A few weeks back, I mention the need to take your other training into account when creating a grip routine…
Heavy barbell and strongman exercises can hammer your grip hard…
Even simple calisthenics, like pull ups and chin ups, work the grip harder than most realize. People figure it out pretty quickly once they add specialized grip work to their routine…
Another, more obvious determining factor is your actual grip routine…
How many exercises do you plan on doing? What about sets and reps? Do you plan on doing heavy negatives like Mr. Kinney, the first man to officially close the #4 Captains of Crush?
Questions like the ones above will help you figure out if your routine makes sense.
Any one who wants to make serious gains in his grip strength asks questions like the ones above…
The number of exercises you use is something you need to keep an eyeball on …
The hands and lower arms are made up of plenty of parts that move in practically every direction. There also seems to be a new exercise or grip tool created every week.
I’ve heard about a few guys that get totally carried away. They end up doing what seems to be every grip exercise known to man in one session. Crazy…
Another trap people fins themselves in, is overdoing the volume.
Heavy grip work can be demanding on the whole body, but it doesn’t come close to big compound movement like squats, deadlifts, and presses.
That means you’re body doesn’t tend be taxed as hard, and the grip workouts don’t feel so heavy.’ Before you know it, you guys are doing enough sets to make you wonder if he gets some type of sadistic joy out of it…
That’s crazy…
You wouldn’t train the rest of your body like that would you? So why train you grip like that.
Keep these things in mind, and keep a close eye on your progress.
If you haven’t made any gains in a long time, you might need to chop back on your volume.
Do whatever you have to do to get the gains rolling again, even if it means cutting back to one set of one rep for one exercise.
Stick with this, and you’ll eventually have a pair of mitts like a vise… That may mean chopping back your
Train Smart, Train Hard
Ray Toulany
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