Grip training for MA?

[yamesu]

In addition to pull-ups, I am a big advocate for pushups on fingertips, as well as kettle bells.

I find that the non-centred weight of the kettle bell assists greatly in training grip, in addition to the fact that you are seining a hefty weight you don't want to drop on yourself, or, send flying into someone else!

[chrisw08]

I was going to try the same, i bought a adjustable grip trainer and started using it 5 times a week 3 sets of 20 on both sides and i just started an extreme pullup workout my grip has increased about 30% in 2 weeks. I couldnt even squeeze the gripper at max strength before a third barely. Now i can squeeze it down in minumum training. I recomend using gripper and doing alot of pullups/chinups in at least 3 diffrent ways and pushups. It doing great for me. Im adding a weight vest to slowely work to 40 lb and ill let you know how my workouts result in a couple months. Dont feel bad if you cant do a pullup it took me months years ago to be able to do one and i looked it up and it said only 10% of people can do one.

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[hansenator]

Has anyone tried wrist pushups? You start at the top in vertical fist pushup position. As you go down you bend the wrists so your weight is being support on the back of the hands. On the way up, return to the fists.

I had to really ease into those over a long time but they really work. My wrists have become more resilient and the left wrist, which used to bother me often, never hurts anymore.

[hansenator]

I've been experimenting with an exercise I do on the edge of a door where I pull with the fingers and push with the thumb, kind of like when you apply a wrist lock. The idea was to develop strength for wrist locks but it seems to be a good isometric exercise for the thumb in any case. I'm curious what other people think of it?

[sensei8]

Yeah, the spring loaded gripper is a good one. Also, squeezing a ball is a good one, too.

Plus a good stress reliever!

Yes, indeed!!

[JR 137]

To work on grip strength, try doing lifts using a towel. For instance, throw a towel around a pull-up bar and grab that to pull up rather than the bar. Use a very short towel/hand towel through kettlebell handles rather than gripping the handle directly.

Make sure the towel is strong enough to support the weight, and don't use the towel where the kettlebell will swing. A strength & conditioning coach i used to work with loved having his athletes use towels for push-ups and kettlebell rows. Makes the exercises so much harder. Hockey and lacrosse players really benefitted from it. He began bjj while I was working there, trained his friends from the club, and had them do as much towel stuff as he could.

He used to be the strength & conditioning coach for West Point lacrosse and football, and did a stint with the Vikings before working where we were. I really trusted his opinions.

[sensei8]

Rock climbers have extreme hand gripping; their lives depend on it. So, find a rock-climbing wall...and climb it. Be safe though, so use ropes until your skill level allows you to cast them aside.