Lawdawg112 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Have been working for quite awhile with the Trainer, #1 and the IMTUG #3 and #4. Figured I should try a 1.5 and a #2 on for size. I was able to close the #2 with my right and left hands yesterday. Feels pretty good to reach a goal early in the off season. I would recommend these to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoldasLions Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Captains of Crush are excellent grip training tools. I also recommend them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I just ordered my Trainer yesterday. Wanna sell the #1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezco Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Yup love these trainers. I initially bought the bands, #1 and #2 thinking no big deal for that jump, WRONG! I have since purchased a #1.5 and warm up with the #1. I am planning to graduate to the #2 by the end of the year as there is no rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_M Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 (edited) I've used torsion spring grip trainers before. Do you gentlemen feel like they favor only certain finger muscles? i.e. whenever I use mine, my ring finger and pinky tend to not have to work as hard. Since I would guess you would want those fingers to be stronger as they are lower than the rest while gripping the gun, therefore providing more potential torque, are these style grippers really what we want for developing forearm/grip strength for shooting? Edited June 28, 2010 by Will_M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Old school baby and I can get up to 350lbs with one gripper. I use this for gi gripping work in BJJ rather than for shooting. I believe gripping a gun too tight ruins good shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I believe gripping a gun too tight ruins good shooting Bah. How do you come to that conclusion? Regardless, "too tight" is relative based on grip strength is it not? As I've said before, CoC is cool stuff, but I prefer to train my grip through preventing heavy weight from unrolling my fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) jake, do you use a bar with a rope around it and a weight attached (sorry, don't know the technical term) or something else? eta: like this - http://www.netfit.co.uk/assets/rope_curl.jpg Edited July 24, 2010 by spanky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I like heavy deadlifts with a double overhand grip. Deadlifts with a fat bar as well. Pull-ups on a freely rotating 2-inch pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Old school baby and I can get up to 350lbs with one gripper. I use this for gi gripping work in BJJ rather than for shooting. I believe gripping a gun too tight ruins good shooting In another thread on the same topic I said something like "a seriously firm grip, backed off just enough to allow normal trigger finger movement would allow for the fastest reset of the gun"....or close. Benos replied that was what worked for him. If it worked for him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Old school baby and I can get up to 350lbs with one gripper. I use this for gi gripping work in BJJ rather than for shooting. I believe gripping a gun too tight ruins good shooting In another thread on the same topic I said something like "a seriously firm grip, backed off just enough to allow normal trigger finger movement would allow for the fastest reset of the gun"....or close. Benos replied that was what worked for him. If it worked for him.... Exactly. One normally can't flex the crap out of all their fingers except their trigger finger at the same time. Why fight physiology when it's not nessessary in this case anway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 How about support hand grip strength? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdawg112 Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 I've been using these for about a year and a half now. I rotate using the regular grippers and the IMTUG's for individual finger strength. I think it helped my WHO and SHO shooting quite a bit. I'm interested to see how I do at Area 3 coming up that will be the first large match (14 stages) that I will shoot. I don't ever get tired arms or hands shooting the 6 stage matches I usually do so I want to see how it goes at the longer matches in the high heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoder Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 So what benefits have you guys seen since working on grip strength? I always was told to not try to crush the gun, hold it like hammering a nail. I guess it would all be relative to your overall strength, right? So if your only using 50% power to grip the gun and you can now grip harder through training you should have more recoil control but not sacrifice on trigger control does this sound right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Tischauser Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 (edited) I bought a trainer #1 and hy snikies these are tough! How many sets/reps can you guys do with these things? How often do you train with them? #/day, days/week? I just did 12 reps each hand while driving and I think I popped something in my head. I have also been doing some work at the gym with the rope attachment that most guys use for over head tricep extensions. Instead of doing a full tricep ext. I keep my as extended overhead and just flick my wrists back and forth. The movement kind of mimics cracking a whip or casting a fishing pole. It is the closest thing I can think of that works the forearm in a manner that would help resist gun movement backwarfs during recoil. Edited September 11, 2010 by jtischauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I just did 12 reps each hand while driving and I think I popped something in my head. I'm sorry but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkA Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Try a bucket of rice. Put your hand in and open\close. A great workout I learned in BJJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Absolute Zero Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I am also a huge fan of the CoC grippers. Extremely well made and very challenging. Don't forget to work the opposing extensor muscles though. I need to try that bucket of rice workout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 For the newbie...start with a bucket of chicken ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropic Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 (edited) For the newbie...start with a bucket of chicken ? ROFL. Wow, flex, wow. Jake's method works pretty well, but for those of you without the equipment to do axle cleans and other random strongman workouts, the grippers should work well, but I'd want some more strength in the whole series of muscles involved in controlling recoil, so some other upper body stuff will help too. Even just pushups, or pushups with someone else who is light on top of you should work. Dave Edited September 18, 2010 by entropic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropic Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 (edited) Woops... Edited September 18, 2010 by entropic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocknLoad Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Do these really make that much of a difference in performance? Thanks in advance David S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Do these really make that much of a difference in performance? Thanks in advance David S. Yes. Read this thread a couple months back, was doing 150 reps with the cheap commonplace grippers while just hanging around the house or while driving during the first month. Finally ordered a CoC #1 and have been using that for the last month or so, as many reps as I can stand, same thing, no real routine, I just tend to have 'em on me when I'm kicking around or driving, paying more attention to my support-hand then strong-hand... My shooting has improved A LOT, recoil-control, sight tracking, etc, has helped all of it really, just have so much more command over the gun now. My old "relaxed grip" had me holding the gun at maybe 50% strength compared to where I am now, except I'm probably even more relaxed now as my new "relaxed setting" is so much stronger. S**t like this is why benos' forum rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 (edited) For the newbie...start with a bucket of chicken ? Lol. Should I start with original recipe or extra cripsy? Seiichi Edited August 10, 2012 by Flexmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ BAD Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 (edited) I keep a #2 on my desk at work and use it every day. Not only is it great at increasing my grip but its a good stress reliever. I feel it has help my shooting and recommend it. I started with a 1, worked up to a 1.5 and now use the 2. Don't start with one that you cannot manage. You get a lot more satisfaction being able to close one and will keep at it longer. Once you master the first one work your way up. Edited October 8, 2010 by PJ BAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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