I am always on the look out for and trying new and different exercises for whole body workouts or for grip strength. It’s good to try new stuff; it helps keep workouts from getting boring and targets the muscles from another perspective. Listed below are a couple things I have tried out recently.
1. I have been using something called a slosh tube, you may already know about them. If not, it is just a length of PVC pipe up to maybe 9 feet long, 4 inch diameter with caps on both ends. You fill it about half full with water and the idea is when you workout with it the water is constantly flowing back and forth and it forces you to compensate the weight.
With mine I adjusted the amount of water in it so I could hold it out in front of me with my elbows in against my sides. Holding the tube with palms down you can rotate it like you would a wrist roller. Roll it in both directions till you can’t go anymore, you will get a good burn.
2. I took two small chunks of 2 x 4 and screwed one lag hook into each into the narrow side. I’ll hang two short lengths of chain over a pull-up bar and loop each hook up too each chain. Gripping the 2 x 4’s with my fingers wrapped around the wood I do pull-ups. If you are strong enough try doing pull-ups this way with just a pinch grip.
