Guest Reverend Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 Is it necessary to build up overall body strength in order to build a world class grip? I've heard that in order to get the body to grow, it's necessary to do deadlifts, squats, etc. Is this true for the grip as well? I've begun doing some thick bar training, figuring that way I can work my grip as well as working chest, biceps, etc. but I wasn't really planning on trying to go into powerlifting. Grip and hand strength is still my main goal. Does anybody do any other exercises that they think have inadvertantly helped their grip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat 74 Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 This is just my $0.02, but if I don't SQ my grip strength goes down. I think that heavy rows, bp's, mp's, and dl's help too, but that's just me. Get's all the juices flowing I guess.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdawg Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 i believe the body works best as a unit, so it's best not to concentrate on just one area. i too feel i loose hand strength whenever i don't squat or do some similar heavy, total body excercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Hi reverend, In my opinion you don't have to squat or bp or row, etc to develop your grip, what you have to do is push your body to the limit, I don't think your nervous system will know if it was squats or bicep curls. I'm only training my arms (for armwrestling) and military pressing but my gains both in size and strength have been very good. I don't have a world class grip but I'm working for it... I think that, above all, you should do what you like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 In some lifts wherein the hand is simply a link in the lift (deadlift with thick bar) it is crucial to have all the muscles involved strong. In other grip feats (grippers) one could imagine a person not needing to develop the other muscles because only the hands are involved, though at least forearm work would be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reverend Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Well, I thought I'd see if I couldn't kill two birds with one exercise. For instance, the wife just got some new towels, which means she doesn't need some of the old ones (the Gods of Iron smile upon me, say AMEN!, bruthuh). Now I've got a couple of them in the garage and I loop a couple of 'em around the barbell and do a sort of a half-deadlift, half-curl thing with both ends of one towel in each hand. A few sets of this, and I can feel it in my hands pretty good. The Reverend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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