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Crushed-to-Dust!: Grip Strength & Hand Health


How Do Your Hands Work?

Let me count the ways...

Overall, grip strength had been considered a unitary concept until 1991, when IronMind
began promoting the idea that it was better conceived as having three elements: crushing,
pinching, and supporting. Originally quite radical, we are amazed to see that not only
has our matrix been reproduced all over the Internet, but also that this scheme is now
considered "obvious." Well, what's obvious to us now is that a revised framework is in
order, and here it is.

Crushing grip
Think of shaking hands: this is the most familiar element of grip.


Extensors
Most people only think of grip in terms of contracting their fingers in the crushing movement; muscle balance promotes strength and health, so beginning in 2004 IronMind pioneered new tools specifically targeted at the extensors.

Open Hand
Let's open up the hand so that fingers are not clenched and maybe only the tips of your fingers are bent.

Pinch grip
How strong is your thumb? If you have to pinch grip something, whether it's an arm or a heavy weight, the strength of your thumb is what determines your success or failure.

Wrist strength
Lower-arm strength stabilizes the fingers so that maximum effort can be exerted; and it helps prevent injuries as well.


Each of these types of strength can be developed for:

• maximum power, such as closing the toughest Captains of Crush Gripper you are capable of or lifting your
maximum on the Rolling Thunder, or for

• sustained effort, such as you would encounter rock climbing or on a farmer's walk



Strong Hands, Healthy Hands
When you see our IronMind Healthy Hands logo by a product, you know that it does double duty—as a strength-builder and as a pain-reducer and rehab tool. While each of our Crushed-to-Dust!™ products develops your lower-arm strength in some fashion—and that in itself is a step on the road to having balanced strength and avoiding injuries—some products are particularly suited to easing discomfort and speeding rehabilitation. If you want strong and pain-free hands, look for the Healthy Hands logo.

CoC 2 — Captains of Crush® Compatible
You'll see this symbol by our grip tools developed specifically to work with Captains of Crush Grippers. These tools will not only help you increase your crushing strength in general, but if you have the specific goal of mastering a particular Captains of Crush Gripper, or moving as far upward toward the CoC Summit as you can, these are for you.