Okay, it took me a while to find the exact workouts I wrote out for him - his name was Chad -but here are the details. The "Singles Strategy Number 1 - One Lift" is actually a 7 days per week program. But he trained 6 days per week because one day of the week he had no access to anything to train with. And that day of the week he worked upwards of 16 hours and, frankly, didn't have much desire to do anything but try to recover for the next day of work.
The grippers he had: Trainer, #1, #1.5, Master, #2, Super Master, Grand Master, and #3. These were also "rated" (long explanation of how that works, but any members of the Gripboard will be pretty familiar with it if they've been a member for a while and train grippers) so that helped me put together a progressive plan for him to close his #3. Here are the ratings:
Trainer: 55lbs
#1: 82lbs
#1.5: 95lbs
Master: 104lbs
#2: 110lbs
Super Master: 126lbs
Grand Master: 138lbs
#3: 146lbs
The "set" he used was just enough to get his pinky around the handle to start the close. A "set" means that he used his non-closing hand to help pull the handles together to get his pinky curled slightly around the other handle before starting the squeeze.
I critiqued several of his training/progression videos and the set he used was wide enough that he was able to place a credit card between the handles. Again, the gripper guys (and gals) will recognize that since it's known as the "credit card set."
I won't list the entire Steve Justa routine in its entirety. Anyone wanting to know that can just Google it. But the general layout is below... On second thought, I'm going to copy and paste it below so people can "read along" and see what changes I made.
Singles Strategy No.1 — One Lift
1. Lift every day, seven days a week.
2. Use 70% to start out and, as you gain strength, keep using 70%
3. During Week One:
• Day 1 – Do three singles with one to two minutes rest in between
• Day 2 – Do five singles with one to two minutes rest in between
• Day 3 – Do seven singles with one to two minutes rest in between
• Day 4 – Do nine singles with one to two minutes rest in between
• Day 5 – Do 11 singles with one to two minutes rest in between
• Day 6 – Do 13 singles with one to two minutes rest in between
• Day 7 – Do 15 singles with one to two minutes rest in between
You have now made a complete cycly and are at Week 2, Day 1. Now you will add five or 10 lbs and go through the whole cycle again.
4. Once a month, test your max to make sure you are using weights in your weekly cycle that are 70% of your max. If your weekly cycle weight was more than 70%, take weight off and adjust. If your weekly cycle weight was under 70%, add weight and adjust. This monthly testing of your max will keep you in the target zone.
This workout must be done seven days a week, 365 days a year. Each week, you are building your endurance and toughening your tendons and ligaments by doing more and more work towards the end of each cycle, and then during the next week, or cycle as I call it, you're adding more weight and doing it all over again. The great thing about this type of training is that you will build great strength without really ever making yourself tired because the body is adjusting naturally and rhythmically.
I cut the Day 7 workout (15 singles) out because, although he had sufficient time to do that workout, by Day 7 in his work week he was often nearing 80 or more hours on duty.
You'll notice that I completely ignored the 70% recommendation for what resistance to use. I did stick with the recommended number of singles per day though.
I mentioned that Chad was able to close the #2 for two or three reps. That was right handed. Lefty he missed on the #2 by about 1/4". Which is a pretty significant margin.
I wanted to know exactly what he was capable of so I had him film some max gripper attempts. He missed on three Super Master attempts. Best was only about 1/8" off. So, very close. But technically, his best close was the #2. Even though he was able to do that for reps.
So he trained lefty with a completely different routine that I am almost as proud of him for, just because it was nothing at all like his right hand workout - but he made very, very good progress lefty too. Just not into the #3 territory. Warmup is not listed. But it was the same every day. Singles with the Trainer, #1, and #1.5. 3 minutes rest between sets. Right hand only. None of what is listed next has anything to do with how he trained lefty.