These Cues Will Unlock Your Hand Strength 

"Your fingers are little spines" after watching this video I feel just like the first time I did a squat with proper form, my mind is connected to so many little tingly bits that I didn't know I had. Incredible stuff

Non-climber discovers half crimping, nice video

I look at my hands now as if I unlocked a hidden chakra 😂

This is actually so smart I can feel the difference in not only finger muscle activation, but also the force generated on my palm

Growing up as a curious kid and being a writer working out a magic system that uses hands, I was impressed that I had accidentally already figured this stuff out. Definitely an interesting video!

Why is he in skyrim?

I used to have amazing grip strength, until i took an arrow to the knee.

esoteric af

Bro you just instantly massively improved my pull-up. Like wow, all this power has just been missing my whole life. Holy Christ it’s a blessing to know what I’m actually capable of. Absolute GOAT. Loving all your content and been sharing it with the homies. You’re a blessing in my life and I’m deeply grateful for everything you share. Big love ❤️💜

I had an accident when i was little with a scorpion (it stung me in my heart and it destroyed my nervous system) and since i always had a super weak grip, thing of if i try and hold your hand tight i just can't, and man. These really helped me. I hope that i can get my grip strength in line again. Thanks.

I see skyrim in the background I instantly hit the like button, now I can watch the video.

Chad natural philosophy of exercise > Virgin exercise science. Thanks for the lecture.

Probably the first "instant PR" advice ive seen that is ACTUALLY true (for me)!! Props to you :o

As a wrestler(and a pretty decent one at that) I’ve found that my grip tends to be my weakest link. The thing that gives out first and the thing that prevents me from performing certain pinning combinations altogether. I would definitely appreciate a video on grip strength for grappling and perhaps on other strategies to strengthen grip.

Really really helpful, I climb about 5 days a week and do gym / calisthenics stuff on those days as well, this video is like a goldmine of wisdom lol. Ty

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="190">3:10</a> I like this breakdown. I Injured my hand on some glass cut right across the palm where the fingers attatched. I didn’t have that tension in any of my fingers for quite a while. I knew it was missing and it helped. Hearing it echoed as something you recognise is interesting. Most people use these things without realising how they work or even how they feel as they’re doing them

Book one: Hand reinforcement 1. Deadlift postion: Knuckles out, 1st 3rd of finger curved down like spine in deadlift. 2. Reinforcement: drive strength to the fingers by clenching 3. Unity is strength: Layer your fingers making them stronger as a whole

Holy... I busted out a grip strength trainer that I bought and gave up on ever being able to use, and when I tried this I could click the handles together. You've probably changed my entire life

That is actually pretty wild, I really like the comparisons and it makes so much sense.

Absolutely amazing video, the way you explain, the comedy and the simplicity and understanding of the topic for which I can respect the effort and determination you have put towards it.

incredible awareness of body mechanics DF thanks so much.

THIS ACTUALLY FEELS CRAZY! Ive always had issues with back engagement and shoulder issues and they almost instantly clear up when using the correct grip! ive been using neutral thumb rotation for everything and it did work fine but it wasnt really good but NOW if i purposefully use internal or external for certain exercices the muscle engagement is MIND BLOWINGLY DIFFERENT. For Lateral raises especially external thumb rotation seems SOOO much more natural and acc doesnt hurt (which is an issue ive had for a years). So thanks a lot for this video, Im always learning things when i thought i already knew most of bodybuilding advices and basic mecanics. edit: I went to the gym todaty and tried internal for all pushing and external for pulling and damn ive never felt this good, i wanted to stay there for 3h tbh but had to stop it after 1h30 because i just couldnt do any more reps in ANYTHING ffs

First video of yours i've seen. Really great info and analogies. going to give these cues a try next lift

this changes everything. thank you sir!

You are the only one who make me watch your videos again and learn new stuff evry time (I wat h limb rotation video more then 10 times ) we need more videos and more shorts man

incredible insights man. your pattern recognition is actually bananas. always excited to check out what you have to say. one of my favourite youtubers i must say, thank you dude

Holy fuark bro. Just subbed for this gem, brotha. There's too many youtubers who make fitness content that just covers surface level stuff.

This is incredible, total game changer.

Nice video ! I climb and we apply already much of the technique you describe and much others !

I had already known about this through experimentation. I am hypermobile and double jointed so I assumed that was why i could do this. I see now anyone can do this. But what is amazing to me is when you made the comparisons to other parts of the body. My entire life I have avoided deadlifts due to injuries while performing the lift. I never thought to do the same thing with my spine and back as with my fingers to in essence lock your upper body. It's probably going to be a lot harder but the difference is now at least I will be working the proper muscles and strengthening them instead of simply injuring myself. Im 48 years old with Ehlers Danlos syndrome which makes me hyper-flexible and this video makes sense to me. Excellent content subbed 100%. I can't wait to try it. Don't worry I'll play it safe and only use the bar or light dumbells at first!

Right in time before starting my pull up journey, thank you

First time watcher... and instantly subbed! Your insights and demonstrations are game changing...I think, just gotta test it tomorrow. Thanks... and keep it up.

I would love to see a video on grip strength for grappling as you described towards the end. Thank you for this great content!! 🙏

Instructions unclear, I pierced my fingers into a man's chest and pulled out his heart. Running away now.

Love having randomly come across your channel man. You're looking in all the places most people aren't for secrets to using the human body to exhibit strength. Absolutely love this video. Top tier humor too c:

bro I'm so happy you hit it big with this video. you promised and provided

Watched this during my rice bucket training. Just used intuition and made some exercises off your advice. Forarms on fire!

the hinge part of closing the hands with the fingers straight actually gives me a strong sense that i am about to cramp a muscle. this is working very good !

Nice info, thank you. Also nice seeing Vinland saga, great anime from a great manga.

Love the style and creativity, but also the message of the video is great 👍 Keep up the great work!

Yeah, brother! Hit us up with a video about the application of grip strength to grappling!

Hey man, great video. Also I immediately clicked because of the Skyrim background and the fact there's an insane green screen glow in your head. It made me lol. Good stuff!!

great video man! love me any video discussing the wonders of hand/grip strength

This is gold! As a climber, I've noticed in the past few years how alignment of the right half of my body impacted a niggle in my left middle finger. There are other parts of my body which seem to affect completely different parts. Your video further supports the fact of just how interconnected our whole body is.

Amazing stuff broski

Great video!

Thanks! Some questions I didn’t even know to ask were answered. Mad respect for the dedication on the natty lifestyle as well.

crazy, thanks man

Informative AND funny! I'm definitely trying this out in the gym

I got a set of grippers a few days ago and totally threw out my finger backs. My middle and ring finger feel torn in some way. My finger posture must've been off.

Bro i literally did it while doing the video and i already have an craz pump on it, i will definitely do this more often, thank you

Subscribed this was great

10/10 brother Your vids Keep getting better

Amazing video. Liked, subscribed, and playlisted!

do the BJJ esoteric grip strenght vid!

I have been doing all my pull movements with fat grips and it has changed every exercise for me

When I was actively wrestling I realized that grip strength was a total game changer. I took my grip training really seriously and had some amazing results from it. I've started training my grip again over the last few months and I'm continuously surprised by just how nice and convenient it is to have a strong grip in day-to-day life. I'm even revisiting some old hobbies to take my hands for a spin again lol This video is dope. It made me want to go deadlift, so I guess I'll be doing that later today

Thank you!

Worked out for years and had decent strength, had my right index finger amputated though a few weeks ago after a work accident, so definitely gonna use these ideas as much as i can. Know ill never be able to return to what it was sadly, but such is life

If I had to guess why the thumb mechanics work, I'd guess it's something to do with wrist rotations and counter-rotations. (When training with club bells and similar tools with a center of mass that's outside the hand in a hammer grip you have to engage the thumb in these ways to twist it or hold it in place against gravity.) It could be that stabilizing the wrist or creating that feeling of stability convinces the mind to recruit more muscle fibers along the upper body chain too -- that's just my thought on why it would have an impact on shoulder efforts. Might also have something to do with hanging on tree branches and the kind of efforts you need to make to swing or realign your body when doing that, since that's a big part of why we have hands and shoulders.

this is good video gave me +5 grip str stacking

The pop off video for the channel! LFGGGGGGGG. Here for the ride!

summoning salt music, skyrim tavern, hanayama reference dude did you make this video literally for me

I do that when on monkey bars, didn't know it actual made me stronger. It just felt better in the back position

only three and a half minutes in and just from the cues i can feel a massive difference

this is awesome 😮😮😮

Great observations and detail. I think I have naturally been using these techniques without knowing. Even when accelerating as a sprinter, my start was so good people started copying my hand position. I think we are winding up the fascia

thank you, i have lots of problems with my hands and this will forever change my gym experience.

Will try to implement this tomorrow

I aready do some of this in the Gi this! I try to tell people how to do it, but clearly, I don't understand why it works 😂 this was super interesting. Thanks for the video super interesting!

The chosen one has revealed his sorcery to us muggles. Great video man.

Your stuff reminds me of the way Artem Shirokov thinks (like the blitzkrieg method when attacking 1RMs)

WOW! this immediately added incredible stability to my pullups and dips. I definitely have to build up some endurance bc i can't complete all my reps with this level of hand engagement. I'm sure once I can that I will blow past my precious records!

Ive had a few injuries and have been going down this path of connections, wait until you try the big toe contracting it changes how you stand and how you pull

Very interesting info!

Chris Drummond (arm wrestler) also showed how training your grip with fingers in the hip hinge position greatly benefit your hand strength. He also talks about training different parts of the thumb muscles too. I been doing yours and his training and my palms have become really round and meaty.

Dude it’s crazy how night and day this is. I’ve been struggling to do pull ups, but after using a proper grip I cranked out a set of 5. I’ve been struggling to hit hard enough in armored combat, but can’t wait to try this out with a sword

Game changer ❤

Been trying to get better at pullups again and my grip and forearms have been giving out first. Tried this earlier today and I felt the difference

felt the difference doing weighted pullups today!

my hand is sore just after watching this video

The Skyrim background 😂😂😂😂

Can you please do a video on elbow injuries (tennis elbow and golfer's elbow but not from those sports) when lifting weight and doing pull ups? How to heal from them and what to do to rehabilitate and then prevention. Thank you, love this video.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="632">10:32</a> my ears immediately caught the song... i listen to this ost way too much

we out here training for that grip of 87

The body is magic and needs an instruction manual.

This is genius

realized I already do all this intuitively. would explain why my grip strength is the same as my bodyweight which is normally round 80-85kg

Holy sbit i tried chapter one and i absalootly was bending my fourarm bone with my grip strength and now i have the ability to use my fore arm to strengthen my grip strength anytime i want and useing my grip strength to strengthen my for arm bone

I NEED the grip fighting meta game video. This is very important to me. I am trying to become a grip bully.

INTERESTING

That moment when you realize all the little stuff matters

Woah my home page is recommending fire your a bjj practitioner that lifts

I probably should check out the game again - never expected to find such a teacher in a skyrim tavern to get "grip strength increased"

Thanks for the Video! Do you have any idea if i can use a retracted thumb for activation of my back rotatoor cuff? and please make aa video about the jiu jitsu game you mentioned!

Now I see My fingers like Hamstrings

As a wrestler, I'd love to see the grappling grip strength video.

Game changer

I noticed how the orangutan had all of it's fingers pressed together :) Anyway, great video as always. I'll be looking to forward to experimenting with this stuff.

i learned this on the monkey bars