Bag_Man Posted May 26 Posted May 26 Is grip training very similar to regular weight training where most time is best spent in the 75-85% max range for multiple sets of 2-5 reps? Or is it better to be closer to 90%+ for sets? What would a good gripper or Rolling Thunder program look like set/rep/ and % max look like? Quote
Fist of Fury Posted May 27 Posted May 27 It's basically the same with some differences. Depends on what training you're used to doing etc. I would never train grip like deadlifts for example since you can train grippers much more and get faster gains. If I was able to do the same with deadlifts I would do it but you can't really since the recovery time is much longer for such a lift. Combining grippers and thick bar is known to be very difficult. If you do both at the same times you need to look at the total amount you're doing I would say. If you do 10 sets of grippers, that's fine on it's own but if you want to do 10 sets of rolling thunder as well you're actually doing 20 sets of training the same muscles. So that's important to know. Combining grippers and thick bar easily leads to over training. Quote
C8Myotome Posted May 27 Posted May 27 14 minutes ago, Fist of Fury said: It's basically the same with some differences. Depends on what training you're used to doing etc. I would never train grip like deadlifts for example since you can train grippers much more and get faster gains. If I was able to do the same with deadlifts I would do it but you can't really since the recovery time is much longer for such a lift. Combining grippers and thick bar is known to be very difficult. If you do both at the same times you need to look at the total amount you're doing I would say. If you do 10 sets of grippers, that's fine on it's own but if you want to do 10 sets of rolling thunder as well you're actually doing 20 sets of training the same muscles. So that's important to know. Combining grippers and thick bar easily leads to over training. I ran Stefi Cohen's 12 week 3x a week deadlift program to reach a deadlift goal years ago and I recovered fine. Quote 186 PB350 MMS, 183 CoC 3.5 MMS, 180 CoC 3.5 38 mm, 178 GHP8 30 mm, 175 GHP8 CCS
climber511 Posted May 27 Posted May 27 54 minutes ago, C8Myotome said: I ran Stefi Cohen's 12 week 3x a week deadlift program to reach a deadlift goal years ago and I recovered fine. The secret might be that you did it "years ago" LOL We could get away with lots of things better when we were younger. Quote When people used to ask him how it was he became so incredibly strong, it was always the same, "strengthen your mind, the rest will follow". The Mighty Atom Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. Being prepared for any random task is not the same thing as preparing randomly for any task. Greg Everett
C8Myotome Posted May 27 Posted May 27 37 minutes ago, climber511 said: The secret might be that you did it "years ago" LOL We could get away with lots of things better when we were younger. To clarify then, when I was 28. I'm 34 now Quote 186 PB350 MMS, 183 CoC 3.5 MMS, 180 CoC 3.5 38 mm, 178 GHP8 30 mm, 175 GHP8 CCS
Fist of Fury Posted May 27 Posted May 27 1 hour ago, C8Myotome said: I ran Stefi Cohen's 12 week 3x a week deadlift program to reach a deadlift goal years ago and I recovered fine. I've trained grippers every day with good results and I would get injured if I trained deadlifts like that. Doing an exercise three times a weeks is not much. Altough I woudln't even do that with deadlifts. Quote
climber511 Posted May 27 Posted May 27 1 hour ago, C8Myotome said: To clarify then, when I was 28. I'm 34 now Sorry - at my age when I say "years ago" it has a much different meaning LOL 2 Quote When people used to ask him how it was he became so incredibly strong, it was always the same, "strengthen your mind, the rest will follow". The Mighty Atom Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. Being prepared for any random task is not the same thing as preparing randomly for any task. Greg Everett
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