Micellaneous Training

Towel Twists

Hold a thick towel with both hands and twist it as far as you can. Hold for 5 seconds and repeat in the other direction. Use the wrists as much as possible to feel the burn. Wetting the towel will greatly increase resistance towards the end of your twist.

 

Tearing Through Newspaper

Start with two sheets of newspaper and lay one on top of the other. Fold the sheets in half a total of five times. While keeping the forearms strait in front of you, grab the edges with the finger and thumb and tear in half. Once you can go through two sheets, add another to keep progressing. Anyone who can tear four sheets of paper, when folded in the manner described, should have no trouble with a deck of playing cards.

 

Nail Bending

If your extremely strong, nail bending is another training aid that will toughen your hands. Start with the long lightweight nails and progress to the smaller heavier nails. Bring the nail with both hands against the top of the chest, grab with an overhand grip and close the arms. Bending without any protection will result in injury, to prevent this wrap a cotton cloth around nail or something equally equivalent.

 

Newspaper Crumple

Place five sheets of newspaper on a table and put your hand palm-down in the centre of them and scrunch them into a ball. Use more sheets as you get stronger.

 

Ball of Blue Tack

If you’re on a budget find a good quantity of Blue Tack, and squeeze it with the fingers. If the Blue Tack becomes too soft to use, condense it as much as possible and place it in the freezer. Your hands will become dehydrated doing this, it's worth rehydrating them afterwards.

 

Rubber Band Training

Place the finger tips inside a rubber band and stretch it open as far as possible. Keep stretching the band to exercise the fingers.To increase intensity, increase the number of rubber bands or the number of twists in the rubber band. Of course any type of rubber band will do, Iron Mind manufactures their own version, as shown below. Click Here For More Details

The Fist Squeeze

Follows the same principle as isometric training, whereby the force of your own body generates stress upon a targeted area. Clench your hands into a tight fist, with the fingers flat against the palm and squeeze tightly. As you can feel, a lot of pressure is exerted at the tips of the fingers, with time this area should get much stronger.