Re: Useful Grip Training Article
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I hear the Kinney chapter in the CoC book is very cool.
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I didn't get that book but it is on my list. I got Mastery of Hand Strength by John Brookfield.
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What's that Hol-it-up dumbbell like? I was curious about those, and wasn't really sure from the Ironmind description what it was like.
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Had a few days to play with this and I like it a lot. But it could easier and cheaper just to make your own thick gripped dumbbell as it is described in Brookfield’s book.
It is a sturdy dumbbell that is for sure. The grip is large and it is off center. So before each lift you put the small bar that the weights are on that runs offset through the larger gripping portion at a 90-degree angle to the floor. Then when you lift the thing wants to turn in your hand making you squeeze tighter to resist this. It comes with a short description on how to use it and it says it really trains your thumb.
I tried various lifts with it and with different grips. It is very surprising how little weight you can move compared to a standard width dumbbell. I would like to have a normal thick gripped dumbbell that is not offset to compare the two. As right now I am not sure what makes it so hard the width of the grip or the fact it is offset and the cam like affect it has in your hand as you lift.
I'm sure that didn't make much sense. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
I might try to type or scan in the stuff that came with it so it is clearer. To busy today though or maybe just lazy. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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