advice on strength building

Climbing! So much fun and great for upper body. :-)

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Originally Posted by Kyle Hilfiker

Bit of a Farm Boy's trick. Get a bucket and fill it with sand if you have access to it. then stick your arms in elbow deep, grab a tennis ball you put in the sand and rotate your arms while squeezing the ball. Repeat 10X 3 times daily. Trust me... you will have an UNBREAKABLE GRIP in 3 months, a significantly better one in one month!

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This is one hundred percent factual, they made us do this shit in New brunswick, killer on the forearms

Also, Hang two towels over a pull up bar, grab one in each hand and proceed to pull yourself up like an animal.

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Originally Posted by Kyle Hilfiker

Bit of a Farm Boy's trick. Get a bucket and fill it with sand if you have access to it. then stick your arms in elbow deep, grab a tennis ball you put in the sand and rotate your arms while squeezing the ball. Repeat 10X 3 times daily. Trust me... you will have an UNBREAKABLE GRIP in 3 months, a significantly better one in one month!

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Another couple farmers trick to get strong. Bang fat girls, wrestle with animals, loading bales of hay into a hay loft, or carrying bags of feed all good for building mad grip strength LOL.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

good post, but i really like this part.

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I see what you did there.

I forgot an s:)

I use the bulgarian bag 36 lb 2 x a week. It last about 20 min I have built up to 6 sets 25 reps for 6 exercises = 900 reps. Takes about 25 min.

You can find the different workouts online

I honestly think the best way to prepare for a grappling tournament is to roll as much as possible. YMMV

These are all great ideas, but make sure you're lifting for the right reasons, not just to silence the anxious voice inside your head that says you haven't prepared enough for the comp.

So with that bucket of sand thing, are you saying you put the tennis ball in the bottom of the bucket, and pour sand on top to bury it, then dig your hand through the sand to the bottom to grab the ball, then do the exercises?