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[Tblock1]

it does and it will over time. thats the price some are willing to pay.

Yeah that's the only thing I was trying to say...not trying to be a know it all or some shit, all I said is that it looks like he could hurt his back with that form and I get attacked for it

 

[Scotsman]

Yeah that's the only thing I was trying to say...not trying to be a know it all or some shit, all I said is that it looks like he could hurt his back with that form and I get attacked for it

Then learn to phrase things better. You're assuming that I use this form all the time and are making preconcieved generalizations. 95% of the time I do full stop reps. As I said which doesn't seem to be sinking in is that I just wanted to bang out some reps.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[joe d]

i overload from time to time to. sometimes it whats needed.

 

[needtogetaas]

I love all you guys. Even tblock..... I was just messing with him anyway

 

[Scotsman]

I love all you guys. Even tblock..... I was just messing with him anyway

Ok now you're just geighing up my travesty of a thread.LOL

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Scotsman]

Here's one more vid, first off is a hello to *ebony*! Then a double overhand grip hold with 320. This was after the deadlifts and 500lb grip hold.



Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[lookinfit75]

i'll ask this before someone else does, but what do you already do for it?

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread but I've been doing a bit of traveling so I haven't had time to post.
Now to your question:
Up until recently, nothing for grip strentgh. Recently I saw a few videos online of some PL'er site and the guy on the site advised grabbing the heaviest DB's you could handle and walking around the gym with them as long as you can so I do that twice a week at the end of my workout. The heaviest DB's we have are 125 lbs so I grab those and walk around the gym for about 30 seconds which is all I can handle. I take a 2 minute break and do it again. Then I go over the the power rack and hold 405lbs (my limit without straps) for as long as I can hold it which is usually about 10-15 seconds and that is on a good day. I rest about 1- 2 minutes and then repeat. Then I do forarm curls with 135lbsx8x3. By this point I can no longer close my hands let alone grip anything so I end my forearm routine there.

 

[lookinfit75]

Grip holds work wonders on your deads. Also rack pulls since you don't have to control the weight through the whole range of motion.

Here's my philosophy: "If you want to bench more weight you banch more weight, if you want to squat more weight you squat more weight, so if you want to be able to hole more weight you...." I tell people this at the gym all the time when they ask for tricks/an easy way to build up their grip.

There are no tricks to getting stronger holding grip. Grippers don't help all that much because crushing grip and holding grip are two different facets of strength. I worked up to being able to rep 770 on rack pulls without straps, after 860 I put the straps on but hopefully this next heavy phase will get me up much higher.

Cheers,
Scotsman

Gotcha. What are Rack Pulls? How tall are you?

 

[JDid23]

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread but I've been doing a bit of traveling so I haven't had time to post.
Now to your question:
Up until recently, nothing for grip strentgh. Recently I saw a few videos online of some PL'er site and the guy on the site advised grabbing the heaviest DB's you could handle and walking around the gym with them as long as you can so I do that twice a week at the end of my workout. The heaviest DB's we have are 125 lbs so I grab those and walk around the gym for about 30 seconds which is all I can handle. I take a 2 minute break and do it again. Then I go over the the power rack and hold 405lbs (my limit without straps) for as long as I can hold it which is usually about 10-15 seconds and that is on a good day. I rest about 1- 2 minutes and then repeat. Then I do forarm curls with 135lbsx8x3. By this point I can no longer close my hands let alone grip anything so I end my forearm routine there.

well you're in a whole other league than i am as far as lifting goes

but some good grip exercises would definitely be farmers walks, static holds (like scotsman did), double overhand deads, heavy rows, weighted dead hangs (bottom portion of a pullup), pinching plates.

 

[ExtraMile]

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread but I've been doing a bit of traveling so I haven't had time to post.
Now to your question:
Up until recently, nothing for grip strentgh. Recently I saw a few videos online of some PL'er site and the guy on the site advised grabbing the heaviest DB's you could handle and walking around the gym with them as long as you can so I do that twice a week at the end of my workout. The heaviest DB's we have are 125 lbs so I grab those and walk around the gym for about 30 seconds which is all I can handle. I take a 2 minute break and do it again. Then I go over the the power rack and hold 405lbs (my limit without straps) for as long as I can hold it which is usually about 10-15 seconds and that is on a good day. I rest about 1- 2 minutes and then repeat. Then I do forarm curls with 135lbsx8x3. By this point I can no longer close my hands let alone grip anything so I end my forearm routine there.

damn bro sounds like you already have some strong ass forearms, wrist curls with 135 for 3 sets of 8 is sick especially after all that static grip stuff!

It wouldnt directly make your double overhand grip strength much stronger but if you learned the hook grip you could use it on whatever exercises your finding hard and it will give you a grip just as strong as a mixed grip, its a little painful at first but after a while you get used to it. I use it for my deads now all the time, SouthernLord taught me it and Im so glad

The exercises jdid mensioned are good too, and you might consider some more fun stuff like towel pullups, one arm deadlifts, high rep double overhand shrugs, kroc rows and buying a pair of fat gripz.

When I really pushed my numbers on kroc rows my grip strength greatly improved and so did my deadlift lockout, be careful though I injured my self on them.