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Am I the only one legit impressed by Bromley’s drawing skills?

A few years ago I did farmers walks with water filled five gallon buckets for up to one mile at a time for about 6 months. I’d do this two or three times per week and my back, shoulders, triceps, and forearms have never been so developed. I absolutely believe long farmers carries are among the top tier of conditioning, back building, and grip developing exercises.

Anthony Fuhrman did CoC holds for time as well. Close the gripper with both hands, remove helping hand from equation and then hold it closed for time. Once you consistently get around 45 seconds, it's time to level up.

Fantastic video Bromley, I've been browsing the internet for a full on comprehensive guide to grip strength and it's different aspects - you hit the nail on its head, much appreciated!

Thank you, as a person who’s major lifts are limited by their grip strength this is really helpful

Alex, you are a well of tested information in the area of strength training and it is evident that you are giving your very best at roundly presenting it. Keep up the good work!

It’s incredibly respectable that he posts the important information for everyone for free and only charges for the extra stuff that people want to see, rather than the other way around. Love the vids broski

The last weeks I started training my holding strength by holding a barbell for 30 seconds at a time. The setup with the bar behind me at hip height worked best so far. I hope this helps my grip on deadlifts.

I love grip training now. I got a bunch of implements and have been having a lot of fun. The Rogue Anvil has been my favorite since it feels like an old time strongman feat.

How could someone NOT subscribe. Best strength training content on YT

That 100k will come sooner than you think, the quality of these videos is all but going to guarantee it. Thanks for making these!

Love your breakdowns! Thanks for sharing such great knowledge!

Great video! Good breakdown of a fun type of training that is often overlooked.

I can confirm, I have not dropped a deadlift since I watched this 4 months ago and my deadlift has somehow gone up 20kg in that time Deadhangs, weighted carries, reverse curls and hand grippers have added over an inch to my forearms in 4 months (I didn’t train forearms separately before so I think it’s localised newbie gains in that area). Good job Bromley Heres a tip for forearm growth, if you have a frame to do pull-ups or deadhangs on in a gym, use the wider , supporting bar with no etching you aren’t supposed to use. It really helps isolate your grip more

Lol literally was just talking to my highland games coach this morning about improving my grip and his number one was CoC grippers and fat grips for the basics without getting too much specific equipment. He does arm lifting so it’s good to hear you guys are in line with recommendations

Very informative clip from an experienced strongman professional

Great timing, I was literally just thinking about how I need to improve my grip strength. I decided to add holds and plate pinches after deadlifting since those seem the most relevant to DOH and hook grip strength. My gym has a wrist roller and fat grips though so I might give those a try!

the moment i saw the detailed hand drawing im already subbing cuz i know you're gonna be detailed in explaining too

EXACTLY what I was looking for. Sir, I salute you. (subbed)

Very helpful video, as always. Thank you !

thank you for this! 😀 i am hitting a plateau here in grip strength, using flexion and extension. now its all making sense. time to start crushing and doing farmer walks.

Another great video from Bromley! I use regulary farmers walks, hangs, variety of crushing exercises and I enjoy the benefits of this routine on pullup bar and in the numbers of plates on the bar! But few years ago I had elbow pain during the workouts! The prehab routine with the wrist roller and pronation/supination exercises was the quick way to eliminate the pain.

I have a titans fitness rickshaw that I use for farmers walks and rows. I do the rows with fat grips on. Eventually going to start using the fat grips on the walks as well but grip has been my lagging strength forever. These tips have reminded me of different tools I should be implementing. Thank you.

Subscribed for the challenge, looking forward to it!

great video man.

Very informative and very well explained.

Excellent overview!!

Another supporting strength exercise I like is doing chins using a towel. There are tons of accessories you can buy in place of a towel that hang down from the bar you grip on like grenades, smooth sticks, smooth wooden ball, etc.

Great video. Also, great illustrations!

Thanks for making this! If I ever actually train grip which seems unlikely at this point but I really mean to someday I'll save this.

Thank you for this video! Good presenter 🙂

good recap, nice to see it together

This video is so good

Great video man!

Good video. Lots of great information.

I like to practise my pinching strength by grabbing heavy 15kg-20kg with one hand and carrying it around for my regular gym workout. Overtime my pinch strength has built up to the point that I can drive my car by pinching the steering wheel between my fingers while steering as if I would normally holding it (obviously not when there’s heavy traffic around).

Those hands are really well done,you have talent for drawing

thank you !

Thanks for sharing your expertise

I like the Heavy Grips, they are smaller gap and works well for smaller hands. I do have CoC 1 and 2, used to be able to close the 2 but lost down to just a 1 from arthritis. Trying to work back up.

Awesome video, thank you sir!

Great vid! Thank you!

I absolutely love grip strength.

Thanks for information. Great video thanks !!!!!

Needed this for so long! My grip is weak as a baby and nothing seemed to improve it

Thanks man huge help

pinch gripping is very helpful working with sheet metal.

Much appreciated! Thanks!

Lots of grip training and a career of grip related jobs while young,,, lots of carple tunnel and over use syndrome pain and problems now old . But multiple bone breaks too that contribute . Thanks for some of this stuff i can use for therapy

My weight is only 60kg and l am practicing with 350LB grip for few days and now l am nearly able to close it and hope completely close it very soon..l learned a lot through this video.Thanks.

Rolling heavy material in your hands like denim or if available to you a old Gi just the jacket or canvas and of course a towel works wonders. Thanks for the Vid my Bro 🖖🏽

great content

thank you for the tips.

I've been using the rubber flex bar heavy duty, twisting and turning it like I'm ringing out a wet towel and getting great results on definition and size

If you haven't already, try out the saxon grips from abmat. Theyll really work you pinch grip strength.

Thanks!

I use a Senshi 150kg, grip strengthener. And I've used it for a year now. I do wrist curls 4 x 10, and then 4 x 10 grip strengthener compressions. For my forearm workout straight after bicep, triceps and shoulders training. I got hypertrophy, however I can now also, hang from a pull-up bar for longer!

you appeared on my feed randomly but I'm a climber and I definitely like seeing this point of view for grip strength

I needed this video. Had to cut back day short yesterday because the bar kept slipping through my fingers

Good drawing and content❤

Great content for BJJ guys. 👍🥋

You can also squeeze a bottle of water using isometrics. Also working your fingers with extensions help too.

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Great way .

Really informative. I’ve historically had horrible hand strength and forearm size. To the point of embarrassment. I’ve been working on it. Thank you.

Anyone who plans doing an OCR, training your grip is a MUST!!

My grip is definitely in huge need of strength gaining. Can't do lat pull downs or rows without forearms burning out before my back is even sore. Definitely will look into some of these products.

thanks !

very i formative ty

My crush strength isn’t the greatest but it’s good I won’t use coc’a to often due to extended hand and forearm pain when I do and it affects strength training. Dead hangs,hex holds,DOH on dl warmups,extended dl holds have been the best for my dl grip. No problems over 600 ever. I also rarely ever use straps except heavy rack pulls and very heavy bb rows only. Rolling thunder was a big help early on don’t use it as much. But even with a great supp grip now I still train it at least once a week. Sometimes pinch work as well but not too often. Great video! Edit:farmers carries,fat bar work and fat grips on the dB rows. Mind you I don’t use all of this all the time it’s all sporadically used. But hangs,DOH,and extended holds are every week. Also try concentrating on squeezing your pinky as hard as possible on all your work the rest of the hand automatically follows and helps overall.

The beam deadlift at my first strongman comp was the first event and afterward my forearms were on fire for the rest of the day , it was humbling because we only got up to 7 dimes on each side when most us were failing to lift it.

I have Robert Barabans adjustable gripper. I comes with two springs. It goes from light, to inhuman, so you got a gripper lasting you a lifetime! I bought the CoC 1, but paying 100 usd for an adjustable like iI mentioned is much cheaper than buying every increment of CoC!

GHP grip trainers are worth checking out in favor of or in addition to CoC. I like the sweep and the knurling a lot more.

One thing I do passively is just keep a gripper in my cars console. Every trip to work or car ride I’m always grip training.

Makes sense.

The trick of wrapping a barbell with a thick towel is straight out of John Brookfield's first book

Almost lol-ed when you said "Towel work". I'm reminded of Douglas Adams - the Hitchhiker's guide. His most essential travel tool - A towel. Haha.

I bought your book - BASE Strength. Absolutely love your content Bromley, was wondering if there was a way to pay an amount to get a conversation in for you to evaluate my deadlift ?

I have a gyro ball.. may not be ideal for shear grip strength but it will def train your endurance

Rock Climbing !

One thing you didn't mention that I learned off Squat University is one hand static deadlifts. Hold for 10-20 seconds, doesn't need to be that heavy. I've been doing it on the Smith machine to get that isolation.

I'm a first time highschool Wrestler, and I already have strong forearms (And body) in general, but I've noticed that it's much easier if you have really strong grip strength with long endurance. Particularly the Crushing and Supporting sections.

Linking here any time I've gotta tell someone they need to get a grip. Video is now a forum weapon.

Coming from climbing this is an interesting video

Finally gave in to the begging and got subscribed

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You can simulate hangs by choosing a gripper that us tough but you can close it, then squeeze and hold it closed for as long as you can then over time increase the duration.

At the end of my grip session I take an upright heavy dbell sit it on a bench and while standing I slide my hands flat palms up no thumbs so that my arms are straight down and my palms are flat under it like holding a wierd platter or something and just do an isometric hold about 30 secs. They're pretty cool.

Great video, I've subbed. What are your thoughts on barbell finger rolls? (lift BB out of the rack as if you're going to RDL, letting it roll out to the ends of your fingers, then closing your hand to roll it back up).

Bromley I’m absolutely loving your content! By far my favorite strength related KZfaq channel. Rooting for you to reach 100k soon. Unrelated, but I’d love to know your thoughts on kettlebell training. Are there any particular benefits to kettlebells that us barbell enthusiasts are missing out on? Is the juice worth the squeeze, or is it just another matter of “making it work”?

As a welder who works with 1” steel plate almost everyday on rail cars…pinch grip is very important to work on. Luckily I train it at work picking up plates

Really helpful, but i think I'll need increments between the increments. Doing a few reps on #CoC2 but CoC#2.5 feels like a beast.

Pinching a weight plate can make your finger strength incredible. People use to do it for fun and it's a cheap way to train. You just buy a bigger plate as you get stronger!

I highly suggest Jedd Johnson YT. channel when regards to grip training. You two should make a podcast.

I recommend The Ivanko Super Gripper

What would you say is the fastest & best way to get grip strength up in order to crush a dynamometer test?

10:03 nice DIY grip strength tool, thanks

I'm at 355 deadlift overhand and don't need straps for it. Failed 375, not because of grip though. My goals to be able to hold the bar and never use straps or mixed grip/that smashing thumb while I get to 500.

Quick hack you can do is simply maximizing the efficiency of how you do certain exercises so that you hit multiple birds with the same stone. For example, when doing wrist curls, you can let the dumbbell roll all the way to your fingertips, crush your grip to bring the dumbbell back into your hand, and then curl the wrist to get full wrist contraction. This will train both some of the finger muscles/flexors as well as the wrist/forearm flexors. Then if you want to be even more time efficient, you can super set these with the reverse wrist extension with (usually) around half the weight to light up both sides of the wrist/forearm. This simple form hack superset will work most of the hand, finger, some crushing strength, and the antagonist muscles with only two sets of dumbbells. For people who don't want to spend a whole lot of time on grip work you can simply do this, then as you said, do some dead hangs or farmers carries at the end of the workout and they will usually see quite a lot of noobie gains.