#Grip Strength

[malbecmusings]

[0rln]

Me on a daily basis (I have poor grip strength)

[principiumindividuationis777]

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Abstract

Hand-grip strength has been identified as one limiting factor for manual lifting and carrying loads. To obtain epidemiologically relevant hand-grip strength data for pre-employment screening, we determined maximal isometric hand-grip strength in 1,654 healthy men and 533 healthy women aged 20–25 years. Moreover, to assess the potential margins for improvement in hand-grip strength of women by training, we studied 60 highly trained elite female athletes from sports known to require high hand-grip forces (judo, handball). Maximal isometric hand-grip force was recorded over 15 s using a handheld hand-grip ergometer. Biometric parameters included lean body mass (LBM) and hand dimensions. Mean maximal hand-grip strength showed the expected clear difference between men (541 N) and women (329 N). Less expected was the gender related distribution of hand-grip strength: 90% of females produced less force than 95% of males. Though female athletes were significantly stronger (444 N) than their untrained female counterparts, this value corresponded to only the 25th percentile of the male subjects. Hand-grip strength was linearly correlated with LBM. Furthermore, both relative hand-grip strength parameters (F max/body weight and F max/LBM) did not show any correlation to hand dimensions. The present findings show that the differences in hand-grip strength of men and women are larger than previously reported. An appreciable difference still remains when using lean body mass as reference. The results of female national elite athletes even indicate that the strength level attainable by extremely high training will rarely surpass the 50th percentile of untrained or not specifically trained men.

[historyofguns]

The article "Lost Secret of Pistol Shooting: The Crush Grip" by Massad Ayoob, published on The Armory Life, delves into the technique of how firmly one should grip a handgun. Historically, an approach known as the "60/40" rule was favored, where some shooters used 60% support hand force and 40% firing hand force, with variations in interpretation. Ayoob revisits the technique known as the "crush grip"—a hard grip recommended by esteemed shooters like Rob Leatham, Brian Enos, and veterans such as Charles Askins Jr. and Bill Jordan, who notably used a grip that could "crush granite" and advocated holding the handgun as "hard as you can." Ayoob emphasizes that a hard grip eliminates the common shooting error of "milking," where unintended finger movements cause inaccurate shots. The crush grip is described as particularly beneficial for defensive scenarios, enhancing recoil control and gun retention. Ayoob suggests that despite the hand potentially trembling due to adrenaline, with practice, the hard grip becomes second nature, offering greater stability and accuracy during shooting.

[jefkphotography]

Reverse held gripper.

Black and white photograph

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[longfalloffashortcliff]

Pretending to be strong 😂

[howtoruck]

Training grip strength while rucking? I hit San Angelo State Park with 100 lb hand grippers and a 50 lb vest. This is how you build strength you can actually use.

[ancientroyalblood]

The Power of Loaded Carries: Farmer’s Walks and Beyond

Loaded carries are among the most brutally effective—and underrated—exercises in the strength and conditioning world. They’re simple, primal, and punishing. Whether you’re carrying heavy dumbbells across the gym or hoisting a sandbag through uneven terrain, you’re engaging in a time-tested movement that builds total-body strength, core stability, grip endurance, and mental fortitude. At the…

[isaacsapphire]

I suddenly have some questions about modern day average female grip strength vs historical female grip strength, and I wonder if historically average male and female grip strengths were closer.

Relatedly, I met someone who made some little drop spindles and I was like, "these things would sell like hotcakes at certain museum stores.

I've had a hard time articulating to people just how fundamental spinning used to be in people's lives, and how eerie it is that it's vanished so entirely. It occurred to me today that it's a bit like if in the future all food was made by machine, and people forgot what farming and cooking were. Not just that they forgot how to do it; they had never heard of it.

When they use phrases like "spinning yarns" for telling stories or "heckling a performer" without understanding where they come from, I imagine a scene in the future where someone uses the phrase "stir the pot" to mean "cause a disagreement" and I say, did you know a pot used to be a container for heating food, and stirring was a way of combining different components of food together? "Wow, you're full of weird facts! How do you even know that?"

When I say I spin and people say "What, like you do exercise bikes? Is that a kind of dancing? What's drafting? What's a hackle?" it's like if I started talking about my cooking hobby and my friend asked "What's salt? Also, what's cooking?" Well, you see, there are a lot of stages to food preparation, starting with planting crops, and cooking is one of the later stages. Salt is a chemical used in cooking which mostly alters the flavor of the food but can also be used for other things, like drawing out moisture...

"Wow, that sounds so complicated. You must have done a lot of research. You're so good at cooking!" I'm really not. In the past, children started learning about cooking as early as age five ("Isn't that child labor?"), and many people cooked every day their whole lives ("Man, people worked so hard back then."). And that's just an average person, not to mention people called "chefs" who did it professionally. I go to the historic preservation center to use their stove once or twice a week, and I started learning a couple years ago. So what I know is less sophisticated than what some children could do back in the day.

"Can you make me a snickers bar?" No, that would be pretty hard. I just make sandwiches mostly. Sometimes I do scrambled eggs. "Oh, I would've thought a snickers bar would be way more basic than eggs. They seem so simple!"

Haven't you ever wondered where food comes from? I ask them. When you were a kid, did you ever pick apart the different colored bits in your food and wonder what it was made of? "No, I never really thought about it." Did you know rice balls are called that because they're made from part of a plant called rice? "Oh haha, that's so weird. I thought 'rice' was just an adjective for anything that was soft and white."

People always ask me why I took up spinning. Isn't it weird that there are things we take so much for granted that we don't even notice when they're gone? Isn't it strange that something which has been part of humanity all across the planet since the Neanderthals is being forgotten in our generation? Isn't it funny that when knowledge dies, it leaves behind a ghost, just like a person? Don't you want to commune with it?

[techdriveplay]

How to Improve Your Strength for Climbing

Climbing is more than just a sport; it’s a full-body challenge that requires a mix of physical strength, mental fortitude, and technical skills. If you’re looking to enhance your climbing performance, focusing on how to improve your strength for climbing is essential. This guide will walk you through the best exercises, techniques, and tips to build the power you need to conquer tougher routes…

[singerin]

Used my little electric saw to take apart a thick fallen branch for firewood and holy shit y’all. That vibration just killed me dead.

My stupid bone ITCHES. I could feel the plate and screws vibrating. It wasn’t painful? Exactly? But it did feel DEEPLY wrong and uncomfortable. Ugh.

[henchmanintraining]

The obsession with aesthetics when it comes to exercise is just so weird to me. A while ago, I was looking for ways to increase my grip strength, which is really important for several sports. Half the stuff I found was aimed at climbers and the other half is "DO YOU WANT MAN HANDS? ARE YOU ASHAMED ABOUT HOW GIRLY YOUR HANDS LOOK?"

[longfalloffashortcliff]

Injuries should be healed. Time to get back at it.