Gripmaster Pro Hand Strengthening System, Extra-Heavy Tension (11 Pounds per Finger)
Gripmaster Pro Hand Strengthening System, Extra-Heavy Tension (11 Pounds per Finger)
Only the patented PRO (by Gripmaster) isolates and strengthens each finger individually to develop maximum power, dexterity and endurance.The Gripmaster Pro isolates and strengthens each finger individually, helping you improve your overall strength, endurance, and dexterity. A few daily workouts with the Gripmaster Pro and you’ll enjoy better control of a baseball/softball bat, tennis racquet, or golf club, with each finger working in seamless unity with the others. You’ll also find a ton of other uses for the Gripmaster Pro, including playing guitar or violin, rock climbing, bowling, target shooting, martial arts, yoga, or even relieving stress while clicking a mouse or gaming for hours on end.
To keep things interesting and to accommodate certain uses, the company recommends several different exercises, including the “fingertip pinch,” “flatfist,” “powergrip,” “wristflex,” and “thumbpinch,” most of which are explained on the Gripmaster website. Best of all, you can work out anytime and anywhere with the Gripmaster Pro, which fits neatly in your pocket when not in use. This particular version of the Gripmaster Pro offers an extra-heavy tension of 11 pounds per finger–a recommended tension for extremely strong hands.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Best for ‘advanced’ hands.
I bought this to continue strengthening my hands for guitar. I originally started on a 7 lb per finger Gripmaster, which after months of use, I found was far too weak for my hands.
It will, of course, be extremely difficult to use if it is your first hand-strengthening product, and the Gripmaster Pro design is slightly larger than the standard Gripmaster, so people with small hands, be warned.
All in all, a great product.
4 Stars Good hand exercise but a bit cumbersome
The gripmaster pro works the muscles of the hand and forearm well but for someone who has small hands,I find the pro version is a bit too big. The regular version fit my hand better but if you have average or big hands, the pro version would be right for you.
2 Stars Bad for large hands
I have very large hands and I found this to be nearly unusable because my fingers are too large to use the individual buttons without getting snagged on the neighboring buttons. The Black Diamond Forearm Trainer works a lot better for me, although it is a little too easy to squeeze. I’m going to try the Grip Pro Trainer Red-50Lbs- next.
5 Stars It Just Works
Hand exercise is nothing new to me, neither is most other types of exercise or workout. But the loss of hand movement is a scary thing.
This time around I damaged a nerve causing severe restricted finger movement. So I forced myself to move the fingers as much as was possible. As the nerve repaired, finger movement restored slowly (1/32″ or less a day). I believe my constant aggression may have helped. But during this time my fingers became lapse from their ’sleep’ time and needed to be worked back to normal, and muscle memory re-gained.
Since I utilize single fingers, some fingers more than others, this exercise devise not only got each finger up to speed it improved their use like never before… Needless to say, if you don’t do it it won’t get done. And that’s just the way it is.
For those familiar with regular squeeze devices, this device can perform that way also, naturally.
Does it work? Does it help? Without a doubt.
The only choice to be made is the amount of resistance in pounds you require. I started with 9 pounds dubbed Heavy tension. After the fact I went and got the 7 pounder. I gave it away. But that’s me.
There’s a plus of portability. I didn’t mention this but your regular hand squeeze devices have a varying grip and are problematic to smaller sized hands. The Gripmaster doesn’t have this drawback at all, small, medium or large hands. All are good with this one device.
5 Stars I love it!!!!
I was in need of a more powerful hand strengthening tool and this one is it!!
I play a lot of tennis and I coach other sports that require a good grip. This device is a great help.
I plan on getting another one with less tension. I like how it accentuates each finger for building strength.
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