How to Train with the Rolling Thunder 

That was brilliantly executed my friend. Lol

*tips fedora*

I was convinced for the longest time that time under tension was the only way to get my grip stronger, but this steady approach to a progressive overload seems to have much better results! Good luck!

For the axle and other thickbar things, I'll apply a similar training routine yeah. I find that my strength is more consistent on those types of lifts and I can usually expect to follow the program as written without a lot of deviation. But for the hub, I give myself a little more flexibility because my strength can be inconsistent on that. Seems like the other training I do has a larger impact on my thumb strength when it comes to the hub than the other way around. So for the hub, and I plan to do another video on that, I would stick to sets of 4-6 reps and try to hit the best weight I could hit on that day with the expectation that the progress might not be exactly linear in each workout. So if I can hit close to the same weight in several workouts in a row than I know I should be able to break through to the next level soon. For example, if in 5 workouts my top set of 6 is 55, 57.5, 60, 60, 57.5, I'm feeling pretty good about my progress and will try to chip away at some progress on the sets of 6 over a few more weeks. If I go stale and am not able to progress any more, or worse if my weights stay consistently down, I'll start doing sets of 3-4 reps and my numbers over the next few workouts might be 62.5, 65, 65, 60, 62.5. If I can stay in that mid 60 range and chip away at another pound or two, I will. But if I go stale again or slide backwards, I'll start doing doing heavy doubles. This I'll only do for a couple weeks because at these weights I might risk injury if I keep doing heavy stuff all the time. After 2-3 weeks of that, I'll test heavy singles for 3-4 workouts. Then I take the average of that number across my 3-4 workouts and call that my PR.

Clay Edgin thanks!

I think 2" is a great beginner handle. I might only use 2.5" or 3" if it's being used in an upcoming competition I'm training for, or if I was feeling pretty beat up and wanted to train grip without having to lift a lot of weight.

Yeah it works fine, if you get stronger with any sort of rotating handle with a roughly similar diameter handle, then the strength will be there to transfer. It’ll just take a few workouts to get used to a proper rolling thunder when you eventually get access to one

This fukkin guy gets it

Speaking of 3:30 -- And this is still a summarized version but, due to a degenerative disease affecting all my discs, bone marrow issue, and without going into a full list, all the other neurological and skeletal system, have never been able to do any weight lifting, ever. I started to arm wrestle at 15 that I added to the limited rehabilitation exercises they wanted me to attempt to strength muscles and increase their distance FROM my discs. It turns out it did not seem to hurt as much to my surprise although it was controlled, even to the point where I was statically locked out from going side to side at the time. After a decade, I started to compete as often as I physically could due to being tired and simply pissed, depressed, sick of it and as I told them, I needed something to feel very simply, like a man or at least involved somehow. I was ready to risk the Kyphosis going from what it is now to requiring fusion from the neck down.. just another part of Scheuermanns I already have as well. Meaning, possible fusion from the neck down. The "basement" inside as they say in Rocky movies may not have ever had a real fire but it's not empty and I needed to release stress and yes, you can get to a point where you might risk such a thing as stupid as that sounds. Otherwise, the alternatives are even darker but such is life. When your options are so limited regarding the physical aspect and your mind LOVES everything about the idea of being physical or playing a sport, I really started to hate the specialists around me and my life and how it's lived. I honestly stated if there was any chance of doing something and competing against other people and winning, I would probably do it just to feel that one time regardless of the consequences. When something takes a decade that normally takes months or even a year or so, these specialists (not patient) will probably never understand, truly. Arm wrestling for me is very much that, the ARM and as little force or effort exerted elsewhere that would engage everything that shouldn't or at this point, probably can't. Twenty-Seven years to just drive yourself mad. Maybe it all sounds crazy but to experience something like a real, professional match against the greats.... would feel like I just woke up from The Matrix, alive in a specific way for the first time and the worlds longest orgasm and highest high and just.... well, would do it in a heartbeat. Hell, the first real match, maybe my arm gets broken but at least it would be a decision I had control over ultimately. And it would probably put a smile on my face after some time. Because of this, my thumb stays next to my index finger in a cupped position. If I try to wrap it around, it immediately feels foreign, uncomfortable, and the strength does not show itself in a "hook" style but more of a bending with the hand. I was thinking of strapping it into place somehow just to see if this is something I could do at light weight that would not hurt my back but allow me to do some lifting and also arm wrestling training all wrapped up in one. I apologize for the lengthy comment and it is incomplete but any thoughts would be appreciated. If the first thought is nope, it will definitely not benefit me due to such low weight, that makes sense and is why I have not done anything yet. ~Another mere mortal, and barely at that. P.S. I tried a pinch block and my thumb ended up trying to hold it on it's edge instead of tips/pads/etc. never allowing any complete surface area contact, etc.. Again, thank you for the informative video and my apologizes on this ongoing book. Turned this into something else but, this is my situation and many others who look for answers or suggestions anywhere we can. Never stop asking questions if they are so important to what mine, or anyone's future might hold. Ever.

I do sets of 8 all the way up. I'm going to try 85kg, I'll do 25kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 50kg x 8, 60kg x 8, 70kg x 8, 80kg x 8, then my top set(s) at 85kg. That's a lot of volume, but I think it works well!

I would add them, but prioritize them in the order of the workout. So if the goal was to do the RT program as a primary focus, adding in pinch training afterwards shouldn't have a huge impact on the next workout's RT work. So in your workout, the order might be RT program first, then pinch block training for medium volume, then anything else after that. As far as adding in axles, if the goal is to improve the RT first then I wouldn't go heavy with the axle stuff. I'd probably do my regular RT program first, then do bent over rows with the axle afterwards so you can still get quite a bit of grip work in without burning out. Plus, who doesn't want a bigger back??

Clay Edgin thank you! I will let you know how it goes!

Yes, I recommend doing it twice per week. If you're relatively new to consistent grip training, then you should be able to get a little more weight on the bar each time, but if you're more experienced you might only be able to get close to the same weight across all four workouts. But even if you're hitting a similar weight without improving from session to session, as long as you're pushing near that max effort every time there's going to be an improvement once you drop and start doing 6's that is going to be more weight than if you were to just start with 6's.

You could do it once a week, but I think our hands can recover pretty quickly so that's why I recommend twice.

@@InnervationHealth Thanks for the answer. My max at the moment is 77kg. Been training at low volumes on RT, but I have been adding work capacity by using thick handles on other lifts and carries. It's going to be interesting to see, how a higher volume approach benefits my RT.

Sorry, just seeing this! I moved it to here: drive.google.com/file/d/1klG9NNwJ2Voy3WbcQHVUdwjjKj8TSF4U/view?usp=sharing

@@InnervationHealth thanks brother!!

Hi! I found a way to get Russian subtitles: 1. When the video is playing, click on the CC Subtitles/Closed Captioning button on the screen. 2. Then click on the icon of the gear for settings 3. Click on Subtitles/CC 4. Select "Auto-Translate" and scroll down to Russian That worked for me! Hopefully it works for you

I knew it, but the translation is very bad. Hearing this, I understood more than from subtitles :). I have a few questions 1)Rolling Thunder training have once a week?? For one workout I have to do 6 sets? 2)I rest after every set for 3-5 minutes? 3)How many days after training to check new 8/6/5/3RM? After the main workout I do not have enough strength I'm apologize again for my terrible English.

Oh, sorry about the poor translation! For your questions: 1. For training, do this twice per week. For each workout, do 6 sets. This does not include warm ups. So do your warm up reps, then do your 8 rep max, then do the drop sets. 2. Yes, rest 3-5 minutes after each heavy set 3. I would wait 3-4 days before trying a new max

Many thanks for the answers! For some reason I realized that I should train once a week. So I did not hear this in the video. Now I will train twice a week !) And the last question. Is it possible to intercept the rolling thunder after each repetition in the set? Or I need to compress it in one set and make the necessary number of repetitions with it?

I think it is a little harder to intercept the rolling thunder after each repetition so I like to do it that way.

Man I'd like to but I don't feel knowledgeable enough to teach it

I like this approach. It might help to talk some shit to the weight every time you lift it too. I'll do this while Im working from home

Hard to take 20 years of experience and give you a 30 second sound bite that works.

​@@InnervationHealthdamn, you really can't please some dorks on the Internet. Guy gets super informative video for free and complains.