that one I'll pay someone to do at a restaurant

haha you can cheat most of that with a crock pot

crock pots are incredible

you've got me inspired to commit to a grip-training regimen

someday I want to get l33t at cooking with dutch ovens buried in coals

all I do currently is hanging rock climber exercises and then afterwards burn my grip out with squeezing a wadded up towel similar to rice bucket training

the climbing stuff is new, but I did the towel thing hard for years and now I have like 14" forearms

I'm considering one of those rock climber boards or some of the "iron mind" gripper squeezer things because they have a clear progression

but the towel thing sounds cheaper and just as good if you put the effort in so now I'm thinking that might be the answer

it's cleaner than a bucket of crap too

great grip is a huge advantage in BJJ

yeah?

I suck at bjj, but once I get my FYM I will start doing it many times a week until I am good

Yeah, but just holding on to grips while training is a bad idea because it can really fuck up your hands

like gi grips? yeah I could see that

because when people yank out of grips it creates micro-fractures in your bones that eventually degrade the joints and cause arthritis (is my nonmedical understanding)

maybe

well RA is autoimmune

I guess it depends which kind of arthritis

I don't know what kind. I just know people who play a really grip-focused game for a long time end up with a lot of hand-joint pain and bulbous fucked up knuckles

my main worry would be getting fingernails mangled

interesting

but the way to avoid that is to just not hang on to grips pointlessly

and

strengthen your hands with a regimen that doesn't have the same impact risk

I think anyway. there's not any science on this that I'm aware of lol

I've found both grip and calves to respond really well to volume

it makes sense, fat people have huge calves and guys who work with their hands 8 hours a day have sick forearms

yeah blue collar guys in bjj are a nightmare

I bet lol

in fact I would want to spend an entire year working hard on grappling

I really like it. I've been going a lot and seeing a lot of improvement. I do it with the pajamas and also without.

I'm planning on competing after another 6 mo or so

it provides a good framework for applying strategic thinking on the fly

I'd want to do both

I figure jeans or dress pants with belts would approximate the pajama bottoms, and any heavy jacket would be the top

Yep

Our club has a couple high speed wrestlers and one ex-pro mma guy, so I get pretty decent cross-training

there's a decent core of guys who are intense and focused about it and training with them i've found really helps cultivate and encourage a mental intensity and focus

yeah I'd like that environment

I feel a crew of MMA spergs would be good to test ideas on