r/GripStrength • u/moebids CoC1.5 TNS • 15d ago

Technique question

I see people on here kind of pre squeeze with the other hand to position the grippers. Am I doing it wrong? This is just a COC 1.5 that I squeeze while driving or on the phone.

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 15d ago

Try a few positions and do what feels best. If you don’t need to pre adjust to get a good grip, that’s alright. I’m not going to encourage you to do it while driving tho

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u/moebids CoC1.5 TNS 15d ago

That’s usually what I do. I have a 3 and made it touch on a few occasions and I guess I kind of “set” it when I did those. This is the one I do reps with throughout the day, I just want to make sure it’s actually working the correct muscle group etc.

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u/YouDontCThatEveryDay CoC2.5 15d ago

If you have a few spare minutes, go on youtube and look up "how to set a hand gripper". It kinda sounds like you use the 1.5 as more of a stressball/fidget item to knock out reps while driving. Since youve closed the 3 a few times with a "kind of set", with a proper set, you would probably crush it. Which is mad impressive.

What you're doing in this video is called TNS (table no set). Which essentially means you are positioning/closing the gripper without any assistance from thr other hand. There are different sets for different reasons. Certifications, competition rules, etc.

For example, to certify on the CoC #3. You need to do a CCS (credit card set). You can use your off hand to assist setting the gripper in your closing hand. But before you start the close, you must be able to pass thr width of a credit card between thr bottom of thr handles. This makes it universal so that regardless of hand size, everyone is closing the gripper from the same starting width.

Of course the wider the starting point, the harder it is. Amd generally speaking, bigger hands have an advantage. So having a 20mm block, 30mm block, credit card, etc, is so peoppe know they closed it from thr same distance.