A’ight astro, you old slicktalker, you - I ordered them. I’ll let you know who laughs at who when they get here :).
Let us know how it goes. Apparently Scylla should be crushing bricks with his bare hands by then, so I look forward to his mastery of # 3 gripper video.
I signed on at the gripboard, and I just ordered a #2. If I can make that my bitch then I’ll order a #3, but if my earlier post was sheer bravado I’d at least like to have something usable.
I do think I might be able to do it. When I had to rehabilitate my hands I did and continue to do a lot of strength exercises for them, like squeezing tennis balls and climbing a half inch rope.
We’ll see.
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Ok, I got the grippers today.
I hate sounding like a puss on here but, uhhhh, I can’t quite close them. I can get within a few millimeters but the resistance increases as they get closer together. When I first grabbed them I thought, this is way too easy – no, too hard!
My forearms are throbbing from trying already so I’m going to quit before I hurt myself but I’m so close I know I’ll close them within the next couple of days.
#1 Gripper - 140lbs
You’ll crack it . It took my 15 year old 2 months before he could close the # 1.
I saw a guy on an airplane last night that reminded me of this thread. Fairly wiry thin guy, not muscular, but then he had these freakish Popeye forearms.
Oh, gee, thanks! My hands and forearms are bruised and squishy and your 15 year old is doing it!
I’ll close it real soon, though, and it’ll be a great conversation piece after that. I don’t think the average adult male could close these.
Mine were supposed to come today according to the “expected delivery date,” but they didn’t show up, so I just crushed crushed some cue balls into powder with my bare hands while I waited, and then I bent some rebar into animal shapes and made some wind chimes.
You mean with the anchor tattoos? Cool!
Damn! Now why didn’t I think of getting temporary anchors on my forearms after those summers as a deck hand? :smack:
And yet, to judge by your username, it still ain’t enough! Or, as the old blues guy asked, “What’d I say to piss you off this time, babuh?” 
With your butt cheeks, no less.
Well, you could definitely do a #2 with your buttcheeks.
Once you’ve mastered the grippers then it’s time for hand balancing
I took it to work today and only 3 guys in my office could close it (out of maybe 12-15 who attempted.)
One guy barely got it once, one guy got it 6 times, and one guy - who doesn’t even work out - did eighteen legitimate reps. He didn’t even know he had strong forearms, but now he’s going to buy the #3 and try to get certified.
Both of my arms are throbbing from messing with it all day; I can get within about 1mm and the tips may have rubbed together a couple times but I’m not calling it closed until I know it’s closed.
If I can resist the temptation to keep messing with it and let my arms rest for a day or two I’m sure I’ll be able to close it by the end of the week. It’s a lot harder than I expected it to be. I heard, “I lift weights 5 times a week, how can I not close that thing?!!” more than once today.
I’ve ordered a pair of #1s. Back at my peak–before I got sidelined by a shoulder injury–I don’t think I would’ve thought twice about banging out 3-4 reps. Now, it’s not quite so certain. We’ll see how it goes.
My #2 arrived today.
Crap, I think it must be defective.
No matter how hard I squeeze, it won’t bend.
The guy at work who made short work of my #1 went home and ordered the #3 number last night. I honestly think he has a great shot at it. I’ll post video of his ceritification if he can do it.
Scylla - How close are you getting? These things are deceptively tough. I mean there are some pretty decent-sized guys at work who’ve gone red in the face and still not gotten my #1’s closed.
Seriously?
On the #2 I can get 3/4 of an inch from closed with either hand.
I thought I would do a lot better.
On what planet would anyone call that guy skinny? He looks like he literally lives in a gym - you can hear his phone ringing during the video - I’m thinking that’s his basement. His arms look like they’re carved out of granite and you can see his chest muscles through that thick shirt.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised.