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BJJ Grip Strength

Develop unbreakable grips for gi and no-gi. These towel hangs, finger exercises, and grip-specific drills build the forearm endurance and finger strength that wins grip-fighting battles.

25 Exercises
24 Equipment Types

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All Grip Strength Exercises sorted by difficulty

Dead Hang

The dead hang involves hanging from a bar with arms fully extended for time, building grip endurance...

★☆☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 30-60 seconds
pull-up bar

Wrist Curl

Wrist curls isolate the forearm flexors by curling a barbell or dumbbells with wrists hanging over a...

★☆☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 15-20 reps
barbell or dumbbells

Reverse Wrist Curl

Reverse wrist curls target the forearm extensors by curling with an overhand grip. Balanced forearm ...

★☆☆☆☆ 3 sets / 15-20 reps
barbell or dumbbells

Finger Extension with Band

Finger extension with a rubber band strengthens the finger extensors that open the hand against resi...

★☆☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 20-25 reps per hand
rubber band

Grip Squeeze

Grip squeezes using a hand gripper or stress ball build crushing grip strength through full hand con...

★☆☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 10-15 reps per hand
hand gripper

Rice Bucket Training

Rice bucket training involves plunging your hands into a bucket of dry rice and performing various g...

★☆☆☆☆ 2-3 sets / 2-3 minutes per set
bucketdry rice

Finger Curl

Finger curls isolate the finger flexors by rolling a barbell from the fingertips to a full grip at t...

★☆☆☆☆ 3 sets / 15-20 reps
barbell

Band Finger Extension

Using progressively thicker rubber bands around the fingers for extension work provides a portable, ...

★☆☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 20-30 reps per hand
rubber bands

Tennis Ball Squeeze

Tennis ball squeezing is a low-intensity grip exercise that builds sustained gripping endurance over...

★☆☆☆☆ 3-5 sets / 25-50 squeezes per hand
tennis ball

Plate Pinch

Plate pinching involves gripping weight plates between the thumb and fingers, building the pinch gri...

★★☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 15-30 seconds per hand
weight plates

Wrist Roller

The wrist roller involves rolling a weighted cord up and down using wrist rotation. This exercise bu...

★★☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 2-3 complete rolls up and down
wrist roller

Fat Bar Hold

Fat bar holds involve gripping an oversized barbell or using Fat Gripz attachments for timed holds. ...

★★☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 20-30 seconds
fat bar or Fat Gripzbarbell

Towel Row

The towel row replaces standard cable handles with a towel wrapped around the cable attachment, comb...

★★☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 10-12 reps
cable machinetowel

Thick Rope Row

Using a thick climbing rope attachment on a cable machine for rows combines pulling strength with si...

★★☆☆☆ 3-4 sets / 10-12 reps
cable machinethick rope

Hex Dumbbell Hold

Holding a hexagonal dumbbell by the head instead of the handle challenges the grip through a unique ...

★★☆☆☆ 3 sets / 15-25 seconds per hand
hex dumbbell

Towel Hang

The towel hang combines the grip demands of towel gripping with the endurance challenge of a dead ha...

★★★☆☆ 3-4 sets / 20-45 seconds
pull-up bartowels

Hub Lift

Hub lifting involves gripping the center hub of a weight plate and lifting it off the ground using o...

★★★☆☆ 3-4 sets / 3-5 lifts per hand
weight plate Warm-up needed

Sledgehammer Lever

Sledgehammer levering involves holding a sledgehammer at the end of the handle and controlling its t...

★★★☆☆ 2-3 sets / 5-8 reps per direction per hand
sledgehammer Warm-up needed

Barbell Finger Walk

The barbell finger walk involves hanging from a barbell and walking your hands across it using only ...

★★★☆☆ 3-4 sets / 2-3 traverses
barbellsquat rack Warm-up needed

Captains of Crush Training

Captains of Crush (CoC) grippers are progressively heavy hand grippers used for developing maximum c...

★★★☆☆ 3-5 sets / 5-10 reps per hand
Captains of Crush gripper Warm-up needed

Towel Kettlebell Swing

Threading a towel through a kettlebell handle and performing swings adds a significant grip challeng...

★★★☆☆ 3-4 sets / 10-15 reps
kettlebelltowel Warm-up needed

Towel Pull-Up

Towel pull-ups involve draping towels over a pull-up bar and gripping them to perform pull-ups. The ...

★★★★☆ 3-5 sets / 3-8 reps
pull-up bartowels Warm-up needed

Gi Pull-Up

Gi pull-ups use a BJJ gi draped over the bar instead of towels, providing the most sport-specific gr...

★★★★☆ 3-4 sets / 3-8 reps
pull-up barBJJ gi Warm-up needed

Rope Grip Pull-Up

Rope grip pull-ups use thick climbing ropes draped over a bar as handles for pull-ups. The rope diam...

★★★★☆ 3-4 sets / 4-8 reps
pull-up barclimbing ropes Warm-up needed

Bottoms-Up Kettlebell Press

The bottoms-up kettlebell press involves pressing a kettlebell overhead while holding it upside down...

★★★★☆ 3 sets / 5-8 reps per arm
kettlebell Warm-up needed

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