sammyg Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Hey, I'm getting John Brookfield's book 'Mastery of Hand Strength' in a couple of weeks. I was wondering if anyone has it & if they could tell me what they think of it. If anyone can type up the contents for me that would be great. Thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tou Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Mastery of hand strength is the "essential" book for a grip trainer. First of all, he talks about some of the past and present grip masters. Then, crushing grip, pinch grip (with a lot of focus on thumb strength), block weights, manual labor, thick bars. He gives a lot of routine for beginners to advanced. Finally, John challenges you to perform a couple of feat of strength (which only him and a couple of other masters can do) and gives his opinion on the possibility of certain feats of grip strength (as squeezing a tennis ball until it burst). At the last page, there's a sequence of grip feats that John performed in 25,6 seconds. There are 7 feats and most of us could not do one of them in a couple of minutes. You HAVE to get this book. You will never train grip the same way after your reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyg Posted January 18, 2002 Author Share Posted January 18, 2002 hey thanx mate, if it's not too much trouble could u please type up the contents of the book. thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tou Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 That's all in my post. I won't type all the exercises he explains because it would be too much. There's over 50 exercises and feats explained in that book. Get it and read it. Then, read it again and again and again. I read it at least ten times and I got it in june 2001. Same thing for Dino training. I'm always reading it. As soon as I finish it, I read it again. Those books are the best you can have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Antonopoulos Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Sammyg, I think you mentioned in one of your last posts that you live in Australia. If you live in Sydney, send me a mail at arthur_antonopoulos@hotmail.com and I can lend you the book or phototcopy the contents for you. Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Someone said somewhere that MoHS was required reading for this forum. I've also read & re-read that book over & over since I got it for xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Brennecke Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 We all like to save money, but photocopying books is wrong. Just buy a copy, or borrow the actual book. The person who wrote the book makes money for every copy sold. To copy it is like stealing from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Matt, great post, you are totally correct. Mr. Brookfield worked very hard on that book. Let's not steal from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Antonopoulos Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 Relax fellas, sammyg has already ordered the book, he just wants a copy of the table of contents not the whole book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 Here you go: Chapter 1: Champions of Yesterday & Today Chapter 2: Grip Strength-What is it? Chapter 3: Building Your Crushing Grip Chapter 4: Building Your Pinch Grip Chapter 5: Training With Block Weights Chapter 6: Training With Thick-Handled Dumbells Chapter 7: More Training for the Lower Arms and Fingers Chapter 8: Manual Labour & Thick-Handled Tools Chapter 9: Goals & Training Programs Chapter 10: The Vise Grip for Bending Chapter 11: Testing Your Endurance: Can You Muster This? Chapter 12: Are These for Real? You be the Judge Appendix 1: How to Make Your Own Thick-Handled Dumbells Appendix 2: How to Make Your Own Kettlebells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 Looking at the contents in the book, I hadn't noticed the afterword where he busts 7 things in 25.6 seconds. That's pretty amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 WannaGrip, If you are reading this post..... PLEASE do something about this!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyg Posted January 19, 2002 Author Share Posted January 19, 2002 did u post on the wrong thread sybersnott??? if not wat r ya talkin bout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarBender Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 For those of you who have the book, refer to the top of page iv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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