Tools for the job
My gripper collection has steadily grown. Hard to understand for anyone whose not addicted to these things. I don’t see myself as a collector however. Each of these grippers have went through a plenty of use. Reason for having several grippers of the same marked difficulty, is the simple fact that grippers vary. This variation is not necessarily a bad thing, as someone might think at first learning about the matter. It can be put to good use and it can help the training. With any luck you can find suitable grippers with just appropriate jumps in difficulty to make the path to bigger grippers just a bit smoother. Having them measured on the RGC-type of calibrator gives you a pretty good picture of what you have to work with.
I need to get more hooks on that thing…
May 20, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Damn! Awesome!
May 20, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Thanks buddy! There’s always room for one more gripper.
May 21, 2008 at 9:20 pm
That’s crazy! Can’t imagine having that many grippers in my house…
May 22, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Hahahaa!
I’m not even worst in our country, can’t imagine how many grippers some of the guys in the USA must have.
May 23, 2008 at 2:16 am
Nice collection there Teemu.
ViseGrip
May 23, 2008 at 10:24 am
Teemu, how does a FBBC HARD gripper rate? I just saw a video on youtube with someone almost 2 finger closing it. Is it above a #3 gripper?
Awsome collection btw!! I thought I had many grippers …hehe
May 23, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I just watched the vid, it’s more like a hold, not a close and the handles are not touching. Those FBBC HARD’s are decieving grippers, they are tough from the start but get easier towards the end, so if you force it closed with two hands like that guy from Japan did, it’s not that hard to hold closed. These 2 finger holds are decieving, I can get good holds on my bottom two fingers as well and have done a couple of hold vids like that. As for the question of the difficulty of the FBBC HARD, there is huge variation. Mine was pretty much exactly #3.5 on the CoC-scale according to calibration and it seems to have a wider spread than on the one that guy is trying to hold closed with his index and middle finger. Anyway they are commonly harder than #3’s and can be even harder than #3.5’s.
BUT I’m not saying that guys attempt is not good, it’s just that you know these holds are not as hard to do as you might think. So far I’m the only one whose certified on closing the FBBC HARD by the way!
You can see it here:
http://www.fatbastardbarbellco.com/FBBCGRIPPERCERTS.html
May 23, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Alsot thanks to both, Joe and Jonas.