If you thought squats and deadlifts were rare, well grip work is rarer still

In the old days, the lower arms would have been developed through work filled days. Swinging axes and hammers. Loading horses and carts. And wielding swords and shields.

Activities like these developed lower arms entwined with rope thick muscles and veins.

But today that type of work rarely exists. And as a result, most are left with wimpy looking forearms, and slender hands.

Don’t feel bad if you’re not currently training your lower arms.

When I started training, all I ever heard about were wrist curls. Most didn’t do them, and those who did, tacked them on to their workout as an afterthought.

That’s because the mainstream muscle comics rarely, if ever mention anything else.

But after seeing Mel Gibson’s forearms in his most recent movie, I figured things got to change….

That movie got me thinking…

I thought about the guys I’ve seen in the gym with impressive builds. Big upper arms. Thick backs. Full chests. And even massive thighs.

But I could only think of two guys who had forearm development and grip strength equal to the rest of their body.

I can now remember thinking that most guys never really looked ‘manly,’ and this is why. They were missing lower arm development…

I think a lot of it had to do with wanting ‘beach muscles’ more than anything else. I also think part of it was lack of knowledge…

So here are a few interesting ways to beef up your lower arms, and develop real gripping power…

Get your hands on some old newspapers and magazines. Once you have a good pile, start tearing through them.

As you get stronger, try to tear more and more pages at a time.

Another fun ‘party trick’ that’s also one heck of a grip workout is tearing decks of cards.

This can get expensive, so here’s an option:

Get you hands on some cardboards boxes and cut a series of rectangles the size of playing cards. Stack them on top of each other, and tear through them.

Although not exactly the same as a deck of cards, it’s close enough. And it’s much easier on the wallet.

Heavy duty hand grippers are great, too.

And don’t forget about your thumb. An exercise for this area that I’ve mentioned before is pinch gripping.

Wrist curls can be effective too, if you use a heavy enough weight, and really squeeze the bar.

Another wrist builder is leverage bar work. Sledgehammers work pretty good here.

One of the easiest ways to develop grip strength is to simply avoid using wrist straps as much a possible.

I’d limit them to max lifts only. And even then, train your grip to handle heavier and heavier weights without using straps.

OK, that’s more than enough to keep your hands busy…

Get serious about you grip training.

Treat them like a big compound movement, and you should make great gains…

Train Smart, Train Hard

Ray Toulany

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