3 Ways to Get a Stronger Grip and Popeye Forearms

1) Do your Pull-ups and Rows on a fat bar

You can buy or make a fat pull-up bar, you can buy some fatgripz, or you can make your bars fatter with pipe insulation. I bought some insulation when making some push-up bars from PVC and realized that I could make my pull-ups harder if I put that on my bar.

One added benefit to training this way is you will increase your max pull-ups on a regular bar because it will be easier.

2) Do towel-grip pull-ups

Take a couple of handtowels, drape them over the bar, and grab them like they are ropes. This will be really hard at first, but it will get easier (especially if you also do fat grip pull-ups).

3) Make a pipefitter's forearm trainer

Buy two 6-inch metal pipes and a double female connector. Practice screwing and unscrewing these, switch them back and forth to train both forearms in each directions.

*Remember, you can be muscled without a strong grip. But you can't be strong without a strong grip.

What are some of your ideas for a stronger grip?