a close-up on the forearm work involved in doing the work of the high handle deadlift 720x5. Here for itpic.twitter.com/I4r2NFHRIO
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i have been training my grip in one way or another since i was a kid. i wrote about that for
@WeAreMelhttps://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/for-competitive-grippers-the-grip-is-the-goal …
grip is weird in that you can't instantly develop a phenomenal grip from a couple cycles of steroids...sure, your grip can improve, but this is something built over time, doing the work, and there's a genetic component to it also
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I'm curious because I think we have similar backgrounds - I'm a western PA farm kid, and my dad taught me to disdain sports and lifting because strength is for work and should be gained from work. I've had to get past that ethic, since I'm not a farmer.
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But learning how many top wrestlers come from dairy farms, I think my dad was just a weirdo and overly moralistic. Did you have bias against athleticism as a bougie preoccupation that you had to unlearn?
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