PuttyMasher Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I noticed lots of guys wearing elbow sleeves while they do grip related exercises. What purpose does it serve? I am guessing its to warm up the ligaments or tendons connected to the elbow? Also, i am able to close a Heavy Grip 200 for 10 reps with no set, but the Heavy Grip 250 feels like a brick to me. They have not been rated but can someone suggest a gripper to help me bridge the gap? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobbler Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Strongman 225, cheap on ebay. Or find anything rated right around 100 lbs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobbler Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I should add that I have all of these grippers, and the 225 is just a bit easier than the hg250, pretty good step up from the 200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 HG is crap. Varies so much that its a joke. Cannonpowerworks.com sells coc and ghp. Imo the best grippers on the market. You can have hem rated for almost nothing. If you buy these brands you're better off. I dont know anyone serious that uses bonecrusher grippers or HG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuttyMasher Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Strongman 225, cheap on ebay. Or find anything rated right around 100 lbs. Actually i'm looking to either buy off amazon or cannonpowerworks, strongman grips seem to be out of stock on amazon and cannonpowerworks do not sell those. But going along with the 100 lbs rating, would that be a coc #2? HG is crap. Varies so much that its a joke. Cannonpowerworks.com sells coc and ghp. Imo the best grippers on the market. You can have hem rated for almost nothing. If you buy these brands you're better off. I dont know anyone serious that uses bonecrusher grippers or HG. Guess getting rated grippers are the only way to know what i'm actually squeezing. Would the variation in HG be the poundage or the width? Looking at the ratings data on cannonpowerworks, seems like the min-max difference in coc grippers are around 20lbs and 10-15 for GHP. But of course that could just be extreme ends of the bell curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Strongman 225, cheap on ebay. Or find anything rated right around 100 lbs.Actually i'm looking to either buy off amazon or cannonpowerworks, strongman grips seem to be out of stock on amazon and cannonpowerworks do not sell those.But going along with the 100 lbs rating, would that be a coc #2? HG is crap. Varies so much that its a joke. Cannonpowerworks.com sells coc and ghp. Imo the best grippers on the market. You can have hem rated for almost nothing. If you buy these brands you're better off. I dont know anyone serious that uses bonecrusher grippers or HG. Guess getting rated grippers are the only way to know what i'm actually squeezing. Would the variation in HG be the poundage or the width? Looking at the ratings data on cannonpowerworks, seems like the min-max difference in coc grippers are around 20lbs and 10-15 for GHP. But of course that could just be extreme ends of the bell curve.Probably both. Im talking poundage but the width might be severly Deviant too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Strongman 225, cheap on ebay. Or find anything rated right around 100 lbs. Actually i'm looking to either buy off amazon or cannonpowerworks, strongman grips seem to be out of stock on amazon and cannonpowerworks do not sell those. But going along with the 100 lbs rating, would that be a coc #2? When he said "rated right around 100 lbs." he meant RGC rating which is another thing. Get rated grippers from cannonpowerworks if you want to optimize your training, don't bother reading the manufacturer's "ratings" or labels, they vary a lot. Another tip, use the same brand of grippers you want to be good with in your training. Spread, and especially knurling is a very important factor. If you want to be good at closing COC grippers use them and nothing else in your training. 100 lb would be a very light COC#2. Not very likely you get one at 100 lb. A GHP4 might be a better choice. Edited November 21, 2015 by Fist of Fury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuttyMasher Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Strongman 225, cheap on ebay. Or find anything rated right around 100 lbs. Actually i'm looking to either buy off amazon or cannonpowerworks, strongman grips seem to be out of stock on amazon and cannonpowerworks do not sell those. But going along with the 100 lbs rating, would that be a coc #2? When he said "rated right around 100 lbs." he meant RGC rating which is another thing. Get rated grippers from cannonpowerworks if you want to optimize your training, don't bother reading the manufacturer's "ratings" or labels, they vary a lot. Another tip, use the same brand of grippers you want to be good with in your training. Spread, and especially knurling is a very important factor. If you want to be good at closing COC grippers use them and nothing else in your training. 100 lb would be a very light COC#2. Not very likely you get one at 100 lb. A GHP4 might be a better choice. Gah curse my unrated grippers. The rated HG200s on CPW are 92 and 93 lbs, while GHP4's rating data puts their range between 89-98 lbs. i fear getting a ghp4 would be too slight of an increase in poundage. I don't really have that much cash to get a whole line of grippers with minimal increments. Guess i need to own a rated gripper to help determine where i am in terms of gripper poundage. Does anyone know the ballpark range for HG250's rating? Thanks for all the veterans chiming in to help a newbie. Appreciate it very much. Edited November 21, 2015 by PuttyMasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobbler Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Get a silvis adjustable, CPW has them. Set it to where you can almost (or just barely) close it, and work with it for awhile. When you start to close it every time, make it a little harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Strongman 225, cheap on ebay. Or find anything rated right around 100 lbs. Actually i'm looking to either buy off amazon or cannonpowerworks, strongman grips seem to be out of stock on amazon and cannonpowerworks do not sell those. But going along with the 100 lbs rating, would that be a coc #2? When he said "rated right around 100 lbs." he meant RGC rating which is another thing. Get rated grippers from cannonpowerworks if you want to optimize your training, don't bother reading the manufacturer's "ratings" or labels, they vary a lot. Another tip, use the same brand of grippers you want to be good with in your training. Spread, and especially knurling is a very important factor. If you want to be good at closing COC grippers use them and nothing else in your training. 100 lb would be a very light COC#2. Not very likely you get one at 100 lb. A GHP4 might be a better choice. Gah curse my unrated grippers. The rated HG200s on CPW are 92 and 93 lbs, while GHP4's rating data puts their range between 89-98 lbs. i fear getting a ghp4 would be too slight of an increase in poundage. I don't really have that much cash to get a whole line of grippers with minimal increments. Guess i need to own a rated gripper to help determine where i am in terms of gripper poundage. Does anyone know the ballpark range for HG250's rating? Thanks for all the veterans chiming in to help a newbie. Appreciate it very much. The GHP grippers has a wider spread than HG and therefore should be much better to train with. Just my 2 cents. Get a silvis adjustable, CPW has them. Set it to where you can almost (or just barely) close it, and work with it for awhile. When you start to close it every time, make it a little harder. They are good but the spread is very narrow. I think it's important not to only have narrow grippers, and of course not only wide grippers either, it's optimal to have both. Edited November 21, 2015 by Fist of Fury 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvance Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Spend the money and get the good stuff. That amazon off brand crap will lose strength, wear out, and potentially snap because they're made with low quality materials. CoC, GHP, or Tettings are tried and true, made to last and worth every extra cent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuttyMasher Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks for all the advice everyone. I'm going to give myself another month to try closing the HG250 before deciding which gripper to get. Will be looking to purchase GHP or COC as these seem to be the benchmark brands. The silvis grippers do look really helpful with the varying difficulty, but it seems like the grip width changes too when you adjust the handle position. That does not seem helpful with training. On another note, i realised no one answered the other question i started this thread with lol. So i guess what i mentioned about it being used to warm up the area around the elbow to be the main reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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