Grip Strength Secrets: Why Most Are Training It Wrong!
Mark Bell's Power Project
Power Project Studios
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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You’ve been training your grip strength all wrong, and it’s holding you back! In this episode of Mark Bell’s Power Project Podcast, Mark Bell and Nsima Inyang hang chat with Daniel “Raspberry Ape” Strauss to uncover the secrets to grip strength that most people miss. From the different types of grip strength like crush and support to why forearm training is key for preventing injuries, this episode dives deep into what it really takes to build hands of steel.
You’ll hear why lifting natural stones feels so different from barbells, how sandbag training can improve your overall strength, and the surprising connection between ancient tools like clubs and modern fitness. Whether you’re into grappling, lifting, or just staying pain-free, this conversation is packed with tips for stronger, healthier hands. Don’t miss it!
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0:00 Understanding different types of grip strength
5:10 Grip training beyond competition and injury prevention
11:45 Tips for avoiding arm, wrist, and elbow pain
15:10 Recovering from a back injury using stone lifting
19:50 The revival and culture of stone lifting
24:40 Natural objects vs barbells in strength training
31:00 Techniques for lifting sandbags and heavy weights safely
35:50 Making fitness fun and engaging with others
40:40 Sandbag training for strength and versatility
45:35 Staying lean with quality proteins
48:40 The story of the Husafel stone and other strength tools
53:30 Grappling strength and sandbag workouts
59:40 Rethinking strength beyond traditional powerlifting
1:03:00 Strength training and its role in jiu-jitsu
1:07:30 The benefits of hammers, clubs, and custom tools
1:18:10 Historical training tools like Iranian-style clubs
1:21:10 Barefoot-feel shoes for diverse terrains
1:22:40 Lessons from myths and their connection to fitness
1:25:50 The importance of community in training
1:27:30 Heavy tools like swords for strength and masculinity
1:30:40 Strength is about abilities, not just tools
1:35:30 Lessons from Daniel’s training journey
1:37:00 Fixing elbow and wrist pain with proper techniques
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | grip is not just squeezing something in your hands that is one aspect of grip what i refer to as |
| 0:05.9 | crush then you have support strength like do you have the ability to hold onto something while it's |
| 0:09.7 | not moving then you have open hand support thick rope climbing thick bar training grabbing onto someone's |
| 0:15.1 | wrist grabbing on the someone's ankle stuff like that pinch which a lot of people do know about |
| 0:18.5 | you have vertical grip imagine if you're climbing a rope look at think You have vertical grip. Imagine if you're climbing a rope. |
| 0:21.4 | Think at the position of your wrist when you're climbing a rope. |
| 0:24.1 | It's not sort of horizontal, it's vertical. |
| 0:26.5 | Then you have sort of finger strength, |
| 0:28.2 | that ghi-jitsu stuff. |
| 0:29.6 | And then you have all the wrist up. |
| 0:31.1 | For me, that's actually more interesting. |
| 0:33.2 | What's a workout look like to progress and get stronger? Most of the time I am training with sandbags and just look at sandbags as a tool. |
| 0:41.3 | So like, do you want to do a hinge pattern? |
| 0:43.3 | It's a pickup. |
| 0:44.3 | Do you want to do a explosive pattern? |
| 0:45.3 | It's a shoulder in. |
| 0:46.3 | I believe that everyone should have some sort of movement practice where they're getting stronger. |
| 0:51.3 | Part of what I'm doing on the earth is to try and just get a few more people |
| 0:55.2 | exercising. And more importantly, it doesn't have to be in a gym. It doesn't have to be with a barbell. |
| 1:01.7 | Yeah, so you're saying, you know, you don't think that Crush is like, I'm sure it's not a bad |
| 1:06.2 | tool to mess around with some of that. But what are your thoughts on it? Yeah, so torsion spring grip |
| 1:11.2 | is sort of like the most common grip training tool that you have. I'm going to keep one in my car |
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