Mastery of Hand Strength

by John Brookfield

Mastery of Hand Strength is the book on grip strength - the one that every grip guy in the last 10 years has read, probably at least twice. John Brookfield was the second man in the world to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 092688803X
• ISBN13: 9780926888036
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Ironmind Enterprises
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Age Range: 14 years and up

Customer Reviews

The Ultimate Gripmasters Guide!!

I've been powerlifting and weightlifting for about 5 years now and I bought this book on a whim one day because it looked interesting. This book is simply awesome, a VERY good read! I ended up reading it from cover to cover. I've now become a grip training maniac and I love it. Not only have I learned that grip training is essential and often overlooked, but it's a lot of fun too. The best part is that most of these grip implements that John describes, you can make at home in your garage. Grip work seperates the men from boys, you can't "fake" a powerful grip. John will describe so many ways to work your lower arm, some of them very unorthodox but all very rewarding. People in the gym laughed at me when I first started training grip on a regular basis, now they ask for my advice. An incredible grip will give you more self confidence and respect at the gym than most anything..BUY THIS BOOK! you won't be disappointed!

A Book that delivers what it promises.

To put it short and simple, this is an easy to read, incredibly informative volume on how to increase your hand strength. Lots of exercise suggestions, a little history on hand strength, some strength challenges. So many ideas that get you excited and motivated to train your hands. Truly a great book with lots of info that's very difficult to find elsewhere, and written by a man with some of the strongest hands in history, a genuine authority. If you want to build stronger hands for whatever reason, wrestling, rock climbing, jar opening, showing off, whatever, then this is about the best book you could buy.

Fantastic, essential, classic

... It is an excellent book. If you are even ~slightly~ interested in strength you must get this. It is a classic. It covers so many things you will not think of yourself. I am a rockclimber, martial artist, lifter and work with computers (so my fingers need dexterity to type, and I used to get RSI) ... hands are important to me and I know what I am talking about. So get it, you won't be disappointed, then build yourself some of the simple gadgets and you'll notice your crushing grip...

Classic book on the subject

This book is the best, most focused book on the subject of hand strength I have ever read. Easy to read, easy exercises to perform, without extraordinary expense. I would consider this a must for the martial artist.

The GripBible

I must, with all due respect, disagree with the gentleman below, who I think was in a strange 'I love it, BUT ...' mood when he wrote his review.Brookfield's book does indeed cover it all when it comes to grip, despite its lacks as a medical text-book. You will get to read in-depth descriptions of different grip strength types, and about possible and about improbable grip feats. Many urban legends die here.Brookfield gives good advice on how to combine the exercises for the different grip types, and also shares his experience on what grip exercises that are best avoided if you want to keep gripping.He also shares his best grip implements constructions, so that you will be able to walk out of your toolshed with the focused looks of an aspiring gripmaster in your eyes.If you want to do one thing for your grip, buy that book!