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5/5/15 Movement

May 5, 2014 By powerandgraceperformance@gmail.com

I’d like to address grip strength today….or perhaps lack their of.  While we are talking about the fundamentals of pulling/pushing and moving through muscle ups, it dawned on me that a lot of athletes struggle simply having enough muscle endurance through the forearms to stay on the pull-up bar or rings.  While it is obvious that a lot of what we do is strengthening the grip such as farmers carries, KB swings/snatches, pull-ups, etc, here a few grip specific exercise to add to your warm-up.

Pull-up bar hang/sideways walk

Pull-up bar hang/sideways walk from Mike Poppa on Vimeo.

Holding an L forces you to engage your forearms more than being in a simple dead hang. Also, do not wrap your thumbs, it will engage your forearms more.

Inverted Hollow Hang

Inverted hollow hang from Mike Poppa on Vimeo.

Guess what – this enforces the hollow position as well.

3X20 sec each exercise.

Happy Monday!
Coach Poppa

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