SuperSpeed Squeeze

[iacas]

I have two of these coming…

SuperSpeed Squeeze

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The best players in the world can create significantly more grip strength than amateur golfers. This allows these players to not only create more speed, but also improves their ability to control the golf club, create lag...

The best players in the world can create significantly more grip strength than amateur golfers. This allows these players to not only create more speed, but also improves their ability to control the golf club, create lag, stabilize the club face, and deal with lies in the rough. More grip strength allows you to use less grip pressure compared to your maximum capacity. This creates less tension and the ability to optimize the use of your hands and arms in the golf swing. The bottom line is that if you want to grip and control the club like a tour player, you need more grip strength.

Now, with the introduction of the SuperSpeed Squeeze, you can easily improve your grip strength leading to more control, consistency, and speed. The SuperSpeed Squeeze is easy to use fitting over the grip on your own golf club. Follow our simple and effective training protocol to see huge gains in grip strength in as little as 4 weeks of regular training.

SuperSpeed did a webinar:

I've actually purchased a dynamometer and can generate 130-140 pretty often. I got this one, and it works really well:

Some images from the webinar and presentation:

This shows what has been known for awhile now: pro golfers have stronger hands. Long drive competitors have really strong hands — nearly twice that of the average male amateur golfer.

Even if you assume that the grip strength of a golfer is linear, a Tour player would be squeezing the club at 60% of their max (35/60.35) while achieving 35 kg of squeezing strength for an amateur would put them at 82.8% of their maximum. So a Tour player's 6 is already an amateur player's 8+ out of 10, and that's assuming grip squeezing strength feels linear. It does not: going from 10kg to 20kg is significantly easier than going from 30 to 40.

They say in the video that you don't want to put a "death grip" on the club, and I agree. None of this "hold the club firmly" is a "death grip."

[Darkfrog]

I'm really interested to hear feedback on this tool. For those of us like me whose grip slides into the palm without always being aware of it, I wonder if this might have some benefit.

[Phil McGleno]

13 minutes ago, Darkfrog said:

I'm really interested to hear feedback on this tool. For those of us like me whose grip slides into the palm without always being aware of it, I wonder if this might have some benefit.

I do not think it will help with the grip sliding into the palm-cuz that is not a grip strength thing so much as a different thing. Players will have this more in the palm just cuz it is so big they can not grip it entirely in the fingers like they can a regular grip.

I have one ordered too.-I used ot wrap a towel around a grip and have players swing with that too.-This is better.

[saevel25]

Got one of those GripX grip measuring devices. 

Right Hand: 58.4 kg (128 lbs)

Left Hand: 55.2 kg (121 lbs)

I probably need some improvement, maybe considering my swing speed. 

 

[cedrictheo]

Ordered a squeeze.

Only have 75lbs of max grip strength… is this one of the key missing pieces accounting for my lack of swing speed?!?

Edited December 14, 2022 by cedrictheo

[GolfLug]

1 hour ago, cedrictheo said:

Ordered a squeeze.

Only have 75lbs of max grip strength… is this one of the key missing pieces accounting for my lack of swing speed?!?

I am guessing yes. My understanding is that grip strength doesn't generate speed, but helps you sustain the generated speed. 

On that thought, increasing grip strength raises the ceiling on how much faster you can condition yourself to swing. That seems to be the idea anyway and makes sense to me.

[saevel25]

28 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

I am guessing yes. My understanding is that grip strength doesn't generate speed, but helps you sustain the generated speed. 

On that thought, increasing grip strength raises the ceiling on how much faster you can condition yourself to swing. That seems to be the idea anyway and makes sense to me.

I think grip strength correlates to overall strength. Unless you just sit on the couch all day and use a grip strength device. You need more grip strength when you lift weights. 

[iacas]

6 hours ago, saevel25 said:

Got one of those GripX grip measuring devices. 

Right Hand: 58.4 kg (128 lbs)

Left Hand: 55.2 kg (121 lbs)

I probably need some improvement, maybe considering my swing speed. 

My numbers are… 129.9 right hand, 121.7 left hand. I got nearly 140 one time before, when I'd just ordered it.

4 hours ago, cedrictheo said:

Only have 75lbs of max grip strength… is this one of the key missing pieces accounting for my lack of swing speed?!?

Really? What are you using to measure it?

[TourSpoon]

I used to do functional lifting exercises that utilized a rubber grip (fat grips) that slipped over the bar that made the grip diameter larger than standard. When you did deadlifts, farmer carries, or even curls it would hit your forearms super hard. This seems to be a take-off of that training but made for a golf specific application. The concept makes sense to me. 

[iacas]

24 minutes ago, TourSpoon said:

I used to do functional lifting exercises that utilized a rubber grip (fat grips) that slipped over the bar that made the grip diameter larger than standard. When you did deadlifts, farmer carries, or even curls it would hit your forearms super hard. This seems to be a take-off of that training but made for a golf specific application. The concept makes sense to me. 

Yes. I think they even mention this in the webinar.

[cedrictheo]

On 12/14/2022 at 5:28 PM, iacas said:

Really? What are you using to measure it?

A similar unit to yours… I bought it from Amazon for like $30.

Got up just over 90lbs in my trail hand yesterday. Which was the first time the unit didn’t call me “weak” after testing and called me “normal.”

I remember when I was working on speed stuff a lot (and getting 105 - 110 mph driver ss) my hands would feel heavily stressed in transition and in the follow through.

[iacas]

1 hour ago, cedrictheo said:

Got up just over 90lbs in my trail hand yesterday. Which was the first time the unit didn’t call me “weak” after testing and called me “normal.”

Thanks.

[Darkfrog]

I just measured my grip strength. Trail hand (dominant right hand) I max out at between 120-130lbs. Lead hand (left) a bit weaker at around 100-110lbs. I wonder if speed training (starting Stack soon) will indirectly improve grip strength.

[mpb1472]

I've been away awhile. Had a rotator cuff injury/surgery and now rehabbing my left shoulder. Although, always having had good hand and grip strength this thread, video and product makes me want to be aware of deficiencies and imbalances that I may now have. I am going to have my PT check my grip strength. 

Excellent topic and video. 

[iacas]

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Oh, mine shipped yesterday. I'll have a video up not too long after I get them.

[Ty_Webb]

Got my GripX monitor this afternoon. My right hand (which ought to be my stronger hand) I got 139 and my left hand 143. I think that's not bad, but I have quite a way to go to match the long drive guys. 

[iacas]

56 minutes ago, Ty_Webb said:

Got my GripX monitor this afternoon. My right hand (which ought to be my stronger hand) I got 139 and my left hand 143. I think that's not bad, but I have quite a way to go to match the long drive guys. 

But you're not a long drive guy, so… you don't need to match them. 😉

I can do about the same with both hands.

[Ty_Webb]

12 minutes ago, iacas said:

But you're not a long drive guy, so… you don't need to match them. 😉

I can do about the same with both hands.

Not yet no 🤪