Quintessential Logic

Grip Strength

In just about all combat situations and especially if you grapple or train in ju jitsu grip strength is very important. The ability to control your opponent is crucial or at least to hold on to them to finish or attempt the technique. Through training in ju jitsu I found that my grip was pretty poor (even with all that masturbation, go figure) and by working on my grip my throws and submissions are getting more effective. I use a wrist roller (don't buy these make it yourself, it's easy just ask I'll explain), captains of crush grippers, hangs and sandbags for my training. Not only has my grip improved but so has my all around wrist strength and health, since I spend most of my days typing on a keyboard I'm hoping my training will counter carpel tunnel and what not.

I found most of the information for my training on these websites:

Ironmind (Check out the training tips on the left)
Captains of Crush (Buy these)
DieselCrew (These guys have some pretty radical training techniques)
Grapplearts

posted by sumobeats @ 9:52 AM