I love using dumbells in my gym workout as they really give you a more fuller range of movement than the barbell, obviously because you are not working with a fixed bar also you have to control each side with the dumbells and this must help your core strength as well [Read more...]
Training Programs without Weights
January 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The greatest workouts I do is without the use of gym weights and gives your muscles etc just as good if not a better workout, because it hits them in different ways. [Read more...]
Strength Training Workouts Outdoors and Wild
January 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Get out in the fresh air and hit those muscles, tendons and ligaments in a different sort of way and have fun. Here is a list of things to look out for that can give you unique strength training workouts [Read more...]
Strengthening exercises for your Fingers
January 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We move into another important area here that again is so often neglected, and that is strengthening exercises for your fingers to get added ability to them as well, it is always a very good idea here to really warm up your hands, wrists and fingers thoroughly before starting out [Read more...]
Build Strength using Bodyweight Exercises
January 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Another excellent way to Build strength using bodyweight exercises is the group press up, if you have say 4 partners wanting to exercise together this will be just the thing to do [Read more...]
Work Outs for your Grip part three
January 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Now we first concentrate on the Rolling technique to add to your ever expanding collection of work outs for your grip, the easiest way to get started with this is to cut off a length of a thick broomstick handle about2 ½ to 3 feet long [Read more...]
Work Outs for your Grip part two
January 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We looked at the crushing grip, now we need to look at the pinch grip and twist grip which again are two very important building blocks to enable you to achieve the iron grip you want from your work outs [Read more...]
Work Outs for your Grip part one
January 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It totally amazes me that most peoples work outs dont make any provision for training their grip, it really plays a very important role in your ability to advance massively in your strength training exercises.
Yet if you watch lets say as an example deadlifting, you will see that most people are using straps thus taking the emphasis off their grip ability.
It would be much better to include a lighter deadlift routine as well using your grip to get you through and build on it. We are now going to learn how you can improve your grip to an amazing degree and the only barrier to not doing so will be you not taking action on the information I put to you. Lets get started.
Crushing Grip
The Crush grip is the one you would use while you are giving a handshake to somebody you meet and people are always impressed by a good solid and firm handshake, Always start these exercises by warming your hands, wrists and fingers up. This can be done by immersing your hands in warm water and moving your fingers, hand and wrists about.
Dry them off and if you have a set what I call sports shop grippers, start by doing a controlled set of say 5 to 8 reps with them, nothing explosive just nice and easy after a couple of sets just flick your hands and wrists to loosen them up a bit
To start training further you will need a more harder to close gripper, I use the captains of crush type which I find to be of good quality and gets the job done I do recommend that you start with trainer. When it arrives you will find it a challenge and get you under way with work outs for your grip
You only need to train your grip about twice a week, especially when starting out you need to build up and do the reps and sets just like any other strength building exercises try for 3 sets of 6 to 10 reps to start with with both hands and really work at it. Always makes your work outs progressive and posetive.
There are several different types of crush gripper on the market and it pays to have a selection because they hit your body in slightly different ways thus giving you an all round build up they are, here are 3 of them
1/ Captains of Crush
2/ Extended Handle Gripper
3/ Ivanko Super Gripper
