Posted: 5/5/2013 6:32:59 AM EDT
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Maybe in some way. Certainly not the most important thing with it comes to only accuracy.
If you're talking control and manipulation, it is a factor as much as is technique. Wrist strength is equally important, not just grip strength. Larry Flynt has been a pioneer in helping men develop wrist and grip strength for many years. |
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Maybe in some way. Certainly not the most important thing with it comes to only accuracy. If you're talking control and manipulation, it is a factor as much as is technique. Wrist strength is equally important, not just grip strength. Larry Flynt has been a pioneer in helping men develop wrist and grip strength for many years. 
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I ask beacause I see ads for those Grip Masters in gun mags. Not sure if what they say about it increasing accuracy is... accurate, or just a bunch of baloney. The stronger your grip, the better you can resist the torque applied to the trigger. This means that you disrupt the sights less as you pull the trigger, and that results in greater accuracy on target. It is of greater assistance when it comes to controlling recoil, though. Grip strength is significant in shooting at the highest levels. As for whether or not the grip exercised work, most of the ones you see suck. Captains of crush exercisers work we'll. As does just dead lifting heavy weights |
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Quoted: I ask beacause I see ads for those Grip Masters in gun mags. Not sure if what they say about it increasing accuracy is... accurate, or just a bunch of baloney. Holding a 9lb rifle up for any amount of time over about 1-2 minutes becomes serious work. Strengthening the hands, arms and core can only help. When you add in actually firing the weapon and then trying to manipulate a mag change or a malfunction, it becomes doubly so. I actually started going to the gym just so I could better hold my rifle. increased strength and endurance elsewhere was just a perk. |
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Quoted: Quoted: lol, I just came in to post this.yep, deadlifts and pullups. Pretty good for building grip strength. Pull ups and deads. Do people really buy hand strengtheners  Yes...yes they do. They also buy "hip hop abs" videos and shake weights  ETA- there's nothing really wrong with using a grip strengthener as accessory work IMO, but your basis of strength should be from barbell lifts, not a spring with a handle.
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Maybe in some way. Certainly not the most important thing with it comes to only accuracy. If you're talking control and manipulation, it is a factor as much as is technique. Wrist strength is equally important, not just grip strength. Larry Flynt has been a pioneer in helping men develop wrist and grip strength for many years. lol |
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5 gallon bucket filled about 3/4 with dry rice.
There are lots of videos of rice bucket workouts on youtube. I have all my pitching and hitting students do it 3-4 times a week. I just started my 7y/o son on the ricebucket. His throwing and bat speed have got alot better. |
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I ask beacause I see ads for those Grip Masters in gun mags. Not sure if what they say about it increasing accuracy is... accurate, or just a bunch of baloney. The stronger your grip, the better you can resist the torque applied to the trigger. This means that you disrupt the sights less as you pull the trigger, and that results in greater accuracy on target. It is of greater assistance when it comes to controlling recoil, though. Grip strength is significant in shooting at the highest levels. As for whether or not the grip exercised work, most of the ones you see suck. Captains of crush exercisers work we'll. As does just dead lifting heavy weights IMHO: If you're SOLEY talking about accuracy, the independence of the trigger finger from the rest is not really strength. It's more muscle control and coordination. Hence you see relatively weak women able to shoot very accurately. Now, manipulation, control, "driving the firearm" is where strength comes into play. Like the difference between a bullseye shooter and an ipsc competitor. The former requiring much less strength than the later. I think, especially for a beginner who is presumably starting out with at least an average grip strength, that exercises which foster independent control of the trigger finger are more valuable than grip strength training. One of them can be done as you're driving. Gripping the steering wheel, trace the alphabet in the air with your trigger finger without feeling any pressure change on the pressure of the other fingers. Dryfiring is particularly effective in showing front sight movement when pulling the trigger. |