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I was amazed how much they helped. I mainly used the lowest strength (yellow).
Highly recommended.
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You only need a few feet. No need to buy loads.
https://www.physioroom.com/physioroom-hand-grip-exerciser
I've had one of these, fairly low tension for 15 years or so! They last. Mine now has badminton grip tape on it. Very worn.
Red meat, and lots of it is the last tip.
Injured Veteran and head injury survivor. Bouts of grumpy behavior and brutal humor are to be expected.
Red meat and functional mushrooms.
Persistent and inconsistent guitar player.
A lefty, hence a fog of permanent frustration
Not enough guitars, pedals, and cricket bats.
USA Deluxe Strat - Martyn Booth Special - Epi LP Custom
FX Plex - Cornell Romany
It's certainly the way to get better at playing guitar, however it's not necessarily the best way to develop strength and resilience in your hand. You'll tend to be doing a small range of movements at a high intensity; the kind of thing that can cause problems like RSI. IMO, more generalised strength exercises and warm up routines are likely to be better, followed by playing more...
However if you do want to beef things up a bit then any of the compression exerciser widgets will do the job as will things like pull-ups/chin-ups etc. Rowing is another good all-round exercise has the added benefit of improving grip strength and stamina.
If you want to go the full Popeye forearms might I suggest buying an old Laverda Jota 1000cc triple? The clutch and brakes on those things were best operated with bionic arms. Quite the workout shuffling one through town. A bit of time on a Jota and you could fold spoons. I am remind of the lyrics from "Pros and Cons of hitch-hiking" when our protagonist meets the Hell's Angel:
" then he takes your hand in some strange Californian handshake and breaks the bone."
Old Harley riders will know what we're talking about here.
My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
To begin with the forearm fatigue was definitely affecting my guitar playing, but now I'm through the initial part, the set of 11s I'd bought for my acoustic have stayed in the drawer - it's a noticeable improvement in ease of fretting 12s.
I've also recently discovered this exercise and... bloody hell it works! I wish I'd known this years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po_88r7FiUA&t=1s
It's one of the reasons transitioning from sitting to standing playing can be quite hard - people have their straps too long because their heroes do.
I was trying to practice the other night and the strap kept slipping round my neck while trying to play Paranoid - normally not too hard but it just doesn't work if you can't finger the E power chord properly up at the 12th fret.
Go steady, take rests, don't do too much of one thing.
I recommend this for off-instrument general conditioning: