Today Was Annual 'take Your Gripper To Work' Day

[Sybersnott]

O.K., so today was the annual "Take Your Gripper To Work" day. Before heading out this morning, I checked my hard #2, stuck it in my coat pocket and headed off to my employment.

First guy to try it was the meaty security guard, a likable bloke called Wade. Of course, he couldn't close it. Gave me some lame excuse about being too old and that in his younger days he "would have killed it", blah, blah blah...

I heard a lot of that today. You see, fishhands have a LOT of excuses, and I have heard most if not all of them.

Anyhow, I plodded along - giving the gripper to each person, and each person failing to put a dent into it. And after each person tried it, I would take the gripper and mash it down just to prove to them that, YES, it can be done.

**** THE FOLLOWING EMBELLISHMENT IS FOR YOUR READING ENTERTAINMENT ****

Then I entered the breakroom with the stealth of a panther stalking his prey. There he was, Mr. Cocky Been-There-Done-That. I really hate guys like this. Whatever you can do, HE can do better AND he likes to brag to everybody about it, especially you.

"I've got something for you", I said slyly. "Another trophy to add to my collection?", Mr. Cocky quipped. "No, you jerkoff - this!", I declared.

I then pulled out of my pocket the IM #9 HG10000 gripper, megamash BullBeef edition. This is the very gripper that has Dave Morton screaming in the middle of the night and the one Joe Kinney refuses to touch.

"Wha... what's t-that?", Mr. Cocky said with a wimper, his eyes fixed to the object as he began to shiver. "This...", I said, "... is your worst nightmare, punk!". I handed it to him and ORDERED him to close it. As he started to, he yelled out in extreme pain - perhaps it was the multiple tiny razors embedded the handles that threw him off.

"A-HA!!", I yelled, "... you're no match for me!" I ripped the gripper from his bloody hand and showed him how a real man closes it! As I slammed the handles shut, there was a boom like the noise of thunder and a flash like lightning as the handles smashed into each other at the speed of light. At this point, Mr. Cocky was anything but! He had now become - Mr. Wimpy!

I then backhanded him with such force that he flew across the breakroom. "Do you know who I am?!? I AM THE GREAT AND MIGHTY SYBERSNOTT AND DON'T YOU DARE FORGET IT!", I said. Mr. Wimpy was crying and quivering in the corner and begging me not to hurt him anymore. I decided enough was enough and told him that if he ever, EVER became his old self ever again - that I would be back, and so would the gripper!!! YES!!!!

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Well, to make a long story short - nobody could close it. Was I disappointed? No, not really. You see, fishhands will be fishhands - there is no changing that. I was hoping to inspire a future gripster, someone who would take up the challenge and get a gripper of their own and start training - just like I did. Today was just not that day.

Before I left, another guy wanted to try it. He gave it his best shot, but it was not to be. I smiled at him, told him better luck next time, got into my car and drove home.

[superfeemiman]

Haha

So, what was the closest anyone got?

[TheBoneOrchard]

Nice embellishment heh heh.

I did this just the other day and nobody could close my #2 either. One guy did come very close (2-3mm) after I showed him a proper set. When I told him that was pretty impressive he said that he had previously worked at a job using manual metal snips for 10 years.

Of course the other end of the spectrum, one guy called my #2 a "death trap"

[DuTCH]

When i let people try, it always surprises me that when they squeeze and are like a 1/2" off, they ask if it is closed now.... Sure, for you it is...

[GetAGrip87]

Great story!!!

Lol at all the COCKY FISHHANDS!!!

[MalachiMcMullen]

Oh the excuses people give. Of course the excuses get better if the person has already tried the gripper. I've had people actually try to explain to me how it could be a good illusion with a trick spring or magnets, no joke.

[lloyd80s]

Ha ha!

I've taken my #1 and #2 to work, nobody could close either and that's after I let about 30 guys try them. I'm quite happy though as a couple of the guys have been on some grip site and ordered their own grippers, I showed them the gripping path and they are now walking it. It was quite funny when I asked my boss who's quite a strong guy if he wanted to try my #3, he grabbed it from me and gave it 100%........it move about 1cm and I heard every bone in his hand crack!!!!

[graeme]

HAhahhaha, it's so funny to watch, i used to take my grippers to work, firstly so i could use them when i was waiting for the computer to process the info i needed, and secondly for entertainment value. I haven't had them at work since i've been able to close my COC #2, but out of everyone who tried at work there was only 1 person who came within about 5mm of closing...

Needless to say people would forget why they were coming to see me once they saw the pile of gripper and 'just had to try their luck'

[capone30]

I do the same with my buddy who is into bodybuilding I bring him the 2 every few week's so he can try it, he come's very close but can't mash it and gets upset when i close it for rep's so Today he tried it again and was impressed by his progress since last time until I showed him my 2.5 and I mashed it and asked him to try and now he's just frustrated I will keep it up every few weeks and bring him a Rb210 or grandmaster next.

[forklift]

I feel sorry for those poor bodybuilders. All those huge, shiny muscles but they can't do a thing with them..

[mbcx6pmw]

I took my grippers into work a few weeks back and one of the fitters who works in the labs absolutely mashed my #2. Gave the #2.5 a good ride as well. Most of the office dwellers were stopped by or just got the #1, and one guy who does a bit of weights got the #1.5. Think I'm going to have to start an office mash monster pyramid

[tusenkonstnar]

O friend of mine actually closed the CoC2 on his first try, he was not warm, it was the first try. The guy is about 65 kg and does not lift weights.

I'm very impressed and tried to convince him to borrow some grippers from me (would be fun to see how strong he could get in a few weeks but he was not interested).

[Mikael]

O friend of mine actually closed the CoC2 on his first try, he was not warm, it was the first try. The guy is about 65 kg and does not lift weights.

I'm very impressed and tried to convince him to borrow some grippers from me (would be fun to see how strong he could get in a few weeks but he was not interested).

Hej tusenkonstnär. Ask him what he did/how he lives to be that strong. Maybe we can learn something from him.

[graeme]

O friend of mine actually closed the CoC2 on his first try, he was not warm, it was the first try. The guy is about 65 kg and does not lift weights.

I'm very impressed and tried to convince him to borrow some grippers from me (would be fun to see how strong he could get in a few weeks but he was not interested).

damn thats impressive, IM have something on there site about very few people who don't train can close a number 2 first go

[tusenkonstnar]

I'm not sure what he have done, right now he does no training, the only thing I can think of is that he has been drivning a lot of GoCart when he was younger, maybee the compination of holding hard to the steering whel combined with the vibrations has something to do with it (I've been trying the cart and it IS very hard on the grip).But on the other hand it turned out when talking to his sister that he sometimes was hanging in the dooropenings in ONE HAND when he was a child. He's not the bragging kind of person so he just said "Yes thats true but I was very small so it doesn't say so much".

Anyway I think it is amazing! Will be back if I find out anything other than exceptional DNA...

[knowledgeseaker]

Well all of you are extremely strong. What i did was when i went to school i would bring my Trainer and number 2. I would say i have two identical grippers and i wanted to see if anyone could close it as many times as i did. So i would hand out the number 2 to everyone else to try, while i Repped the trainer in my hand, LOL. Close one though one girl was like why dont you give me the other one then? and i was like it doesnt matter take whichever one you want, im just trying to show you with the other one. Luckily she didnt take the trainer.

Edited February 19, 2008 by knowledgeseaker

[matthcarl]

HehHeh. I keep my grippers at work.

[thearm95]

It's interesting taking grippers to work and having other guys try them. A lot of guys can't even close the trainer and some don't even get it to parallel. But IMO it should be noted that they generally TNS the gripper AND with bad technique. There is a big difference between MMS and TNS and there is also a big difference between unpracticed TNS and TNS with practiced/refined technique.

- and yes it's funny how some guys are 1/2" off and say, 'yeah that one's not too bad, I can do that'.

[lukeamdman]

A few weeks ago we had a potluck at work on casual Friday. We had a ton of food and games to play.

I brought the heavy grips along and held a contest. We had 16 guys, and one female, close the hg150. We had 12 guys close the hg200.

Nobody got even remotely close to closing the hg250. It was even the easier of the two I have.

I have never heard so many knuckles pop in my life!

[big nasty]

I have taken mine to work just to do some work on break I will be snapping of rep's with my hard #1 and doing some rep's with the #2. And guy's will come up and say hey can I try and they give the #1 a shot and move it a little. I will say maybe it shut off and grap it act like I am turning the handle slam it a couple time's and they give you that look . Then I grap the #2 and give it a couple snap's and they try and agian good time's and from then on they look at you different.

[AdamTGlass]

O.K., so today was the annual "Take Your Gripper To Work" day. Before heading out this morning, I checked my hard #2, stuck it in my coat pocket and headed off to my employment.

First guy to try it was the meaty security guard, a likable bloke called Wade. Of course, he couldn't close it. Gave me some lame excuse about being too old and that in his younger days he "would have killed it", blah, blah blah...

I heard a lot of that today. You see, fishhands have a LOT of excuses, and I have heard most if not all of them.

Anyhow, I plodded along - giving the gripper to each person, and each person failing to put a dent into it. And after each person tried it, I would take the gripper and mash it down just to prove to them that, YES, it can be done.

**** THE FOLLOWING EMBELLISHMENT IS FOR YOUR READING ENTERTAINMENT ****

Then I entered the breakroom with the stealth of a panther stalking his prey. There he was, Mr. Cocky Been-There-Done-That. I really hate guys like this. Whatever you can do, HE can do better AND he likes to brag to everybody about it, especially you.

"I've got something for you", I said slyly. "Another trophy to add to my collection?", Mr. Cocky quipped. "No, you jerkoff - this!", I declared.

I then pulled out of my pocket the IM #9 HG10000 gripper, megamash BullBeef edition. This is the very gripper that has Dave Morton screaming in the middle of the night and the one Joe Kinney refuses to touch.

"Wha... what's t-that?", Mr. Cocky said with a wimper, his eyes fixed to the object as he began to shiver. "This...", I said, "... is your worst nightmare, punk!". I handed it to him and ORDERED him to close it. As he started to, he yelled out in extreme pain - perhaps it was the multiple tiny razors embedded the handles that threw him off.

"A-HA!!", I yelled, "... you're no match for me!" I ripped the gripper from his bloody hand and showed him how a real man closes it! As I slammed the handles shut, there was a boom like the noise of thunder and a flash like lightning as the handles smashed into each other at the speed of light. At this point, Mr. Cocky was anything but! He had now become - Mr. Wimpy!

I then backhanded him with such force that he flew across the breakroom. "Do you know who I am?!? I AM THE GREAT AND MIGHTY SYBERSNOTT AND DON'T YOU DARE FORGET IT!", I said. Mr. Wimpy was crying and quivering in the corner and begging me not to hurt him anymore. I decided enough was enough and told him that if he ever, EVER became his old self ever again - that I would be back, and so would the gripper!!! YES!!!!

*******************************************************************************

Well, to make a long story short - nobody could close it. Was I disappointed? No, not really. You see, fishhands will be fishhands - there is no changing that. I was hoping to inspire a future gripster, someone who would take up the challenge and get a gripper of their own and start training - just like I did. Today was just not that day.

Before I left, another guy wanted to try it. He gave it his best shot, but it was not to be. I smiled at him, told him better luck next time, got into my car and drove home.

I dont know...if thats what you need to feel strong, than power to you. I just fail to see the humor. If a guy called you "weak back" because you failed a triple body weigth deadlift on the spot, would you think that is right?

closing a #2 with no training is a feat in its self.

I will wager 100 bucks right now that 75% of the board members needed some kind of training either on strength or technique to close a #2. Walking around with one and poking fun at people who could not do it is makes you look like an ass.

[MalachiMcMullen]

O.K., so today was the annual "Take Your Gripper To Work" day. Before heading out this morning, I checked my hard #2, stuck it in my coat pocket and headed off to my employment.

First guy to try it was the meaty security guard, a likable bloke called Wade. Of course, he couldn't close it. Gave me some lame excuse about being too old and that in his younger days he "would have killed it", blah, blah blah...

I heard a lot of that today. You see, fishhands have a LOT of excuses, and I have heard most if not all of them.

Anyhow, I plodded along - giving the gripper to each person, and each person failing to put a dent into it. And after each person tried it, I would take the gripper and mash it down just to prove to them that, YES, it can be done.

**** THE FOLLOWING EMBELLISHMENT IS FOR YOUR READING ENTERTAINMENT ****

Then I entered the breakroom with the stealth of a panther stalking his prey. There he was, Mr. Cocky Been-There-Done-That. I really hate guys like this. Whatever you can do, HE can do better AND he likes to brag to everybody about it, especially you.

"I've got something for you", I said slyly. "Another trophy to add to my collection?", Mr. Cocky quipped. "No, you jerkoff - this!", I declared.

I then pulled out of my pocket the IM #9 HG10000 gripper, megamash BullBeef edition. This is the very gripper that has Dave Morton screaming in the middle of the night and the one Joe Kinney refuses to touch.

"Wha... what's t-that?", Mr. Cocky said with a wimper, his eyes fixed to the object as he began to shiver. "This...", I said, "... is your worst nightmare, punk!". I handed it to him and ORDERED him to close it. As he started to, he yelled out in extreme pain - perhaps it was the multiple tiny razors embedded the handles that threw him off.

"A-HA!!", I yelled, "... you're no match for me!" I ripped the gripper from his bloody hand and showed him how a real man closes it! As I slammed the handles shut, there was a boom like the noise of thunder and a flash like lightning as the handles smashed into each other at the speed of light. At this point, Mr. Cocky was anything but! He had now become - Mr. Wimpy!

I then backhanded him with such force that he flew across the breakroom. "Do you know who I am?!? I AM THE GREAT AND MIGHTY SYBERSNOTT AND DON'T YOU DARE FORGET IT!", I said. Mr. Wimpy was crying and quivering in the corner and begging me not to hurt him anymore. I decided enough was enough and told him that if he ever, EVER became his old self ever again - that I would be back, and so would the gripper!!! YES!!!!

*******************************************************************************

Well, to make a long story short - nobody could close it. Was I disappointed? No, not really. You see, fishhands will be fishhands - there is no changing that. I was hoping to inspire a future gripster, someone who would take up the challenge and get a gripper of their own and start training - just like I did. Today was just not that day.

Before I left, another guy wanted to try it. He gave it his best shot, but it was not to be. I smiled at him, told him better luck next time, got into my car and drove home.

I dont know...if thats what you need to feel strong, than power to you. I just fail to see the humor. If a guy called you "weak back" because you failed a triple body weigth deadlift on the spot, would you think that is right?

closing a #2 with no training is a feat in its self.

I will wager 100 bucks right now that 75% of the board members needed some kind of training either on strength or technique to close a #2. Walking around with one and poking fun at people who could not do it is makes you look like an ass.

Haha, if you stay on here long enough Adam you'll find that Sybersnott is... well he's Sybersnott. No other way to describe him For the record though I agree with you I do confess that I took my grippers to school sometimes but I always gave tips on how to close them to whoever asked to try them.

[jamesburk3]

I took mycoc #1 to work and out of 30 guys only 3 could close it. My best friend Aaron mashed it handle to handle 11 times. He does no weight lifting or any kind of training. I wish I could have started that strong. Even now I can only close it 5 times. lol

[dima700]

I took grippers to work also. Four guys couldn't close HG150, one guy couldn't close the HG200, and my manager easily overcrushed HG200 for 20 seconds, while giving me a lecture about him having a strong pinky. He tried the HG250 and got it past parallel. I'm sure he would've closed it couple weeks earlier when he still worked out. He has a strong grip from playing professional dodgeball and always grabbing the ball. At that time I couldn't close HG200 or #1.5, so I couldn't make them look weak because I was weak myself I did enjoy exclamations of awe when they saw the spring size comparison between Super Galaxy and HG100 and tried to chest crush the BBSG with no luck.

[bigmatt]

HAHA! NICE!