The Monkee Grip Cable Adapter: A New Way to Train Grip During Every Workout
For years, Monkee Grips have helped athletes build stronger hands, forearms, and upper bodies through pull-ups, dead hangs, rope training, carries, and bodyweight exercises. One of the most common questions we've received is:
"Can I use Monkee Grips on a cable machine?"
Today, the answer is yes.
We're excited to introduce the Monkee Grip Cable Adapter, a simple attachment that allows you to connect your Monkee Grips to virtually any cable machine in seconds.
More importantly, it opens the door to an entirely new way of training—one we call Monkee Grip Training.
Why We Built It
Cable machines are one of the most versatile pieces of equipment in any gym.
With one machine, you can perform dozens of exercises, including:
- Cable Rows
- Lat Pulldowns
- Face Pulls
- Cable Curls
- Triceps Pulldowns
- Lateral Raises
- Rear Delt Flyes
- Shoulder External Rotations
- Cable Presses
- Pallof Presses
These exercises are excellent for building strength and muscle.
But while using them ourselves, we realized something.
Your grip is involved in every one of these exercises, yet it's rarely the focus.
Traditional cable handles are designed to provide a secure, stable connection to the weight. That's exactly what they're supposed to do.
But we began asking ourselves a different question.
What if your grip could contribute more during the same exercises?
That simple idea led to the development of the Monkee Grip Cable Adapter.
Introducing Monkee Grip Training
Most people think of grip training as something you do after your workout.
Rows.
Pulldowns.
Presses.
Curls.
Then maybe a few dead hangs or hand grippers before heading home.
There's nothing wrong with that approach.
In fact, dedicated grip work is still one of the best ways to develop maximal grip strength.
But we wondered if there was another option.
Instead of saving grip training until the end of the workout, what if your grip became part of the workout itself?
That's the philosophy behind Monkee Grip Training.
Rather than adding more exercises, the goal is to increase grip involvement during the exercises you're already performing.
Every Cable Exercise Becomes an Opportunity
Think about how many repetitions your hands perform during a typical workout.
Four sets of rows.
Three sets of pulldowns.
Three sets of curls.
Face pulls.
Triceps pushdowns.
Lateral raises.
That's hundreds of repetitions where your hands are already connecting you to the resistance.
Instead of asking,
"When should I train grip?"
Monkee Grip Training asks,
"How can my grip work harder during these same exercises?"
The Monkee Grip Cable Adapter makes that possible.
How It Changes the Training Stimulus
The Cable Adapter allows you to replace a traditional rigid cable handle with your Monkee Grips.
The primary exercise doesn't change.
A cable row is still a cable row.
A lat pulldown is still a lat pulldown.
A face pull is still a face pull.
What changes is how your hands interact with the resistance.
Because Monkee Grips suspend your hands from a rope rather than a rigid handle, your grip often performs continuous adjustments throughout the movement.
Many users also notice that the rope encourages a more open-hand grip while allowing the hands to rotate naturally during pulling exercises.
This creates a different training stimulus without changing the purpose of the exercise.
What Can You Use It For?
One of our favorite things about the Cable Adapter is its versatility.
Use it with exercises such as:
- Cable Rows
- Lat Pulldowns
- Face Pulls
- Cable Curls
- Triceps Pushdowns
- Rear Delt Flyes
- Lateral Raises
- Shoulder External Rotations
- Cable Presses
- Pallof Presses
- Single-Arm Rows
If the exercise normally uses a cable attachment, there's a good chance you can perform it using Monkee Grips.
Who Is It For?
The Monkee Grip Cable Adapter is designed for anyone who wants to get more from the workouts they're already doing.
It's especially well suited for:
- Climbers
- Wrestlers
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes
- Ninja Warrior competitors
- Obstacle course racers
- Tactical athletes
- General strength trainees
- Anyone interested in building stronger hands and forearms
You don't need to completely change your training program.
Simply replace your standard cable attachment and experience a different grip challenge.
Does It Replace Dedicated Grip Training?
No.
If your goal is elite grip strength, dedicated grip exercises like dead hangs, farmer carries, thick-bar work, pinch training, and hand grippers still have tremendous value.
The Cable Adapter isn't designed to replace those tools.
Instead, it helps integrate more grip work into the exercises you're already performing.
For many people, that's one of the simplest ways to increase total grip training volume without adding extra time to every workout.
Our Philosophy
At Monkee Grip, we don't believe every exercise needs to become a grip challenge.
We also don't believe every athlete needs to train the same way.
What we do believe is that many exercises offer untapped opportunities.
By changing the way your hands connect to the resistance, you can create a different training experience while still performing the same movement.
That's the idea behind Monkee Grip Training.
It's not about replacing traditional strength training.
It's about getting more from it.
Final Thoughts
The Monkee Grip Cable Adapter was created from a simple idea:
Your grip is already involved in nearly every cable exercise.
Why not give it a bigger role?
Whether you're performing rows, pulldowns, face pulls, curls, or presses, the Cable Adapter allows you to bring Monkee Grips to one of the most versatile pieces of equipment in the gym.
We're excited to see how athletes, coaches, therapists, and everyday lifters use it in their own training.
This is just the beginning of what we believe is a smarter way to train grip.
Welcome to Monkee Grip Training.