Grip strength too weak

[DynasteeX]

I've noticed as I've been increasing weight for certain exercises (Deadlift, shrugs, etc.) my grip strength usually fails before my actual target muscle (I have to drop down weight to be able to hold onto it longer or at all)

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to increase my grip strength? Currently using one of those hand exercise things you sqeeze.

[Aceallways]

I've noticed as I've been increasing weight for certain exercises (Deadlift, shrugs, etc.) my grip strength usually fails before my actual target muscle (I have to drop down weight to be able to hold onto it longer or at all)

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to increase my grip strength? Currently using one of those hand exercise things you sqeeze.

I find it helps to leave your hand open and let the bar just sit on your fingers rather than making a tight fist around the bar. Other than that there are wrist straps.

[MykeZ]

I've noticed as I've been increasing weight for certain exercises (Deadlift, shrugs, etc.) my grip strength usually fails before my actual target muscle (I have to drop down weight to be able to hold onto it longer or at all)

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to increase my grip strength? Currently using one of those hand exercise things you sqeeze.

Pull ups are good for hand strength. But hand strength will never grow as fast as your other muscles, so if you want to keep progressing in your lifts you will have to use straps. On dead lifts you can use alternate grip or pinch grip if you're against straps.

[Bunk66]

Start incorporating farmer's walks into your routine. They've helped bring up my grip and my forearms.

[kaleida]

Just checking one basic thing first ... are you using chalk? If you aren't, then that by itself will probably fix it.

amazon.com - chalk

[DynasteeX]

Awesome, thanks for the tips guys; will put them to good use

[knicksfan20]

Pull ups are good for hand strength. But hand strength will never grow as fast as your other muscles, so if you want to keep progressing in your lifts you will have to use straps. On dead lifts you can use alternate grip or pinch grip if you're against straps.

This is probably really good advice. I have really good grip strength and use to do a ton of pullups (now i just do on back/bi day, but i always do them) Thats probably why. I can also do pullups with 2 fingers and with just my fingertips. Try doing more pullups if you can. It may help your issue.

[GeneralSerpant]

If you want to keep training your exercise with your grip being a hindering, lighten the weight for the time being. It will divert your high-intensity deadlift into higher-reps, but will keep your practice with it consistent while training your grip more properly. On the other hand, you could also get some fat gripz all the same, which will heavily influence you to pace your workout as far as grip goes.

As far as volume training goes, go ahead and do other exercises. However, grip-strength is particular to each pulling exercise, and you'd have to consider for more time to acclimate..

One exercise, for instance:

Start incorporating farmer's walks into your routine. They've helped bring up my grip and my forearms.

[davisj3537]

Add in some double overhand barbell holds to your routine for a few weeks. Your mixed grip strength will absolutely explode. I started with a mixed grip 10 sec hold around 450 and ended up holding 635 after a month. With chalk of course.

[headrek1]

Start incorporating farmer's walks into your routine. They've helped bring up my grip and my forearms.

^So much this. I started doing these with just 60 lb dumbells, walking around the track at my gym...hurts my forearms so much. And it's definitely my grip that's my limiting factor, I could keep walking for a couple laps at least were it not for my grip giving out.

[HippyHeart]

I feel the grip strength problem should be tackled before going up in more weights. Grip strength is important and as said by others before I recommend pull-ups as well and more forearm training. If you don't get the grip strength up then its going to be hard to practically use that strength you would gain in every day situations. The worst situation would be having the strength to carry out a task but not being able to translate it to the task because you couldn't grip the object or whatever long enough. Aceallways recommended a technique I use too which is using the fingers instead of a full grip. When you get tired in a normal hold just let it roll down into your fingers a little more to relax the grip exhaustion.

[nucknfutz]

We used to do pullups with a towel, works pretty well for grip. I also got those Fat Gripz. Just started using them so I'm not sure if they work or not, but they are supposed to.

[XanManZA]

Dude if you are having problems with grip do *not* consider getting straps, they will just increase the problem and hinder your forearm development.
I had the exact same problem that you're having and solved it with the following:

twice a week, do dumbbell holds. That is, take the heaviest dumbbells you can possibly hold on to without dislocating your shoulders and hold the dumbbells at your sides for 45seconds.
Make sure you increase the hold time and/or weight every session you do this.

[TheIronAsylum]

grip is often something you need to pound out when it because plateued just gotta beat the **** out of that grip

[ironmaniac508]

I suggest doing farmers walk and if you have access to thick bar farmers walk, buy fat gripz for these. Grab a fairly heavy weight and just walk, much less monotonous than just holding a bar and you also build up your core and traps....in fact doing enough of these could be a replacement for shrugs, great total body exercise.