Using a Camry hand dynamometer to measure grip strength

Using a Camry hand dynamometer for grip strength. It's always good to establish a baseline of your grip strength so you can set goals for physical fitness training, and increase your gripping power in your hands. When shooting a pistol, having a strong, solid grip is key. A weak grip often means weak accuracy. I like the Camry hand dynamometer because it's simple, it works, and it's available at a great price.

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[jimmybaden]

Sir,

Not trying to be a troll, because you have some good videos, but you seem to put a lot of emphasis on grip in more than one video. I would like to respectfully bring up a few points.

Having been an instructor for over 17 years for one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country, and having trained hundreds of law enforcement recruits as well as veteran officers, I would like to point out the following.

Yes we generally want to practice with a firm two hand grip, as I imagine most shooters shoot to enhance skills geared toward a self defense shooting situation. With that said, I/we have always taught our shooters to utilize generally the same grip you display, however, there is a lot more to it.

If slow firing for target practice it makes no difference. The weapon can be turned upside down, held with the thumb and one finger, and accurate rounds can be fired.

The firm two hand grip is desired when the goal is to send accurate rounds down range in rapid succession, but we never teach a crushing grip, and there is a lot more to grip than wrapping the hands around the weapon.

I have never instructed a student to use 60 or 70, or any given percentage of 100% of their total grip strength. (Side note...you are measuring your grip strength utilizing your trigger finger. You don't use your trigger finger to grip when firing) I have stressed to students to use 60% or so percent with their weak hand, and approximately 40% with their strong hand, in relation to the overall pressure they place on the weapon, not how hard they can grip the weapon. This is to allow the strong hand to be a tad more relaxed, thus assisting in allowing the trigger finger to move a little easier independently, hence better trigger control.

We talk to them about how our entire life, in general, we learn to use our entire hand to do things such as throw a ball, pick something up, turn a door knob, and how shooting requires the opposite in that they must aquire the ability to utilize their hand to grip the weapon without the trigger finger, and then utilize the trigger finger independently to manipulate the trigger without moving the weapon.

Going beyond the hands, the grip also involves locking the tendons and muscles in the wrists and elbows. If the shooter absorbs the recoil as they should vs fighting the recoil and pushing on the weapon, the weapon will return within close proximity to the same position as it was prior to round being fired, thus allowing the shooter to reset the trigger during recoil, get back to the front sight faster, and fire the next round faster and with more accuracy. If you are have a crushing grip on the weapon, and the wrists and elbows are not locked, the weapon is going to bounce all over the place.

We have trained students of every size, every stature, and various physical conditioning from outstanding to barely able to complete a correct push up. In fact, I/we have repeatedly found that the more the muscle bound students try to crush the weapon, the worse they are because they tend to think they can hold the weapon completely still, then snatch the trigger only to misalign the sights they had just aligned, resulting in a miss.

Once again, not trying to be that jerk guy, but respectfully disagreeing that a death grip is necessary or even desired as it causes muscles to fatigue faster. Trigger control is your bread and butter. If you can get a shooter to understand sight alignment, sight picture, have a decent grip, then manipulate the trigger while maintaining the prior, accurate shots can be placed repeatedly.

Keep the videos coming, and be safe!

[laskojames]

love your videos, man...
I learn something new all the

[l.jeannebolzan]

Interesting but you did not tell us what the number « 1 » was meant for (on the left side of the screenabove the « Man » picture). What does it mean or calculated in your grip ??

[richardahlstrom]

Very interesting. We just bought one.

[kennyg]

Thanks Matt you have the best channel on you tube?

55 with 127 grip strength, which is a bit disappointing since I've been a weightlifter for 42 years. I do have some arthritis in my hands however so that will definitely hinder me. I'll be working on getting the grip even stronger even though I'm already in the upper range for my age group. Why they don't factor in body weight is a mystery to me. Obviously most bigger guys will be stronger than smaller ones, so that's a factor as well.

[jawjadancr]

in the video you said you have talk abut exercises to increae your grip strength what is the link please

[AidanWeitzel]

I’m 15 and I got like 143.6 lb I think

[kevinbarry]

Very interesting video, but not to be confused with" Kung Fu )

[lorisilvester]

I train in karate and grip strength in imperative

[mociczyczki]

strong grip is also good to choke somebody :D, anyway yea thats true subjectively is really hard to quess how much % from 100 you actually use but after some training on forcemeter you can be quiet close in queesing at 80-90% of time .

[returnearthvideochannel]

"when shooting a pistol having a strong grip is key"... errrr key to what exactly (!?) when you want to kill someone or something with your first shot maybe?

[TheGodHelmet]

DID NOT SEE HOW ONE TURNS ON THE APPROPRATE AGE??RY