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SmellyMonkey
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Hello all-
I've noticed that the masters in my school have amazingly thick forearms. It seems like the muscle starts right at their wrist joint! When I ask them how they got such terrific grip strength and forearm size, they shrug and say it just came through training.
I've been using the "captains of crush" grippers (the Trainer and level 1) for about 6 months now. I haven't seen a big improvement in grip strength yet. I've also been using a "wrist-roller" type device. While it has helped me recover faster when a partner goes a little too hard with an S-arm or 3 finger technique, I haven't seen a big improvement in forearm size.
The masters did share one excercise with me. They basically made a fist, opened their hand again, and made a fist as fast as they could. They said one should do as many reps of this as they could, until once couldn't stand the burn anymore.
What I would like to know is, what have you found to be a successful grip strengthing workout? How often do you train your grip specifically? And has the workout of make fist/open hand/make fist worked for any of you?
I've noticed that the masters in my school have amazingly thick forearms. It seems like the muscle starts right at their wrist joint! When I ask them how they got such terrific grip strength and forearm size, they shrug and say it just came through training.
I've been using the "captains of crush" grippers (the Trainer and level 1) for about 6 months now. I haven't seen a big improvement in grip strength yet. I've also been using a "wrist-roller" type device. While it has helped me recover faster when a partner goes a little too hard with an S-arm or 3 finger technique, I haven't seen a big improvement in forearm size.
The masters did share one excercise with me. They basically made a fist, opened their hand again, and made a fist as fast as they could. They said one should do as many reps of this as they could, until once couldn't stand the burn anymore.
What I would like to know is, what have you found to be a successful grip strengthing workout? How often do you train your grip specifically? And has the workout of make fist/open hand/make fist worked for any of you?