Grippers

[Tblock1]

I have wanted to get some Captain of Crush grippers for a while and am finally going to be ordering them, but don't know which ones to get. I want to get 2, one that I can get a decent workout with now and another that will be a challenge to close and will take a couple of months before I can close it.

Captains of Crush Hand Grippers - the gold standard of hand grippers from IronMind

I have a pretty strong grip and decent forearms, as I rock climb so that helps the grip. My best deadlift is only 375 @190 pounds but I could probably pull a little more, and my grip was fine. So which ones should I get? Thanks!!!

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[Scotsman]

I'd suggest getting the trainer and the #1.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Tblock1]

I'd suggest getting the trainer and the #1.

Cheers,
Scotsman

Thanks dude! Do you think I will be able to close the #1?

 

[Scotsman]

Thanks dude! Do you think I will be able to close the #1?

Unsure, crushing grip is very different than holding grip. I can pick up over 800 lbs out of the rack without straps and can't close the #3, but I can do the #2 for 10 reps easy.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[musketeer]

No2 really is pretty tough. If your grip is strong, you'll probably be able to do a No1, so I think they do a 1.5 now so go for that.

 

[Scotsman]

True there are half steps now (1.5,2.5,3.5).

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[kx250rider]

I might get into those, as I've always used a tennis ball. Problem with the tennis ball, is that it's non-linear; and doesn't give you a good, full range of motion. They should invent something, if there isn't already such a thing, that will let you have the same resistance all the way from open-fist to closed-fist.

Just fyi; I use lifting hooks for deadlifts and dumbell shrugs. Without them, my hands and grip are nowhere near strong enough to get a good workout with shrugs (120 lb hex dumbells). My grip craps out after about the 5th rep, and feel nothing in the traps yet. Lifting hooks make it so I can take my traps to exhaustion. Right now, I have a hariline fracture in my left wrist, which makes the lifting hooks a must for anything that "pulls" on the wrist. I'm not supposed to work out at all, but I'm addicted and flat-out disobeyed the order. I even took the splint off and went out on my dirt bike last weekend, and will today too. (I hope Dr. Fischmann isn't an EF member or is reading this!!!!)

I don't know 100% sure how that fracture started, but I suspect it was forearm wrist curls which I did a month ago. I felt something like an electric shock, and it hurt later... Then the next day, I leaned on a shelf in the garage suddenly to catch a fall after I tripped, and CRUNCH! My wrist swelled up black & blue that night. It's a hairline fracture so small that it doesn't even really show up on an X-ray, but the doctor is pretty sure that's what it is, as nothing else is wrong on exam. He says it's common in fighters, motocross/skateboard/BMX riders. He threatened me that if I make it worse, I'll have to get a 5 inch bolt through the front of my thumb, and out the side of my wrist for 6 weeks.

The reason I'm boring you with all that, is that Dr. Fischmann also said that we can get "too muscular in the wrist and forearm" for our bones to handle, making it possible to break your own bones with your own flexion.

Charles

 

[oso0960]

IMO I would go with the 1 and 2. I have the T,1,2,3,4 and some Beef Builders. When I bought them I could almost close the 1. After a couple of months I crushed the 2. Only thing I did on them was Overcrushes and Negatives

 

[ExtraMile]

Im also thinking of getting some but they are pretty expensive for saying you only get 1 you dont get the pair. Im not sure whether to get the #1 or #1.5...

 

[musketeer]

EM - I'm guessing the No1 will be a good place to start.