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Re:Raising the American Weakling by darkerside on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @05:46AM (#13642605)
Grip strength is actually not a terrible place to start regardless of direct causality. When most people start weight training, particularly the major pulls (deadlifts, pull ups), the grip is the first part of the lift to fail.
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Re:Raising the American Weakling by yummyfajitas on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:18AM (#13644013)
Depends on physiology. I have very big hands, and that makes gripping a bar really easy. To train grip I need to use Phat Gripz (this thing: http://amzn.to/2kG9XSf just look at the pic) when deadlifting for reps.

Some years back I was practicing martial arts. Certain disarms just didn't work on me simply because of how far around the weapon my fingers went.

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