How to Work With Hand Grippers
Hand and forearm strength are important in a variety of sports and daily activities. Using hand grippers is an effective method of building strength in these areas.
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Instructions
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Set the gripper in the hand to be exercised using your other hand. One side of the gripper should be next to your palm with your thumb reaching across it. Use your fingers to grasp the other side of the gripper.
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Squeeze the ends of the gripper together. Squeeze as quickly and as far inward as possible.
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Release and repeat the squeeze.
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Start your program slowly. If you are a beginner, choose at least two grippers with which to work. You should be able to close one easily. This is the gripper you want to warm up and cool down with. Choose another gripper that is more difficult for you to operate. This is your actual workout gripper. A sample routine might be seven to nine repetitions in each hand on the warm-up gripper and five to seven repetitions on the work-out gripper. Once your initial grippers no longer offer a challenge, move up to grippers with more resistance.
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Rest your hands. Don't work them out every day. Shoot for two to four times a week. After working out, flex and stretch your fingers gently.
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