Results matching “log”

Nice and close.

At 16 he built his own equipment. At 18 he discovered kettlebells and Pavel and was blown away. Ryan started to train for function and strength and put pumping aside ( he still has a love for bodybuilding).

Two years later he competed in the Chicago TSC. The following year - after the contest was cancelled - he signed up for Highland games and had a blast. The kettlebell training really carried over into the Games events.

Enter strongman and feats of strength. Ryan had a urge to learn how to bend steel and rip phonebooks which led him to Dennis Rogers and an amazing inspiration to come up with new and unique grip and core training tools. Strongergrip.com was born.

In the midst of all that he somehow managed to earn a black belt in TaeKwonDo, and have some kids. Unsurprisingly, they share the passion for feats of strength and physical training.

Pamela MacElree.

Check out Pamela MacElree's blog - a great blend of strength and conditioning work. Nice one.

Push-ups are underrated. Here's a quick look at 10 variations.

More from Odin - this time a thumbless RT lift. Nice one.

TTK.

The focus of this article will be Dynamic thumb training with the Titan's Telegraph Key, or TTK, manufactured by IronMind Enterprises, but very quickly, I will touch on the other divisions as well.


STATIC THUMB TRAINING

Static Thumb Training is where the athlete pinches something and the thumb, for the most part, does not move over a Range of Motion. This is the way that probably 90% of pinch work is executed, I'd venture to guess. Examples are Plate Pinches and Block Weight Lifts. Here is a video of Plate Pinches and Block Weight Lifts:

EXTENSOR THUMB TRAINING

Extensor Thumb Training is where the muscles on the back of the thumb are the primary muscle group being worked. Rubber band training is a very simple example of the thumb extensors being worked. Here is a video demonstration:

MULTI-PLANAR THUMB TRAINING

I find that Multi-Planar Thumb Training is an excellent way to keep all of the muscles in the thumb healthy and strong. I accomplish this with a bucket of sand. Essentially all I do is stick my thumb into the sand bucket and stir the sand around until the muscles powering the thumb are flushed with blood. Once you feel the pump through your thumb, you can also do some deep tissue massage to work out any kinks. Believe me, if you have any imbalances or adhesions in the muscles in the thumb, you will find out where they are with this exercise. Unfortunately, not a lot of grip strength trainees know about this technique that can help them out so much. Here's a clip:

DYNAMIC THUMB TRAINING

Dynamic Thumb Training is where the thumb moves over a distance. One of the implements that I have been using for Dynamic Thumb work is the Titan Telegraph Key, or TTK. There are other implements on the market that are very similar that you can pick up that have other names, but they all work on the same principle: the fingers and thumb oppose on another, positioned on two separate plates; resistance is placed at the end of a lever arm; and thumb strength is used to move the resistance.

Harsh Puri.

Harsh enjoying a little DIY levering.

If you've ever tried a triple plate lift, you'll understand just how impressive this is. Nice work Bob.