One of the best ways to improve your shooting performance is to increase your grip strength. Having a strong grip improves your recoil control and allows you to more easily hold the gun on target and actuate the trigger smoothly.
The Heavy Grips Canada hand-grippers are ideal for any sport that requires a strong wrist, forearm and fingers. The grip/hand strength is often the weak-point of many athletes and an improved grip is a benefit for athletes competing in archery, baseball, badminton, basketball, body-building, fencing, football, hockey, lacrosse, rugby, shooters, softball, tennis, weight-lifting, wrestling and much more.
These high quality aluminum-handled hand-grippers are crafted with 50 inch-force-lb torque increments from 100lbs to 350lbs so that you can train your grip similar to training any other bodypart-- by increasing resistance. This will finally allow you to build the huge forearms and crushing grip you have been unable to achieve by doing endless reps with plastic-handled hand-grippers.
If you want to develop serious hand strength for a sport, or just want to impress your friends, than the Heavy Grips™ hand grippers are the perfect choice for you! If you're worried about working hard, getting sore hands and possibly some calluses on your fingers, than this product is not for you!
The 6 Levels of Heavy Grip Hand Trainers:
Avoid Overtraining! "No pain, no gain" does not apply to Heavy Grips grip training.
Do not train with your Heavygrips until your hand fully recovers from the last Heavy Grip work-out.
Most athletic consumers are familiar with the standard plastic department store hand grippers. Many male athletes (over 14 yrs old) with average sized hands will be able to squeeze over 25 repetitions (reps) with the plastic grips which will help build endurance and give a lactic-acid 'burn', but you can't build a crushing grip by doing endless reps. To develop extraordinary hand strength you need to train your "grip" just like training your chest with the bench-press; by doing low reps with increased resistance. Just as you would not be able to bench press 300lbs by training with 10 sets of 40 reps with a 100lb barbell, you are not going to be closing the HG300 or HG350 unless you train with 3 to 15 reps with increased resistance as you get stronger.
It is almost impossible to determine which strength is the best for consumers/athletes as each individual will react to strength training their hands in different ways. Elite powerlifters have been surprised to find they cannot close a HG200 while an iron-worker or carpenter with little visible muscle size might close a HG250 on their first attempt. Many powerlifters use 'grip-aids' such as straps in their training for various lifts while the ironworker is using their hands on a regular basis with their work and that makes a huge difference in hand-strength.
Although it may seem like we are trying to up-sell, we recommend purchasing more than one HeavyGrip hand-gripper to ensure that you have grippers to give an effective warm-up and increased resistance levels to work up to. These grippers are not trophies or gimmicks and are designed to be used for resistance strength training and our lifetime warranty guarantees a lifetime of use. The hands respond so well to low-rep resistance training that many athletes that can barely close a HG150 the 'first try' can fully close a HG250 or even a HG300 within 8 weeks of beginning their grip-training. We find that approximately 75% of our customers that only purchase one gripper purchase a package of two grippers within a few weeks of their original purchase and could have saved money by originally purchasing a package set. Save up to 30% when purchasing all 6 Heavy Grips as a package!
For those that only plan on purchasing one HG, we often get asked "which Heavygrip should I start with?" but there is no formula for everyone because every person is different. The best we can do is offer recommendations based on customer feedback over three years and over 120 000 Heavy Grips™ sold.
HG 100 "Beginner" - At the first squeeze, the HG100 may not seem to be much tougher than a store-bought plastic hand-gripper, but it's smooth action and aggressive knurled grip can be deceiving. The "Beginner" is perfect for consumers beginning their 'grip training' as well as younger athletes, female athletes, athletes with small hands and warm-ups for stronger athletes.
HG 150 "Intermediate" - Consumers that have a fairly strong grip can usually squeeze out a few reps with the HG150, but it can be difficult for females and younger athletes although those athletes can easily work up to the HG150 in a short time with consistent training. Most athletes with consistent HG training will find that the HG150 only provides resistance for 3 to 15 reps for 2 to 6 weeks and they are ready to step up to the HG200 or beyond because the hand responds so well to resistance training with low repetitions.
HG 200 "Advanced" -The HG200 is the level that even athletes with a naturally strong grip may have trouble closing. Athletes with advanced grip training will not have too much trouble with the HG200, but those with no grip training experience will most likely find it very difficult to close the HG200 at the beginning of their training. When you are closing the HG200 for reps, your performance for any sport using your hands will be greatly enhanced.
HG 250 "Professional"- When you are closing the HG250 for reps, you will have to be very careful when shaking people's hand! If you can close the HG250 once, your hand strength is well beyond the average athlete. Usually only athletes with a hardcore grip training regimen and people who do heavy work with their hands can close the HG250 on their first attempt. Just because you have lifted weights for a few years, don't assume that you will be able to close a HG250. It's much harder than it looks!
HG 300 "The Gripper King" - Although there are well over 20 000 HG300's on the market, we estimate that there are less than 250 athletes world-wide that can do reps with this hand grip although most male athletes (and there have been a couple of women) with an average-sized hand can build up their hand-strength to close a HG300 for at least one rep if they train regularly with the Heavygrips. The key to closing the HG300 is consistency with your hand-strength training and avoiding over-training (Don't train with your HG's more than twice per week or when your hand is still sore from your last work-out)
HG350 "The Grip Monster" - The newest addition to the Heavy Grip line-up! The HG 350 hit the market in 2006 at the request of athletes who complained that the HG300 was not tough enough! Although there have been some very strong athletes doing reps with the HG300, we haven't had anyone tell us that the HG350 was too easy! If you can close the HG350, your hand strength is definitely 'world-class'.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who should use the Heavy Grips™?
The Heavy Grips™ hand-grippers are a very effective training tool for any consumer or athlete, men or women, who would like to substantially increase the strength of their wrists, fingers and hands. If you're willing to work hard and don't mind a few calluses on your fingers due to the knurled grip, then the Heavy Grips are probably for you. Side effects should include huge vascular fore-arms as pictured above from an actual Heavy Grips customer!!
Who should NOT use the Heavy Grips™?
Whiners, slackers or anyone that is likely to complain that their hands "are sore" after using our product for low-rep strength training. Our aluminum-handled grippers are knurled to provide a good grip for sweaty hands which is beneficial when training with the tougher levels; so they don't slip. Your fingers will get used to the grippers. Just like any other type of strength-training workouts, your hands will most likely get sore as you get used to training with the grippers. If you're worried about getting sore hands, don't buy our grippers!
Are the HeavyGrips similar in strength to other grippers on the market?
No they are not. We actually measure our gripper resistance as a conversion of "twisting-force" and if you are expecting our resistance-levels to be the same as any other heavy-duty gripper on the market with a 'strength estimate', then you may be disappointed and we advise you to stick with your favorite brand to avoid any costly confusion for you or us. We are providing an affordable strength tool for any athlete or consumer that can benefit from increasing their hand-strength with our quality product at an affordable price.
Which gripper should I start with?
The HeavyGrip(HG)100 is mostly used as a warm-up gripper or for grip beginners. We recommend this gripper for females, young athletes and people with an 'average grip' and no grip training experience. It is also a very high quality gripper for stronger people who like to do a lot of repetitions. That's why it's called "The Beginner".
Most strong people can do reps with the HG 150-"Intermediate" and find that the grips become really difficult at the HG 200 level and people of average hand strength have trouble closing the HG 200 for reps or the HG250 once. When training their hand like other body-parts with reps under 20, most athletes, including women, are surprised at how fast they can master the HG 200 and HG250 and some athletes do reps with the HG 300 and HG 350.
How do you determine the strength of the Heavy Grips?
Although we have developed a standardized testing procedure, as our Disclaimer says: "the strengths are approximate" and we are selling athletic training equipment, not calibrated instruments. The Heavy-Grips are tested in the middle of the gripper and we test the 'Twist-torque' measured in Newton.metres(N.m) and convert to inch-force-pounds, shortened to "lbs" for marketing purposes for our largest market, the USA. We've had a few consumers try measuring the strength of our grippers with bathroom scales and other innovative methods, but unless you spend thousands of dollars producing similar standardized testing equipment you will not get the same torque results.
lthough the piano wire springs are wound with a CNC machine, it is virtually impossible to make every spring exactly uniform in strength, but we do our best to ensure that the grippers are as uniform as possible. Each gripper is tested by the manufacturer before being packaged to ensure that the springs meet minimum torque requirements. The devices that the quality-control inspectors are using(right) are torque testing device measuring minimum amount of 'twisting force' needed to close each gripper. We also use spot testing with other calibrated torque-testing equipment.
Please note that due to the extreme force required to wind the springs in addition to the tests in the testing machines(right) and the mechanical blister-packaging, the springs may end up slightly scuffed up, but this will not affect the use of your gripper!
How often should I train with my Heavy Grips™?
We only recommend training with the Heavy Grips two to three times per week. Unlike the dept. store brand of grippers you can do endless reps with, our grippers were designed to give you a solid resistance work-out by doing low repetitions.(squeezing the grippers less than 5 to 15 times for work sets). Many new consumers make the mistake of over-training and use their Heavygrips everyday which can cause injury due to overtraining. Just as you would not bench press or squat heavy weights 4 or 5 times per week, you should not train low reps with your Heavygrips that often.
How come you sell your grippers by the single gripper instead of pairs?
When exercising with the Heavy Grips™ Hand Grippers, the training format is similar to that of training the biceps with concentration curls. Our grippers are very tough and are designed for much lower strength and power gaining reps than the average store-bought gripper. We'd be surprised (and very impressed) if you picked up a pair of the Heavy Grip 200's and rattled off a bunch of reps with both hands at the same time.
One of my Heavy Grips™ is a little narrower and weaker than when I purchased it. Is this covered by warranty?
The Heavy Grips™ are designed for athletes to use as a tool to strengthen their grips and by nature the torsion springs will get weaker the more they are used and may become narrower over time. Our engineers have found that this happens more often when the grippers are being "seasoned" (broke in using various methods that we don't recommend) by holding the grippers closed or forced shut with two hands and held closed. To minimize the narrowing of the springs, ensure that you are not holding your gripper shut with two hands or another device. The grippers are meant to be used with one hand doing normal repetitions to achieve better hand strength for various sports.
The grippers will have slight variations in 'handle stance' from the factory in order to get the required strength for each gripper. Depending on the gripper model, the springs are typically 6.0 to 7.25cm (2.25" to 2.75 inch) from the bottom of each handle when brand new. Even if the stance at the bottom of the handles narrows to 5.5cm or 2 inches, it will still allow an effective work-out. We are told that our 'gripper stance' is narrower than others on the market, but our grippers have a stance that will allow even users with small hands to have a great hand workout.
If the stance becomes lower than 5.5cm or 2 inches due to a manufacturer's defect, we will replace that gripper through our lifetime warranty.
I just bought a couple of your Heavy Grips™ and have blisters on my fingers from the tread on the handles. Why are they so rough?
Good question. The gripper handles had to be made of metal as plastic handles just could not handle the torque from the larger springs and would be too slippery. Our grippers are made of cast aluminum machine-knurled handles and without the knurling they would be very slippery, especially if your hand gets sweaty. We have worked with the manufacturer to ensure that the knurling isn't very sharp and the aluminum makes it slightly softer. Our newer grippers have a non-slip annodized coating on the handles which helps make the knurl more comfortable.
If you are getting blisters on your fingers than you are definitely over-training with your handgrippers. Cut back on your training to a couple days a week and you will find that you will slowly develop small calluses on your fingers and won't notice the knurling after a couple of weeks.
How should I train with the Heavy Grips™?
Our hand grippers were designed for developing incredible hand strength. To do this, you must train your hand similar to any other body part and use low reps(and only 2 to 3 times per week) You will not develop a super strong grip by doing a lot of repetitions. Like any other bodypart, don't forget to warm-up and stretch your hand.
Keep the reps in the range of 5 to 25. If you are able to do 15 to 25 reps with a particular strength of gripper, it is a good time to move up to the next level of gripper. Even if you aren't able to close the next level you can do partials, forced reps and assisted negatives until you are fully able to close it. The average person has trouble being able to close the HG200 on the first try and many report after a couple of months of training they are easily closing it for reps.
When you are able to close your lighter grippers for more than 25 reps, you can use them for warm-ups and for "super-sets". An example of a "super-set" would be to use the HG250 for 2 reps, then the HG200 for 8 reps, then the HG150 until failure, then the HG100 to failure.
Spring Breaks: Shipping damage or dropping the gripper greatly increases the chance of spring breakage. The shiny black coating makes it easy to spot any defects or damage. If your spring has even a small chip out of the metal, do not use as it will most likely break. If you inspect your grippers upon arrival and take good care of them, you should not have any issues.
Avoid Overtraining: Only use your Heavy Grips 2 to 3 times per week!
Consumers are advised to consult a physician before using new fitness products or starting any exercise program. With any strength training or athletic sport the potential for injury exists and Heavy Sports Inc. and our distributors will not be held responsible for any injuries that may occur while using our fitness products.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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