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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Answering your question, "what is the Grapple Grip"?
Fighters and Athletes: Get a Grip on Your Potential
I would like to introduce Grapple Grips. Grapple Grips are an easy-to-use effective grip training and strengthening device. Grapple Grips were primarily designed for individuals who participate in combative sports. Because combative sports require an abundance of contact, a mixed martial arts, judo or jujitsu fighter, grappler or wrestler demand their body and mind to be strong and focused when entering the ring or when competing on the mat.
Using Grapple Grips provide a superior training method for combative sport athletes to sharpen and increase their reflexes, strength and endurance in their grip. There are many types of grip strengthening products on the market today - and some are better than others - but they are all effective in some manner. Grapple Grips are not intended to replace any physical exercise routine or piece of exercise equipment, but were designed to enhance an exercise regimen due to the unique and realistic use to which they relate to combative sports or other sports in which grip strength is of paramount importance. Because Grapple Grips are a progressive grip training system, one does not have to increase the amount of weight when exercising in order to increase the intensity of the exercise when utilizing Grapple Grips.
THE WAY THEY WORK:
Grapple Grips are multi-functional. A set of Grapple Grips include a unique clip that attaches to all pull-up bars, barbells, dumbbells and any type of standard gym equipment to which one would affix them as well as park or recreation center outdoor exercise apparatus. Grapple Grips function by attaching the grips themselves to a piece of exercise equipment, then grasping the grips while continuing with the same exercise motion as you would with a regular piece of gym equipment. For example, pull-ups are a great exercise for Grapple Grips. A standard pull-up requires an individual to grasp the pull-up bar as they would grasp the handle of a bicycle. In contrast, Grapple Grips require the grasping of the grip itself as one would do when climbing a rope or a pole. Because an individual is grasping Grapple Grips like a rope or pole, it requires the individual to use extreme finger to palm compression (grip strength). Grapple Grips begin to work as soon as an individual’s feet are elevated off the ground and they, in a hanging position, begin their pull-ups. If one’s finger to palm compression (grip strength) is not strong enough, the individual will be unable to hang - let alone complete their pull-ups.
Grapple Grips can be attached to all cable pulley systems regardless of which brand an individual owns or a local gym provides. Because Grapple Grips can be applied to a variety of different exercises and fitness equipment, they are the most versatile and universal grip training system on the market today. When using Grapple Grips, one not only increases their grip strength, but also increases their endurance and reflexes in their grip. Grapple Grips exercise an individual’s neuromuscular response because of the way one positions their hand by concurrently contracting their muscles when using the grips. A specific example are wrestlers. Wrestlers use their grip in a different way than power lifters. Wrestlers use their grip by grabbing their opponent’s wrist or other limbs in order to control, defend, or submit their opponent.
Let us focus on the example of controlling the wrist using one-self for testing purposes. First, an individual would grab their own wrist. When grabbing one’s own wrist, one should be sure to observe the angle and position of one’s wrist and fingers. While squeezing one’s wrist very tight, one should pull the wrist that is being grasped away from the hand that is being grabbed. As one can see, when one pulls one’s hand away, the grasping hand needs to apply more finger to palm compression (grip strength) to prevent one’s hand from breaking loose from one’s grasping hand. If one can imagine holding a wrist while performing a pull-up, row or any other exercise - one can imagine the functional application of Grapple Grips. This example highlights the unique benefits of Grapple Grips as they allow an individual to strengthen one’s grip while exercising one’s muscles simultaneously. Being able to strengthen and train one’s grip and muscles concurrently simulates the exact motion one would use one’s grip and muscles in an athletic competition, match or fight.
Grapple Grips are used by top professional athletes and top training facilities across the country. Recently, Grapple Grips were featured on the Spike TV show The Ultimate Fighter. Grapple Grips are also used by the military and local law departments due to the recognition that grip strength is an essential aspect of controlling one’s adversary or an alleged perpetrator of a crime.
In aspects of life, individuals strive to be the best they can be. In athletics, yearning for success and achievement is the goal. For those whose grip strength is of paramount importance, Grapple Grips are the state-of-the-art tools designed to enhance performance toward the ultimate goal of victory.
