Captains Of Crush Grippers: What They Are And How To Close Them

This is a fun book to read if you're already using the COC Grippers. It tells the history of the grippers, and it's written in a fun way. But the writer (founder of Captains of Crush) is really biased on his COC grippers. And that makes sense. He believes they are the best available, and he's probably right! They are the best hand exercise grippers I've ever used. And they're calibrated, too. Each number on the gripper indicates a level of strength required to close it. So the T is for Trainer. The 1 is a bit lighter than the 1.5, which is as far as I can use. This is a great book to read!

Table of Contents delivers, in every way. Section on R&D gave me a better understanding of why I am holding this type of gripper at this time in history in my hand and it explained the methodology for use. Section on 'how to work out' was generic but they tell you that up front. If you haven't done weight training, this is a useful section. If you have, skim and move on. Anecdotal sections (written by known experts) on how to maximize grip-specific training were enjoyable and did not talk down to the reader. It's not like I want another of these books specifically since I already have it, but I wish more methodology books could be written like this.

Although some of the information is a bit extreme at times, this book does give you the information necessary to progress though harder grippers.

Grip-n-rip!

i had been smashing grippers for a couple months and reading forums and stuff when i ordered this book. it seemed like the stronger my grip got and the more i learned about the grippers the more questions begin to arise. this book answers all the questions that are hard to broach on the forums, as well as the ones that experience on the grippers bring up. randall strossen is the founder of ironmind, father of the captains of crush line of grippers and a Ph. D. as well. so its easier for me to beleive the things in this book than some of the garbage i find on the forums anyway. in my opinion the training explanation by joe kinney included in the book is worth the price by it self.

Book is supposed to be about the grippers and methods of achieving their closure -- title reads: What They Are and How to Close Them. Instead, it's about the author's (and mostly Ironmind's since they're mainly a grip company) history and some useless general tips. For the history, just do a search and you'll find it all there in one page if you REALLY want to know the story. It's irrelevant to actually knowing the grippers and how to close them. I say useless tips because they're obvious facts that anyone who has done any reading about muscle gaining at all will know them. It was as useful as fortune teller.

This book is like listening to the guy on the subway argue with himself. There's absolutely no intellectual value because all you know of the opposing position is what the one person tells you. Dr. Strossen spends many pages refuting "someone's study" by giving a high school level review of a couple of basic statistical terms. Early in the book he praises Warren Tetting for his work in manufacturing Iron Minds early gripper production and then spends the next three or four chapters complaining about the random variations and quality issues with the early grippers. He speaks badly about an ebook on how to use grippers but never says which ebook and worse, never offers a better solution. Dr. Strossen missed a wonderful opportunity to write the Bible on how to train with grippers. He has access to all the greats, both past and present. But this book turns into a history tour of the paste models Iron Mind made and Dr. Strossen's arguments with unnamed entities.

Good

Great book.

an excellent guide to getting the most from your captains of crush grippers

Learned a whole lot about grip training. What more could you ask for.

The book is loaded with historical and development notes, trivia, etc... But you will find very few usable info on how to really use those Captains of Crush (which by the way ares top notch product). Instead of wasting some bucks, go to the Net and search for ''How to use a grip strengthener for max results'' by Avi Sylverberg.

Thank you