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Gripmaster Hand Strengthener

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With the Gripmaster, you can excercise each finger individually or give your entire hand a workout.

Pocket size gym strengthens fingers, hands, wrists and forearms
Individual spring-loaded buttons for each finger
Ergonomic palm bar adds to comfort
Fits both left and right hand
Models are color-coded for tension settings—Blue - 5 pounds per finger, Red - 7 pounds per finger, Black - 9 pounds per finger

Imported.

Item 478028

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Gripmaster Hand Strengthener Customer Reviews

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Gripmaster Hand Strengthener

3.7

(based on 7 reviews)

71%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Comfortable (4)
Lightweight (3)

Cons

Best Uses

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- Casual/ recreational (4)

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Sep

2009

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great Product

By Hailey

from US

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Comfortable
Easy to use
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Training
When Bored

Comments about Gripmaster Hand Strengthener:

I love this product. It's small enough to fit in your pocket, yet not too small to not achieve a good workout. You can use it whenever you have nothing else to do and still get your hands strong. If you go on the website, prohands.net, they have a list of what exercises to do with it for many different sports and that means that you can really focus your workout. You can also exercise just certain parts of your hand and get your whole hand strong. It's really easy to use, but I would go with red, or medium tension (not light, as the picture shows) unless you have really strong hands. That way even if it is too easy for you you can just do more reps, which they recommend anyway.

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Apr

2009

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Its good.

By Smurph

from Sugar Land, Texas

About Me Getting Started

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Pros

Easy to carry around
Lightweight

Cons

Not completly comfortable

Best Uses

Training

Comments about Gripmaster Hand Strengthener:

I got this in the hope that it would help me get a stronger grip. I think it has worked so far but I wish I went with the heavy tension. I don't know if it is the way I grip it but the finger area some times hurts and is uncomfortable. But it is a good product and easy to carry around. I have actually used it at school to pass time.

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Jan

2009

(7 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Read the booklet. You can't just squeeze

By irishScott

from Newark, DE

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Comfortable

Cons

Best Uses

Anything

Comments about Gripmaster Hand Strengthener:

I guess most people don't read the booklet. This link was posted very prominently in mine. It's an extensive list of exercises for the Grip Master produced by the manufacturer. Each exercise is explained in detail from form to application.[@] says to hold each position for 5 seconds or so, but I've found that 20 provides much better results.As for my experience with the product, I practice Krav Maga (google it), and the medium & high tension versions have benefited me greatly. My grip closes faster and more strongly than it used to. Makes it much easier to defend against a gun or knife among many other things (in training obviously), and reduces the likelihood of said knife/gun/object slipping out of my grasp.Obviously stronger/more coordinated grip has mucho applications to, well.. life. Everything from climbing to Frisbee to Piano/instrument technique can be improved by this product if used properly.

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Jul

2008

(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

A Postive Spin

By jimmylee88

from Bay Area, CA

About Me Avid Climber

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Pros

Comfortable
Lightweight
Long life

Cons

Best Uses

Grip strength

Comments about Gripmaster Hand Strengthener:

This was my 1st finger training device I purchased and it still works like a charm. I am sure the springs are being less restive each time I use it but the change is hardly noticeable. The black grip can be moved to either side of the device exposing either a flat bar where all of you fingers will depress this bar, or a key side where each finger has its own key to depress.

This is a great device for intro level climbers to build up so muscles quickly (or slowly if you want to). So may find this to be pricey but I think it is still worth it.

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Apr

2008

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

It's not just squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.

By Paul the...

from Denver, CO

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Comfortable
Good Workout
Many Different Workouts
Single Finger Workout

Cons

No Instruction Booklet

Best Uses

Training Grip

Comments about Gripmaster Hand Strengthener:

[@]With those exercises you get a maxiumum workout that you can take with you anywhere, I use it at work and at home. The different exercises push you to the next level!

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Mar

2008

(4 of 23 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Why pay more for less?

By tall dave

from Baltimore, MD

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

None to write home about

Cons

Not very effective

Best Uses

Working one finger

Comments about Gripmaster Hand Strengthener:

I tried the high resistance strengthener and could completely compress all of the digits right out of the box. You achieve burn out after about 50-75 consecutive compressions. The bottom line is that there are better hand strengtheners out there for less money.

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Sep

2007

(1 of 13 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Better than nothing

By Dividend Builder

from Colorado Springs, CO

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