A colleague (who works in the ER at a big US hospital and is also a concert cellist) asked my advice about what he could do at home to improve his grips and general hand strength.
I offer you all three exercises here: a towel thrown over a support (progressing from hanging with partial body weight through to towel chinups); fingertip and thumbs in a support pressing position (progressing from very easy to full body weight pushups, and Post Office rubber bands (to exercise all the extensor muscles; critical to avoid injury).
Please note the cautions mentioned in regards to how to progress the exercises: even in our gym, a number of people have lingering elbow and/or finger tendon problems, from trying to perform chins and similar exercises before the tendons, ligaments, and the connective tissue is ready for it. Many people do not realise that each type of tissue has its own speed of adaptation—nerves adapt the fastest, then muscles, and quite significantly more slowly, the connective tissues in their great variety.
And just hanging from a towel will improve your grip strength—and this improvement may be all you need.
These sequences are suitable for male and female, and young and old. As a side note, loss of grip strength and loss of the capacity to balance are two hallmarks of ageing... This need not happen!
As always, I have disable Comments; few are useful or constructive, it seems. We do love to hear from you, though, so feel free to email me at info at kitlaughlin dot com with any suggestions or things you'd like to see here.
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