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If you want to build a powerful grip, it can be done with the right approach. Let’s find out how you can build a stronger grip.

Train your grip often

It is important that you train your grip every day. If you train your grip at the end of the training day and just for a few sets only on a few days, it will not help your grip to become stronger. Whenever you are in the gym and you are lifting of pulling something that is an opportunity to train your grip. It is possible to train your grape without you having to add more workouts to your existing workout regime. Simply incorporate pulling and lifting in every routine. If you provide repetitive stress to your grip, your grip strength will increase and it will help you to the floor of your forearms. If you want to perform a few grips and forearm exercises at the end of your training session, you can use core exercises like farmer’s walks. It will be a great midsection and forearm finisher.

Stop encouraging your weakness

If you have any weakness and you know about it, instead of encouraging it, you should try to eliminate the weakness. Do not use any tools like wrist straps and other grip aids in the gym. You need to challenge your great if you want to make it stronger. If you try to hide it, it will weaken your grip and reduce its strength. When you use such tools to provide support to your great, you are actually making your grip and forearms weaker. If necessary, it’s okay to lift slightly less wait for a few weeks rather than hiding your weakness. Once you improve your grip strength, you will be able to lift more weight.

Lift heavy

Instead of doing hundreds of wrist curls, you can train your grips at the same time along with your body. You need to consolidate your workout and perform exercises which will help your whole body and also the grip. If you do have the dead lifts, pull-ups and body weight rows, it will not only help your grip but will also help your entire arm. Lift healthy because that will work on your whole body and will also improve the strength of your grips. During pull-ups and body weight rows, you can constantly change your grips every few reps during a set because that will challenge your grip more. Such challenges are very important to increase the strength of your grips. When you release and then grasp the bar, it will challenge the four arms to adjust and adapt to different positions.

Squeeze the bar

It is a simple and powerful tool. When you squeeze the bar with your hands during a set, it will help you by resulting in greater grip activation and it will help you to gain more in your grip strength. Do not let the bar slide towards your fingers while you were doing is set. Try to keep it locked firmly in the palm of your hand. Wrap your thumb around the bar so that you can hold it in place. When you are performing a set, squeeze the bar as hard as possible. The more you engage your grip during various exercises, the more strength it will achieve.

References

1. The Grip Authority
2. How does the hand work?
3. Hand Grip Strength