IMTUG: IronMind’s Two-Finger Gripper: hand and grip strength training tool

With IMTUGs, you can train any of your fingers—even your thumb—at the correct level of resistance and through the proper range. They are so friendly that grip guys light up when they see one for the first time, and they are so effective that they can almost guarantee PRs on whichever Captains of Crush® Gripper you are battling at the moment. And best of all, while some guys seem to revel in destroying their hands, we don’t think that’s either wise or a good way to get stronger, so we designed IMTUGs to protect the soft tissue of your palm as you develop the kind of grip strength that will have doorknobs coming off in your hands.

Not a conventional
gripper, IMTUG
is not held in the
hand like this!

Ideally, get an easier IMTUG for warm-ups and for pinch gripping:

Get a tougher one,
one level up, for your
pinky and ring finger:

Get an even tougher one, yet another level up, for your first and second fingers:

The hemi-end handle allows you to use a potent new training technique called the brush: get an assist from an extra finger by lightly brushing across the tip of the handle. The idea is to get just enough added juice to complete your crush. Now you can hold the closed position, slowly let the IMTUG open up, or just release and repeat. Whichever style you prefer, the brush technique will have the same result: it will make you stronger.

And remember, you can train one or two fingers at a time, although we generally recommend training your ring finger along with your pinky, rather than isolating your pinky.

IMTUG . . . Stronger, Healthier Hands for You!

fine tune your grip strength training, two fingers at a time
authentic IronMind Grip-Tech™: since 1988, IronMind has been the world leader in designing grip tools
pocket-sized for portability: easy to carry . . . and hard to put down!
massive, ergonomic handles: protect, rather than pummel, the soft tissue in your hands
hemi-end handles: use the brush technique for new gains in strength and coordination
GR8 Springs™: the same spring technology IronMind developed for its gold standard Captains of Crush Grippers
CoC2 – Captains of Crush Compatible: your ticket to souped-up performance on CoC Grippers

Pocket-sized and rocket-powered:
IMTUGs open up new worlds of grip
strength and hand health.

                        No. 1411 IMTUG1 (easiest)
                        No. 1412 IMTUG2
                        No. 1413 IMTUG3
                        No. 1414 IMTUG4
                        No. 1415 IMTUG5
                        No. 1416 IMTUG6
                        No. 1417 IMTUG7 (toughest)

Which IMTUGs should you choose?

Use the following guide to easily select the
IMTUGs most likely to give you a perfect fit.

You'll probably want to
use the following IMTUGs:

If you are working
on this Captains
of Crush Gripper:

IMTUG1, IMTUG2

Guide or Sport

IMTUG2, IMTUG3, IMTUG4

Trainer or No. 1

IMTUG3, IMTUG4, IMTUG5

No. 1 or No. 2

IMTUG5, IMTUG6

No. 2 or No. 3

IMTUG6, IMTUG7

No. 3 or No. 4

On a budget? No problem . . . get an IMTUG for training your
pinky and ring finger together . . . you can also use it for partials
in the pinch grip, as well as to train your first and second finger individually.

GR8™ Springs
We’ve been involved in manufacturing springs for our grippers for over 15 years, and because we’ve been diligent in our pursuit of perfection and had plenty of good fortune along the way, our latest springs, introduced in 2005, once again raised the bar in terms of precision, durability, and appearance.

GR8™ Springs are available exclusively on Captains of Crush Grippers and IMTUGs.

Build ferocious fingers with IMTUGs: visit our on-line store for IMTUGs and IronMind’s other Crushed-to-Dust! Grip Tools.

For more information about how to build your grip strength, please visit our All-About-It Resource Pages on Grip Training, Hand Grippers, and Hand Strength.

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