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I'm a male. I'm doing 2 55 lb dumbells so its 110 pounds. I think my shoulders can take more, the problem I have is physically holding on to the weights with my grip. What is a face pull?
My wrist strength has always lagged behind, and I had problems with weights around 30 pounds when I first started lifting. I can do pull ups and stuff fine, its just certain gripping situations with dumbells. I did start working my wrist extensors recently, which seems to be helping a lot, as they were pretty undeveloped.
Sounds like you should be doing static holds to improve grip strength.
Sounds like you should be doing static holds to improve grip strength.
Sweet, thanks. I'll try some static holds too. I have relatively small hands so building forearms and a strong grip isn't that easy for me, but I'm much stronger in that respect now than I've ever been before.
Sweet, thanks. I'll try some static holds too. I have relatively small hands so building forearms and a strong grip isn't that easy for me, but I'm much stronger in that respect now than I've ever been before.
Use a bar and grip it with one overhand and one underhand.
While you're working on grip strength, you can also use straps to help hold the weight until your grip catches up.
Use a bar and grip it with one overhand and one underhand.
While you're working on grip strength, you can also use straps to help hold the weight until your grip catches up.
The problem with straps is that they don't require the hands to work as much. His hands won't quite need to catch up because the straps will be compensating.
'Rack pulls'. It is a deadlift from a higher starting point at the knees somewhere. You do it in a rack with the bar set on the pins. You can do a lot of weight this way and will definitely work the traps.
You can also pre-exhaust for your weak forearm grip. i'm not sure if this is still an accepted method of training, but it's supposed to 'wear down' your traps with side laterals or something similar, then hit it directly after with heavy shrugs. In theory your traps should worn out already from the laterals so they get exhausted vefore your hands give out.
a lot of people would recommend deadlifts for that. its a good exercise, but its one that requires special attention to form and not using more weight than you can handle. a back injury can put you out of the gym for a while.
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