Your grip strength can be defined as the amount of static force your hand can squeeze around an object. Stronger grip strength has been linked to a longer and more healthy life. The 35 small muscles in your hands and forearms are the muscles that are most used throughout your day. Mobility, strength and endurance in the hand and forearm should be good as virtually every activity or exercise uses these areas from playing tennis to opening the front door. Poor grip strength also causes injuries in other areas of the body, for example the shoulders. You don't want to be doing pull ups trying to get in that one more repetition and suddenly your grip awkwardly lets you down and you pull something. The best way to improve grip strength is with the farmer's walk.
To do a farmer's walk exercise, pick up any weighted object such as a dumbbell, milk jug, shopping bags or anything you can find. Then start walking until you feel like dropping the object(s) or take a pause and repeat. You can either measure how productive the exercise is by increasing the distance/laps or the amount time each walk consists of. The farmer's walk uses and strengthens the muscles in the wrist and forearm, keeps the core tight to stabilise the body and works the upper back to keep the chest and shoulders from sagging.
Tip: Improving your hand and forearm grip strength will place less stress on those areas when performing any exercises that targets another area of the body. This will allow you to become stronger overall and perform better.
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