How's your hand strength.

[2ndhalf]

The strongest kids in my high school were the ones that miked cows twice a day.

My ag teacher in HS always said if you want to shake hands with someone with a really strong grip.. shake the hand of a farmer who manually milks his cows. Not too many of those around nowdays.

 

[joefromga]

Truck drivers tend to have strong, rough hands as well. Especially log haulers who handle the loads themselves.

Electricians also.

 

[MossRoad]

Well, we have a digital bathroom scale. That doesn't work. So, I used my wife's 16oz kitchen scale and pegged it! :cool2:

 

[TomSeller]

I'll have to start milking cows by hand again and build my strength back up before I answer.

 

[Redneck in training]

Well, we have a digital bathroom scale. That doesn't work. So, I used my wife's 16oz kitchen scale and pegged it! :cool2:

Electronic scale does work too but you have to help it. Take (in example) a cutting board of proper size and squeeze the scale.

Edit: I tried that. Looks OK on the paper but in practice it doesn't work as I thought it would. The problem is that our scale needs about 10 sec of steady pressure to figure the force. Some scales with instantaneous display value might work though.

 

[MossRoad]

Electronic scale does work too but you have to help it. Take (in example) a cutting board of proper size and squeeze the scale.

Edit: I tried that. Looks OK on the paper but in practice it doesn't work as I thought it would. The problem is that our scale needs about 10 sec of steady pressure to figure the force. Some scales with instantaneous display value might work though.

Yep. Ours is one of those that you have to step on and off the corner to get it to come on, then you have to wait about 3 seconds for it to calibrate. Then you step onto it with both feet and don't move for about 5 seconds before it tells you "Get off Porky!"

 

[tcartwri]

I find that young bucks are often shocked at how strong my handshake is. And it's nowhere near what it used to be.

I worked in Saudi in 2002 and there is a whole culture there of not doing anything with your hands. First couple of guys I shook hands with was like crushing a jelly fish between your fingers.

 

[Big Barn]

Yep. Ours is one of those that you have to step on and off the corner to get it to come on, then you have to wait about 3 seconds for it to calibrate. Then you step onto it with both feet and don't move for about 5 seconds before it tells you "Get off Porky!"

Or worse yet "One at a time, please"

Terry

 

[Egon]

Haven't tried a scale.

Was having trouble this morning picking up a cup coffee with the right hand.

 

[FTG-05]

I'm going though hand physical therapy right now due to a compound fracture on my two left fingers (ring and little).

As part of the baselining process, the therapist had me use an hand grip machine. Did the right, recorded it. Did the left,(much less due to the broken fingers0 recorded it. I asked what's the highest she ever sees and she immediately said 130 lbs. I redid the right hand and it measured 130 right on the nose. She was pretty impressed since the normal for a 61 year old male is around 70 or so.

She's probably gonna make me scream like a little girl tomorrow am......