Help me with my grip please by Lektok13 - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

lektok13 · 28-08-2006, 07:21 PM

Hi all,new here but would be gratfull for a bit of advice.I used to workout 4 days a week till about 12 years ago when my hands became to painfull and I lost the feeling and grip in my fingers.I was diagnosed with industrial vibration white finger and due to the pain I let everything slide.Last year I started on lithocaine infusions and this has reduced the pain to bearable levels and though I have no feeling or grip in my fingers I would like to start pumping again.I need some help to find out what I can use to help me grip a bar.My thumbs are strong but not strong enough for reps so I need a gadget or somthing to help.Come on people give an old guy a chance and see what you can think of please.

**hackskii** · 28-08-2006, 08:01 PM

Try some grips.
Or you can do stuff like pec deck where you use your arms to hold the position.
Seated bench you can do and this would be done using your palms.

For back where you have pulling exercises you will need some kind of grips for.

You can do leg presses and stuff like that too.

lektok13 · 28-08-2006, 09:07 PM

THanks for the advice I will check the net for gri and hope to get back to some form of shape soon:beer1:

winger · 28-08-2006, 10:36 PM

Thanks Lucky, Gridlock and Cap.

Someone hijacked my thread..........

Can't let that happen to ya, big guy....Peg

...lol. Me of all people, it's karma I no it is.

Workout straps.

Peg · 31-08-2006, 05:46 AM

Can you move your hands at all in gripping?

If so, try these
hand grips
for building up your muscles to grip even though you can't feel the gripping, you may be able to retrain your hands to close by the resistance of the grippers.

Not sure if it is possible, but I thought I would mention it.

Crazy Mick · 01-09-2006, 09:58 AM

theres various stuff you can try, like get some light plates in the gym and hold them together smooth side out and work up till you got a grip again. start with half pound plates or whatever suits you.

**big pete** · 01-09-2006, 11:43 AM

id go with both Peg and Crazy Mick.

plate piching is great for finger strength, and grippers (ironmind do some great ones) work the rest of the hand/forearm very nicely

Peg · 03-09-2006, 12:07 AM

These grips that John wanted on the General Conversation thread look like something that would be good for you, too.

neoprene grippers

Delhi · 05-09-2006, 02:46 PM

I might get told-off for this but I always use whats known as "Suicide grip" for most of my pressing movements.

Basically I do not wrap my fingers around the bar, but instead "Balance" it on my hands (Near the wrist) and push. You could incorporate this technique into your training.

28-08-2006, 07:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
lektok13 Newbie Trainer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dundee ,Scotland, UK Posts: 3	Help me with my grip please by Lektok13 Hi all,new here but would be gratfull for a bit of advice.I used to workout 4 days a week till about 12 years ago when my hands became to painfull and I lost the feeling and grip in my fingers.I was diagnosed with industrial vibration white finger and due to the pain I let everything slide.Last year I started on lithocaine infusions and this has reduced the pain to bearable levels and though I have no feeling or grip in my fingers I would like to start pumping again.I need some help to find out what I can use to help me grip a bar.My thumbs are strong but not strong enough for reps so I need a gadget or somthing to help.Come on people give an old guy a chance and see what you can think of please.

28-08-2006, 08:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,164	Try some grips. Or you can do stuff like pec deck where you use your arms to hold the position. Seated bench you can do and this would be done using your palms. For back where you have pulling exercises you will need some kind of grips for. You can do leg presses and stuff like that too. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

28-08-2006, 09:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
lektok13 Newbie Trainer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dundee ,Scotland, UK Posts: 3	cheers THanks for the advice I will check the net for gri and hope to get back to some form of shape soon:beer1:

31-08-2006, 05:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Peg Getting HUGE! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,468	Can you move your hands at all in gripping? If so, try these hand grips for building up your muscles to grip even though you can't feel the gripping, you may be able to retrain your hands to close by the resistance of the grippers. Not sure if it is possible, but I thought I would mention it. __________________ "21st century man is not conquered by guns, nor by oppression, but by seduction." "Pride to the human heart is like lard to the pig." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "The best punch is the one that is both first, last, and ends the fight."

01-09-2006, 11:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
big pete UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: south midlands Posts: 3,797	id go with both Peg and Crazy Mick. plate piching is great for finger strength, and grippers (ironmind do some great ones) work the rest of the hand/forearm very nicely __________________ any questions?? feel free to email me on.... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 'there is greatness inside all of us, how deep are you willing to dig? '

01-09-2006, 09:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
Crazy Mick Looking Freaky Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 643	theres various stuff you can try, like get some light plates in the gym and hold them together smooth side out and work up till you got a grip again. start with half pound plates or whatever suits you.

03-09-2006, 12:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
Peg Getting HUGE! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,468	These grips that John wanted on the General Conversation thread look like something that would be good for you, too. neoprene grippers __________________ "21st century man is not conquered by guns, nor by oppression, but by seduction." "Pride to the human heart is like lard to the pig." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "The best punch is the one that is both first, last, and ends the fight."

05-09-2006, 02:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Delhi Bigger, Better, Stronger Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North Posts: 1,885	I might get told-off for this but I always use whats known as "Suicide grip" for most of my pressing movements. Basically I do not wrap my fingers around the bar, but instead "Balance" it on my hands (Near the wrist) and push. You could incorporate this technique into your training.