How's your hand strength.

[MinnesotaEric]

Around here they'd shoot you in the parking lot.
(use your imagination as to where your parking lot is located).

I have no idea what that means.

 

[cat fever]

Growing up my family did a lot of things like camping, fishing, hunting, water skiing, sledding (machine), cutting our own firewood and splitting by hand. (I still do) Then I picked pineapples in Hawaii for a summer. Then became a plumber. Almost forgot, many hours in the gym weight lifting. Needless to say I had an amazing grip. Now it's gone, not sure where it went. My overall strength is good for an over 50 year old but my grip is not so good. I'm afraid to check it on a scale. Unless I can use the 16oz kitchen scale mentioned earlier, I too think I could bury that one.:laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Growing up my family did a lot of things like camping, fishing, hunting, water skiing, sledding (machine), cutting our own firewood and splitting by hand. (I still do) Then I picked pineapples in Hawaii for a summer. Then became a plumber. Almost forgot, many hours in the gym weight lifting. Needless to say I had an amazing grip. Now it's gone, not sure where it went. My overall strength is good for an over 50 year old but my grip is not so good. I'm afraid to check it on a scale. Unless I can use the 16oz kitchen scale mentioned earlier, I too think I could bury that one.:laughing:

Go give it a try. And report back.. Heck I admitted to losing about 90 lbs of grip strength over the last 40 years. It is no crime to get older and weaker. It is going to happen to all of us sooner or later. I suspect if I hadn't had a cushy cerebral job for the last 16 years I would still be a lot stronger, but it is what it is.

I a now 62 years old and can hold 160 lbs on the scale using both hands. I can't hold it for long though, just enough to get a reading. I am sure there are men out there my age that could probably do twice that much. Men that have had manual labor jobs all of their lives and are still in good shape.

 

[PhysAssist]

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.

That is also why the Dairy Farmer's daughters used to be in big demand around here, at least by reputation.

 

[PhysAssist]

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......

I think you spelled that PT word out wrong FTG-



...it's spelled Pain & Torture- don't ask me how I know...

 

[FTG-05]

I think you spelled that PT word out wrong FTG-

...it's spelled Pain & Torture- don't ask me how I know...

LOL! Yes, I accuse them of that every time I go. Hasn't helped one lick yet.......

 

[FTG-05]

I think you spelled that PT word out wrong FTG-

...it's spelled Pain & Torture- don't ask me how I know...

Got a new one from her today: "Physical Terrorist"!

I'm pretty sure they've heard all the jokes by now....

 

[PhysAssist]

Got a new one from her today: "Physical Terrorist"!

I'm pretty sure they've heard all the jokes by now....

I finally got the cojones to try the scale- 210# with both hands, 90# with the left hand, 75# with the right.

I didn't think that was too bad, in fact I was surprised that I did that well.

I am left-handed, but have some carpal tunnel in both wrists/hands, and since I use my right to mouse, it's affected more and weaker..

 

[TomSeller]

I finally got the cojones to try the scale- 210# with both hands, 90# with the left hand, 75# with the right.

I didn't think that was too bad, in fact I was surprised that I did that well.

I am left-handed, but have some carpal tunnel in both wrists/hands, and since I use my right to mouse, it's affected more and weaker..

Be careful when you shake people's hands given your grip strength

 

[two_bit_score]

Go give it a try. And report back.. Heck I admitted to losing about 90 lbs of grip strength over the last 40 years. It is no crime to get older and weaker. It is going to happen to all of us sooner or later. I suspect if I hadn't had a cushy cerebral job for the last 16 years I would still be a lot stronger, but it is what it is.

I a now 62 years old and can hold 160 lbs on the scale using both hands. I can't hold it for long though, just enough to get a reading. I am sure there are men out there my age that could probably do twice that much. Men that have had manual labor jobs all of their lives and are still in good shape.

I'm not sure the 'bathroom scale test' is all that accurate. Depending on the thickness of the scales compared to your hand size would make a big difference with some people. I've frequently been told that I have a good grip when shaking hands, even by people with larger hands than me.

The bathroom scales probably measures forearm strength more than actual 'grip' strength.

I shake hands a lot and there is definitely an art to it.


TBS