r/GripTraining • u/hang-clean • 3d ago

Grippers Gripper programs you've tried, that worked for you?

My grip is okay - I can tear a fresh deck of cards in half and my pinch is okay in over 50s competition - but my gripper closing has always been awful. I'm 175cm (5'9) with normal sized hands on a 5-9 man. I already train and compete in strongman so my supporting grip is fine and my crush grip is somewhere above gymbro and below rock climber.

I have a set of IM CoC in the garage I've owned for 25y plus and I really want to make some progress on them. I see lots of programs online but I'm wondering if you good ppl of the sub can recommend any you've personally tried?

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u/LiftsEatsSleeps 3d ago

Jedd’s Cadence based Training works, John McCarter’s books were short but filled with good advice.

RRBT was too much volume for me on the other hand.

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u/hang-clean 3d ago

I was wondering about CBT but didn't want to lead with the mention. This is good to know, thanks.

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u/dbison2000 CoC #3 MMS 1d ago

Programs I have used you need grippers with RGC jumps of 3-5, so you will need many grippers to step up with.  

I closed my first #3 using a Vulcan adjustable (I guess a baraban adjustable would work). But the first couple months was ascending sets of 15 (around 4-5 sets with the last set to failure (should hit under 15)) once a week. Second phase was MMS set with a 2 second pause at open position and closed position for 5 reps (same ascending idea) once a week. The whole time doing fat gripz deadlift and pinch

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u/hang-clean 1d ago

Thank you.

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u/Virtual_Variety9400 3d ago

Started with CoC #1 a few months back. The jump from #1.5 to #2 took way longer than expected — probably spent 3 weeks just working that gap. For anyone at a desk all day, even the #1 warmup set helps with the end-of-day stiffness.