Hey, what's going on nation? I'm Scott from muscular strength.com and today
I want to share with you guys one tip to help you increase your grip strength across all the
Exercises that you're currently doing in the gym
And you're gonna be able to do it without having to add other
Exercises to your routine like wrist curls or a specific
day where your training forearms and grip strength because on my opinion
That's a waste of time, and I don't want you guys wasting
time or gains when you're in the gym, but before we get started
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So I got a barbells out here on the ground
I know I use this for all my demonstrations
But just keep in mind that this is going to be applied to any exercise
Where you need grip strength and the exercise
I'm gonna choose to show this to you is going to be a barbell bent over row
When you do an exercise like a barbell bent over row
Whether you're doing an underhand grip like this or an overhand grip like that there will come a point in time
Where you're lifting so much weight that you're not able to complete all your repetitions
And the barbell falls out of your hands now
what do most people do right away when that
Barbell starts to slip well they go over they grab their wrist straps and
Then it's game over and why do I say game over because most people
Instinctively as soon as their grip strength gives out they just switch to wrist straps
And then they use them every single time they go to the gym
And it becomes a very bad habit where you're no longer gripping the bar
as hard as you can now am I against using wrist straps?
No, but there is a proper way to use them
But before you guys even get to the point to where you're going to use wrist straps what I want you to do first
Especially if you're trying to work on your grip strength is I want you guys to chalk up
This is chalk all right. It's white and it goes on your hands
pretty obvious right, but you know sometimes people mess that up
But anyways come over here real quick a
Little chalk goes a long way and a lot of gyms
Don't allow chalk in but you can be sneaky with it
And if you use it right you really don't need that much a tiny bit of chalk on your hands
When you reach down and grab that barbell makes a huge difference
Because a lot of the times the reason why that barbell slips out of your hands
isn't because your grip strength is weak
It's because the gnarling is worn down on the barbell or maybe the gyms humid and
it's a little slippery than normal
There's a bunch of different factors that come into play, but if you get a little chalk on your hands. You're gonna
Have a much tighter grip and probably be able to handle more weight
But once the chalk doesn't really help you out anymore because the weight
is getting too heavy. This is your next step
So let's say you're on your second set of the exercise so at this point
You know your muscles are getting worked
But your grip strength is starting to give out and let's say you're trying to do eight repetitions
All right, and by the time you get to repetition for that bar
Slips out of your hands at that point you're gonna put your wrist straps on all right
You're gonna put them on and you're going to complete those last four repetitions
With the help of your wrist straps
To hold that barbell and then this is what you're gonna do and this is where the big change is going to come
Most people as soon as they put those on then they start using them for every single repetition
What I want you guys to do is keep them on your hands
But don't use them until you absolutely need them so when you go into set three you're gonna get in there
You're gonna grab that barbell you're gonna
Have your wrist straps on still but not on the barbell you're still relying on your own grip strength
And you're gonna complete as many reps as you can and then once again as
soon as that bar slips out of your hands
Then you're gonna come in
wrap them up and
Complete your set and then you're gonna apply this to every single exercise that you're doing in the gym
You're gonna use your grip strength your own power as much as possible and you can have the straps on your wrists
But you will only apply them to the exercise that you're doing
When your grip strength gives out on every single set so don't fall into the habit of set one you're cool
Halfway through set two your grip strength is out you use your straps, but then to start up every set after that you go
Right to these guys only use them when you need them
So if this video helps you out be sure to go down to that comment section below
and let me know if I kind of
Open your mind a bit to how you can train your forearms without having to add a specific day
Just to train forearms like I said, it's a waste of time
And if you guys do this in a matter of weeks your grip strength
Will go through the roof and you'll be you'll be pretty happy
You won't even need these wrist straps half the time, so you guys enjoyed the video
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See ya