bencrush
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Thank you, Geoff! You made my day man.@bencrush You far and away the grip authority here. Your advice, finger lifts, and gripper closes are awesome.
Inverted closes still train all the fingers, whereas the 2-finger closes only work whatever fingers you choose to focus on. Some people also train pinky and ring finger gripper closes. I think it's beneficial to add index and middle finger closes if you are able to recover from it. And I have seen you mention that you recover well from gripper work. I do really like the index and middle finger closes. Not a fan of the ring and pinky closes because for me they feel more awkward than helpful.Do inverted closes serve the same purpose as two finger closes? I have never used finger closes. Would it be benificial to start adding them? You seem to really like them.
You definitely do a good balanced amount of work for your hands it sounds like! Clay is a great guy and a very strong dude.I have done various finger hangs, support lifts, and pinch lifts. Your pinky deadlifts are particularly inspiring, and Clay Edgin advises various finger lifts. The two hand no index finger pinch and hub pinch are two of his gripper exercises that come to mind.
I aspire to be Clay, too!I am no Ben or Clay but I aspire to be.
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