I think most of you would be surprised at how quickly your grip strengthens when you begin lifting weights, particularly curls...grip strength improves with almost every upper body exercize that you do. The simple act of holding the weights requires a great deal of strength from your hands alone...many people won't notice that their forearms are becomming sore unless they do a fair number of sets; trust me though, do enough curls and your biceps won't begin to show results nearly as quickly as your forearms. (the muscles in your forearm are what determines most of your grip strength)
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
It is true that your grip will develop even if you don't do direct work on you forearms/fingers. The effects from lifting go out in ripples, like from your bicep down your forearm, up into your shoulder etc. So what you say is true.
But that doesn't mean closing the #4 is surprizingly easy to attain. I read that it has only been closed by
I figure it would be worth adding that if you are into heavy lifting, working soley on your grip can help you greatly. Like if you're increasing deadlift poundages faster then you're grip can keep up with, you may want to put some time aside to work on forearms and grip specifically --Instead of relying on lifting straps.
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Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
A minor detail/mistake. Just listen to this customer review:
"these things are a fucking bitch. the only way these guys closed a number 4 was onjuice. HAS TO BE
or they had mad pumps
nay
NAY!
LIVID PUMPS"
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
It is true that your grip will develop even if you don't do direct work on you forearms/fingers. The effects from lifting go out in ripples, like from your bicep down your forearm, up into your shoulder etc. So what you say is true.
But that doesn't mean closing the #4 is surprizingly easy to attain. I read that it has only been closed by
1998
Joe Kinney
2003
Nathan Holle
David Morton
2004
Tommy Heslep
Magnus Samuelsson
livid pumps ... lol
I figure it would be worth adding that if you are into heavy lifting, working soley on your grip can help you greatly. Like if you're increasing deadlift poundages faster then you're grip can keep up with, you may want to put some time aside to work on forearms and grip specifically --Instead of relying on lifting straps.