Therefore it is non-specific relative to grip sport, and of debatable specificity for any other sport.

If your big bench-pressing muscles (pecs, delts, triceps) can handle 400lbs but your hands and forearms can only handle 300lbs, then your bench press is 300lbs. I hope this is useful to see how your training with the Fat Gripz compares to the implements they imitate. After shrug bar deadlifts I could barely hold on for chin ups using the Fat Gripz, mostly due to forearm fatigue but also partly because on the thicker chinning bar on the Nautilus OME (1-1/4 inch diameter) their outside diameter was nearly 2-1/2 inches. Then you realise the pump you are getting in the arms, particularly forearms and you can feel the difference. These Fat Gripz have taken my training to a whole new level and are helping to activate all the muscle groups I struggled to make mind muscle connection with.

Useful in sports like climbing and martial arts, grip training will carry over to many aspects of every day life.

Not surprisingly, Fat Gripz are now used by many special forces military and law enforcement officers. He’s coached a number of athletes who compete at the international level in sports ranging from grip to rugby, and his general population clients readily demonstrate how easy it can be to make progress. I always thought that I was doing this but upon using the grips I realized my concentration was not anywhere close to being correct. A Design for Every Goal: Reach your specific grip strength or arm muscle goals with a choice of Fat Gripz Pro Series or Extreme.The thicker diameter is much closer to the size of a person's wrist which makes them perfect for developing grip strength for grappling. On the single handed lifts, I think there is still a deficit compared to a solid handle, but it seems to be less. I have average sized hands (the distance from my wrist to the end of my middle finger is about 7-3/4 inches) and the standard Fat Gripz were challenging enough to grip to produce a considerable burn in my forearms without being so hard I had to drop the weight on anything other than shrug bar squats and deadlifts. After my latest Men’s Fitness shoot at UP Fitness I noticed a few sets having never actually seen them.