WOW: Grip Work

May 2, 2011

Complete 4 cycles:
30 Meter Farmer’s Carry
8 Towel Pullups
20-second Door Pinches, each hand

How-to:
Warmup: 30 second Grok Squat, 30 second Grok Hang.
Ever shake the knobby hand of an old farmer and marvel at how it inexplicably crushes yours with ease, despite muscular atrophy supposedly having set in twenty years prior to your meeting? Or what about the opposite – have you offered a firm handshake and received a limp, flaccid, moist thing in return? We all want the farmer’s grip, because it exudes confidence. Heck, you might say that hand strength is one indication of character. It may not be fair, and it may not always be accurate, but that’s how these things work.
So how do you develop your grip strength? You use your hands to carry, lift, support, and move heavy objects. Today, that’s what you’ll be doing.
Farmer’s carry you’ve done before. Just in case you haven’t, it involves carrying two […]

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