Hail to the Dinosaurs!
This message is coming to you a little later
than intended. We had some wild weather in
Louisville -- a huge line of thunderstorms
with wild winds gusting up to 60 mph -- and
even some tornadoes.
A couple of tractor trailer rigs were blown
right off the expressway not very far from
Dino HQ.
So we've had to stay off-line, keep the
computer turned off, and maintain radio
silence for much of the day.
But now we're back -- so let's talk training!
One of our readers asked me about fitting grip
work into his schedule. He said he's been doing
super-sets where he does a primary exercise, such
as pull-ups or deadlifts, and then does a grip
exercise. He asked what I thought of the idea.
Frankly, I don't like it.
Here's why. If you train your grip as hard as you
SHOULD train it, you're not going to be able to
do grip work and then do any serious upper body
training -- or any deadlifts -- or anything else
where you need to hold onto some heavy iron or
hang from a chinning bar.
When you train your grip, you fry it for awhile.
If you don't you're not training hard enough.
Arthur Jones once noted that after a forearm and
grip workout, you could drop a key on the floor
and not be able to pick it up.
And if you can't pick a key up off the floor, you
sure as heck can't do pull-ups -- or do deadlifts.
That's why you train your grip at the END of your
workout -- AFTER all the primary exercises.
If you want to save time and speed things up, you
can super-set or tri-set grip work with gut work
and neck work. That's one reason I always end a
training program by noting that you should do
"gut, grip and neck work."
The exception would be gut work that requires
gripping power -- such as hanging leg raises,
hanging knees to chest, heavy dumbbell side-bends,
or Turkish get-ups. With those exercises, you would
need to do the gut work first, and then finish up
with the grip work.
I hope that helps figuring out where to slot in
the grip work!
As far as exercises go, the sky's the limit. I cover
some of the better ones in DINOSAUR TRAINING: LOST
SECRETS OF STRENGTH AND POWER and in STRENGTH, MUSCLE
AND POWER. Check them out -- they'll help you build
hands like iron claws!
As always, thanks for reading and have a great day.
If you train today, make it a good one!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. You can find DINOSAUR TRAINING right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html
P.S. 2. Go here for STRENGTH, MUSCLE AND POWER:
http://www.brookskubik.com/strength_muscle_power.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: "Somewhere in your make-up
there lies SLEEPING the seed of achievement which, if
aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights
such as you may never have hoped to attain." -- Napoleon
Hill
