"Classic Grip Courses"
For Bone Crushing Strength
Dear Friend,
Whether or not you know it, you use your hands constantly, everyday in hundreds of different ways.
The strength of your hands and fingers depend upon the muscular development of your forearm muscles.
If you have a weak grip due to poor forearm development, your lifting powers are sadly diminished.
If that is the case, you, my friend, need to build up that weak link in your Chain of Strength.
A strong grip means better control in everything you do.
The Value of a Strong Grip in the Working World
Ask anyone in the working world just how much they depend upon the strength of their hands to complete their everyday tasks.
Imagine, for a moment, the professional mover lifting and carrying heavy appliances, furniture, boxes, etc., up and down stairways.
Or how about those in the building trades such as brick layers, carpenters, electricians, fence builders, ironworkers, laborers, pipe fitters, plumbers, riggers, roofers, etc., using their hands all day long in their specialized skill.
Just picking up and moving heavy building materials from one place to another takes its toll.
Those in the service industries such as blacksmiths, farriers, fire and rescue, longshoremen, lumberjacks, machinists, mechanics, policemen, road workers, tree trimmers, etc.
Even the chef, computer user, musician, seamstress or tailor, etc. Make no mistake; these jobs require strong, nimble fingers.
And let’s not forget the farmer or ranch hand. Just take a good look at the calluses on their hands!
All of these jobs, without exception, require strong hands from time to time.
A Powerful Grip is a Must in Athletics
Most sports require the use of your hands.
Every athlete needs strong hands.
Football players are constantly pulling, tugging and grabbing.
The grappling wrestler knows that in many cases the holds that he puts on his opponent depend on the vise like strength of his grip.
The martial artist needs hands that can be turned into dangerous weapons at a moments notice.
Weightlifting, rock climbing, baseball, arm wrestling, hand-balancing, etc., etc., all require strong well developed hands and forearms.
Even the weekend golfer needs strong and steady hands for driving and putting.
Get-A-Grip on Everyday Life
Believe it or not, even every day chores around the home require strong hands.
Ever been asked to twist the lid off of a ketchup bottle or a fruit jar?
Of course you have.
Therefore, if you participate in any of the aforementioned activities, it’s rather obvious, you need strong hands.
So, don’t hesitate, check out the grip developing courses listed below and turn your hands into powerful, useful tools that will allow you to handle any situation.
Best wishes,
Bill Hinbern
P.S. The following training manuals were written by champions of grip strength.
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Britain's Strongest Man reveals...
How to Develop a Powerful Grip
by Edward Aston
Britain's Strongest Man
(1911-1934 retired undefeated)
Born in the village of Yeadon, Yorkshire, England, in 1884, Edward Aston started lifting weights at the age of ten. At the peak of his career he stood 5' 7 3/4" tall, weighed 170 lbs. and had large powerful hands. He took the strength world by storm by winning the World's Middle-Weight Weight-Lifting Championship from Maxick the famous Bavarian Hercules at Granville Music Hall, Watham Green, Fulham, London on August 4th 1910. Later he won the Heavy-Weight Weight-Lifting Championship of Great Britain and the title of Britain's Strongest Man from Thomas Inch in June of 1911. He held these titles for a record period of 23 years and retired undefeated in 1934. In 1913, at the Crystal Palace in London, Aston did a Right Hand Anyhow (one hand "all the way", standing the barbell on end to shoulder it) of 300 1/2 lbs. That same year in Paris, he did a Two Hands Dead Lift of 496 lbs. on a 2 1/4" bar using an overgrip. Another time during a challenge in a music hall act, he picked up Apollo's (Wm Bankier) 280 lb. sack of flour, put it on his back, and walked off the stage! Vide Press stated that he was, "England's greatest 12-stone strength athlete ever!"
Aston toured the music halls for years with his strongman act. He was highly respected for his honesty in showmanship and would frequently jump the stage of many an under handed professional strongman exposing them for using phoney props or weights that were less than the poundage claimed.
Learn from Great Britain's Strongest Man:
1. A biography of the famous Edward Aston, Britain’s Strongest Man.
2. A discussion of several notable strongmen of the day along with their special pet feats of grip strength. William P. Caswell, Charles Vansittart "The Man with the Iron Grip", Siegmund Breitbart, John Grunn Marx, Thomas Topham, Alexander “Samson” Zass, J. C. “The Mighty Apollo” Tolson, William Fox, Eugen Sandow, Thomas Inch, William “Apollo” Bankier, etc.
3. Learn about and adapt Aston’s unusual grip training exercises. Some he not only personally used but had discovered throughout his colorful strongman stage career.
4. A selection of the author’s favorite result producing exercises for developing a powerful grip.
5. A comparison of the forearm size of 27 famous strongmen.
6. And much, much more!
All in all, this publication is not only very informative but entertaining as well. It will provide you with exercises that can not be found anywhere else.
A fully illustrated 8 l/2 x 11 softcover book.
A Classic! Order your copy today!
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How to Develop a
Powerful Grip
by Edward Aston
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To Rip and Tear, You Need...
Iron Claws
Grip Development and Bench Press Course
by Michael H. Brown
In 1974, an ad caught my eye in Peary Rader’s old Iron Man magazine. The Madison Co. advertised an interesting catalog of unusual books, courses and equipment on a variety of topics including suppressed inventions, biblical studies and weight training.
Among the unique titles could be found Iron Claws, a best selling treatise on grip exercise and the bench press. I ordered this book by Michael H. Brown and discovered that he is a hands-on type of guy who views his gym as his laboratory where he loves to experiment with different physical training theories, embracing the methods that work and discarding the ones that don't.
This book is a product of the author's fascination with how the old-timers developed 16" forearms and enormous coin bending grip strength! While writing this book, the author even invented a special wrist roller, rack rebounders for heavy bench pressing, and cable sets made with surgical tubing.
Here are a few of the things you can expect to learn:
1. A comparison of the training methods of the oldtime strongmen and the training methods of today.
2. The 1,000 lb. bench press and how it will eventually be attained.
3. The importance of the strength of your grip and forearm in almost every exercise you do.
4. Discover the step ladder system and how it took a trainee from a weight of 187 to 290 lbs. and a 550 lb. bench press!
5. The age old theory on training in mud and the author’s opinion. It might surprise you.
6. The benefits of rack rebounders in your training.
7. The author lists several sources for unique and often hard to find accessory equipment.
8. and much, much more!
A rare and extremely hard to find book full of valuable and result producing information available once again.
A fully illustrated 8 1/2 x 11 softcover book.
A Classic! Order your copy today!
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Iron Claws
by Michael Brown
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INCH Your Way to a World Class Grip With...
Developing the Grip and Forearm
by Thomas Inch
"World Record Holder and World Challenger
with His Famous Inch Challenge Dumbbell"
Famous for his "unliftable" Challenge Dumbbell and Challenge Hand Gripper, Thomas Inch of Scarborough, England was born in 1881 and took up weightlifting at 9 years of age. Seven years later he was deemed Britain's Strongest Youth at 16. He published his first of many books, Scientific Weight-Lifting in 1905 which became an overnight best seller. Later in 1910 he became the first official Britain's Strongest Man. Inch always performed and competed professionally, never as an amateur. He traveled the music hall circuit performing such feats as the Bent Press and the Two Hands Anyhow using human rather than iron weight for effect. At 5' 10 1/2" and 210 lbs., Inch could Single Arm Push 201 lbs., Two Hands Anyhow 356 1/2 lbs., and Bent Press 304 1/2 lbs. Even in later years some of his lifts were impressive. At age 48 he could Two Hands Anyhow 276 lbs. and at age 68 he could Dead Lift 540 lbs!
To promote healthy competition, and a name for himself, for over 50 years, Inch would offer £200 to anyone in the world who could lift his famous "unliftable" Challenge Dumbbell. Many a strength athlete tried but failed.
So, it is not surprising that the famous name Thomas Inch brings to mind one thing, grip strength.
After a time, and numerous requests, Inch decided to put down in writing the methods by which he felt one could best develop his grip strength to the maximum. So here it is, once again made available to the potential "grip masters" of the strength world. If the lifting of heavy weights is your goal, don't let an inadequate grip stand in your way! This book will strengthen the weak link between you and record poundages!
This book is a complete grip course covering:
1. A biography of the world famous music hall strongman, Thomas Inch.
2. A discussion of the role of the grip in athletics.
3. General hints on the correct use of dumbbells in your grip training.
4. The complete course in grip training as used by Thomas Inch to develop his legendary grip strength.
5. An interesting feat of strength with a thick handled dumbbell.
6. The saga of the storied Thomas Inch Challenge Dumbbell.
7. A listing of 32 famous modern day drip masters and a description of their feats of grip strength.
8. A listing of 45 popular feats of grip and forearm strength.
9. and much, much more!
A fully illustrated 8 1/2 x 11 softcover book.
A Classic! Order a copy today!
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Developing the
Grip and Forearm
by Thomas Inch
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Learn to Break Horseshoes and Lift Anvils with...
Molding a Mighty Grip
by George F. Jowett
The Most Scientific Weightlifter in America
George Fuisdale Jowett was formerly a blacksmith and chainmaker by trade whose incredible feats of grip strength were legendary.
He stood 5’ 6” with 8 1/4" wrists, 15 1/4" muscular forearms and 17 3/4" upper arms.
Aside from breaking horseshoes with his powerful hands, his most famous feat of strength was that of lifting a 168 lb. anvil by the horn to shoulder height and pressing it with one hand in street clothes! The famous Alan Calvert, founder of Milo Barbell Co., referred to Jowett as, The Most Scientific Weightlifter in America.
Originally published in 1930, hundreds of thousands of these booklets were sold around the world for over 30 years as part of the Jowett Institute's famous "Molding" library.
This course herein describes Jowett's unique exercises for developing each digit of the hands and turning them into "iron claws".
You will learn:
1. The story of George F. Jowett and how came to be one of the most famous strongmen in history.
2. Why the forearm is far more important than the biceps when it comes to power.
3. The muscles of the forearm and what they control.
4. The value of odd object lifting.
5. An anatomy lesson of the hand and forearm.
6. Jowett reminisces about many of the famous old-time strongmen and their specialty feats of grip strength. Louis Cyr, August Johnson, George Zottman, Joe Nordquest, Jim Pedley, Henry Hotgrewe, etc.
7. and much, much more!
A great book available once again for the truly serious student of grip strength.
A fully illustrated 8 l/2 x 11 softcover book.
Get a copy today and start training your grip the way the great George F. Jowett trained his!
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Molding a Mighty Grip
by George F. Jowett
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