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Common Gripper Questions – Answered Here

Here are a couple of questions I have received recently on Gripper Training at my YouTube Channel…

“How Often Should I Train with Grippers”

Gripper Training can be a LOT of fun. In fact, some Grip enthusiasts ONLY train Grippers and the supporting aspects of Gripper Training.

When new trainees find out about Grippers for the first time, they can become obsessed with them. I know I did when I first learned about them. All I wanted to do was try to close the #1 Gripper every time I saw it.

However, this isn’t exactly the best way to go about it. Everyone is different and some people can handle more frequent training and more volume than others, so you have to find your own way. Use other people’s suggestions as a guide and slowly work up the volume and you should be able to progress quite nicely.

“How are Grippers Rated /
How Do You Measure the Strength of Grippers”

In Grip Sport Gripper Events, often the Grippers used are rated using a device called an RGC. Above the video shows the entire process of rating a Gripper.

Once a group of Grippers are all rated, they can be lined up by difficulty fairly accurately. Of course, as mentioned in the video, Rating a Gripper at Close with an RGC Unit is not the only indicator of Gripper difficulty. Handle spread, spring depth, spring conditions, knurling conditions, bevel size/angle, and handle skew all contribute to Gripper difficulty as well.

Grippers do vary. The #1 you have might be a little stronger or weaker than the #1 someone else has. The same goes for other Grippers made by other companies. This is perfectly fine and should not be something that causes dissatisfaction, but rather should drive you to be as strong as possible.

Here is another Gripper Training Question that I received a while ago…

“When Should I Move Up on Grippers /
When Should I Get the Next Gripper”

This is an extremely common question. Often, new Gripper Trainees will start out by buying just a Trainer or #1 Gripper, then when they get it to their house they are either able to close it right away or after just a few workouts. Then they have to buy either a #1.5 or a #2 so they have a tougher gripper to work at. Then they close that and now they need to buy another one…

If your ultimate goals is to get certified on closing the number 3 gripper, you’re really doing yourself a favor if you just go ahead and get all of the grippers at the same time. You will save a good deal of money on shipping this way and you will always have grippers to do negatives with.

These are very common questions I get so I hope they help you out in your Gripper training.

Chalk. Grip. Lift. Misses are Just Warm-ups.

Jedd


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28 Responses to “Common Gripper Questions – Answered Here”

  1. Gregory Jimenez Says:
    March 23rd, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    Hey Jedd, I Hope your hands/fingers recover fully and well
    and i wish you all the best with your Grip Recovery.

  2. Ben Edwards Says:
    March 24th, 2011 at 12:53 am

    Great article Jedd! This will help a lot of guys who are either just getting started in the grip game or those who want to further the knowledge they’re already earned.

  3. Jedd Johnson Says:
    March 24th, 2011 at 9:04 am

    Thanks Ben. Hoping to get all of the good information out there that I can to help people become even better than me.

  4. Jedd Johnson Says:
    March 24th, 2011 at 9:05 am

    I really appreciate that brother. Thanks Gregory.

  5. Graig Says:
    March 25th, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    Great post man with this info I’ll sure go a lot faster with my gripper training ! ! !

  6. Jedd Johnson Says:
    March 26th, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Thanks Graig. Keep workin’ hard!

  7. Sergey Says:
    April 17th, 2011 at 2:36 am

    Hey Jedd. Really good article here. I have a question. What is better to train with to improve crushing strength – CoC grippers or Vulcan Hand Gripper?

  8. Jedd Johnson Says:
    April 17th, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Thanks Sergey.
    Both are great, if you want a strong crush. One thing to note is the Vulcan is a bit tougher to set than CoC’s and the CoC’s are a bit tougher to close the last 1/4 inch, in my opinion.
    Other than that, I have no reservations about suggesting either of them.
    Jedd

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