Grip Strength Observation

Chieflrg wrote: »

I have seen these recently.

I would hazard a skimmer experienced powerlifter that utilizes hook grip could hit that time with a some practice but who trains that time? Hence why they run the game.

I only watched one person, a female, and perhaps she had small hands, but the diameter of the bar looked too large for anyone to use a hook grip.

Lot of things going on there

i am guessing the bar is fatter than a bar in a gym, so hand size would come into it. Lot of people dont work on grip strenght as such, use wraps, hooks. and a lot I see use over under all the time. I would say he makes his money easily enough

I tried this today. Didn’t do as well as I’d hoped; not because my grip was weak but because my hands are soft as baby’s butts and it HURT SO MUCH. I have a giant blister on my left palm at the base of my ring finger from hanging one handed for not even 6 seconds. The hands are still strong(ish) from my time as a mechanic but I have no callouses now that I’m not working in the shop anymore

I believe both hands have to face the same way hence why I thought a hook grip would be lthe best chance for those who train using it.

pierinifitness wrote: »

I’ve done my fair share of hanging over a dozen years but with no regularity. Never ever thought of testing with a deadlift grip. My gut tells me it wouldn’t add much to total hang time. If I can remember, I’ll test in a couple days.

I thought of it coz I was watching some Netflix "get fit" show recently (possibly called Strong? I can't remember - it was a bunch of women who got paired up with a trainer and they did fitness stuff and challenges to win) anyway, some dude was a good hanger and always won the hanging stuff, and in one challenge they had to keep hanging and some people would do deadlift grip hangs.

I ended up forgetting to try it out at the gym today. Next time!

At my last firm they implemented wellness program and I was surprised to see pull ups and grip strength as part of the evaluation. Essentially if one could not perform a pull up they measured hang time.

Grip and hanging is what elimates many from the elite military schools for the same reason - they use a large diameter bar. It helps if you have some dirt/sand on your hands.

I imagine he cleans up - not too many I know can hang for 2mins outside of rock climbers.

they have this at our state fair, the bar turns too and they dont allow mixed grips (one over, one under) its either both over or both under. my son who is very athletic tried the kids version which is half the time, and only could do 45 seconds because the bar kept rotating

angmarie28 wrote: »

they have this at our state fair, the bar turns too and they dont allow mixed grips (one over, one under) its either both over or both under. my son who is very athletic tried the kids version which is half the time, and only could do 45 seconds because the bar kept rotating

Yep, this is a well known carnival game - because the bar rotates it’s next to impossible to hang on without using a mixed grip, which is against the rules. Sometimes there’s even a shill who uses the bar to show how easy it is, with the rotating part locked, but then it’s unlocked for suckers.

While it is possible to go 2 minutes, the usual payout time, it requires serious training while using a rotating bar. There’s a guy on YouTube who did it after training, you may be able to find his video series by searching.

A non-rotating bar should be easy peasy for anyone with moderate upper body strength. I’m a 51 year old woman who can’t even do a single pull-up and I can deadarm hang for two minutes.

I remember reading something recently that said that grip strength is heavily correlated with back strength. If true, I have to imagine those guys that dead-lift all day everyday are basically monkeys with their grip.