@@markstrengthgriptrain Good stuff! I can officially close the 1.5. Training for the 2. My little hands definitely don't help haha. How long have you been training them?
You really need to learn to set handgrippers properly, you would be closing the 2 if you learn correct technique based on your "no set" attempt. Your fingers are too far into the palm of your hand by the time you reach parallel so you will lose power. Also CoC are the "gold standard" but not the highest quality ones made. AtomGripz, GHP and also probably Standard (CPW) and Baraban are higher quality. Edit: Also missed out the Vatiz/Baraban/David Horne adjustables which use springs like the Ivanko but it a more similar TSG format FINALLY - sorry for the essay - those ratings don't mean much at all. In gripsport RGC is utilised which effectively puts a handle in a vice, then a one inch strap is loaded onto the end of the other handle and weight is loaded onto it. Cannon PowerWorks has ratings data for near on 20k grippers, a CoC 2 comes in at about 100lbs on average so roughly half of what they claim. Heavy Grips/Grip Genie/Powerball/GoG etc all use the same chinese springs so their ratings are roughly similar.
Great video John, thanks for putting this up. Could you give me some advice please? I'm looking for a hand spring gripper for high reps (for 6 sets of 50 reps every second day). I like using these for doing high reps as an exercise, but the spring usually breaks after some months. Do you think the GD Iron grip would suit me? I have had a look to see if spare springs are available for it should they break (that's if they would break? and also not sure if it's designed so springs are replaceable?). Any advice is much appreciated!
The GD Iron is built like a tank. I don't see the springs on mine breaking any time soon. I'm not sponsored by them but I really like that hand gripper and recommend it to most people.
might buy that gd iron one after seing vitaly a elite armwrester hit 160kg on a crusher thermometer i need to get mine up i did a test like that in highschool where i hit 35kg wonder what mine is at now if i buy one ill try to order over your link so u can get a small kick back :D
