been trying to be well rounded and not so much specialize in one thing, though I probably should. I get bored easily with just doing one thing so I cycle the devices depending on the type of grip and that seems to be working for the time being. I have no desire to be good at hubbing I find it boring and not exciting as say pinching 5 plates or 2 45s ya know? I think you need to have a solid mindset on what you want to do. I like competing so I figured trying to balance everything out is probably the best option. Not sure how long my others numbers would stay where they are if I focused on one thing. What has been common with you guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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