Want to improve your grip strength?

Give this forearm workout a try, recommended by a certified personal trainer.

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Plus, in a more direct way, it can make your day-to-day life easier.

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Its also linked with the ability to recover from diseases and prevent frailty.

The findings show that maintaining muscle strength may positively influence healthy aging by protecting against DNA aging.

But why grip strength, specifically?

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But more research is needed to knowwhy, per the authors of a notable 2015 editorial inThe Lancet3.

In other words, the biological link between grip strength and its predictive power still needs to be explored.

With a strong grip, you might continue to get stronger in the gym.

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One common exercise includes squeezing a racquetball or squash ball for 10 minutes twice per day.

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In either case, it will help strengthen your grip and forearm strength.

Fingertip push-up

Tip:For a modification, perform fingertip push-ups on your knees.

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Int J Environ Res Public Health.

2021 Dec 21;19(1):39. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010039.

PMID: 35010298; PMCID: PMC8751337.

A young black woman doing post-run stretches in the park on the road amidst green grass and trees.

Peterson MD, Collins S, Meier HCS, Brahmsteadt A, Faul JD.

Grip strength is inversely associated with DNA methylation age acceleration.

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle.

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2023 Feb;14(1):108-115. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13110.

Epub 2022 Nov 9.

PMID: 36353822; PMCID: PMC9891916.

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Gale CR, Martyn CN, Cooper C, Sayer AA.

Grip strength, body composition, and mortality.

2007 Feb;36(1):228-35. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyl224.

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Epub 2006 Oct 19.

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