best advice for building up your hook?

how do you train to get stronger in the hook

Train against Dean!

I guess people without a Dean to train with could replicate the feel by just tying a handle to a wall and slamming into it over and over again!

haha!!! funny m8.
I train the relevent muscles with weights but NOTHING beats table time.
I stay on the table until i'm very weak and try and maximise the use
of technique (to work my opponents to the pad).
This is great if you have nobody at your level to train with but really brings
on the lads i'm training.

I make first exercise :

NickHall wrote:

how do you train to get stronger in the hook

Triceps work in a hook position
Thick & thin handle and wrist work
Inside twisting rotator flexion
Heavy Back work with holds

These will all greatly assist in developing you hook strength

Cheers

Neil

one of the things i tend to do which seems to help is to work the full range of the hook eg from 170 degrees to about 45 degrees with an innertube holding it a few seconds as i work through the range,

I also use an innertube loaded with weights and bounce it gently again through the whole 170 - 45 degrres... Be carefull though cos they have a tendency to snap.. great for explosive power when someones off the start before you.