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Weak grip strength, suggestions.

Laver

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oh yea did you not no all the best bodybuilders come from invercargill

:pfft: :pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

There are some pretty descent powerlifters from down that way as well and three ladies in particular that would certainly give many of you guys a run for your money in the gym :oops: !! All three are coached by bodybuilding vet Brian Jenkins....(I think)

He teaches this stuff for a living so i would take his advice

Easy there Ngapu, wasnt dissing just asked a legit question. I didnt get as far as I did in my sport by ignoring advice thats for sure. I think DP_NZ had shared some good stuff and its good to get different opinions and this forum will be better for it.

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That and lots of experiance / gaining knowledge over time id say, or maybe its an invercargill thing :)

Laver, going by your questions Im just gonna take a guess and ask the question...Are you interested in Powerlifting? Strength sports?

If so there is another NZ site you could check with lots of knowledge on training and sharing ideas. Its actually run by OB (Old Bull) and its found here:

http://www.powerhousegym.co.nz/gymforum/index.php

Hope this helps bro

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oh yea did you not no all the best bodybuilders come from invercargill

:pfft: :pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

There are some pretty descent powerlifters from down that way as well and three ladies in particular that would certainly give many of you guys a run for your money in the gym :oops: !! All three are coached by bodybuilding vet Brian Jenkins....(I think)

He teaches this stuff for a living so i would take his advice

Easy there Ngapu, wasnt dissing just asked a legit question. I didnt get as far as I did in my sport by ignoring advice thats for sure. I think DP_NZ had shared some good stuff and its good to get different opinions and this forum will be better for it.

didnt mean to sound angry or anything, all i ment is i personaly ask him alot of questions and trust his knowledge sorry if sounded different

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Unless you are doing say wristcurls incorrectly and rolling the bar up and down in your fingers, which may stretch tendons and perhaps cause some compartmental syndromes, I very much doubt this from an anatomical viewpoint. The fingers are basically composed of expanser tendons for the flexor and extensor muscles of the forearm, granted there are some small muscle groups but predominantly tendinous....

Dude....are you like a doctor or surgeon? or do you read biology books in your spare time? :shock:

He teaches this stuff for a living so i would take his advice

And Tonka's a record-holder in powerlifting... he knows his shit.

Its cool to see theory vs experience in this case.

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I'm going to try stay out of the ruckus...

Personally, I'd stay away from straps as much as you can starting out.

Laver, if you're struggling with grip on things like pull downs, then you need to train grip in a big way.

When I started out I had pretty poor supporting grip strength, as well as weak fingers. Still have weak crushing grip strength (grippers etc), but my supporting grip is pretty good. I think it's all about forearm strength on most exercises.

To get that I just did 3 things...

1. No straps unless absolutely needed, eg heavy shrugs.

2. Load a bar to 180kg (use more or less depending on strength) and using an over-under grip, deadlift and hold it for max time. Started off doing around 15 seconds, once I could do 45seconds I stopped this over a year ago.

3. Wrist curls on a barbell, did a weight to 20-30 reps failure, then squeezed the ends of an olympic bar or tin cans for a minute. Learnt this from MadMik Cotterill, served me really well.

Plus I'll admit to using the hook grip on a ton of exercises, good if you can handle the pain.

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That and lots of experiance / gaining knowledge over time id say, or maybe its an invercargill thing :)

Laver, going by your questions Im just gonna take a guess and ask the question...Are you interested in Powerlifting? Strength sports?

If so there is another NZ site you could check with lots of knowledge on training and sharing ideas. Its actually run by OB (Old Bull) and its found here:

http://www.powerhousegym.co.nz/gymforum/index.php

Hope this helps bro

hey bro, i take it you mean my questions from throughout the site not just this one?

None of my questions have been related to any interest in powerlifting, but as it so happens, i'm becomming more interested in it as I gain more knowledge about it, although I imagine my ultimate goal will always be body building, I would like endevour to do some powerlifting type stuff aswell, sometime in my bodybuilding "career"

Thanks for the thought though bro!

I'm going to try stay out of the ruckus...

Personally, I'd stay away from straps as much as you can starting out.

Laver, if you're struggling with grip on things like pull downs, then you need to train grip in a big way.

When I started out I had pretty poor supporting grip strength, as well as weak fingers. Still have weak crushing grip strength (grippers etc), but my supporting grip is pretty good. I think it's all about forearm strength on most exercises.

To get that I just did 3 things...

1. No straps unless absolutely needed, eg heavy shrugs.

2. Load a bar to 180kg (use more or less depending on strength) and using an over-under grip, deadlift and hold it for max time. Started off doing around 15 seconds, once I could do 45seconds I stopped this over a year ago.

3. Wrist curls on a barbell, did a weight to 20-30 reps failure, then squeezed the ends of an olympic bar or tin cans for a minute. Learnt this from MadMik Cotterill, served me really well.

Plus I'll admit to using the hook grip on a ton of exercises, good if you can handle the pain.

hey thanks for the ideas man, more arsenal to play with to improve my grip!

And Im really pleased with the feedback and discussion this thread has created, cheers guys!

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I used hooks for a while, after a day on the computer at work my hands were shot, than i did wrist curls these helped for a while. But as my weights got heavier back to the hooks. The hooks broke just before xmas and i stalled on my increase of weight for a wee while now i find i'm starting to increase again. My boss just welded me a new set of hooks. Havent used them yet ! will wait till i cant handle those shruggs ect anymore. undecided really which way to jump. :?

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