Hanging Around
How many of you played on the playground when you were little? You could easily swing yourself across the monkey bars. Who has done that recently?
When you hang on the monkey bars, your grip muscles work hard. This is a great way to increase your grip strength. We lose grip strength as we age. If you have been following along for the last couple of months, are you seeing a theme of strength loss with age? It’s true. And, even more accurately, we have the control to change this. It will just take a plan and some work.
Improving Grip Strength
I set a timer for 30 minutes and did the following circuit as many times as time allowed:
Hanging from a bar. I did three repetitions, all until fatigued. The first time doing this workout, I lasted 5 seconds each time I hung from the bar! There was plenty of room for improvement here.
Ring rows X20. This is a great posture-strengthening movement, as well as core!
Farmer Carry: Hold an object/weight in one hand and another one (different weight) in your other hand. Walk. This is a great exercise for grip and core strength. I like to do this with kettlebells, but if those aren’t present, any object will do!
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