Over at the Diesel Crew Jedd shares a quick tutorial on how to build your own loading pin. Although he focuses on using it as a grip strength tool, this thing is really useful to load plates for your neck harness curls.
Fat Bar Deadlifts Grip Training with Mark Bell
Grip training – Mark Bell recommends fat grip deadlifts with double overhand grip. 3 sets of 5 , going heavier each set
Cheap DIY Grip Strength Tools – Block Weights
Jedd from the Diesel Crew shows you his collection of block weights. Block Weights are a great tool for your open handed pinch grip training. Jedd usesa great variety of tools, like Blobs (Fatmans, Next Gen’s, Legacy’s, Blob50′s, etc) Dumbbell Heads (severed, broken or cut heads of a dumbbell, especially Hex Blocks) Chunks (pieces of […]
Captains of Crush Gripper Training Tip
Let’s say you have a #1 and #2 Captain of Crush gripper.You can rep the #1 without problems, but have trouble closing the #2 You can use a hose clamp (Jubilee Clip) to pre load the #2 gripper. The closer the handles are together, the better you can grab them and apply force. Through progressive […]
Jim Wendler’s tips for grip strength
Jim Wendler’s tips for grip strength do reps, not just singles on pulling exercises, like deadlifts and cleans rope/towel chins Kroc rows (high rep, one-arm dumbbell row) Overhand Grip Deadlift Lose weight
Towel-Plate Farmers Walk
A nice variation to an already awesome exercise . This will challenge your grip and make your forearms scream. Towel-Plate Farmers Walks
Grip Sport Championship 2011
Jedd Johnson from the Diesel Crew has a nice synopsis of the Grip Sport Championship 2011. Looks like the event was a lot of fun. They also put up some pretty impressive numbers. Here you can see what it looks like to pick up 120kg / 264 Lbs with a pinch grip. And here is a […]