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ghettostudmuffin
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Anyone can develop a powerful grip, but hand size especially finger thickness almost always leads to superior gripping power. It's like when you shake a guys hand that has sausage fingers that probably has never worked out a day in his life and feels like he just put your hand in a fucking vice.
I remember one of my first chiropractors had an expensive hand dynamometer and I could close it for 168lbs of force the first time I ever tried it. I have medium size hands, but I had been working hard construction for years by that point and hadn't done any specific grip work. I remember training grip for about 2 months and could bend a cheap crescent wrench bare handed, but not a 60 penny nail with cloth. I worked up to a 130lbs 2.5" thick dumbell lift in that time frame.
But, I had had around 4 years of serious construction labor like shoveling, picking, moving wheel barrows and picking up chunks of concrete by that time so had abit of a jump start.
Even then my coach with zero specific grip training that was deadlifting around 750 at the time could crush my hand easily thanks to his naturally powerfully thick hands. Bastard, lol.
Anyhow, my point is that you are correct in being patient. Closing the #3 gripper is a feat to be very proud of let alone closing the #4 which ain't gonna happen without some majorly serious commitment over time.
Alot of guys almost get sidelined by their grip obsession. Having a powerful grip is awesome, but so long as my grip is strong enough to pick up any weight I deadlift I would rather squat 200lbs more or bench 150lbs more than the guy that can close a gripper # or 2 above me. Overall physical power is better than extreme hand strength imo, but grip strength is important to a degree.
Not that I don't enjoy watching vids of people bending or lifting crazy shit through sheer hand strength.
I remember one of my first chiropractors had an expensive hand dynamometer and I could close it for 168lbs of force the first time I ever tried it. I have medium size hands, but I had been working hard construction for years by that point and hadn't done any specific grip work. I remember training grip for about 2 months and could bend a cheap crescent wrench bare handed, but not a 60 penny nail with cloth. I worked up to a 130lbs 2.5" thick dumbell lift in that time frame.
But, I had had around 4 years of serious construction labor like shoveling, picking, moving wheel barrows and picking up chunks of concrete by that time so had abit of a jump start.
Even then my coach with zero specific grip training that was deadlifting around 750 at the time could crush my hand easily thanks to his naturally powerfully thick hands. Bastard, lol.
Anyhow, my point is that you are correct in being patient. Closing the #3 gripper is a feat to be very proud of let alone closing the #4 which ain't gonna happen without some majorly serious commitment over time.
Alot of guys almost get sidelined by their grip obsession. Having a powerful grip is awesome, but so long as my grip is strong enough to pick up any weight I deadlift I would rather squat 200lbs more or bench 150lbs more than the guy that can close a gripper # or 2 above me. Overall physical power is better than extreme hand strength imo, but grip strength is important to a degree.
Not that I don't enjoy watching vids of people bending or lifting crazy shit through sheer hand strength.
