The Crushing Addiction - Gripper Training

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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 Time: 1:04 AM
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In Grip Training, Crushing is the act of closing the fingers into the palm, similar to making a fist. The main way to train this form of hand strength is with Grippers.

People love training with Grippers, in fact some people are only involved with Grip training because they want to smash tougher and tougher grippers and get the notoriety of it.

Most serious Grip Trainees own at least a dozen Grippers, and most will tell you that they need this many Grippers in order to effectively train and keep improving on them. They have:

- Light Grippers, used only to warm-up
- Mid-range Grippers for doing Repetitions and Holds
- HEAVY grippers that they may never close, but they use them for Negatives, which makes closing the lighter grippers even easier to close.
- Grippers that they intentionally modify by cutting the handles partially or completely off in order to make them even more difficult to squeeze.

When you love training Grip like we do, you have no problem shelling out 20 to 30 dollars for a Gripper. It is more an investment in your favorite pastime, just like buying a new gun for hunting or new wet gear for SCUBA diving.

When it comes to Grip contests, the Gripper event is usually held first so that everyone can be fresh and close the heaviest gripper possible. After all, the competitors aren't just there to close as hard as a gripper as they can. Like a car wreck, Grip competitors want to see the havoc that other competitors can create as well

Part of the allure of Grippers is the Certifications that exist for closing them. After all, it's cool to see your name "up in lights" and when you can get your name up on a pretty exclusive list, like the IronMind Captains of Crush list, it's something you can really be proud of.

There's no denying that Gripper training is the most OBSESSIVE and ADDICTING part of the sport of Grip. People have been known to take them with them to the store, to their place of work, and even to church, squeezing them in the morning, day-time, afternoon and night until the knurling rubs the skin raw.

And who can blame them? It's one of the most fun and healthy obsessions you can have.

Isn't it time for you to get started?

Happy Crushing!

About the Author

The author of this article is a strength coach, grip competitor, and all around strength enthusiast. He has written hundreds of articles over the years and competed in numerous strongman and grip contests. For more information on Grip Training, and how to do Gripper Training, check out http://www.dieselcrew.com. If you are the competitive type and want to test your hand strength at a contest, find out more about the sport of Grip at http://www.gripsport.org.