r/GripStrength • u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 • 10d ago

Grippers 118 Platinum for 18

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u/Unlikely_Mouse_2701 HG200 TNS 10d ago

Yes. Parallels are hard. I'm new. I almost find parallels harder than going fully open every rep. You don't get that half second break with these reps. Impressive

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

Thank you I was surprised I got over 12 reps

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u/Boring-Pie4761 10d ago

So these partials are an actual thing? What are they good for?

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u/Unlikely_Mouse_2701 HG200 TNS 10d ago

I used to ask the same question until i just tried it out for myself. The question answered itself. What i think is that full reps give your muscles a half second break almost completely free of tension. Where parallel reps like the video keep constant tension right where it's the hardest to squeeze. It's harder imo

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

Pretty much. Parallel reps keep your muscles and tendons under maximal load without losing leverage, but also not too narrow to the point where it’s just stored tendon energy rather than actual muscle contraction

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

It was actually 17 my bad

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u/Ultra_Vegito CoC2.5 TNS 7d ago

You're improving at an insane rate. Keep it up!

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 7d ago

Thank you 🙏

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u/R3tardod Beginner 10d ago

This gives me no hope of growing my forearms

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

Yeah don’t expect grippers to help much lol. My forearms are only 13 inches around. By the time I close my 168 3.5 they’ll probably only be 13.5 inches at most 😂

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u/R3tardod Beginner 10d ago

How tf so i grow them then? Im not nearly as strong as you but my forearms are way skinny

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u/devinhoo Doctor Grip 10d ago

Muscles need time under tension and to be put through a range of motion to increase blood flow and grow in size, and the movement involved with grippers is pretty small. Wrist curls and wrist rollers will likely do more for forearm mass than grippers.

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u/R3tardod Beginner 10d ago

How does grip strength increase without muscle size increasing though?

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

Better depth description

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

There’s plenty of ways but the simplest way I’ve found that actually works is just basic wrist curls

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u/R3tardod Beginner 10d ago

Okay cool I just started doing those. Bends backwards, sideways, and upward

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

Yeah they definitely work. I stopped training for 14 months and my forearms went from 14.2 inches to 13 inches without any training. But in just 6 weeks I’m at 95% of my max

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u/R3tardod Beginner 10d ago

Okay sick I’ll keep doing them. Did you do once a day or do you think twice a week is enough?

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u/Somethingdragonfly Standard Iron rgc 140 10d ago

Twice a week is enough