Grippers
Grippers are devices that are used to improve the strength in your hands and forearms by training your grip. A typical gripper is made with two handles and a heavy coil spring. The handles are made of plastic or metal and are attached to each end of the spring.
Types of Grippers
Sports grippers are the most common kind of gripper and they are found at nearly every sporting goods store. The sports gripper provides a resistance of between 25 and 40 pounds and can be used by nearly everyone who has an average crushing grip.
Strength training grippers offer you much more resistance than do sports grippers, with anywhere from 60 to 400 pounds of force. This type of gripper is not so common and is a bit harder to find in the average sporting goods store. The average person has a hard time to close these grippers.
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Proper Gripper Form
To use a gripper you hold it in one hand and attempt to close the gripper by bringing the two handles together, preferably until they touch. You then release the grip and continue doing repetitions, or you may hold the grippers closed for a period of time.
If you are an athlete, you need strong hands, no matter what sport you partake in. Grippers are the perfect way to build strength in your hands and lower arms.
Hand strength is a vital part of training, and can often be a limiting factor in increasing your lifts. It's especially important in pulling lifts like the deadlift and pull-ups.