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Thanks for the reply, Martin. With your help, I'll be snapping poker chips and ripping cards in half after a suck-out in no time!

You know, it didn't take much work on the gripper to get sore. I'm the king of overtraining, too, so I have to watch out not to do it. How often per week do you work grip? I'm tempted just to give the grips a squeeze every so often throughout the day, but I realize I'd probably just be setting myself back.

My kettlebell has a super wide handle, by the way. I wear large size gloves, but if the handle were much wider at all, it probably would be unsafe to swing. It's 35 lbs, and I'm sure it's going to give my forearms a lot of grief as I figure out all the ways to use it.