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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Basketball palming
« on: July 21, 2010, 04:19:57 pm »what set/rep/rest/frequency would u use for plate pinching.
grip training is a bit different than most of the body, considering there are so many muscles in there.. frequency can actually be pretty high.. folks like us though shouldn't go too high frequency on there though, that's good for the farm boys, but not basketball types, as you can get elbow/knuckle/hand tendonitis pretty easily if you're going intense.
if you're just doing pinch workouts, keep it to like 2x/week.. just spend 15-20 minutes mucking around, that's my best advice.. don't try and sets/reps it from the start because the hand/forearm/fingers just have so many muscles, they recover fast.. so just spend 15-20 minutes doing:
- holds
- reps
- etc
it's not an exact science with grip, it's more of a fun thing.. for example, mechanics / people in manual labour can have some pretty impressive grips, they just put in work every day using their hands.. diehard grip trainees alternate between pinch sessions, crush sessions, and support sessions/levering/nail bending.. they do all kinds of crazy shit, it's insane..
so seriously, just have fun with grip training and stop if you feel any weird tingling in the elbow.
here's some impressive stuff:
plate hub lift, 77 lb:
ironmind red nail bend: it takes ilke 400+ lb of force to bend it
CoC #4 close: this takes like 350 lb force to close in one hand
(one hand) rolling thunder deadlift, 2" thick handle, 300 lb:
sledge hammer levering, 16 lb:
6 tens pinched:
2 45's pinched:
finger pullups:
all of that stuff is FREAK shit, some might look easy, but really, all of that is freak level strength, every vid..




