Showing posts with label Mighty Hands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mighty Hands. Show all posts
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Taking Clubbing To The Next Level
No I'm not talking about going out to a place of loud ass music or a high prestige gentlemen's club; I'm talking about real world-class strength and power. This type of clubbing comes from an Irish legend known as the Dagda (or Daghdha in Irish Folklore). Legend has it that a man of great warrior strength had two prized possessions; one was a cauldron that he used to cook meats and such to help feed the armies; the second was an extremely heavy club but this wasn't any ordinary club. This bad boy had two parts to and each side had a life and death entity. The top of the club was death because if it hit someone they instantly die but on the other end, below the handle it gave life. It's power within its handle gave strength and life like the legendary Thor's Hammer or Arthur's sword Excalibur.
As the man conquered mighty tasks with the club it taught him valuable lessons in building strength not just in a physical macho type but within deep in his soul as he would need his wits (although he was a massive fellow) and he was a man of great heart and love but also a protector. Teaching is offspring the values of real strength, not by pure masculinity but by being a good nurtured soul and protecting the love ones you have and others. When you conquer a goal, you protect it and it has a special place in your heart, don't use it to boost ego or believe that because you made it happen you're better than the next guy, not true. When Dagda swung his club, he did with intensity and power that no man can match. In the story it took nine of the strongest men in Ireland to lift the man's club. Holding onto a club that heavy and powerful takes a special man (or woman) to harness that kind of strength.
Milestones come and go in every person's life, sometimes we don't always realize what we achieve that changes the very course of your history and being. My two biggest milestones that hold a special place deep within me is surviving Meningitis and finding the strength to not only walk again but become far stronger than before. When you conquer something it doesn't matter if it's a PR in exercise or getting through a tough workout or even not in fitness, you made new headway in a sport, you got a major promotion in a company you love to work in; it applies to making yourself a better individual when you have the power to tower over what is blocking you. Hold onto those moments when something incredible happens because we don't get those moments everyday, they happen in certain points in your life that have a significance and everything happens for a reason.
Get yourself a Club and swing yourself to power in the Dagda Program, learn to conquer not just lifting a heavy object but to learn to challenge your mind, create a strategy that will have you blasting sets/reps or whatever. Power and strength is within your grasp and don't ever let go of that power because not only is it yours but it is your duty to help others learn of its power so they can conquer their own goals and also you must protect it because only you have the power to conquer goals that are suited to you. Be a mighty warrior from within and bask in the glory of your own strength.
Be awesome everyone and keep kicking ass.
Monday, January 27, 2014
More On The Hands
Having powerful hands can be life saving. The grip power and
strength you build from different methods gives you that raw and ferocious
power of being able to lock anything within your grasp. When you bend steel,
you wrap up the nail, wrench, screwdriver or whatever; you squeeze with
everything you have and you work the wrist along with the whole body and you
give that object no mercy. Ripping a deck of cards gives you that mighty
twisting strength in your hands and your wrists while taking your body to a
whole new level. Gripping a odd object and doing whatever you want with it,
even though it’s awkward, it gives you the strength that forces you to
stabilize the muscles and tendons.
Not all
grip work should have a focus on strength because if all you do is strengthen
the hands and lower arm, you’re missing out on creating graceful and supple
hands that can create magic within the flick of a wrist or using your fingers
in the way a ballet dancer gracefully uses the legs. Move your hands with power
but not like a tense beast, but a mobile and majestic form of flexibility and
suppleness. If you’re a fighter who needs to slip out of holds, your supple
hands can come in handy. A magician has very supple hands and you’ll know why,
the beauty and the majesty of moving their hands with key target points and
precise accuracy that can only be measured by how they present themselves.
The hands
can be your greatest ally or with the right leverage and training, they can
cripple you within a heartbeat. Back when Catch Wrestling was at its
prominence; there were wrestlers called Hookers who can hook you into a hold
that would most likely break a bone if they had anything to say about it. Just
putting the bone of your wrist on guy’s arm, leg and/or neck in a locked hold
can hurt like a bitch; I've felt it first hand so never underestimate it. The
Hookers were feared by those who challenged them and if they got a hold on you,
you better pray they’re in a good mood and just make you tap otherwise you’re going
to be in a brace pal. If you’re looking to build “soft” hands meaning strong
but gentle, they can be useful if you’re into massage, pleasing your spouse and
they can be useful when you have that touch that just makes everything feel
incredible. The hands can do many wonders.
When it
comes down to tools, there are many things you can use to build mighty mitts
but none are equal to each other because one can build your hands a certain way
or another but never in the same way in terms of building the tendons and
muscles of the lower arm. Sledgehammers build strong hands period. They make
you work otherwise you won’t have a chance with them. Grippers build that
crushing strength but also if you do isometric holds, this alone can be
beneficial if you want to save someone’s life one day. Various Feats Of Strength build your hands in ways that are virtually impossible for dumbbells
and barbells can withstand. The simplest tool for your twisting strength can be
the use of a towel, by this I mean you get a bucket, put the towel in and soak
it up as best as possible and then from one end to the other you twist and
squeeze the water out back into the bucket; this exercise alone can turn your
hands in steel rods and turn your tendons into granite.
Use your
tools wisely because you never know when you’ll need your powerful hands for a
certain occasion. Your hands are the works of what was meant for you. The
stronger and supple you make them, the stronger your body can be. Do it and you
will go far.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Grip Your Way To Power
You are one powerful human being; we all are in one form or
another. We have certain strengths, weaknesses and we find some way to use a
talent we posses. A lot of what we do physically contains within our hands. Our
hands are the very essence of what we create. Grip Strength is one of the most
important foundations a man or woman should posses. Being able to handle
groceries, carry your kid, defend your family or if you’re a sports athlete,
your hands are the very foundation of your talent; can’t shoot a basketball,
throw a football, swing a bat or coordinate a hockey stick without having good
solid hands. You can have very powerful hands not just in crushing strength but
many other ways.
One of the
best ways to develop superhuman grip strength is increasing the strength in
your tendons and ligaments. How many injuries can you count where an athlete or
the average person had to wear a brace on their wrist because of a tendon pull
or break? A form of training called Partials where you only lift a short
distance is one of the most fun and brutal ways to increase your tendon power. Think
of lifting a weight you could never imagine hitting at full range; you can
almost have twice as much strength to lift at short range. This not only builds
dense muscle but take your tendons into the stratosphere.
In
combat/contact sports, you must find a way to take down an opponent whether
you’re a football player or even a MMA athlete, your grip can change the very
facet of the match and it either make your or break within less than a few
seconds. You’re on the defensive line in football and a running back or a
receiver has got his hands on the ball, if you have strong hands, you can take
him down and squeeze the very life out of him and he’ll think twice of getting
in your path. You’re in a fight against a great Mixed Martial Artist or Wrestler, he’s
fast, he’s agile and knows how to slip out of holds, but you have some mighty
mitts and you end up one way or another getting him in a lock or have a good
hold on him for a takedown. You have him in your grasp, you put your heart into
this fight and you even put in the time to train your grip to the core, you get
a hold on him, he has no choice but to tap out, he can’t fathom how strong and
supple your hands are on him. Want strong hands, you’re going to have to build
them.
You are one
strong person my friend but it’s important to continue getting stronger. Like
lifting weights, use fat gripz for your upper body movements like pulls,
presses, curls, cleans, snatches anything that you can put your hands on, even
pull-ups, these will make your hands super strong. One type of implement that
will take your grip to a new level is sledgehammers, think of the old-time
laborers and how powerful their hands were doing hours of taking out rock and
stone with a heavy hammer, think of being Thor and tackling the frost giants
with thunderous power and superhuman strength. Build your eagle claws by doing
exercises on your fingertips like push-ups, pull-ups and even Animal Exercises;
think about that, being able to walk in the steps of a big and powerful bear or
the super strong gorilla on your fingertips, that will build tendon strength
like an extreme few can ever be done.
How would
you feel if you had the grip power to knock home runs, bend steel, tear decks of cards in half and destroy your competition on the gridiron taking down fast
runners and receivers and even taking out the quarterback? Your grip will be a
major factor whether you realize it or not and the stronger you make your grip,
chances are the stronger your entire body will be. Our hands are not just these
little bitty muscles and tendons; they are one of the most powerful energy
sources in the human body. Create energy in your hands and you’ll see how
powerful you can be. Stay hungry my friends and be strong and smart.
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