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Balanced Hands – Guest Post by Ben Westerhoff

By Ben Westerhoff from Technology in Class I wasn’t an especially anxious child.  Nevertheless, I worried about some strange things.  For example, it would irk me when a character in a movie would leave his or her headlights on after turning the car off.  “That battery is going to die!” I’d think to myself.  “How [...]

November 11, 2009 READ MORE →

My Grip History by “Napalm” Jedd Johnson

This is a guest post from “Napalm” Jedd Johnson,  grip expert, one of my heroes, all-around cool guy, and very, very strong man.  Jedd has been a big inspiration in my own pursuit of strength.  I love his ebooks and his genuine interest in helping people get stronger–it really shows in his writing and speaking.  [...]

July 2, 2009 READ MORE →

How To Close The Captains of Crush: Towel Rolls

A simple towel can strengthen your grip I have been making steady progress on my 1.5 Captains of Crush (COC) and wanted to share another tip that has helped.  This technique comes from John Brookfield (like most worthwhile grip tips) and his book The Grip Master’s Manual. Many of the techniques in the book are [...]

May 26, 2009 READ MORE →

How To Close The Captains Of Crush: Strap Holds

If you aren’t familiar with Ironmind’s Captains of Crush Grippers, they are like the plastic grippers you rep out with while watching TV. Except that the COCs are almost impossible to close. And they’re made of metal. And they’re really fun. Yes! Grippers are a fun way to test your grip strength. As the world [...]

May 12, 2009 READ MORE →

How And Why To Tear Cards

Why would somebody want to do that? What’s the matter with you? Those were two early responses I received when I started telling people I wanted to get strong enough to tear a deck of cards in half. First it was the kettlebells, then it was the grippers, then it was the pinch block, and [...]

May 5, 2009 READ MORE →

Stronger Wrists With Plate Curls

Authors Update: It’s been a year since I filmed this video. My respect for the plate curl as one of the best arm exercises has only increased. Update #2: My video vanished from Youtube. I must have accidentally deleted it. I’ll put another one in from another lifter in the post below: Many feats of [...]

April 27, 2009 READ MORE →

10 Essential Strength Books: Part 2-The Grip Master’s Manual

I got into grip training after I hurt my shoulder.  I also had a knee that was giving me some problems at the time.  All of my upper body pressing was out, and I couldn’t do deadlifts or squats on that dumb knee.  I was ready to get under the covers and sob, but someone [...]

April 23, 2009 READ MORE →