I was watching the pre-fight show for WEC the other night. Sometimes you learn some nifty little training techniques, and sure enough I saw Jens Pulver talking about grip strength. He said that having better grip strength leads to stronger punches. I am not sure how true that is, and I have never ever seen any information on the subject. I am assuming that this is because a tighter grip means less shifting on impact and less absorption of energy. But that is just my theory. Anyone have any other ideas on the subject?
If this is true, then this adds another notch on the belt of Iron Palm sand training. The first thing I thought of when they mentioned this was Iron Palm and how training the various levels of that increased my grip strength (insert unique Chin Na situations with the uninitiated).
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It makes sense to me. It definetly can't reduce hit strength. Some benefits I assume would increase hit strength would be a tighter clenched solid fist and would increase damage. I can also see how strengthening the grip would lead to muscle gain in the hand and forearm mainly, Ultimately adding weight and increased ability for accelerated momentum to increase damage.
I'd have to agree
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I think grip strength is very important. It helps strengthen the muscles, tendons, and fascia of sinew in the hand and up the forarm.
I use Captains of Crush for the majority of my grip training. They are just awesome. I made a short vid some time back with some squeezes and went ahead and psoted it on youtube just now so you can see how burley these grippers are. They go all the way from about 40 lbs all the way up to like 300 lbs of force (#3). Heres the vid:
For wrist strength and stability, I prefer to use a power ball, a little gyroscopic device that is also a really fantastic product...
They seem completely unrelated. It maye help increase the stability of the wrist during a punch. But you only have so much bone and muscle tissue in yout hand. The strength of the grip muscles are irrelevent to this. but Im sure when hes training really hard getting all psycho he feels pretty indestructable.
The logic in my mind is comparing the strength of tension of the muscle to the effects of wrapping the hands. a stronger tension leads to better compression of the small bones in the hands and wrist. This would allow energy to flow through the structure with less impact compressions throughout the hand structure. Less energy wasted on compression means more transfered to the target.
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"You must eat bitter before you can taste sweet"- Iron & Silk
"I see no virtue where I smell no sweat"
"Arm yourself because no one else here will save you" - Chris Cornell
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"I see no virtue where I smell no sweat"
"Arm yourself because no one else here will save you" - Chris Cornell
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I think I'd have to agree with GLU. Not with the comment on sinews and such.... but that grip strength does not necessarily relate to punching power. It may create a stronger structural base to apply more power.... but it won't increase the velocity that the strike is thrown with. Just my thoughts.
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