Grip Strength
No-Nonsense Methods To Forge Elite Grip & Hand Strength For Weightlifting, Martials Arts & Rock Climbing
1st Edition
By Frank Sasso
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Before we delve deep into the specifics of building immense grip strength I want to thank you and congratulate you for purchasing this book.
Very few people end up taking action and pursuing their goals or dreams by obtaining a copy of my grip strength book youve taken the first step in turning your grip strength goals into a reality.
Youve spent a portion of your hard-earned cash and youve acquired what I deem to be the ultimate and only guide to getting a vice-like grip.
From my experience the majority of guys know one or two grip strength exercises, but they dont actually know how or why they work (or the fact that there are several different types of grip strength you can target!) therefore well begin this book with the elaboration of the big benefits you can experience from purposefully training your grip strength.
Afterwards well delve into the common mistakes that the vast majority of guys make when it comes to building up their grip strength (yep, I made a bunch of these mistakes in my younger years).
Once weve discussed the benefits of building grip strength and the mistakes that many make while attempting to do so well look at the different types of grip strength maximum grip strength, endurance grip strength, pinch grip strength and crushing grip strength.
After Ive made you an expert on the types of grip strength its time to delve into what Im sure you came here looking for the grip strength exercises, workouts, warm-up and recovery drills to forge hands, fingers. forearms and most importantly a grip of steel.
Thanks again for purchasing this book, I truly hope you enjoy it!
But remember, once you turn the last page of my book its all on you to follow through and put the exercises and grip strength workout regimes elaborated upon in this book to action I can give you all the information, but YOU must put in the work
I cant do that part for you.
Chapter 1 Benefits of Building Grip strength
Le t s start off with one of my favorite metaphors for explaining the importance and benefits of grip strength... imagine a glistening Red Ferrari F430 with top of the range ceramic brakes, upgraded Challenge wheels and an aftermarket tune to unlock every conceivable bit of horsepower out of that high revving exotic Italian engine.
Sounds pretty good so far, hey?
Now imagine that Ferrari is sitting on 4 of the cheapest tires on the market.
Youve got the power; youve got the style but your potential is truly limited due to the tires the part of the vehicle that is making contact with the ground is your bottleneck.
That is essentially what most trained individuals are dealing with they isolate their biceps, their triceps, the vastus medialis in their quads to form that tear drop shape, they isolate every conceivable muscle group and spend an eternity under the bench press when their true potential is being limited by their fingers, hands, forearms and overall grip strength.
Think about it
If you cant grip it you cant lift it.
Whether you are swinging a baseball bat trying to drive home your team mate on first base.
Whether you are tightening the rear naked choke on your Jiu Jitsu adversary.
Whether you are a quarterback on your 3 rd down preparing to throw a long pass for a touchdown in order to send the game to overtime.
Whether you are about to attempt to beat David Goggins pull-ups in 24 hours record.
your hand and grip strength will be tested
Your shoulders, chest, back and overall explosive athleticism may be up to scratch, but if your grip strength isnt developed that can often be the miniscule difference between success and failure in all of these situations.
In short, regardless of whether youre an athlete, everyday gym-goer, tradesmen, farmer etc. the development of grip strength will allow you to harness your full potential you will no longer be held back like the cherry red Ferrari on a cheap and nasty set of tires.
Chapter 1 Summary
Grip strength is often the weak link, the difference between success and failure in a large variety of sporting endeavors.
By honing in on your grip strength with a specific set of exercises youll be able to unlock your physiques full potential.
Picture your body as a supercar and your grip strength as the tires with cheap tires youll never be able to transfer your full power (athletic ability) to the ground.
Chapter 2 Why Most Fail to Build Grip Strength
Perhaps youve made an attempt to build up your grip strength before most guys go through stages of incorporating some forearm and grip oriented exercises in their workout regime from time-to-time, be it the reverse grip barbell curl or the farmers walk... both legitimate exercises, yet they fail to see the results and as such give up shortly thereafter... rinse and repeat this cycle of trying and failing every year and quite often the conclusion is drawn that I cant build great grip strength due to genetics.
No doubt, some guys are genetically blessed with a pretty solid grip strength without directly training it, although regardless of your genetics you can vastly increase your grip strength if youve tried and failed before its likely due to one of the following reasons
Consistency Is Non-Existent
If you trained your chest twice one week then forgot about it for the next 3 weeks, rinsing and repeating this cycle over the course of a few years you wouldnt be shocked that your chest had not developed as well as you may have liked, would you? The exact same principle applies to training your grip strength you must hit it consistently with a variety of exercises multiple times per week for a sustained period of time. Our body does not want to change we must force it with relentlessly consistency of sets and reps.
