FIT-2025-088

Ben Galper, Basic Grip: Week 4, Day 3

Austin Haedicke

strengthcultivation

fitness

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2025-06-19 17:00 -0700


Overview:

  • 6-Week Focus: Ben Galper Basic Grip Program
    • As written: 4 sessions x 4 weeks, extend to 6 weeks to allow for grappling.
    • Limit sessions to 60-minutes (including warm up and support) to allow recovery.
  • Weekly Objective: Fitness sessions should include (A) leg focused warm up, (B) Budokon animal movements in warm ups, and (C) supplemental neck strength and hamstring stretching.

Assessment:

  • Sleep Quantity (hours): 8
  • Sleep Quality (1-5): 4
  • Mood (1-5): 4
  • Soreness (1-5): 1

Warm Up:

  • 3 Rounds, NFT
    • Overhead Carry (2 x 35#) x 25m
    • Rack Carry (2 x 35#) x 25m
    • Farmer Carry (2 x 35#) x 50m
    • Box Step Up x 10 each side (BW, 24")
    • Reverse Lunge x 10 each side (BW)

Work:

  • Wrist Curl (cable)
    • 2 x 15 (100#)
  • Supination (cable)
    • 2 x 10 (10#)
    • Dropset 20 x 10#, 7 x red Rogue band
  • Pronation (cable)
    • 2 x 15 (10#)
    • Dropset 20 x 10#, 15 x red Rogue band
  • Ulnar Curl
    • 3 x 15 (9#)
  • Radial Curl
    • 3 x 15 (9#)

Support:

  • Wrist Flexion Stretch: 2 x 30 seconds
  • Wrist Extension Stretch: 2 x 30 seconds

Review:

  • Difficulty (1-10): 8
  • Performance (1-10): 8