"5 Unorthodox Ways to Build Your grip Strength" By Brian Alsruhe Pull Ups 3:11 Grenade Pull Ups 3:40 Towel Pull Ups Various Farmer Walks 4:05-4:30 Implements 4:44-4:54 Dumbells and Kettle Bells 5:23 Plates 5:30 Bumper Plates 5:43 Plate Pinch Hold Farmer Walk Distances 6:34 Heavy Weight Short Distances 7:00 Moderate Weight Moderate Distances 7:44 Light Weight Extreme Distances 8:13 Crumple Paper 9:45 Fat Grip/Axle Bar Holds 10:55 11:04 Side Barbell Standy Holds 11:17 Rolling Thunder 11:41 Dumbell Head Holds 11:56 Yoke Holds

If John Cena had a baby with Chris Pratt, I think you'd be the result.

I'm gonna do farmers walks at planet fitness.

Apparently that newspaper trick is some really old school stuff. A book called "Illustrated Hints for Health and Strength for Busy People", written by Adrian Peter Schmidt, features an exercise where you squeeze paper balls in your fists repeatedly to gain grip strength and obviously you'd have to crumple the paper first. And this book was published in 1901! I found out about this from an Art of Manliness article called "Odd Exercises for Physical Vigor: An Oldtime Strongman’s 15-Minute Morning Routine".

Extremely solid advice. As a rock climber, I also highly recommend rice bucket workouts. There's a ton of good stuff all over youtube, just search for it. Forearms respond best to high volume, and the rice bucket gives you just that (it's why farmers walks work so well). Also most importantly it works the entire forearm, including the often neglected extensor muscles, to give you a more balanced overall forearm.

so thankful that omar had you on his channel, definitely one of the most underrated strength channels out there. love your stuff!

As a climber-turned-weightlifter, this video was great. Solid stuff, as always. Keep up the good work dude. PS: You can make your own grenades with softballs and bolts. I've got a set at home that I've been using forever, and even if you try to cheat with the laces you're still going to fry your forearms.

As a fellow old guy, I appreciate when Brian says he "tapes" his videos haha. Archaic terminology for the younger viewers.

You're a beast! I just started lifting weights about an year ago and I'm a normal person with a desk job and have discovered my love for lifting. I won't be a competitor anytime in life but I just enjoy myself doing this. I don't know if much of your techniques help me as they look to target advanced power lifters but I do pick all the things you mention in your videos and love the way you put them. Thank you so much for your work while being busy preparing for your nationals. May you have best of the health for coming days and get stronger as you desire! You are a true inspiration for me. ~Good luck.

You remind me of john cena

Great video and tips. As a side note, my grandfather was a baker and from years of kneading dough with his bare hands his grip strength was incredible. He was also very strong from lifting heavy sacks of flour and sugar throughout the day , everyday. Seriously though, even at the age of 70+ he could easily crush your hand in a handshake and not even know he was doing it. jajaja.

By far the best advise on anything and everything! Thank you Brian!

finally got the chance to watch the video. Brian, you humor and banter is back better than ever! it was excellent to see you having fun in Cali and I will watch everything you put out, but it's great to have you front and center again, where you belong!

Fantastic video. Didn't realize how much I would learn from another grip strength video. This definitely tops them all and learned so much great info. Love the channel :)

Awesome content man! It was great meeting you at super training thanks for the dope content homie!!

another good way to use the newspaper to add grip strength is to start a fire with the crumpled paper, add coal or coke and start blacksmithing. the hammers may only weigh a couple of pounds but will humble you quickly. plus you will gain a skill and make cool stuff.

this is your best video hands down ! smart ,funny ,informative..i cant stop watching it lol .

Good stuff! Lately, every time I watch one of your videos your subs have gone up by like 1,000 from the day or two before. Looks like you're going to hit 20,000 subs by the end of the week...congrats Brian!

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You are awesome. Your giant set linear programming is kicking my ass. Now I have to work on my grip strength. Thanks for killing me every morning before work!! Seriously.

The quality of your content is getting crazy man ! I'm glad you're getting more and more subscribers ! Well deserved. I hope to see your channel blow up in the near future !

Pretty good video, I picked up some things I didn't know, I'm not specifically into strong man but always want to try different lifting techniques for overall development, I subbed

This video was awesome man, so informative & insightful, thank you Brian

Great video Brian. Subs are climbing strong brother!

Brand new to strongman. Love your content and philosophy! Thank you!

Brian, thanks for the tip about using the Fat Gripz. I've been doing Farmers Walk with dumbbells for a few weeks now and have been making steady progress. Then, last week, I threw the Fat Gripz on the dumbells. Wow! My forearms were screaming at the end of the set. It was pretty awesome.

This is so cool; I have always had naturally good grip strength and I am now going to make it even better! Thanks.

Loving your videos Brian!! Keep it up brother!!

Love the video! Don't know how to say your name but you just earned another loyal viewer!

Brian great video love it ....i have great grip strenght and have a good move to add...put on dish washing gloves one size too small and work on opening up and extending hand fully open....this helps keep your hands from cramping up from all the crush work your hands get

very interesting/educationnal video, i love it. You style is also very fun(fade to black and white) and help to keep the pace. Some people video ends up like hearing someone reading the back of a cereal box and its really not your case. Good stuff :)

thanks brother Brian, I really need to work on my grip! love your videos, keep them coming!

You make incredible videos man, more people should definitely be watching you. I wish strongman was a more popular sport.

Looking forward to the videos you got in Cali! glad to see your channel already gaining more subscribers too!

liked before ad finished playing. your just a good guy Brian

I'm not even a strongman but i just freaking love you and your content man!

Man, thanks for all these wicked vids! I'm a huge fan of the Farmers Walk too. My gym doesn't have the implements, and dumbells cap at 110. I started using a trap bar, and can load 4+ plates per side and seems to work ok.

you just earned a subscriber....thank Mark Bell and Alan Thrall... you do a great job of explaining to the guys out there that are not 100% on board with you knowledge level ,,Great enunciation too

I have done 50% of these things and they definitely helped. I am going to try out the other ones I haven't tried over the coming months. Additionally something else I have done that worked probably even fast was just double overhand deadlifts. Go as heavy as you can with that grip then switch over to hook or mixed grip to finish and over time you find you are able to handle more and more weight with the double overhand grip.

Another awesome video, really helpful stuff. Thanks for all your training advice

the newspaper one is genius. thanks brian, stay safe mate.

Yes! Great content. Never ceases to fail!

Thanks so much for the info! I'm cheering for you to get back to yourself

I swear the other day you just broke 15k subs and now you're nearly at 20k! that's shooting up nicely :D well done man

Great video! Just the other day, I started doing farmers walks with plates to strengthen my grip. Was wondering if anybody else did those!

When I used to do a lot of metal scraping one of the items I used to scrap were lawn tractor batteries. Without ever putting much thought into it I would grab the top of the battery with my hand which would barely fit around it and lift it that way. one in each hand. Then I would walk it over to the trailer and place it in there. Yes it was hard to grip but I was being lazy and thought it would be a lot less walking to take two at a time like this. Never thought about it but I'm sure this was working grip strength and it did make my arms on fire after a while. This is just one example of things I would carry like this. Still do things like this today without thinking about it because my goal is how to carry the most per trip.

New to your channel and loving your humorous directions!

awesome video. first one I've ever watched of yours, and now because of a newspaper I'm hooked

Fill a bucket with water and put a towel in it. Take the wet towel and wring out the water by squeezing and twisting, repeat until you can't do it anymore. Put the effort into it and your hands and forearms will definitely let you know! Thanks for all you do Brian, love the videos.

Tons of ideas. Very good video. Gotta save it!

brian, i noticed you didnt use straps while doing deadlifts at super training.. youre the man. my grip has went up from doing pull ups after watching your videos. you said to squeeze the hell out of the pull u[p bar and it makde a huge difference. focusing on squeezing while lifting instead of just lifting helped me out alot. ill do all the things in this vid also. keep it up man

I love the Brian Shaw shade at the end. That grip strength episode was great.

Genius idea Brian!!!

I have to do grip training tomorrow, I will try some of these. Very nice ideas. Great content!

Hi Brian, thanks for another great video. Great timing as I joined a gym focused on strongman and powerlifting last week, so I will have access to some of equipment mentioned like farmers walk handles, yokes etc. So I can test out some of the ideas mentioned here! I also found it very useful that you mentioned how you programmed farmers walks in - as this was going to be a question i asked haha. Thanks again

Really useful video! Thanks!

I've found dead hangs as a finisher of every workout works really well plus gives a really nice post workout stretch. Easy enough to progress by adding weight as well

Yes!! Thank You for the tips!!! I've been needing to get my grip strength up!!

I use fat gripz for dumbell farmer walks. they are insane! great stuff man! SUBBED!

Great video with creative and interesting grip exercises . People under estimate how important hand and finger grip strength really is.. Strong hand grip enhances most if not all gym related exercises and good strong grip is related to the forearm which is invaluable to elderly people just doing the very basic everyday activities. My mother used to have this stiff but pliable ball that was putty like consistency and she squeezed it all the time, and if anyone in the house needed a jar of pickles opened she was the who they ask to do.

The paper-trick works !!!! Thanks Brian for this vid! Lots of inspiration. I have work to do😉👊✌️

Awesome video, thanks for sharing your knowledge!

I've done a 600lb trap bar farmers walk for a few feet without straps. Definitely tested my grip strength. Also like to use Captain of Crush Grippers to develop grip strength. I can close the 2.5 gripper for 17 reps and the number 2 gripper for over 20 reps. Since I got brutally strong on Captain of Crush grippers my grip is never a weakness for me. I eventually want to close the number 3 gripper and then for reps. Also what helped my grip are weighted chinups and pullups without straps or chalk

Super inspirational man. You and Goggins should do president/ vice president for 4 terms

The grip sandwich! I like that one and I will incorporate that into my regular workouts.

I am totally going to add these to my training, especially the newspaper one! 😱

good thing had this dude discovered from allans channel awesome contents

Saw your channel from Alan thralls videos and i cant believe you only have 17k subs, keep it up and you are gonna be at 1 mill no time.

Awesome videos that inspired me to start my own channel. Keep up the great work !!!

Man. The newspaper crumple is VERY old school. Great video brother!!

Good stuff, love the newspaper suggestion....sometimes it's the simple things that work the best. Thanks

Thank you for the tips!

Awesome, I really need to improve grip 👍 P.s thanks for answering my questions/comments on Instagram 👌

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Awesome. Thanks!

Finally a reason to use the useless flyers I get! Awesome video Brian! Glad you made it home safe and sound

Favorited! Gonna start working my grip more because why not.

The paper crumple method is actually awesome!! By the time you get through an entire batch of junk mail with ads your forearms are burning!

Came here after seeing you with Alan. Great content. Subbed.

Awesome content mate! 👌

Good stuff! And you had me laughing several times.

My current grip strength go-to is the DIY farmers handles I've made with buckets on the end for my bootcamps. Fill em either with bricks or water and watch people struggle haha. But they all love it!!

I have started doing sled pulls recently and have been using my imagination on the handles. I got a 13 ton shackle, looking for a 35 ton that'll weigh about 40 lbs. I will use a 20lb kettle bell for now. Using an awkward, wide, or heavy handle works well to burn out my grip as fast as my legs give out.

Always quality broski

A good method I found as a beginner was to use the hook grip on pull ups, and to then curl your body weight with your fingers. Heavy dumbell rows with hook grip is gonna make your grip strong also.

awesome man hope you made tons of new friends out in Cali

Effin brilliant! Great video as always. I'm going to invest in some grenade grips asap!

I like dead hangs for time. I add weight when I get to one minute or more. I also make the bar thicker using PVC. Just some ideas. Good video. thanks.

Good stuff thanks sir! Doing the news paper now!

Good video. Thank you for uploading

good stuff here. look forward to checking out more of your videos

Great tips as always! And the news paper one i actually knew ;)

really, really good video!

How i like to work my grip is when racking my weights I carry the plates with 1 hand and when I do assistance movements or warming up for deadlifts/pull ups I only use 3 or two fingers and doing rows with a tumblers grip. As well as through the day if I see something moderately hard to grip I try to do it.

Great content, man! Keep 'em coming! And please tell me the next t-shirt you have coming out will have "get your life together" somewhere on it. Haha

For a farmer's walk alternative, what about the Ed Coen barbell hold with an olympic bar in each hand done in a rack - walk on the spot for those that don't have access to heavy dumbells or where gyms have no space and/are too busy to walk around with heavy dumbells.

hey Brian, if we are working grip strength, should we also focus a bit on extensor muscles, to avoid imbalances and pain? thank you man, I love your videos!

Newspaper ideal...too simple to be so brilliant of an idea. Thanks for sharing and i will add that in. I can do that in the house watching TV even--as long as the spouse is not watching her Bachelor series. you think the microphone did not like that noise, a crazy woman watching her Bachelor hearing that noise might cause me damage :)

great stuff! thanks from Uruguay!

I'm really glad for you concerning the ratio thumbs up/number of views! Not a bad one.