Grip strength - CoC grippers

[jackangel]

Did you notice an immediate benefit that carried over to grip strength when holding a standard barbell (e.g. deadlifts)? If not, was it just a short matter of time before the strength you had developed with the grippers was adapted specifically to gripping heavier weight on a bar?

I have small hands, and right now, holding onto 345 for a single (while doing rack pulls) long enough to lock out before the grip slips...even that isn't easy. I've only been back in the gym 2 months, and this will get easier with each workout, but nevertheless, my grip will probably become an issue soon enough.

In the past, I've read that using grippers is good for a certain kind of strength, but that it's applicability to holding a bar isn't all that high. Recently, I've read the opposite.

I have no problem picking up a few of the CoC grippers right this fucking minute, if that's an excellent means of working my grip so that I can get to the point where I can hold 400-500 lbs on a bar with a mixed grip.

On the other hand...if I work with static holds, plate pinches, etc. in the gym 2-3 days a week...will that be sufficient? I'd rather save the 40-80 bucks I might spend on 2-4 grippers, if I can do it without them.

Your experience and thoughts are appreciated.

 

[TheOak84]

i like pinch grips. and forearm curls. the grippers are good for crushing strength, but youre not crushing the weights, youre holding them.

 

[djeclipse]

I always found that extra grip work actually hindered my grip for deadlift.

 

[jackangel]

I always found that extra grip work actually hindered my grip for deadlift.

how often did you do it, and what did you do?

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

Hmmm, I've always found that generally just lifting that the grip strength is one of the fastest things to go up, I just really try to squeeze the hell out of the bar or dumbbell with almost every rep.

What is a gripper by the way?? link??

 

[musketeer]

COC really helped me.

Since using them I rarely drop a bar or fail at chins because of lack of grip strength. I have small hands for my size, and used to have a really weak grip. Probably any type of training would have improved that, but I have the grippers on my desk at work and hit them every day.

 

[GUARDIAN]

as soon as i ditched straps and incorporated forearm work my gripped dramatically improved.

 

[AEKDB]

I used heavy shrugs to improve my bar grip. Deadlift the heaviest weight you can hold on to and shrug the weight until you can no longer hold on. You will quickly be able to hold more than you can possible deadlift.

 

[djeclipse]

how often did you do it, and what did you do?

I would do it 2x/ week. I'd train with grippers and do wrist curls.

But I found out that with the lifts I was already doing, it was enough to train my grip. When I stopped doing the accessory work I was able to hold any weight I was deadlifting, no straps, no probs.

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

is anyone going to tell me what a CoC gripper is..

it sounds kind of funny.. because CoC sounded out is Cock.. ya get it..

cock gripper.. ahhh haaa..

sorry...