Get a Grip: A Practical Primer on Grip Strength and Endurance Training... and More

by Scott Burr

FROM THE AUTHOR'S book is intended as a from-the-ground-up primer on grip-strength training. This book makes no assumptions about your current level of fitness or baseline knowledge about training the ONLY attribute you need is the desire to get stronger! This book is also intended as a "poor man's guide" to grip strength training. The exercises and methods shown and explained in this book require little, cheap, and/or easy-to-find and/or construct-for-yourself equipment. Many of the exercises I describe in this book can be performed using items you have around the house, and any gadgets I describe can be easily constructed from materials found at any sporting goods and/or hardware store. The contents and conclusions presented in this book are the result of my own training, study, and experience, and that of my coaches, clients, martial arts students. I feel strongly that book presents a safe, efficient, and effective approach to grip strength training. I wish you good luck and good training!

106 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2019

About the author

SCOTT BURR is a graduate of the creative writing program at The Colorado College, where he won the Ebey Prize for novella-length fiction and was a finalist for the Reville Prize in short fiction. He is the author of the novels Bummed Out City, which was one of Library Journal's top read books of 2015, and We Will Rid the World of You, the essay collection Superhero Simplified: Collected, Selected, Revised and Expanded, and the training manuals Suspend Your Disbelief: How to Build and Build Strength With the World's Most Rugged Suspension Training Device, and Get a Grip: A Practical Primer on Grip Strength and Endurance Training... and More. His short fiction and novel excerpts have appeared in Mildred, Metonym, The Mayo Review, and elsewhere. His non-fiction work has appeared in Climbing and Urban Climber magazines. He lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio.