Grip Fanatics

Oh — I thought this was about jerking off... I'll see myself out.

How else do you think I worked up to the #2? Beat the hell out of it like it owed me money, of course.

If I had the rolling-around-laughing emoji, this is exactly where I'd put it.

That son of a bitch does owe me money — the damn thing's cost me a pretty penny.

Nice. I like CoCs too. Years ago I only ever ran into a couple — the 2 and the trainer 0.5 — and I could close the 2 and do reps with the 0.5. I'd like to see where my grip is on them now. I cycle different training phases so grip work comes and goes. I prefer finger rolls with dumbbells/bars, finger rolls on the incline bench with varying finger counts, and plenty of wrist curls. I also use a Devon Larratt-style method with a karate belt occasionally for different pronation, but lately I favor banded work since it's more convenient and just as effective. Of course I also train heavy deadlifts and rows without straps. There are some sneaky elbow tricks I use when prepping for forearm events.

Hell yeah, good to see grip people here. I messed with grippers a few years back. I've closed a 3.5 from a parallel set (MMS), and have closed an average 3 using the credit-card set. I hate the credit-card rules — they're brutal if your hands are under 7.5-inch. Funny thing: when I trained seriously about 12 years ago I only got to the 2.5 and stopped, then five years later I randomly picked them up and closed the 3 without training. A few years after that I barely closed the 3.5. Even though I didn't specifically train to go from 2.5 to 3.5, I did put on about 50 lbs and got WAY stronger in the gym.