How to Close Grippers

Hand grippers help to strengthen your hands, wrists and the forearms. This exercise equipment is used for strength training in sports and physical therapy. You can purchase this equipment at sports stores at a reasonable price ranging from $5 to $20, as of April 2011. To get the full benefit of the exercise, you must know how to properly position your hands on the grippers. Perform this exercise three days a week on non-consecutive days.

Instructions

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      Warm-up and loosen your hands and arms. You can march in place or jump rope for 10 minutes. Loosen up by shaking your arms and hands out, after the warm-up exercise.

    • 2

      Hold the hand gripper. It is best to do one hand at a time at first, to make sure you are completing the exercise correctly. One side of the gripper will be placed on your palm, close to your thumb -- but not on your thumb. The other side will be placed on all four fingers in the center. This is the starting position.

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      Squeeze slowly until both sides meet and hold for a moment. As the two sides meet, your thumb crosses over your fingers.

    • 4

      Release the grip slowly, returning to the starting position. Perform the exercises slowly, to prevent injury.

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      Repeat the sequence to complete your sets and repetitions. If you are a beginner, you can start with three sets of 12 repetitions.