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#53
#53
Any words of wisdom on how to improve grip strength? Specifically hanging from a bar. Maybe cause I'm old, but the part of my hand below my fingers seems to get in the way so bad. Is there anything I can do to improve my grip?
 
#54
#54
vollygirl said:
Any words of wisdom on how to improve grip strength? Specifically hanging from a bar. Maybe cause I'm old, but the part of my hand below my fingers seems to get in the way so bad. Is there anything I can do to improve my grip?
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You can improve grip strength by exercising your forearms, as your finger flexors are really muscles in your arm. Try forearm curls with light weights (dumbbells or a light barbell), resting your elbows on your legs in a seated position. Let the weight roll out to your fingertips on the down-rep and go slow. You can also grip a weight plate in the same position and hold it at 11-o'clock and 1-o'clock with your thumbs touching. Hold until fatigue. Then, do the same at the 9 and 3 position.

Hope that helps.
 
#55
#55
I just finished a month of negative/eccentric focus with decreased weight, then back to pushing the heavier weights this month. I really think it helped to change it up for a while.
 
#56
#56
vollygirl said:
Any words of wisdom on how to improve grip strength? Specifically hanging from a bar. Maybe cause I'm old, but the part of my hand below my fingers seems to get in the way so bad. Is there anything I can do to improve my grip?
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Kettlebells swings.

I was big into kettlebells about 3 years ago. I never thought much about it, but there was one day at work one of my pilots was goofing around and acted like he was gonna push me down the stairs. I in turn grabbed his forearm to catch myself and pull him down. For the next 3 weeks he called me "******* gorilla grip".
 
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