In grade school in the 70's, rope climbing was part of phys ed. We had races; two guys racing to the top - it was a lot of fun. We looked forward to it.
Been hearing the mantra of grip strength for sometime now from Dr. Peter Attia, Andrew Huberman and others. They say it's an important indicator of overall health & longevity.
Curious about your take on dead hangs, pull ups and farmers carry.
As someone who works out at home in minimal space, these are exercises that allowed me to build my forearms and grip strength the most:
Fat grip hanging
Towel hanging
Single-arm hanging
The simple exercise of hanging will build more functional strength and mass than most of the tools you can buy.
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In grade school in the 70's, rope climbing was part of phys ed. We had races; two guys racing to the top - it was a lot of fun. We looked forward to it.
Been hearing the mantra of grip strength for sometime now from Dr. Peter Attia, Andrew Huberman and others. They say it's an important indicator of overall health & longevity.
Curious about your take on dead hangs, pull ups and farmers carry.
I think dead hangs, pull ups and farmer carries are all great tools.
I think guys like Huberman and Attia miss the forrest for the trees with their grip strength takes.
If you can complete weighed pull ups, you likely have the adequate strength endurance to dead hang for 90+ seconds.
Farmers carries are a great capacity builder, but up to a certain point, there are better uses of your time and higher ROI things you can work on.
Got it. Thank you.
Appreciate the recent Judo love. Would hitting a couple post judo be beneficial. They hang in the dojo.
100% it would.
I signed up for a subscription to lethal gentlemen’s club but in the Substack app it says I don’t have a subscription?????
I have the same problem. Fortunately, I get an email when Jack posts a new article.
Rope climbing was strongly encouraged by Karl Gotch. IYKYK.