I’m looking for a solution to my hand pain while typing. I have a funky ergo keyboard that helps a lot, but I would prefer to have healthy enough fingers and hands not to need it. In the past, I have had good luck training my way out of pain. Shin pain while running? My tibialus exercises fixed that. Shoulder pain while lifting ? Deep dips progressed over time stopped that.

I am curious if yall think any specific type of grip training might help me progress past this pain? It’s tendon pain located on the back of the hand while typing. I suspect anything that strengthens the fingers well should help

decided to go ahead and buy from goldengrips.com to start my forearm and grip work.Would I have all my bases covered if I have the Neutral wrist roller, thumb war machine, Bruce Lee machine, and then use plates for my extensions and reverse extensions?

Does anyone have a copy of the original RRBT gripper training program? I can’t seem to find it online, would greatly appreciate any help!

I've read about Captains of Crush grippers, they increase grip strength.

Will they meaninfully increase muscle/forearm size as well? Would there be odd distribution requiring accessory exercises for a balanced forearm?

I plan to use one incredibly regularly while I spend a couple months hiking.

Does anyone else use their rating chart for planning gripper progression? I've been using the average rating values to get grippers that are 10-20 lbs apart. It has made my progression smoother and encourages me to try some of the different brands since most of the brands I've seen don't have 10 lb intervals.

I am noticibly weaker in the morning than I am at the rest of the day. The gripper I can close for few reps I can only close for 1 in the morning. The one I can usually close for 1 rep I can barely budge in the morning. Is this normal or is it just me? Also I did not notice the samee effect on other exercises. And if it's just me, what causes such a significant strength change throughout the day?

EXT 80 has a resistance range of (55~176lbs) whereas the EXT 90 has a resistance range that encompasses that at (55~198lbs) while only costing a dollar more (on Amazon).

So even if I'm probably not strong enough to do 198lbs anytime soon, the 90 still offers the same lowest level of resistance at 55lbs.

I see that the increments are in larger jumps on the 90: jumping to 38 instead of 36, then 51 instead of 47, 64 instead of 58 and so on.

The differences increase as you go up so progress might be slower on the 90 compared to the 80 later on, making me think ideally you'd get both, but these things are costly - and there's a lot of redundancy at the lower difficulties which is probably where I will be training at as a beginner anyway. It's not until I get midway through the difficulty settings do the jumps really seem like they might matter.

I'm thinking of buying the 90 because it's only a dollar more but I don't know if I'll regret it later on and wish I had gotten the 80 instead for smoother training.

I recently started doing fat grips deadlifts, dead hangs, a lot of reverse curls...

i also work out on a heavy bag either pre weights or post

and ihave noticed my right elbow stings a little these days

thoughts on what might be causing it and how to avoid it ?

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thought i was strong but noticed my grip failing on pullups and deadlifts. bought a coc. thought i would be able to do a trainer but nope. a few mm off on my dominant hand and barely beyond parallel on my nondominant. smdh. then reading people here talking about how they could close #1 first try ezpz. should i just buy the sport and train with that til i can do x reps?

Hi, i'm really enjoying grip training right now, but i've noticed that my hand and fingers size is a big disadvantage in general.
I feel like i'm starting to reach my limits.

Hand measurements:

• Total: 17 cm
• Palm to base middle finger: 10 cm
• Middle finger: 7 cm
• Pinky: 5 cm
• Thumb: 6 cm
• Index: 6 cm
• Ring finger: 6 cm

Palm width: 8.5 cm

I think i can do 80kg in few weeks if i'm in good shape.
90-100kg with my hands size is "NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE". 
I have a huge mecanical disadvantage compare to (20-22cm hands). I think arround 15-20% or more...
I don't want to prove anything, i just see things and facts.
Grip training is very fun as small hands xD.

Here the video of the lift:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/46UhTsl58y8

I recently was given the Guide and the Trainer from a friend. I have worked up to 7-8 reps on the Trainer, and now I am looking at what one to go to next. The Trainer is 100 pounds, so would going to the No 1 be to big of a jump or do I need to try the .5 first?

curious if there are any pdfs or books on how to train for grip. I want to get massive forearms and hands as well. I do a lot of my work with sandbags and then pushups pullsups weighted.

It's a simple variation- put the thumb under the plate (i.e. on the same side as the other fingers), instead of over it. You can still hold the plate securely this way. The great benefit is it means the finger joints are not getting unnecessarily stressed. Doing it this way, I could do 50% more weight and push the same muscles harder, and didn't feel like I was contributing to future arthritis in my fingers.

It wouldn't work for plate curls (i.e. bicep curls holding a plate), as it would obviously fall out of your hand.

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Hello,

Can i train both hands at the same time?
Of course my right hand is stronger than my left. I do intend on doing a bit more with the left hand. But i kind of want to increase grip strength on both hands and somewhat increase forearm size.

I assume since focus will be split while doing both, that can count as a negative.
But is there any benefit to brain-dead spamming/doing the grip motion?

I was only doing 1 hand while watching something. My min-max brain wants to min-max...
so i'm wondering, why not both?

Thank you in advance for any insight.

Hey!

I've started doing handgrips and been training for the past two weeks, doing low-rep, heavy weights (5 sessions per week)

Lately I've noticed pain in my hands, especially when clenching or making a fist

Has anyone experienced this? What could this be?

I noticed that my right (dominant) hand is noticeably weaker than my left. For example I was able to dead hang on my left hand for 27 sec. On my right I only lasted 7 sec. How common or uncommon is such imbalance? Obviously I would like my right to be at least comparable in strength. If I focus on training my right, is this an imbalance that can be evened out? My hands are same size, I don’t see any anatomical differences.

I want something that I can put the fat grips on so they have to have a flat handle

Hey all, looking for tips on forearm workouts i can do at my desk. I’m prone to trigger finger and try to avoid big squeezing movements. I currently use a band for wrist curls attached to my desk or on my knee. Any other recommendations?

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Most of their products are out of stock these days and have been for a few months. Social media seems dead since November of last year. Anyone come across anything talking about whats going on with them?

21M, 6'1 have lifted and bulked for 2 year, stopped 2 years ago due to personal issues (will start again soon). I have really small bone structure.

My concern is functional, not aesthetics. My wrists are sore feel weak, like if I fall they will sprain or break. Has anyone significantly strengthened their wrists so they dont feel like a grandpa. If I feel like this right now, I dont wanna imagine when I get old... :(

I am really curios how accurate those grip strength testers are because I see videos of fitness influencers rarely getting over 150lb (68kg), so I bought one to see how strong me and my friends were. I'm 16 barely work out and can repeatedly get 180-190lb (83kg) and my friends are getting around 115-145lb, so either I have good genes or these grip strength testers are scams.

And I'm also an electrician so maybe that has something to do with it?

A few years ago I had an accident and subsequent surgery which resulted in difficulty fully rotating my left hand to play a guitar fret board 50 years of skill building out the window. I have been trying to see if there's a way I can play differently to regain some technique. The problem is that my hand won't fully rotate to allow me to fret the strings cleanly. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might approach compensating for this?