I have been using a CoC T for a few months and just decided to bite the bullet and get 1, 1.5, and 2I almost managed to close the 2 for a single rep, but when doing several reps with the 1 my forearm starts killing meI got cocky and complacent with the T like a faggot.
My girlfriend drives everywhere due to travel sickness so I usually use on of these in the passenger seatIt’s deffo helped as I was giving her a massage the other day and she complained I was squeezing her hard and I don’t even realise
>>77215679i tend to sporadically ill do some reps one day then wait a week then repeat like if its not in my gym i tend to disregard it. I need to establish a proper routine
Yes. Farmer carries, plate pinches, dead hangs. Those are what I do among other forearm exercises.
>>77215679I did those for a while and then got bored. I think I got up to #2.But no matter how many reps I could do, I could never fully close it that last millimeter or 2.
i got trigger finger and now use straps for everything
>>77215679I can't increase my grip strength no mater how much I train it. Got an electric grip strength measuring thing. I only have ~105 pound grip strength on my right hand, my wife who has never lifted anything had ~90 pound grib strength. So I gave up on it.
>>77216660>I gave up on strength training because I'm weakdo you see the problem here, nitwit?
>>77215679I used to train high reps on grippers but it always ended in tendinitis. I found I made better progress keeping things in the 1-3 rep range. you also have to resist the urge to overtrain which can be tough.
>>77215679Yes, I like grip training, my goal is to close CoC #3. I can currently close 2.5, but still have a long way to go to be able to close 3.I also have some RPM Power grippers, which I think are good for the price, but I did manage to break two of their grippers. However this was after a lot of usage, so I was still happy with the value I got out of them.I also use GD Iron Grip adjustable gripper, which is a very good adjustable gripper and quite versatile.
>>77216664Such is life
>>77216820Nice. I've been stuck in the 2.5 range for a couple of years now. I think to break this plateau I'd have to completely focus grippers only. Whenever I try to improve my pinch or open hand my gripper strength always suffers.
Farmers Walk, Dead Hangs, Wrist Rollers.I also do my Deadlift warmup set overhand grip, and my pullup warmup set I aim for 5-7 second reps
>>77217105I've been trying to improve my hook grip.I also like to do kettlebell pronations and supinations.>Lay bell on flat surface>Grab handle by the corner>Pronate and supinate with control
>>77215679I curl. Day A holding it in front, day B holding it behind me.
>>77215679Climb rocks.Climbers MOG gym fags in grip strength.
>>77215679Seated behind the back hanging barbell wrist curls, followed by bench supported hanging barbell wrist raises, both at 60 lbs twice a week on arms day, and sometimes I follow them with seated hanging dumbbell wrist rotations at 30 lbs each.I also like deadhangs but I do the lifted leg variation to turn it into an ab exercise, and I like farmer's carries but because the gym doesn't have dumbbells heavier than 75 lbs I treat it more like a core stability exercise.
I worked at UPS for 6 months after getting laid off and developed crazy grip strength from moving boxes. When I hit a 4pl8 deadlift I could double overhand 375. 6 months prior I was switching to mixed at 315
>>77215679The CoCs are great. Started with the T 4 years ago on the 3 now for reps.
>>77215679You could've just bought a single one that was adjustable.
>>77217204>chinese shit I bought One of that shit and the quality is shit
>>77217390Well I've had one for years and it's still working fine also it's korean, sounds like you're mixing it up with a cheap ripoffTakes 2 seconds to adjust the weight too. Buying coc shit is like buying different weighted barbells instead of just buying plates like a normal human being
>>77216660Are you serious? I'm weaker than either of you, even though I've been grip training for a while. So far my worst dynamometer result was 35.8kg (~79lbs) and best was 42.5kg (~93.7lbs). Could it be partially caused by my rather thin (15cm (~5.9in)) wrist?
>>77217595join a landscaping crewif not possible then get a wheelbarrow, a shovel and a pile of dirt. shovel the dirt into the wheelbarrow, push the barrow 100 feet away and repeat until the entire pile has been relocated. not a joke
Not directly grip related (I think) but how do I train my extensors?I know that if you only train your forearm flexors you can rapidly suffer from tendinitis as youre only exerting your flexors.Are there other ways besides those finger spreading thingies?
>>77216873I've been at 2.5 for a couple of months now as well. I think the difficulty in progressing really starts to increase around this range.I know it would be a good idea to get some rgc rated grippers so that the jump from my 2.5 and 3 would be smaller, but I don't really want to buy a bunch of new grippers.
>>77217700Wrist roller should target either flexors or extensors depending on the rolling direction, i think.
>>77215679>Train grip strength?Yes, I have a few CoC and a wrist roller, they work great. A few gyms I’ve been to also have this Roger’s grip trainer machine that will blow up your forearms like no other.
>>77217700Reverse wrist curls and also those finger spreading thingies that you already mentioned.Regarding the finger extensors bands, IronMind sells some that are a bit more expensive than you might find from no name brands, but they seem to be more durable.I had some cheap bands that snapped and then I bought Ironmind ones and they are more resilient.If you are training with grippers or plan to, I would do both, reverse wrist curls and finger extensions. I think that pretty much anyone that does grip training would recommended to do some sort of finger extension exercise, for reasons that you mentioned.
