Sledgehammer Levering’s Carryover To Grippers :
1/16/21 Early Am – Gripper :
I hadn’t squeezed any of my heavy grips grippers yet this year.
I’d purposefully decided to take a minimum of ten days away. I let it extend.
I wanted to rest them specifically, and see what would happen with frequency sledgehammer levering in their place for daily laid back no mental effort grip work.
I take the 200lb heavy grip gripper.
With deep sets on just about every rep I get 5 or 6 with my right hand.
With my left I get three near closes, take the 150lb gripper and just squeeze it hard while closed for awhile.
Yeah the rest helped, but it was very specific rest.
I was training the same function with a different implement, the sledgehammer, just as frequently.
1/16/21 Evening – Sledgehammer Levering :
With my right hand I get 11 reps.
This might be a PR, I hadn’t done double digits in a few years since I’d last levered regularly.
I do another set right handed for 10 reps, and having alternated hands had done my left handed sets in a similar rep range, to failure on the first set, but choked up on the handle.
My gripper strength is higher. My chin up strength is higher.
I say this is the result of daily sledgehammer levering practice.
Now today’s sets were all arm in front, but I generally do from the side (crucifix) as well, sometimes going 45° with arm position halfway between front and side.
I do a lot of levers past my head, not just to the nose, and choked up I’ve been working on leveraging both directions at the wrist, not just towards my face, but away from my body at the wrist like a sword salute.
It’s a sledgehammer, the variations are unlimited, and the practice does very good things not just for the wrist, but for grip strength.
Persistence & Tenacity
P.S.
I may have to visit home depot or lowes soon and beat this video.