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by eth0up 5y ago

https://www.ironmind.com/product-info/ironmind-grippers/captains-of-crush-grippers/ https://www.ironmind.com/product-info/ironmind-grippers/capt... I own the No.2 model[1] and have been squeezing it for a year. It's fun, mostly for handing it to tough guys and presenting it as The Pansy Test. Out of over a dozen grown men, none have closed it yet. Inevitably they eventually ask me if I can, to which I humbly reply "I think so." and do it several times. They always want to try again, some get mad. I'm small and insubstantial. That can be amusing. But I've never perceived any benefit from using it. Squats are where it's at, I think. I see a change in my overall form more dramatic than any other activity, except maybe hard labor. Edit: 1. Captains of Crush grip trainer

borroka 5y ago
CoC grip trainers, a trip down the memory lane. I got certified for the #3 almost 20 year ago. I could do probably 8-10 complete reps at the time. The #4 felt like squeezing a brick, I am wondering whether with a couple of years of training I'd been able to close it, back in the day probably just 2 or 3 people had been able to: Joe Kinney and one or two of those guys from Wales. I also had a welder build some specific grip training equipment for me.
- eth0up 5y ago
  I doubt I'd ever be able to close the #3. I've never done more than 4 reps on the #2. But I don't push myself. I seem to get much more out of pullups and other grip exercises. They're still great to have around and my favorite is their Zenith, which is softer than the #1.5, smooth-handled and fatter. If you can close a #3, you could close the Zenith telekinetically.
  - malkia 5y ago
    It took me long time to get to 3, but did if after all (but just with right hand, left hand still on 2.5). That to be said, grippers may not be accurate, each one a bit off - there was a company (can't remember the name) where you can send your gripper to be measured, and returned back.
  - borroka 5y ago
    I did a specific training that took me a few months (3 to 5, difficult to remember, I had bought the program online, we are talking 2002), with plenty of negatives included that worked very well. I also had to file down a gripper to make the range of motion larger--the negative rep (which means closing with two hands, and open the hand, that is doing the eccentric part of the movement, slowly) in the "filed down" region was particularly effective. If you could do 4 reps with a #2 with no specific training, I am confident that with targeted training and progression within a year you will be able to close #3. Worthwhile? I don't know. But closing #3 was as satisfying as getting my black belt in jiu-jitsu.
    - eth0up 5y ago
      Professor borroka, I'd take the black belt a million times over. That's a rare and magnificent treasure, where skill easily trumps strength. It is also extremely difficult to acquire.
      - borroka 5y ago
        It's really hard to get a black belt, it took me 10 years of consistent training in the art and a year after getting it I still don't feel like I'm good enough. That's okay, because it keeps me on my toes: when I feel like I don't want to train, whether it's jiu-jitsu, boxing, cardio or weightlifting, I'm reminded that I have a black belt and I need to "honor" it. But feelings are feelings, I got a PhD in three years, close a #3 CoC in 6-9 months after getting them, and I got a black belt in 10 years. In terms of "joy of accomplishment," I would put 1) black belt, 2) CoC #3, 3) PhD.
stevage 5y ago
Why do you keep doing it if you don't see a benefit?
- eth0up 5y ago
  I will confront myself with this very question the next time I consider eating sugar. You've given me hope, maybe more. If the article is valid, I guess because I don't want to die. Edit: I do have better results with lower tension and higher reps, but only with hand grippers. Higher reps do little for strength.
dugmartin 5y ago
I have a generic pair of the same design that I keep on my desk. For me, the benefits of using them during the day are: 1. Keeping a 35 year old wrist injury at bay. Even just a few squeezes during the day “unlocks” my wrist which otherwise gets tight from a day of typing. 2. Helping me stay focused during long video calls. If I’m squeezing them in both hands I can’t be wandering over to sites like HN.

by eth0up 5y ago

borroka 5y ago

CoC grip trainers, a trip down the memory lane. I got certified for the #3 almost 20 year ago. I could do probably 8-10 complete reps at the time. The #4 felt like squeezing a brick, I am wondering whether with a couple of years of training I'd been able to close it, back in the day probably just 2 or 3 people had been able to: Joe Kinney and one or two of those guys from Wales. I also had a welder build some specific grip training equipment for me.

eth0up 5y ago
I doubt I'd ever be able to close the #3. I've never done more than 4 reps on the #2. But I don't push myself. I seem to get much more out of pullups and other grip exercises. They're still great to have around and my favorite is their Zenith, which is softer than the #1.5, smooth-handled and fatter. If you can close a #3, you could close the Zenith telekinetically.
- malkia 5y ago
  It took me long time to get to 3, but did if after all (but just with right hand, left hand still on 2.5). That to be said, grippers may not be accurate, each one a bit off - there was a company (can't remember the name) where you can send your gripper to be measured, and returned back.
- borroka 5y ago
  I did a specific training that took me a few months (3 to 5, difficult to remember, I had bought the program online, we are talking 2002), with plenty of negatives included that worked very well. I also had to file down a gripper to make the range of motion larger--the negative rep (which means closing with two hands, and open the hand, that is doing the eccentric part of the movement, slowly) in the "filed down" region was particularly effective. If you could do 4 reps with a #2 with no specific training, I am confident that with targeted training and progression within a year you will be able to close #3. Worthwhile? I don't know. But closing #3 was as satisfying as getting my black belt in jiu-jitsu.
  - eth0up 5y ago
    Professor borroka, I'd take the black belt a million times over. That's a rare and magnificent treasure, where skill easily trumps strength. It is also extremely difficult to acquire.
    - borroka 5y ago
      It's really hard to get a black belt, it took me 10 years of consistent training in the art and a year after getting it I still don't feel like I'm good enough. That's okay, because it keeps me on my toes: when I feel like I don't want to train, whether it's jiu-jitsu, boxing, cardio or weightlifting, I'm reminded that I have a black belt and I need to "honor" it. But feelings are feelings, I got a PhD in three years, close a #3 CoC in 6-9 months after getting them, and I got a black belt in 10 years. In terms of "joy of accomplishment," I would put 1) black belt, 2) CoC #3, 3) PhD.

stevage 5y ago

Why do you keep doing it if you don't see a benefit?

eth0up 5y ago
I will confront myself with this very question the next time I consider eating sugar. You've given me hope, maybe more. If the article is valid, I guess because I don't want to die. Edit: I do have better results with lower tension and higher reps, but only with hand grippers. Higher reps do little for strength.

dugmartin 5y ago

I have a generic pair of the same design that I keep on my desk. For me, the benefits of using them during the day are: 1. Keeping a 35 year old wrist injury at bay. Even just a few squeezes during the day “unlocks” my wrist which otherwise gets tight from a day of typing. 2. Helping me stay focused during long video calls. If I’m squeezing them in both hands I can’t be wandering over to sites like HN.