So..

Some of you might already know this, but I was a college ice hockey player. My job as a defenseman was to put people through the glass and keep our goalie from contact, which in a lot of cases ended up with fights.

Due to the fights, i have broken each hand 2 times and numerous finger breaks.

My grip has suffered due to this, especially on lifts like barbell shrugs @ 315+.

Is there anything i can do to increase my grip strength or am i pretty much screwed on this one?

wrist straps NOOOOooooooob.

no but seriously if you want to directly strengthen grip buy those hand grippers. captains of crush and heavy grips makes them.
otherwise if your only worried about grip for heavy back and trap exercises then just use straps or even chalk.

srry dood but you're hands are fucked. your always going to have to work through the pain or pop oxy's before u lift.

I don't see how you can say straps don't work for you. Do you expect to shrug 900lbs with them.

Could it be that you're just weak and can't shrug that much with straps anyway?

Try jerking off left handed from time to time.


Glad I could help!

Ever try JO with a strap? It's pretty cool!

Clearly, what you need is THIS

You're welcome...see you on stage at the next Mr. O.

when i use straps i only have to use enough grip to stop them from unraveling. thats VERY easy.

if u cant grip that hard then you're a pussyberry.

can u read that?

Let me simplify this for you all.

The straps help, but the greater problem is grip strength. I dont quite understand how this is confusing for you all to understand.

Lets consider this... My hands dont fully close after they've been repaired. So, the straps somewhat fill the gaps that my broken hands leave open.

Following me?

maybe i should slow it down more for you...

Now even with the straps, which clearly help, the problem still exists, which is that my hands cannot completely close around the strap/bar.

Now with shrugs, where the weight is being suspended by my hands, this becomes a problem. Confused?

Go fuck up your hands, then go lift and maybe you'll have a vague idea of what im saying. The question was "is there a "better" method of strengthening up that grip so that this doesn't continue to be a problem.

As for the fuckface, pussyberry comments... Will the last i remember seeing you were like 5"10 and 250lbs of pure blubber. Just imagine if you spent a fraction of the time you spend accumulating 25k posts, doing cardio.... you'd be down to like 25% by now. Instead you're just content to sit around at 40% fat and judge other people with your tank abbot physique. More power to you for playing Softball, clearly exhibiting your manhood with such a powerful sport that most college girls could destroy you on. Is running to first base the most cardio you get? Maybe you should take up another sport, unless you like being in the dugout with a bunch of other sweaty guys.

I mean seriously... was even... baseball too strenuous?

Goodskie, i'd address your comment, but 90% of the time i dont even know what the fuck you're talking about, because your either wasted or high.

I'm not the pussy faggot complaining about holding 315lbs.

Go cry somewhere else cocksucker.

This is one of the greatest e-fights around here in a while and it's over fukkin hand straps! God I love this place!!

Emo? Too harsh? Anything coming from you I would consider a joke.

Go cry to someone else about how you can't close your hands and grab a barbell. We don't want to hear it.

If you can't grab a barbell what the fuck do you think will help you? Maybe you should tie some rope around your wrists and just pull the weight up?

i cant remember the last time willp was in an e-fight. thats pretty funny.


as far as your hand deal omni, i too have broken my hands. I would suggest stretching your fingers back like you would when stretching your forearm to, maybe, help with the rom of your grip and also do the exercise where you hold 2 plates together with one hand by your side.

physical therapy...

list ur goals and wrk ur way up slowly, till u get over that hump.