10 years later and this video is still gold. Took the COC #1 to work, had 3 blokes try it and fail. Showed them the technique after watching this video and they got it! Absolute legend!
Wow! THIS is how you do a YT instruction video! Production value non existant. All the focus is on content. No detail left out. No assumptions made. Everything explained. The more nuanced parts more than once. More than twice. Detail shown. Explicitly. From multiple angles. Anticipating where some viewers might misunderstand, and going over a different way. This is a Master Class. On the subject matter, but equally on making a functional instruction video. This answered all of my questions, but answered even more I didn't know to ask, didn't know how important they are. All that, and its from 13 years ago!
Thank you. This is how I do my products. You should check them out: www.dueselcrew.com/store/shop I don't do tutorials like this on RU-vid anymore, because nobody appreciates them. I put my heart into products, instead.
Thanks for the video Jedd. You actually solved a whole host of consistency issues for me by explaining the gripper placement. Very good instructional video.
Great info man, I purchased CoC 1 a week ago and couldn't able to close it a single time, I just watched your video and tried your technique, and boom ..close in the very first attempt, Thanks a lot Jedd, checking out your site for more, thanks again.... :)
Ver good demonstartion Jedd. Very simple to understand and I did actually learn something about handle placement. The inside handle sitting lower in my hand than the outside handle. I am going to go close a CoC #4 now CCS of coarse.
I just got my new 200lb grippers Today....tried for hours and wore myself out. Couldn't close em. Watched this video and closed it twice in a row. Amazing what technique does. Thanks
Thanks for sharing your gripper knowledge. I got the coc#1 today and closed it with both left and right hand easily after I set it like you explained. I have to get the #2 now.
If you come to the point where you need a training program to move even further with your gripper training, check out Cadence Based Training: thegripauthority.com/gripper-training-program.htm
Thanks a lot. I have an entire playlist dedicated to gripper training, in case you haven't seen it. An annotation for it pops up at some point in the video, I am just not sure where.
Want you to know that this video helped me immensely just learning the basics here - found out I can actually close some of the medium grippers I have. Long ways to go.
Hi guys just thought I'd explain my own experience on setting. Used to set the gripper far back and attempted closing. I then started researching and learning about how the top guys go about setting the gripper. I attempted to do this and it proved to be quite difficult. As time went on, I started experiencing quite the opposite. The way that Jedd demonstrates had become easier than setting the gripper far back. It could be how I initially conditioned/coordinated my hands/fingers. Details matter
@MuggsisGune - I would strive to get your first two fingers on there and then not worry about the last two. Hiopefully you can get the first three on there well, but definitely the first two. I hope this helps. The credit card set is not AWESOME for smaller handed dudes.
Hey man, this might be weird but im stronger with the non-dog leg side in my palm as opposed to the dog leg in my palm. Same thing when i turn it upside down to do inverted gripping. Is there a specific reason to have the dog leg side in ur hand or are people just normally stronger that side? and second question: Any benefit to inverted (upside down) gripping with them compared to normal gripping?
The objective is to squeeze them so the handles touch. If you can't get them to touch, you should work on your technique, improve your finish strength, and possibly get a lighter gripper. If you want help with gripper technique, be sure to check out my DVD in the description box.
Hey Jedd, I was wondering, why does it feel easier to close the gripper by putting it back more? In the video you said that it makes it a lot harder, is it just the way my hand is shaped or have I been training incorrectly the whole time?
wow this is awesome i had a stoke a few years ago still haven't got my strength back on left side but thanks to this vid and now your channel i can now add these training vids to my training thanks
You should become a member of my coaching site, TheGripAuthority.com. I have a member who is a stroke victim and he has told me many times that his joining is one of the best decisions he has ever made regarding his recovery.
Thanks man ! Lookin to try one of these CoC soon Btw i got a question, i have seen people holding the handgripper upside down for devlopping muscles differently, is that any useful / recommended ? (never tried it) Have a good new year !
It's entirely possible that some people might feel better doing a different technique. I just know that the way I show is how most top guys do it. Do you have a video that shows how you set?
Great video, I am brand new to fitness and grip training. Bought the Coc Guide to start. I'll buy uour video, sounds like exactly what I need! One noob question, why aren't grippers closed from the fully open position?
Some people do that, in training. However, in competition they are set to 20mm do smaller handed competitors aren't at such a disadvantage. The 20mm block set actually comes from the parallel set, which had is roots in the way the original IronMind cert.
Jedd, if you get stronger with an inefficient technique, since you're exerting the same effort are you still going to be making the same ammount of strength gains, although you won't be able to close as high of a gripper as you would with proper technique? Hope that makes sense
I just bought #2 and I plan on getting certified with the #3 or better but damn with those short ass fingers of mine it's gonna be tough. I decided to jump over 1 and 1.5 after seeing Ivan say he closed the #2 out of the package and I already had a 55kg that i played with so I was scared of wasting money since delivery costs as much as the gripper where I live. I'm like less than cm away or even half a cm from closing the 2 with full range of motion. These tips will probably help me big time to close it and build up my strength so I can finally close it in a certified way.
I can close the ghp 2 in the parallel fashion for like 15 reps, but I can't close the CoC 1 for even one rep.. I only have these two grippers + one really light one for warmup. How should I go about getting reps on the CoC 1?
Erik Hansen Just need to keep working man. Perfect your technique. Make sure your placement is correct. Use some of the drills I show on my channel. If you want more info, check out my products. They're great resources.
Is not setting it like you do and just doing no set closes for training better for overall power or does the way you set it do more for finger's and no set do more for your palm?
Lots of stuff to cover, so sorry for the long long long answer... This is merely a competition set. You can go with a no-set, if you want, for sure. You will get stronger based on how you train. The way you choose to train should be based on what your goals are. But even with no-set technique, there's a right way to do it to maximize your leverage. Will it strengthen your hand using no set and very little technique and leverage optimization? Of course. How will that carry over to other things? It's really hard to tell. Overall hand power... I've never really seen a good definition of that. Power is usually associated with speed and acceleration ability. My guess would be that your fingers would not closer a gripper with any technique fast and powerfully, unless you use a gripper that is much lower/lighter than your best close. Hope this helps.
Absolutely, you can close the #3 without full body training, especially with a deep set. The #3.5 is probably a different story though. I think progress will be much faster if you train for full body strength though.
how does it feel being the number 1 search result and the library of grip training and everything related to that from great information to answering questions in the comment section ?
Well, I never really think about that, because I'd much rather just get more people exposed to grip training and grip sport. If you'd like to help me out with that, please be sure to hit the Like button on my videos that you think are good. And as always, feel free to comment and leave questions. Thank you.
Does it count if instead of curling my fingers around the implement, I crimp it like I would a rock climbing hold (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, just google “rock climbing crimp”)?
Hey, great vid :) I just ordered The CoC 1,5 I do weightlifting training since 1 year. I do now worry if im strong enough to train with the 1.5 Version. I have 32cm forearm size and 18.5cm wrist. Will i be strong enough for it? Thx if you reply
Ok i recieved my gripper today and tried it. I can close it 3/4 . How to train with a gripper that you can't close? Should i just do half reps or squeeze it as long as i can? thx
I closed the 1.5 in November (bought it in October). I got the #2 for Christmas & I closed this on January 5th. Is this normal for increase of strength?
@hacker101c Thanks man. I appreciate the referral. Please let him know as well that I am coming out with a new DVD on Grippers as well. It will really help him out a lot.
@@gripstrength I gather that's pretty good for someone who hasn't trained grip strength really at all? About a month back I ordered a cheap set of Amazon grippers that have 150,200, and 250 pound grippers in the case. After closing them all pretty easy I ordered the genuine coc 3.
Great vid. I did read on IronMind's site that the whole "dog leg" concept is a misconception, and that it makes no difference white way it's used. Not sure what to make of that. Per their site: "When a torsion spring is manufactured, one of the arms comes out of the coil with a slightly sharper bend than the other, and "dog leg" is what some people call that side of the spring. They go on to recommend that this side of the gripper is the one you should put by your thumb. In fact, dog legs are what allow your best friend to run-and it takes the same force to close a gripper regardless of which handle you plant against the base of your thumb and which one you wrap your other fingers around. Ask Newton . . . or any high school physics student: this is a difference that makes no difference. "
+Ian Davison I honestly don't care anymore. I'm not changing, just like none of the best closers in the world are changing. Lots of annoying comments like that on IronMind. It's disconcerting. I just focusing on getting better.
+Ian Davison Yes, I still run into people who screw the set up. Much more important things about set technique than someone trying to disprove a dog leg.
I just have a random gripper i found in my house with foam on them, i can’t take them off but either way i don’t think i can reach it. I have small hands.
Came here to see if I'm gripping correctly came out knowing there are competitions, rules, judges, grippers so hard you can't close.. I was missing out
@@gripstrength yes I will once the lockdown ends, but how can I know which ones to order? My hand is also 8.5 inches, I've been training my grip.. but I have no idea how strong my grip is. I don't want to buy CoC 1 and turn out to be very easy, and O don't want to but number 2 and can't close it because I have 0 idea how strong are the grippers..
Sounds like you didn't set it deep enough. You would need to strengthen your set. My ebook, Cadence Based Gripper Training, has an 8-week program that includes drills for strengthening the set.
@AlexDboSprinklz - Hey brother. Glad it helped. I know my shit. You should check out my site, TheGripAuthority d o t com - I have tons of insider info I can show you!
Why don't they make Coc's for smaller hands... I mean I have 7.5" hands and I struggle so hard to close them, I have the strength so I don't understand, I struggle with the 140 pounds but I manage to close the 200 pounds, like what the hell ? If you have larger hands then that's called cheating, of course you'll be better at closing them...
i like how these videos are all about how to make the exercise as EASY as possible, so you can get EGO numbers on a gripper. goodness gracious it reeks of desperation
No douche bag. This is how the cert was first done and how it has always been done in Grip contests. But please watch a couple thousand more of my videos and leave comments
Lofi Pine Watch my videos on the rating system used in grip sport. And understand that the numbers associated with the COC grippers were assigned by one dude, when he squeezed the first four that were made in the series.