Grip Strength – Perfect Training Formula Revealed!

Have you ever shaken someone's hand whose grip strength was off the charts, leaving you wondering if you would ever be able to open a jar or pick up a dumbbell again?

That should be motivation enough to get in the gym, so you can be ready the next time the two of you greet each other.

But, just in case you aren't quite that vain or vengeful, there's another great reason to improve your grip: A study in the European Journal of Applied Physiology showed a correlation between increased hand strength and reduced blood pressure.

In only two months, study participants lowered their systolic blood pressure by an average of 15 points and their diastolic blood pressure by an average of 5 points. Even more surprising, the researchers found the grip training to be more effective at lowering blood pressure than aerobic exercise.

How to Increase Grip Strength

All that is great, but how exactly do you increase grip strength, you ask? Why not follow exactly what the study subjects did to achieve their dramatic results:

Squeeze a Grip Exerciser for 2 minutes, four times a day, three times per week.

That's only 24 minutes per week, and thanks to the small, portable device, you can perform grip training anywhere: in the car, at your desk, in bed, etc.

Besides lowering your blood pressure and competing with your hard-handshake rivals, increasing your grip strength will also lead to bigger gains in larger muscle groups.

For example, pull-ups, deadlifts, bench presses, and several other exercises depend on your ability to grasp the bar for multiple reps and extended periods of time. As your hand strength increases, you will begin to notice gains in all of your grip-related lifts as well.

So, "put her there, Jack," and show those hand-shakers who's boss!

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