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

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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.

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.

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.

This book can be described in one word: pointless. Seriously, I was looking to read this book and get tips about grip workouts using their gripper product. For over 50 pages you get the history of the gripper, how they progressed, myths, etc. WHO CARES!!!
There were some good tips towards the end, but these same tips I found for free in many locations, especially at www.gripboard.com. I even emailed IronMind asking for a good book about gripper only workouts; their reply was this book. When I replied back to them of what I am saying now, the PhD author of the book actually replied. He was not pleased at all to hear what I had to say, but hey the truth hurts.