Top 5 Exercises To Improve Your Grip Strength

When it comes to strength training, building a strong grip is possibly one of the most neglected areas. For starters, poor grip strength is a hugely limiting factor when it comes to other exercises such as deadlifts, pull-ups, lunges, rows, bench, etc.

Top 5 Exercises To Improve Your Grip Strength

Here are 5 grip exercises to use along with the type of grip they challenge:

1 HAND GRIPPERS

Using hand or torsion grippers is easily one of the best ways to train your crush grip. Actual hand grippers should be very challenging to close, You can train with hand grippers by going for repetitions and max close, or even holding a close for a set or max period of time. Start with first learning how to properly set and close a gripper as training with them requires a certain level of skill and strength. You should start off with 2-4 sets of 8-10 reps with a lighter gripper and work up from there.

2 BARBELL HOLDS

This is easiest to set up in a squat rack with the pins set just under where you would lock out a deadlift. The goal here isn't to deadlift up the weight, but rather hold onto it, so a couple of inches is totally fine.