How To Use Grip Savers Video

Grip savers, or finger-strengthening devices, help prepare a climber for the strength and endurance challenges of climbing. There are a variety of devices and exercises that can strengthen a climbers hands. Learn how to use grip savers in this climbing video.

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Squeeze a tennis ball
Strengthen fingers to keep balance
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Josh is an avid climber that resides off the coast in central California. He has managed for a mountaineering sports company for several years and loves the sport.

JOSH HARING: Hi, I am Josh and today I am going to talk about grip savers and specifically finger strengthening devices. What is good about climbing is even though you are using your whole body, oftentimes, you just need a little bit of finger strength to become a better climber. There's devices like this that has basically four spring settings of different tensions in. I know people that will just sit and play with this thing all day and they will switch it in their hands back and forth, back and forth. You can really work the fingers, just the little microscopic muscles in your fingers. There's other devices that people use. Some people just use a tennis ball and they will squeeze the tennis ball in their hands all day long or there's little plastic donuts that you can use. But never underestimate the importance of this. Even though you should climb mostly with your feet, mostly stepping in the holds, you should never really try and pull yourself up too much, but definitely the finger strength is important because it is going to help you keep your balance, which can make all the difference. In addition to devices like the grip saver, tennis balls, rings and donuts, other things that climbers may do to increase their finger strength would be pull-ups, maybe fingertip pushups. And really, the best way to get in shape for climbing is to eat right and exercise.

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