Warmup

[Sampson7]

would you suggest warming up with one of the standard grippers which you can buy in a regular sports store before going to the HG100 during a workout?

[brujeria]

would you suggest warming up with one of the standard grippers which you can buy in a regular sports store before going to the HG100 during a workout?

Sure you should make little warm up before using HG100 if that is near your max gripper. No need for pump in the forearm, just couple short sets.

[Bill Piche]

There is nothing like regular training as a warm-up. That is working the other parts of the body with squats, pushing, pulling, etc.

I don't think anyone can refute that this gets the nervous system going and most people have their best grip workouts after performing some sort of body workout in general.

[Sampson7]

i'll find out what my near max gripper is when they arrive in the mail. right now, i don't know what it is.

[Jedd Johnson]

Just squeezing a light gripper as a warm-up is a BAD idea in my opinion. There is much more to an effective warm-up for the hands and forearms than just starting out light and moving up from there.

I would suggest starting with a very general full body warm-up and gradually working toward a hand and crush specific warm-up or doing something like Wannagrip says, where you train first and then gradually work grip into the mix.

This is actually what i do 90% of the time. Train my body workout first and then do Grip. Works out way better for me and my lifts and performance is always better than just jumping into Grip.