Along with all other exercises and training programs you should include some type of grip training. Your hands are used to do things more than any other body part for most people. If you have a strong grip, it will pay off in sports and any other activity that requires you to have strong hands.
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As a martial arts practitioner and weight trainer, I know the importance of grip strength. I have always been interested in how to build grip strength. During competitions and sporting events where you need to grab and hold people, bats, clubs or other objects, hand strength has proven to pay off, and may be the deciding factor in successful game play and victories. Below is a basic grip routine and tips to help develop a stronger grip.
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1. Warm up your wrist before any grip training by rotating them in each direction until you get them nice and warmed up. Be sure you are healthy enough for training.
2. Take a normal size bath towel and twist as tight as you can and hold for 20 to 30 seconds, squeezing and twisting as hard as you can. This is a isometric type hold and will build good gripping power. Repeat by twisting in the other direction for the same amount of time.
2. Take a normal size bath towel and twist as tight as you can and hold for 20 to 30 seconds, squeezing and twisting as hard as you can. This is a isometric type hold and will build good gripping power. Repeat by twisting in the other direction for the same amount of time.
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3. You can purchase a hand gripper or small grip ball from almost any sporting goods store, and this is an item that can be used while even sitting at a desk. Do enough repetitions of squeezes until you get a good burn in your hands, wrist and forearms, then you can rest a while and repeat again.
4. When performing weight training exercises with a barbell or dumbbell, try not to use lifting straps because that helps you hold on easier. Sense we are working on grip strength you should try to do pull ups and dead lifts with no straps, and you will realize this is how to build grip strength while performing other exercises.
5. Hold on to a pull up bar for a minute or more ,or until your grip loosens, then repeat again. This exercise will build some good grip strength.
4. When performing weight training exercises with a barbell or dumbbell, try not to use lifting straps because that helps you hold on easier. Sense we are working on grip strength you should try to do pull ups and dead lifts with no straps, and you will realize this is how to build grip strength while performing other exercises.
5. Hold on to a pull up bar for a minute or more ,or until your grip loosens, then repeat again. This exercise will build some good grip strength.
