Grip strength

[bigdelt69]

My grip strength sucks major ass.

What can I do to increase it?
This seems to be the only thing that hinders me from progressing in my deadlift.

How the hell do some of you guy hold on to a bar with 500 + lbs?

 

[Lord_Suston]

I used to have bad grip strength, easy way to fix it is to do pull-up with finger grips, don't grasp the bar with your palms, do it only with your fingers, after a while my grip got so strong I didn't need wraps for DL

 

[bigdelt69]

I have never used wraps for DL, my grip also limits me on one arm db rows.

 

[RusPA81]

really heavy deadlifts without straps have made my grip much stronger. Try to avoid using straps if you can. Only use them for your real heavy lifts. Get a hand gripper if you hand find one that has enough resistance. Also doing forearm exercises will also increase your grip strenght.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

grip has never been a problem for me but I do think that the deads themselves (especially high reps) have helped my grip tremendously

Ivanko makes a nice grip trainer as well

 

[Haz]

Heavy shrugs have helped my grip alot.

 

[endpoint]

i use
timed holds with dumb/barbells(or even farmers walks)
thick handled bars (if you have a spare bar thicken it up for deadlifting with electrical tape) or do rows etc with thick handled dumbells
hang off rafters/chining bar
hang off rafters using rope/towel
captains of crush grippers www.ironmind.com
+a few more varations

 

[tsarleon]

Anyone use the crush grippers from the above link? What muslces are used for a "good grip". Forearms??? wrists? combination?. Do you just sit around and start pumping out reps with these grippers whenever you want too, or is there like a routine to do?

Thanks
Leon

 

[louden_swain]

A mixed grip is good for deads. The key is to never use wrist straps in the first place. Unfortunately, I have become a victim of using straps on my back movements.

 

[b fold the truth]

Time...lots and lots of time. Farmers holds, farmers walks, thick bar work is really good...and lots of chalk.

I can hold onto nearly anything though...did a partial deadlift with 880 without straps...that was about my limit though.

B True

 

[gettinlarger]

I've been stretching my lower back by hanging off the pull up bars at my gym (which feels great BTW). Each time I can hang on just a little bit longer.

Also, I've only done them once, but towel chins are excellent. I want to do them more often.

 

[endpoint]

tsarleon: you should train it like any other muscle group with planned sets and reps with rest times and days off

 

[jeremys]

i've heard of guys rolling frying pans up with their bare hands...how the hell does a person do this? what kind of training do they do? it sounds like lots of fun

 

[grafix-GNC]

masturbating works my forearms, just dont overtrain!

 

[Doktor Bollix]

http://www.grippage.com/grippage/

Good site, check it out.

 

[endpoint]

masturbating works my forearms, just dont overtrain!

I must be geneticaly gifted....i can manage mulitple training sessions every day without going stale or overtraining

maybe its because i see it as a whole upper body exercise and dont limit it too my forearm