[Inarius]

I know wrist straps are frowned upon in some cases but do I:
A. Take time off from lifting heavy to develop my grip
or
B. Lift heavy with straps and develop my grip on a different day

any exercises to develop grip out there? or should I just hit up wal mart and grab a grip trainer and use it in my spare time?

[Trauma1]

There definitely is a time and a place for them.

I use them on ocassion especially when i go very heavy with shrugs and deads.

[Inarius]

I have been using them for my heavy dead sets.

[Trauma1]

This is what i used in my early days. Very cheap to make yourself, and very effective in building solid grip strength.

[pmiller383]

1. Only use them when absolutely needed for now.
2. At the end of each workout do something to increase your grip strength
3. Use thick bars when ever you can
4. Try your heavy sets with out the straps and see if you truly fail or if you are just psyching yourself out.

[Inarius]

hmm...
plates - check
string - check
piece of wooden rod - check

now what do I do with it?

[Inarius]

Originally Posted by pmiller383

1. Only use them when absolutely needed for now.
2. At the end of each workout do something to increase your grip strength
3. Use thick bars when ever you can
4. Try your heavy sets with out the straps and see if you truly fail or if you are just psyching yourself out.

I was doing rack pulls without straps last week. I made my way up to 230 but was only able to get it once before my grip gave out. I threw on straps and got it up 4 more times.

I know it's a light weight... but it's the beginning of a journey for me!

[Trauma1]

Originally Posted by Inarius

hmm...
plates - check
string - check
piece of wooden rod - check

now what do I do with it?

Drill a hole through the middle of the wooden rod and tie one end of the string through it.

Next, tie the other end to the weight of choice. You basically want to hold it out in from of you off the ground(pronator side of wrist down), and manually roll the the weight up to the top of the rod. Then, manually unroll it in reverse.

Do 4-5 sets of this every other day and you'll notice very much improved grip strength.

[Inarius]

Originally Posted by Trauma1

Drill a hole through the middle of the wooden rod and tie one end of the string through it.

Next, tie the other end to the weight of choice. You basically want to hold it out in from of you off the ground(pronator side of wrist down), and manually roll the the weight up to the top of the rod. Then, manually unroll it in reverse.

Do 4-5 sets of this every other day and you'll notice very much improved grip strength.

thats for the advice!! I'll give it a shot this weekend!

[Trauma1]

Originally Posted by Inarius

thats for the advice!! I'll give it a shot this weekend!

Trust me when i say your forearms will be SCREAMING!

Good luck bud!

[pmiller383]

Originally Posted by Trauma1

Trust me when i say your forearms will be SCREAMING!

Good luck bud!

Yeah, thats no joke! I made one but instead of using a wooden dowel I used a 2' piece of PVC pipe, its absolutely killer. Another great one that has helped my crushing strength is doing pull-ups with towels. You just drape two small towels over a pull up bar and hang on for dear life, if you cant do a pull up, just hang there for as long as you can.

[bkoguy07]

Originally Posted by pmiller383

Yeah, thats no joke! I made one but instead of using a wooden dowel I used a 2' piece of PVC pipe, its absolutely killer. Another great one that has helped my crushing strength is doing pull-ups with towels. You just drape two small towels over a pull up bar and hang on for dear life, if you cant do a pull up, just hang there for as long as you can.

Lol, good call on that one, its def hard.