Captains of Crush Grippers: What They Are and How to Close Them [Paperback]

Randall J. Strossen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2003

Get Armed With the Facts, From History to Training

Captains of Crush Grippers are an icon: they changed the world, are the gold standard of hand grippers, and have a history and tradition that is unrivalled in its richness and tradition.

Randall Strossen, the guy who has nurtured the development of these grippers for over 15 years, tells you their history and also explains the general strategies we have found to be most useful for training on our Captains of Crush Grippers, including what has become one of the world's most recognized feats of strength: closing the No. 3. Next, taking training to a whole new level, Captains of Crush Grippers: What They Are and How to Close Them presents chapters written by Joe Kinney and Nathan Holle, the first and second guys we certified for closing a No. 4, in which you'll find out how they each trained to accomplish this otherwordly feat of hand strength. Want to train like the champs? Here's how.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Ironmind Enterprises (December 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0926888129
• ISBN-13: 978-0926888128
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Gripper Bible!, January 23, 2005

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Craig M. Knight - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Captains of Crush Grippers: What They Are and How to Close Them (Paperback)

I love this book! Instead of complicated answers to the simple question of how to get stronger using grippers, I learned valuable lessons on the application of hard work and goal-setting.

That's what I like about Ironmind, they don't try to sell you anything other than what's required, and they are not afraid to let you know when honest hard work is the path to reaching your goal.

The first part of the book is devoted to the history and development of Iromind's Captains Of Crush Grippers. It made interesting reading and cleared a lot of confusion for me about some of the claims being made by rival gripper manufacturers.

The second part of the book focuses on how to train. Along with basic training advice from Randall Strossen aimed at the newcomer to gripper training, Joe Kinney and Nathan Holle reveal how they trained to officially close the number 4 Captains of Crush Gripper. Kinney shares some very interesting and innovative insights into his mental approach to workouts, and the training methods he uses, while Holle provides a different but equally effective method of training to get a super-strong crushing grip.

I finished the book with renewed motivation to train, and the tools required to get the job done.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Author's History and Common Knowledge, February 25, 2009

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Michael Valentine - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Captains of Crush Grippers: What They Are and How to Close Them (Paperback)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have if u train CoC, October 15, 2008

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ISidhu "ISidhu" (Los Angeles CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Captains of Crush Grippers: What They Are and How to Close Them (Paperback)

the book starts with the history of the hand grippers from the ironman grippers to the present day CoC. Good and interesting read if you r into old strongmen or like to read about strength building history etc. the send half of the book has excellent suggestions for making the most of your CoCs. Engaging read overall and very informative.