About Ironmind Captains of Crush Hand Grippers

Ironmind Hand Grippers

We have had some requests for some more info on the Ironmind Captains of Crush Hand Grippers so that's what will be covered here.

Levels:

The Guide - 60 lbs. - Roughly twice as hard as the average sporting goods store gripper

The Sport - 80 lbs. - The perfect introduction to heavy duty hand gripper training

The Trainer - 100 lbs. - Our most popular gripper

#1 - 140 lbs. - Most Strongmen still have trouble with this one

#1.5 - 167.5 lbs. - A midpoint between levels

#2 - 195 lbs. - Close a #2 and you have a grip to be proud of

#2.5 - 237.5 lbs. - Now you're knocking on the door of world class

#3 - 280 lbs. - The Benchmark feat - time to get your name on the list

#3.5 - 322.5 lbs. - A level where few can tread

#4 - 365 lbs. - No man's land, only room for a couple at the top of this mountain

Training:
Ideally you should have a complete set of hand grippers becasue it makes progression that much easier. However, for the most effective training, you will need at least three of them and here's why:

A Gripper that you can close for a number of reps - For high-rep endurance work, hand toughening and "warm-ups"

A Gripper that you can close for a moderate number of reps (8-10) - The gripper you will be doing your "Working" sets with

A Gripper that you can just barely close or can't quite close yet - Your "Goal" gripper

For more information and gripper recommendations, please see our Hand Gripper Buying Guide

Where to Begin:

We generally recommend starting with the Trainer or Sport grippers. The reason is that these levels will allow you to gauge your strength most effectively as well as use for actual "training" grippers becasue you will be able to close them. As a rule of thumb is is better to start out at a level "too easy" rather than a level too hard.