IronMind has been involved in manufacturing springs for our hand grippers for over 15 years, and because we’ve been diligent in our pursuit of perfection and had plenty of good fortune along the way, our latest springs, introduced in 2005, once again raised the bar in terms of precision, durability, and appearance. Here's where captains of crush Grippers start to get unusually hard to close; most people who lift weights cannot close this gripper the first time they try, and this is the benchmark gripper for having a good, strong grip. Most men should purchase the Trainer (affiliate link), which is 100 pounds of pressure as the working gripper.

We have extensive hand gripper experience and a selection of over 50 hand grippers, being in the UK means some hand grippers are easier to come by than others. For one, the plastic one lists its top at 60 kg bit, judging by these, it's nowhere CLOSE to the weight listed. We wanted to do an unbiased (as possible) review of a selection of the best hand grippers available in the UK. You want to be doing serious, high-quality sets - one high-quality set is worth far more than 2 or 3 mediocre sets.

They work for small hands, and strangely enough I can feel my arthritis loosen up some when I use these. For best results, use your Captains of Crush Hand Grippers after you've done your other strength training that might require grip strength: you can either use your hand grippers at the end of your regular strength training workout, or on your off-days.

And even though I often cited that weak grip strength is a tell-tale sign of accelerated aging , the reality was more vain—my hands were weak, and that sucked. Not only is my grip strength noticeably better, but I am gaining some more definition in my arms that I have been missing for a bit with the desk job I took a couple years ago.

We take great pride in bringing or unique and challenging grip tools to life, ensuring each one is as good as the last. They are the first choice tool for working hand/forearm strength, recreational training, injury prevention/rehabilitation, and ultimate feats of hand strength. For example, if you try pressing a dumbbell over your head with a loose grip, it’s much more difficult than if you squeeze the handle very hard.

Captains of Crush (CoC®) grippers changed the gripper world, taking what had been a cheap, imported plaything and turning it into a beautifully designed and crafted training tool for serious strength athletes. Over the years, IronMind has advanced the precision, durability, and appearance of the grippers, but their basic design has remained consistent since 1995, with milestones including the introduction of its proprietary GR8 springs in CoC Grippers in 2005. Extensors are the muscles on the back of the forearm involved in opening the hand and are extremely important to hand health and strength.Do some serious work on building your grip strength in complementary ways, crushing and extending, for strong and healthy hands. Most barbell plates are uncalibrated, which means that they rarely weigh precisely the same as their face value, but a calibrated barbell plate must meet established criteria. In response IronMind explained the requirements for certification were changed because some competitors had begun using questionable techniques to close their grippers.