Grip Strength

I'm sure you do and my last statement was more of a joke. I was just seeing more value in my game, in developing my over hook squeeze sooner than my grip strength.

Originally Posted by BrentSmith

...does anybody work to increase their grip strength?

"When I say grip strength, I mean kettlebell. When I say kettlebell, I mean grip strength."

There's a cool move I picked up a while ago that really focuses on grip strength. A couple, actually. Take the bell and lay it on it's side, with the handle vertically aligned. Sit cross-legged, or however's comfortable, in front of the bell. Grip the top horn and force the kettlebell to stand on it's handle, upside down. Slowly bring the bell back to starting position. Repeat as many times as your wrist will allow.

Another move is to hold some fairly heavy bells in the farmer's walk position and curl your fists toward your knees. Intense inner-forearm, wrist, and hand workout.

Or you could always swing for a few mins. These tricks are just short cuts.

are the basic grip stuff at academy any good?

Originally Posted by Ian Endicott

"When I say grip strength, I mean kettlebell. When I say kettlebell, I mean grip strength."

There's a cool move I picked up a while ago that really focuses on grip strength. A couple, actually. Take the bell and lay it on it's side, with the handle vertically aligned. Sit cross-legged, or however's comfortable, in front of the bell. Grip the top horn and force the kettlebell to stand on it's handle, upside down. Slowly bring the bell back to starting position. Repeat as many times as your wrist will allow.

Another move is to hold some fairly heavy bells in the farmer's walk position and curl your fists toward your knees. Intense inner-forearm, wrist, and hand workout.

Or you could always swing for a few mins. These tricks are just short cuts.

I've heard kettle bells are the shit. I plan on picking up a set in the near future

I second the visit to the Ironmind website. Sign up for a free catalogue. It'll tell you all you need to know to have a beasty grip and they'll send you an updated one at least once a year. It always motivates me to grip again each time it arrives. It's kind of like a yearly grip strength reminder.

P.S Their products are top quality. They have the best grippers and a bunch of unique tools to get grabby with.

P.P.S If you want complete hand strength Ironmind breaks it down into 5 components
- crushing grip
- pinching grip
- open hand strength
- wrist strength
- expading (extending, or opening up the hand)

and have many tools to develop each one. Look at it like weights. If you don't cover all the areas you build up strength imbalances, or weak links.