Training that HAND grip.

[Born2Juice4Ever]

Ok, we all know how hard it is to make our grip stronger. As the years go by and as WE all lift heavier weights, a lot of the times we recourse to using straps. Don't get me wrong straps are great and they certainly DO come in handy when we are trying to get those extra reps with the deads or shrugs.

Having a strong grip ensures powerful lifts. Powerful forearms help us do the job better.
I will give you a couple of excersises for your grip. One particularly I find excellent for building strength is, bar hangs. Yep, correct, bar hangs.
Grab onto the bar and suspend yourself from it as long as you can, without the aid of straps. I usually try to envision falling off of a deep water fall, it gives me an extra 15-20 seconds, kinda like holding onto my life.

Another one, and this one we actually excersise every single time, but never indepth. Pinching a 45lbs plate, with each hand is great for the grip. This may sound funny, but holding onto the plate as long as possible before dropping it will eventually build up endurance.
We know that muscles are intelligent and they learn what we teach them, now it is just a matter of teaching those tendons, and muscles to endure.

Both this excersises can be done 2-3 times per week, and I would advice to do them at the end of your workout, in order not to hinder grip, forearms muscles prior to a workout.

Remember train safe!

B2J4E

[TrapDoor]

i'll be giving this a try, my grip lets me down sometimes when doing dumbbell rows and pulldowns

[The Anonymizer]

good post B2J....where did you copy that from? i've read that post copied over and over for years on different boards

[southga.mafia]

Pinchgripping those 45s are a real treat,we sometimes use the ends of solid dumbells holding them until they tear away. One of our members made a bar out of a old driveshaft(must have been a slow day) man its hell to pull off the floor and hold.