Introduce yourself

[davidhorne]

Pete,
I think it's a great start, and thanks for all joining. If everyone does a bit in their area, it will definitely grow!!

Mike,
Great to see you onboard. It was good to see you doing well in the strongman comps, I kept an eye on your results.

Look forward to meeting up again.

David

[alan]

Hi guys. I've been weight training of one sort or another for nearly 30 years now but am new to grip training. Looking forward to advice from you seasoned professionals!

[mikedaly]

David. Thanks. Yeah that will be cool

mike

[davidhorne]

Alan,
You'll gain so much advice and knowledge from your first comp - believe me.

David

[maximus1]

;D Max from the Wirral near liverpool but no scouser ,been into the Grip sports for 3 odd yrs,working on various goals at the mo,but ultimately just working to get stronger and fitter,and see what happens.

[jamesgrahame]

Hi,

I am from Edinburgh but temporarily living in Melbourne, where we (capopowerlifting.com) just ran our first grip competition.

I have been training my grip for a few years but this was my first chance to compete in a grip comp. It was great fun and I think being part of this forum will be a great motivator.

James

[iainkendrick]

Hello

Have just become a member of this site minutes ago.

I am a powerlifter (2 years) and have been into grip training on the side for a few years.

I was recenlty pursueded by Chris McCarthy to enter the Swindon grip comp and was gutted to hear it has just been cancelled. However it's given me the bug to take my grip work that bit more serious and to enter comps in the future.

I don't have much natrural grip strength but enjoy training my grip and get a kick out of competing, so its a no-brainer!

My focus at the moment is v-bar work, pinch gripping and to close a 2.5

All the best

Iain

[twig]

Welcome, Iain

[iainkendrick]

Cheers.

This is me with my then v-bar pb a few weeks back. have since done a bw lift at 91kg. Early days but at least you can see what I look like.. from the side at least!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=72QeGczECxo

Sorry for naff angle, blame the camera man!

[daveevans]

Hi, my name is dave, i live near Manchester also, ive been grip training for about 18 months, just started to try and bend steel, 6" nails and 6mm round and square stock, seem to be doing ok, would like any info on training aids exercises for building wrist/forearm strength ect. Also anybody near me who would like to get together and do some training cheers dave.

[davidhorne]

Welcome Iain and Dave!

Hope to see you at some events in the future.

David

[perthpower]

Hi lads.

[twig]

Hi, Dave. Whereabouts in Mcr are you? I'm in Hulme, if you fancy a visit, let me know, I've got pretty much every grip toy imaginable.

[daveevans]

Hi Twig, i am in Wythenshawe and would love to get together and do some training what are you doing at the moment, as i don't seem to have a training plan and seem to be doing a lot of everything with no structure to it at all, do not no really where i want to go , keep changing direction, enjoy trying to bend steel, card tearing, etc, let me no cheers mate dave evans.

[twig]

Drop me a PM when you feel like coming round, I'm not in work for the moment, so I'm free pretty much anytime.

As for a training plan, you could do worse than follow the beginners workout I've posted (that David Horne wrote, I don't want to steal anyone's thunder), it gives a great all-round introduction to all things grip and gived a good foundation to prevent later injuries.