The Grip Masters Manual
Moving beyond Mastery of Hand Strength, John Brookfield continues his tradition of breaking new ground in grip training: John’s creative new exercises and unbridled enthusiasm are what The Grip Master’s Manual is all about. John begins with some general training pointers, including how to practice good hand health, and then shows you how to build your overall upper body and lower arm strength, laying a foundation for the specific hand and lower arm training that follows.
And what follows is typical of John: a wide array of innovative techniques and exercises designed to motivate and challenge you — and to build your hand strength from every conceivable angle, along with your dexterity and muscle control. John, who invented what are now commonly called “strap holds,” is also your guide to “climbing the mountain” to close the No. 3 Captains of Crush Gripper. Finally, John leads you through the consummate grip master’s repertoire: bending steel bars, bending horseshoes, coiling and scrolling iron, bending nails, and even tearing cards.
John wrote this book to help you take your hand strength to the next level, and if you follow his advice, we’re sure you will get there and then some. If you want to be a grip master in the true sense of the word, get your hands on The Grip Master’s Manual and then go out and crush a can of Coke.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Definately Worth It
The Grip Master’s Manual is written in a much more organized manner than John Brookfield’s first book, Mastery of Hand Strength. Both are certainly worth it and used together are even better. Most of the techniques inside both books can be done with little material from a hardware store or things you probably already have. He goes over all types of grip strength and in The Grip Master’s Manual he devotes an entire chapter to steel bending. If you’re interested in how to train your every aspect of hand strength, buy both his books.
5 Stars Solid product, just the basics
Very simple and to-the-point guidelines on the basics of training and improving grip strength. John Brookfield has field tested all of his methods that he submits in the book. The reader can rest assured these methods will work by reading just a little history on the grip strength feats that Brookfield has accomplished. Recommended for anyone with the desire to improve their grip dramatically.
4 Stars If you’re serious, get the book
There are many basic ideas in here that I wouldn’t have really thought of on my own. It gives many ideas that you can use with the simplest of scraps laying around in your garage. Simple does not mean easy, but I can say that my forearm training improved almost immediately. Small details DO lead to big differences.
5 Stars effective simple but hard
i bought this book on here not to long ago and was pleasently surprised i got it alot earlier than expected so thanks amazon
the contents of this book are absolutely brilliant where i live its hard to find good training information and this book has shown me that with very little equipment i can get a set of strong healthy and nimble hands
the exercises from the foundational strength exercises and some more specific grip work are soon going to be included in my workouts and from the information i can see my self in the near future ripping cards and possibly moving on to short steel bending
the only problem i had when purchasing it was i didnt reliase that mastery of hand strength came first but thankfully this books stands alone
i will be adding more of John Brookfields work to my strength training library
5 Stars Required reading for those interested in Grip
This book is an excellent read for all those who are interested in grip strength.
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