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02-25-2007, 09:14 PM #1Registered User
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Grip Strength Failing??
I was doing some heavy deads last week and my grip in my left hand almost completely failed. I had the bar gripped tightly with my right and and I almost lost the bar with my left, with it hardly hanging over the tips of my fingers and thumb. What are some things I could do to improve my grip strength so that I don't have to worry about my grip failing?
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02-26-2007, 04:47 AM #3Good old English grit
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I switch em round to make my grip last longer - you could consider forearm work - but ultimately it might just be case of waiting for your grip to catch up?
I'm 34 - when am I officially an old fart?
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02-26-2007, 05:10 AM #4Registered User
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i use mixed, right hand under, left hand over
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02-26-2007, 05:40 AM #5Adamjs
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won't improve grip strength - but wraps will help you continue lifting once the grip has failed...
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02-26-2007, 08:25 AM #6Thats Dr. Keke to you! ELITE MEMBER
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I have trained for a few years, and my grip couldn't catch up. Some people have bad genetics in that department, and I am one of those people. Strangely enough the best thing I have found to get my grip up to par is hand grippers.
The best handgrippers that I know of are these:
http://www.ironmind.com/ironcms/expo...sofcrush1.html
I started with the trainer, and now I can do sets of 10 with the #1. I'll be buying the #2 soon. I don't need straps for deadlifting anymore, but I still have to use the for shrugs.“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.”
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02-26-2007, 02:39 PM #7fiendish thingy ELITE MEMBER
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Static holds + captain of crush grippers = improved grip.
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02-26-2007, 05:18 PM #8Stay puffed, baby.
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I'd use straps and focus on your grip strength seperately.
You can improve grip strength, but not at the same rate your deadlift strength will improve. Don't let your back suffer because you want to be a badass and not use straps. If you want to keep working on grip strength, do it seperately."in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."
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02-26-2007, 07:55 PM #9Registered User
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what is better with the grippers static holds or continous grips? or should you incorporate both?
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02-26-2007, 08:47 PM #10Thats Dr. Keke to you! ELITE MEMBER
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I do both. This is a sample of what I might do, but I mix it up.
Originally Posted by danny81
Monday:
CoC #1
3 sets of 10
Wednesday:
CoC #1
3 sets of Static holds
Friday:
CoC #1
3 sets of 10
My grip strength has improved greatly, and I will soon have to move up to the #2.
http://media.putfile.com/Magnus-Samuelson-Crushing-Four
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02-27-2007, 05:29 PM #11Registered User
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how much do those cost?
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