great video, if someone want to train the grip i suggest also training the opening of the hand to avoid golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis), i had pain when training my false grip and have heared a lot of calisthenic people who delevoled golfer's elbow when training their grip
Something you might not realize is that you should test the grip strength with that measuring device in both ways: finger tips and deep in palm. I had a tricky issue with some exercises like pushups and hanging, weakness and pain, but it didn't come up in the grip test until the physiotherapist figured out to try different ways of testing the grip. And it was much deeper than that, shoulder stability also played a role and the chain continued all the way to hip and foot. So sometimes the symptoms can be quite complex and have factors from further away than you'd expect. The lapel grip part was way too real. I finally got back to judo and when there was standing up randori for the first time, my partner was a kid many belts above and had just won a competition, so when I grabbed his lapel, his grip break was so powerful that my finger joints hurt for the following two weeks whenever I moved them. He was like 20 kg lighter and shorter, but obviously his technique and his efficiency in recruiting his muscles was far superior. I don't think judo and jujitsu as sports where your main trick is taking advantage over position and balance is a sport where you want to recruit all your strength on the grip. In my mind it's very similar to playing guitar - you want to practice with the lightest touch necessary to get the desired results so in the actual performance you don't get overly tense and powerful and lose all your energy resources and get fatigued just because it feels difficult. And you only use the strength and power when you have already won the advantageous position and need to finish your technique, to prevent your opponent from overpowering your technique. Ok what do you think of this kind of approach: doing the towel pullups until you can't, then continuing the set as a sort of superset with normal pullups? You're doing the specific work first which is more limiting, then you continue with the easier version to achieve the hypertrophic result. Do you see this bringing the best of both worlds in the same session?
To support your point on the use of grippers; The Raspberry Ape Daniel Strauss who has (more than likely) the strongest grip in competitive jiu jitsu no longer uses grippers stating that he felt very little carryover to jits. They are fun as hell tho lol
awesome video! fun thing to note but totally not bjj related. loads of research on aging and the relationship with fitness and strength use grip as a measure as well. older people with loads of grip strength are often not as affected by sarcopenia, osteoperosis and neural degeneration. not because grip itself, but like u guys said: because it's related to training and total body strength. Also, i find dead hangs for as long as possible, to kill my forearms and activate my grip for a tough workout
I've found the COC grippers actually quite useful for improving my static grip. I bought a no.2 as I really underestimated how difficult it would be. Couldn't close it of course and sufficed just to close it by pushing it into my leg for assistance and then holding it closed for time
John Danaher says you only need to climb a rope a few times without using your legs to improve grip strength. He believes that if you do more than that you'll get diminishing returns.
Hi and thanks for another video I am doing the RTA program and think there is a backsquat technique seminar/guide that has been put by Sika Strength somewhere but I can't find it. It would probably be easier to find on the FB group but FB cancelled my account for not uploading a picture which I didn't want to do at the time. Would prefer to avoid FB if possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction ? Thanks Luke
