Grip Work Carryover

I’m fortunate to have had the chance to talk to some very strong cat in the world of grip strength, among them Adam Glass and Russ Jodrey. Russ is incredibly strong and I met him at the Louie Simmons Seminar in Sacramento. Russel had mentioned that shield casts with club bells made his overhand bending much stronger, and assisted a lot in thumb strength development. I started implementing these and of course he was right. The other day Adam mentioned to me (make that forcefully stated) that I should start working my pinch grip more as he’s seeing a strong carryover from this strength development to everything else, so I am doing that as well. As I run into more stuff like this I’ll keep you updated. Below is some video of Russ Bottoms up pressing a 16 kg. with a 24 kg. stacked on top. Consider that this was done with pro-grade bells, whose handles are about the size of a 12 kg. DD bell. Very impressive.

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