Sino_ Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) I am a bit of a re-awakened noob in this space so I have read on a bit more on it lately since it is a fun type of strength, grip. Now, seems the idea of the coc-grippers is a bit mixed. As a noob this is what you first discover and I guess what probably takes you into grip training overall. Then you also find other stuff of course. Now, seems guys who knows what they are talking about are quite mixed on the grippers. Some say they have small or no carryover to other strength feats. Others seems to like them a lot and say that they have helped them with a lot of other strength feats. So I wonder what did you see them carryover to in terms of strength? Did you notice an increase in other strength areas or how did it affect your overall strength? Perhaps not much at all, or perhaps nothing? Edited February 28, 2023 by Sino_ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apneaa Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 In regular climbing there's not an amazing amount of carry over but rope climbing or anything where you get enough curling of the fingers to reach the flexion that match a gripper range of motion theres a lot of carry over. So bar work in calisthenics, rope climbing, deadlifts and other bar pulls(farmer carries, rack pulls etc). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber511 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 The only thing I ever did that seemed to offer any carry over at all was finger curls. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Conjugate Iron Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 They do help with your deadlift grip. And they may have some carry over to thinner tube shaped Excalibur-style handles since I got a decent PR in one of them after not touching it for a whole year. But I do train in powerlifting religiously so I can't be sure if grippers alone would have helped me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C8Myotome Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Well there is the concept of training specificity so grippers are generally better for getting better at grippers...if theres some other goal then some type of training similar to that should be getting done. I don't use them for any other purpose than getting better at grippers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared P Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Handshaking and using side-cutters. Haha. I shook a guy's hand yesterday, and he said I hurt him. I wasn't even squeezing hard. And I was using side cutters for work daily and noticed they became substantially easier to use after I started training with grippers. Not sport related, but I noticed carryover there. I believe my general bar grip strength with things such as deadlifts and pullups, and even holding heavy dumbbells, have also benefited. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, Jared P said: Handshaking and using side-cutters. Haha. I shook a guy's hand yesterday, and he said I hurt him. I wasn't even squeezing hard. And I was using side cutters for work daily and noticed they became substantially easier to use after I started training with grippers. Not sport related, but I noticed carryover there. I believe my general bar grip strength with things such as deadlifts and pullups, and even holding heavy dumbbells, have also benefited. Sometimes at work, i'll take some nippers and squeeze them and try and cut through nails, or at least enough i can snap them. I've often thought, if i was good with grippers i'd cut through nails a lot easier. Do about 20 of those your elbows will be feeling it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 In the gym: Thick bar, DO deadlifts, pull-ups, wrist curls, ulnar deviation. In every day life (work): Using pliers, turning wrenches and just lifting stuff in general. What it did not help anything with was pinching strength in any way. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matek Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Now I can get the last drops of ketchup out of the plastic bottle 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist of Fury Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 18 minutes ago, matek said: Now I can get the last drops of ketchup out of the plastic bottle And everything lands on your shirt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottex92 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 10 hours ago, C8Myotome said: Well there is the concept of training specificity so grippers are generally better for getting better at grippers...if theres some other goal then some type of training similar to that should be getting done. I don't use them for any other purpose than getting better at grippers specificity and simplicity, two key aspects of training that in today's average joe gym goer are long lost 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Well said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martincerven Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Any racket sport: badminton, tennis, squash... at least that is the reason I started doing grippers. Obviously if your arm grows twice the size from squeezing coc 4 your performance in these sports would drop just because of additional weight, also there is an upper limit where additional grip strength is not beneficial but I'm not a pro so I don't care about that. Just saying that if any racket sport athlete playing at club level got #2.5 grip strength, their performance would increase massively. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubyagrip Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 A friend of mine started training grippers to get better at braking on his downhill cycling. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C8Myotome Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, dubyagrip said: A friend of mine started training grippers to get better at braking on his downhill cycling. I heard someone else say they wanted to get into grippers to help hold the clutch on their motorcycle. I was surprised this was something anyone would even have an issue with. Then again I rode motorcycles from like age 8 to 22 and never thought about, and never considered that that was a strength anyone would have an issue with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Conjugate Iron Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 9:50 PM, dubyagrip said: A friend of mine started training grippers to get better at braking on his downhill cycling. I have a friend who has done motocross for 20 years. Brutal on your forearms. He's got very good grip strength 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubyagrip Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Terry Conjugate Iron said: I have a friend who has done motocross for 20 years. Brutal on your forearms. He's got very good grip strength Yes, that was what my friend was mentioning about his cycling. He lives in the San Francisco area and there are many steep hills that really test your ability to brake. I never would have thought about it. Riding a bike seems so easy. Edited March 9, 2023 by dubyagrip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C8Myotome Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 54 minutes ago, dubyagrip said: Yes, that was what my friend was mentioning about his cycling. He lives in the San Francisco area and there are many steep hills that really test your ability to brake. I never would have thought about it. Riding a bike seems so easy. I can ride a unicycle, I tried to teach it to someone once and they didn't tell me till like a year later that they didn't know how to ride a bicycle. So that obviously went really well 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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