1) No, not necessarily at all. It's about how you train any muscle group at all if you're also an athlete.

2) Grip strength can be a limiting factor for training. Example- I can't deadlift a whole lot of weight without straps because if I had to rely on my own grip strength, I can't lift nearly as much as my back can handle. Taking grip strength out of the equation I can add well over 100 pounds to my deadlft to more adequately hit my back.


The point of the thread however isn't "Why should I train grip strength" it's "Hey, I'm training grip strength, and here's how", so I figured I'd give my academic opinion about why his method of training is sub-optimal by talking about what I've found to be true with training.