they're for different purposes genius. Hand grippers are specifically for crushing strength not growing big forearms.
Allso a crusher is great for rehabbing tennis elbow
Oh heck yeah I do. I just got into this after discovering that I have way above average grip strength. You wouldn't think it to look at me but apparently I do. (See pic related.) I recently closed the Captains of Crush #2 for the first time, and I own the 2.5 which is my next goal. I don't ultimately think that I have what it takes to be truly great at this, say, closing the 3 or the 4. I just don't think I could take it that far. But I am looking forward to see how high I can get after going through my beginner gains stage at least.
Supplementary exercises:
Dead hangs
Towel pull ups
Farmer Walks
Plate pinches
The wrist roller thingy with a rope and an attachment for weights at the bottom.
Please add to my list.
>meme devices
you people will do anything but lift weights
I can close a captain of crush #2 but I think they’re more useful to test your grip strength than to train it
https://i.imgur.com/gg0VAVa.jpg
Oh heck yeah I do. I just got into this after discovering that I have way above average grip strength. You wouldn't think it to look at me but apparently I do. (See pic related.) I recently closed the Captains of Crush #2 for the first time, and I own the 2.5 which is my next goal. I don't ultimately think that I have what it takes to be truly great at this, say, closing the 3 or the 4. I just don't think I could take it that far. But I am looking forward to see how high I can get after going through my beginner gains stage at least.
Supplementary exercises:
Dead hangs
Towel pull ups
Farmer Walks
Plate pinches
The wrist roller thingy with a rope and an attachment for weights at the bottom.
Please add to my list.
Did you know Captains of Crush have their own song?
https://www.ironmind.com/.galleries/Captains-of-Crush-Grippers-Song-IronMind.mp3
No it won't. Grippers will get you good at grippers only. They have very limited carryover to other grip disciplines like rock climbing and armwrestling. What you really need is a hangboard and train your finger tips. Strong Fingertips is the bread and butter of a climber and not his crushing strength.
Personally I prefer doing either carries or reverse curls but the issues is I'm getting more vascular sure and know I have strong forearms, but my wrists and upper forearm are still incredibly thin looking
How fast are you supposed to gain strength with these? I feel like I'm moving up faster than I should but I had a pretty weak ass grip to start. I just bought some Amazon shit, no idea how accurate they are.
Oh heck yeah I do. I just got into this after discovering that I have way above average grip strength. You wouldn't think it to look at me but apparently I do. (See pic related.) I recently closed the Captains of Crush #2 for the first time, and I own the 2.5 which is my next goal. I don't ultimately think that I have what it takes to be truly great at this, say, closing the 3 or the 4. I just don't think I could take it that far. But I am looking forward to see how high I can get after going through my beginner gains stage at least.
Supplementary exercises:
Dead hangs
Towel pull ups
Farmer Walks
Plate pinches
The wrist roller thingy with a rope and an attachment for weights at the bottom.
A number 3 is hard but very much doable if you're autistic enough. 3.5 onwards is where hardwork and autistic obsession stops mattering much in favour of genetics.
Yeah I use ‘em all the time
I had a surgery on my left ring finger and I was in a cast for bout a month
And so I couldn’t use that hand
And so I just regain my strength by using one ah those thingies
>got CoC trainer >can't fully close it >did 5 reps as close to closing it as I could then negatives and static holds >still have hand DOMS 3 days later
No. I do towel pullups
no but thanks for the reminder king
Superior device coming through. Directorly targeting your wrist instead of stressing fingers which don't even have muscles in them.
I have one of these. It is not better than wrist curls.
they're for different purposes genius. Hand grippers are specifically for crushing strength not growing big forearms.
Allso a crusher is great for rehabbing tennis elbow
this stupid device gave me carpal tunnel syndrome 0/10
>meme devices
you people will do anything but lift weights
I can't do axel bar deadlifts when I'm at work. I can do crush grippers however.
Yes. Captains of crush 120lbs. about time to move up to 167 lbs...
Did you know Captains of Crush have their own song?
https://www.ironmind.com/.galleries/Captains-of-Crush-Grippers-Song-IronMind.mp3
No, they look gay so I just use one of those rubber eggs I can squeeze in my palm.
Squeezing literal soft and squishy balls in your hand is less gay than using your grip to force together two knurled pieces of steel bar together?
No I just have this solid metal cylinder I found on the floor at work one day and I squeeze it as hard as I can till I cant squeeze no more
no I just do hammer curls
>starting rock climbing
>having a hard time getting a grip on some smaller and more technical holes
Will it help?
It can, but grip strength alone only goes so far, especially when it comes to smaller holds. Good for warmup. Use a hangboard if you want finger gains
No it won't. Grippers will get you good at grippers only. They have very limited carryover to other grip disciplines like rock climbing and armwrestling. What you really need is a hangboard and train your finger tips. Strong Fingertips is the bread and butter of a climber and not his crushing strength.
What if I want to crush a man's skull like game of thrones? will grippers help with that?
grippers will improve any barbell or pullup exercise
Personally I prefer doing either carries or reverse curls but the issues is I'm getting more vascular sure and know I have strong forearms, but my wrists and upper forearm are still incredibly thin looking
I can close a captain of crush #2 but I think they’re more useful to test your grip strength than to train it
How fast are you supposed to gain strength with these? I feel like I'm moving up faster than I should but I had a pretty weak ass grip to start. I just bought some Amazon shit, no idea how accurate they are.
Oh heck yeah I do. I just got into this after discovering that I have way above average grip strength. You wouldn't think it to look at me but apparently I do. (See pic related.) I recently closed the Captains of Crush #2 for the first time, and I own the 2.5 which is my next goal. I don't ultimately think that I have what it takes to be truly great at this, say, closing the 3 or the 4. I just don't think I could take it that far. But I am looking forward to see how high I can get after going through my beginner gains stage at least.
Supplementary exercises:
Dead hangs
Towel pull ups
Farmer Walks
Plate pinches
The wrist roller thingy with a rope and an attachment for weights at the bottom.
Please add to my list.
A number 3 is hard but very much doable if you're autistic enough. 3.5 onwards is where hardwork and autistic obsession stops mattering much in favour of genetics.
>Dead hangs
>Towel pull ups
>Farmer Walks
>Plate pinches
Butt pinches
Towel whips
I don't think they are useful for any actually practical grip strength applications
I use it not for doing X amount of squeeze reps, but squeezing and holding it together for long lengths of time, that helped my grip more.
Yeah I use ‘em all the time
I had a surgery on my left ring finger and I was in a cast for bout a month
And so I couldn’t use that hand
And so I just regain my strength by using one ah those thingies
i have a 40kg one i can do a couple reps, should i get a higher one? I got it because i didnt want a fidget spinner.
hurts my hands
You have to warm your hands up and depending on how much of a gde you are you may have to limit weekly volume.
>got CoC trainer
>can't fully close it
>did 5 reps as close to closing it as I could then negatives and static holds
>still have hand DOMS 3 days later
Yes, CoC T to #2.
Not doing hand grippers is like expecting ab hypertrophy from compounds alone.
yes, but mostly because it's a lazy exercise you can do while watching videos or some shit like that