Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Whitely Multi-Power Grip-O-SteelBack in the day, pretty much your only option for hand grippers were something like these from the Whitely Company. Needless to say, these aren't particularly difficult. Whitely manufactured a number of other training products as well.
Labels: Grip Strength, Grip Training Equipment, Hand Grippers, Hand Strength Equipment, Spring Hand Gripper, Vintage Strength Equipment, Whitely
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Sunday, November 08, 2009
Terry's Wrist Exerciser!Throughout the years there have been a number of devices created for building grip strength. Here's a look at "Terry's Wrist Exerciser!" which was simple but effective. Terry's brand of equipment was most often advertised in the British strength publications.
Labels: Antique Equipment, Equipment, Grip Strength, Grip Training Equipment, Hand Gripper, Terry's, Terry's Wrist Exerciser
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Friday, October 02, 2009
The J.C. Korth GripperIf you are a fan of hand grippers you'll want to make a note of this one: the earliest patented nutcracker-type hand gripper design was back on May, 14th, 1912: The J.C. Korth Gripper. Grippers were around as early as 1901, but again, this is the first patented design. As you can see, it was part of a dumbbell which makes for a very interesting piece of training equipment.
Labels: Antique Equipment, Grip Training Equipment, Hand Gripper, J.C. Korth, Unique Equipment, Vintage Hand Gripper
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
The Wrist RollerThe Wrist Roller is quite versatile for such a simple piece of equipment. You can perform heavy "singles" times holds, extended range training, "reps" and any number of other methods to build forearm strength. Look for a complete course on wrist roller training some time in the near future.
Labels: Equipment, Forearm Strength, Grip Training, Grip Training Equipment, wrist roller, Wrist Roller Training
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Wrist Roller TrainingThe Wrist Roller is a simple but very effective method of building grip strength... and here are two other training ideas which make it even better: stand on an elevated surface to increase the range of motion or use it in a supported manner so that your arm muscles don't give out before your forearms do.
Both of these ideas were written up in The Way to Live by George Hackenschmidt written back in 1908. As a wrestler and strongman "Hack" certainly had use for tremendous grip strength.
Labels: George Hackenschmidt, Grip Equipment, Grip Strength, Grip Tools, Grip Training Equipment, Strongman Equipment, wrist roller, Wrist Roller Training
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Sandow's NEW Spring-Grip DumbbellsEugen Sandow successfully sold a variety of "Spring-Grip" Dumbbells in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Eventually he decided to upgrade and this ergonomically designed version was patented on June 12th, 1917. The illustration from the patent application is shown above. Note Sandow's signature in the lower right corner.
Labels: Antique Equipment, Dumbbell, Eugen Sandow, Grip Training Equipment, Sandow's Grip Dumbbells, Spring Dumbbell, Training Equipment
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Test Your Grip!Are You Strong or Weak? ~ Don't be a wimp ~ Test Your Grip! To be a true 'strong man' you need a strong set of hands. That's as true today as it was back in the 1920s when machines like this could be found at fairs and carnivals all over the country. You won't find many of these machines these days but you still want to be able to measure up when necessary so it pays to always train your grip.
Labels: Grip Machine, Grip Strength, Grip Tester, Grip Training, Grip Training Equipment
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Joe Kinney's Secret WeaponIn order to build the incredible strength needed to close the Iron Mind #4 gripper, Joe Kinney devised a unique piece of grip training equipment he dubbed the "Secret Weapon." This allowed him to perform severe negatives which is a type of training which is incredibly effective but definitely not for the faint of heart. It worked... no man before or since has closed the #4 with so much authority.
Labels: #4 Gripper, Grip Strength, Grip Training Equipment, Hand Strength, Joe Kinney
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
The Wrist RollerWho uses the wrist roller to build forearm strength? Chinese Olympic weightlifters are one pretty good example (among many). This picture comes from an old training course. Despite its simplicity, the wrist roller is one of the most effective grip exercises there is.
Labels: Forearm Strength, Forearm Training, Grip Training, Grip Training Equipment, Olympic Weightlifting, wrist roller, Wrist Roller Training
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
| Hand grippers go back a long way, even farther than plate-loaded barbells, in fact. While the materials and spring quality have changed with modern advancements, you can see that the overall design has not changed one bit over the last century. The very first advertisement for spring nutcracker-type hand grippers is pictured on the right and dates to 1901. |  Vintage Hand Grippers |
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