THE GRIP MASTER'S MANUAL, BY JOHN BROOKFIELD
Moving beyond Mastery of Hand Strength, John Brookfield continues his tradition of breaking new ground in grip training: John's creative new exercises and unbridled enthusiasm are what The Grip Master's Manual is all about. John begins with some general training pointers, including how to practice good hand health, then shows you how to build your overall upper body and lower arm strength, laying a foundation for the specific hand and lower arm training that follows.
And what follows is typical of John: a wide array of innovative techniques and exercises designed to motivate and challenge you - and to build your hand strength from every conceivable angle, along with your dexterity and muscle control. John, who invented what are now commonly called "strap holds ," is also your guide to "climbing the mountain" to close the No. 3 Captains of Crush gripper. Finally, John leads you through the consummate grip master 's repertoire: bending steel bars, bending horseshoes, coiling and scrolling iron, bending nails and even tearing cards.
John wrote this book to help you take your hand strength to the next level and if you follow his advice, we're sure you will get there and then some. If you want to be a grip master in the true sense of the word, get your hands on The Grip Master's Manual and then go out and crush a can of Coke. 144 pp.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Introduction | xii |
| Chapter 1: Getting Ready | 1 |
| * Training frequency: how much and how often | 1 |
| * Challenging the myth | 2 |
| * Hand health: helping hands | 6 |
| * Toughening the hands: dos and don'ts | 12 |
| * General training: for functional strength | 15 |
| Chapter 2: Advanced lower arm and grip training | 25 |
| * Weight toss: a secret weapon for arm and wrist strength | 25 |
| * Roll-ups: developing your entire range of motion | 26 |
| * Ball rotation: taking your grip to a new level | 33 |
| * Bar twirling 101: great wrist, hand and tumb developer | 38 |
| * One-finger lifting: history and how to | 42 |
| * The art of sandblasting: unique total lower arm training | 46 |
| * The investments: reaping big rewards in hand strength | 49 |
| * Standing finger tip lifting: impressive work | 54 |
| * Lever lifts plus grip work: a new strength equation | 56 |
| * Hand blasts: developing the explosion | 60 |
| * Work those extensors: for total handstrenth | 63 |
| * Grip work with tubing: building bending strength | 68 |
| * Captain of Crush grippers: climbing the mountain | 71 |
| * Other grip devices: making them work | 75 |
| Chapter 3: advanced grip challenges | 79 |
| * Just for fun: can you do this? | 80 |
| * Bursting soda cans: making a big splash | 83 |
| * Tearing tennis balls: serving up lower-arm strength | 87 |
| Chapter 4: Steel bending | 91 |
| * Bending steel bars: the elite grip master's tool | 94 |
| * Scroll work: bending bars into artistic shapes | 101 |
| * Iron coiling: world record style | 105 |
| * Horseshoe bending: masterin a classic feat | 109 |
| * Card tearing: dealing yourself a strong hand | 113 |
| * Bending nails: conquering the 60-penny | 115 |
| Summary | 120 |