How Thick Bar Training Strengthens Your GripTraining with a thick bar is great for strengthening fingers, wrists and forearms. Any exercise you do with fat grips instantly becomes a hand/finger strengthener. You will have to de-load pulling exercises when you first start as they are difficult to carry out. Even pressing movements are tougher when using a fat bar It's a Muscle, Tendon and Ligament Builder.The harder you grip a bar the greater overall tension you put on the muscles. Thick bar training is almost like doing an isometric exercise on top of doing your regular exercise. Do a regular deadlift with a thick grip and then a rep while gripping the bar with all your might. Notice the overall difference in how it feels. All of your musculature is under constant tension when you use thick bars, including tendons and ligaments. Greater overall tension leads to greater strength.Improves Mind/Muscle LinkYou have to concentrate using your hands to a much greater degree when using a thick bar. This improves the connection between your brain, nervous system and muscles ultimately controlled by the nerves. You do this unconsciously whenever you lift. But with fatgrips training you bring mind/muscle training to the fore. Powerlifting guru Marty Gallagher stipulates that a correct mental attitude can ADD 5-10% to your lifts. When you add the physical benefits of thickbar training it is feasible to add MORE THAN 10% to your lifts over time.Too expensive/No access to Thick BarsThick bars are expensive and the average gyms don't have thick bars as part of their equipment. Fortunately, there is an alternative. You can replicate all the benefits of thick bars with a set of IRONGRIPS. These high density silicone grips slip over any barbell, dumbbell or chin-up bar making them a lot more versatile than a single fat bar. Best of all they are inexpensive and will last a lifetime
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