I Trained GRIPPERS (Captains of Crush) - Every Day For 10 Days

I heard that training with C.O.C. grippers every day was the best way to increase crushing grip strength fast. So after 10 days of squeezing how strong did I get?

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[fenrirgg]

I was training the grip consistently for several months but I work in an office, and I have involuntary muscle spasms, so I felt my increase of strength was dangerous for the office equipment 😅. But I will train again consistently!!

[wadephipps]

I’ve been training grip for a long time… finally got the 2.5 closed and held for 10 seconds! My best with the 2 is around 40 seconds.

[baabdesigns]

i trained grip 3x a week (whenever i hit legs) and i took my grip max from 100lbs to 215 in the matter of 6 months
update: 4/13/23 THANK YALL FOR 105 likes

[jamesmcloud]

to get that brute grip force (what worked for me) Playing with a light to medium Handgripper every single day, taking OCCASIONAL rest days with the gripper. And also using a finger tip trainer and also trying to play with the gripper in different ways like upside down, side ways angle, normal position but side ways angle. idk I think angles matter a lot too

[GettingAGrip]

I’d try your buddies #2, they can vary widely in lbs to close. I have two #2s and they are certified rated almost 20lbs apart…. I just closed the GHP6 a couple days ago which is right between the iron mind 2.5 and 3. Going for a legit certified COC 3 close!

[Lain]

I have these at home my dad got then ages ago I should try this

[noilkrad]

Yo man! Just want to share how I did it (close CoC #2). Lets remember count "25".
1. One or two trainings per week. Do the second only if you want and feel ready for it. That's how it looks like (about 2 min rest between sets):
- warmup with anything you have and you able to close it for 25-30 reps at max. So take it and perform 10-12 reps to warmup.
- repeat it once again for 15-17 reps
- then take the one you can close for about 15 reps at max. And perform 5-7 reps. One time.
- then take the one you want to achive AND CLOSE IT AS HARD AS YOU CAN! Give it all!
- rest more (about 5 min) and GIVE IT ALL AGAIN TO THIS LITTLE SUCKER!
- now just go back with previous one and previous one and previous one and do it to the max for once. I.e. 1.5 to max, then 1 to max, then 0.5 to max.

In the end your hands will be dead. So thats why 1 or 2 as max trainings per week. Doing training like this I was able to close #2 in 3 weeks. The starting point - #1 for about 15 reps as max.
What I have now - #1 for 50 reps. #2 for 20 reps. Going to #3 and Im as close to it as you to #2 :)
And my result on dynamometer is 91.6kg as max.

And the method 2. If you know who Vitaly Laletin is? His result on dynamometer is 158kg. I don't know if it a world record. So once in a time he told Larry Wheels about his method of training. Once per week. He just grab the dynamometer (strong enough) and close it as hard as he can for 10 reps. That's all. Don't know about resting period. I believe in the same 2 min probably. So you could try this also.

P.S. About "25" count. This is approx. count of reps you have to do with one CoC to be able to close the next one. But I closed #2 after about 28-30 of #1 reps. So yeah, this is approximately.

[mikerice]

my only takeaway for grip strength with grippers is to make sure you're using proper form. In my opinion, when you were attempting to close the grips, you weren't focusing on setting your grip in the palm as tightly as you could be. You also were over extending your fingers, which cuts down your total crushing strength. Good luck moving up grips

[xpxdfx]

I'm an OG from like 5 years ago, I still see you uploading bangers

[wbmgr]

I’ve been using these for 20 years. You’re going to want to from the very beginning also be doing extensor training.

When I first started, I train for probably a year and got all the way up to closing the number three before I started to experience tendon stress injuries from not doing any extensor training.

I ended up having to take a couple years off to let everything heal, and do a lot of PT. Today years later, I have built back up to where I can close the number two reliably with both hands. I don’t have the strength that I had in my 20s so getting back to the number three isn’t nearly as easy as it was back then. Back in the day I didn’t have that much trouble, now I’m uncertain whether I’ll be able to cross that threshold or not without another injury. So I’m taking it slow.

So I recommend you adopt a well rounded training, not only using grippers, but other grip tools like maybe a bucket of rice and extensor training, I also like squeezing Clay or twisting one of those rubber grip, exercising tools that you can get in various weight levels.

Climbing rope is also an excellent group exercise if you don’t use your feet, if you can’t lift your body weight in that way, they do make continuous rope, climbing machines that allow you to simulate climbing a rope without lifting your entire body weight and get that same grip work out.

I also recommend that you train grip at the end of the work out after you do everything else, because if you train hard, you don’t want to be having a worn out grip… And by the same token, I don’t train grip on days that I do upper body because I’m not trying to injure my tendons or elbows or anything else after I’ve been doing a bunch of arm pulling exercises.

[kevinqualls]

Bro...I have several of these grippers and started doing grip training every day after watching this video. I do 5 x 5's 3 times per week and I "grease the groove" the other times. My grip is definitely getting stronger! Working towards that #2 gripper for sure! Keep it up! :D

[jatbatman]

Everyone that was once a teenage boy knows how to build grip strength. That's not YouTube friendly though. 😂😂😂

[wz]

As a bodybuilder and power lifter, I also have some grippers from ironmind, and I worked up to doing 10 complete closed reps with the #2 gripper, , so you will get there, but remember, the forearm muscles are simular to the calves, because they are used to being worked a lot, just like your calves, so you need a lot of reps for the forearms with lots of variations of exercise for all around development, so that you aren`t neglecting the opposing muscles in your forarms, and I did high reps with easy grippers, as well as low hold reps, plus using a wrist rolling exercise and pinch gripping exercises, and I finally worked up to doing 10 full closed consecutive reps with the #2 gripper and I could also hold it completely closed for 2 minutes, plus I could almost close the #3, but this was back when I was in my 40`s, but I am now 65 years old, and I can still close the # 2 gripper completely closed with each hand for 2 to 3 reps, so you will reach your goals, I enjoyed watching your video. God Bless you.

[DaveDuzzit]

Started out barely closing the 150 over a year ago. Here I am today doing 5 reps of 10 with the 200lb on each hand, then holding the 250 closed for ~10sec. I don't even get the arm shakes until I attempt to close the 300lb. That part might take a bit, and also I feel like using them wears them in quite a bit so my 250 might be like 235 at this point or the 200 might be 185, ect. The 300 I can barely close enough to even break in the spring and it's remained the challenge for the last few months. However, I can safely say, it's easy to assert dominance with nothing more than a hand shake these days.

[worldslayer]

So I got a set of grippers 150lbs - 200lbs - 250lbs, when i started the 150lbs felt hard to close for 3 to 5 reps and i could not close the 200lbs. After about 4 or 5 days of going hard with the grippers training until failure with only the 150lbs, and doing a mix of crush, reverse crush and assisted crush slow negatives and also working grip in gym. Doing lots of pullups heavy shoulder shrugs. I burnt out hard and did no grip work for over a week. When I came back to grippers 150lbs is easy for reps with right hand 5+ about 5 max with left AND I CAN close the 200lbs once with my right. I did experience some pain in hands about a 5 or 6 out of 10 and would suggest to be careful with the hands. Lots of sensitive nerves and tendons. Stretch and use a hot tub or dry sauna if possible helps recovery across the board. I also like to imagine crushing cars and trees with my hands and dream about being able to lift elephants. Don't forget to meditate to transcend the mind and draw in energy from the quantum field and become super human!

[MrFlynn-btmt]

I can close coc 2. Working up to the 2, I would do holds on the .5 sometimes. Other times I'd start with 1.5, do as many reps possible then immediately drop to the 1 and finish repping. Something I'm not sure helped was working my extensors to balance out the forearm muscles. I did that for a couple months leading up to the close. At a minimum, I think it helps reduce injury with crushing grip.

[codydowil]

Haven't watched the entire video yet so idk if it was covered, but I've heard that it's beneficial to also alternate between holding the grips "regularly" and holding them "upside down" to work both the inner and outer forearm.

[RichardS-hzwn]

I Closed a 2.5 first try last year then a 3 but then had an injury and am now just getting back to where i was. Closed a 2.5 few days ago and will try the 3 next week. Tendons take a long time to recover so training once a week is more optimal

[scuba]

I got huge gains just using a therapy ball for a few weeks. Used it every other day. You can visually see new defined muscles.

[towerofresonance]

I purchased these back in 2001 for the first time. They only had #1, #2, #3, #4 then. Then they actually developed halves! That was roughly 3 years later. #1.5, #2.5. I'm not sure if there was a #3.5. Most at that time just wanted to jump from the 3 to the 4..if they could do it. I NEVER got the 3. I was within 1/8th of an inch! Yet I did 6 reps with the 2.5. I found that the one thing that scrantoned my grip was not only hard work with mechanic tools but also if I grabbed a 2" diameter pipe and wrapped a chain around the middle and kept rolling a weight up and down. No injury! My record was keeping it arms length at 75lbs. All the way up from floor and back down.