How to Get Strong Fingers

Strong fingers can be beneficial in so many ways, assisting with daily lifting, gripping and squeezing tasks. Many musicians and athletes put much effort into their finger-strength training to improve their performance. To strengthen your fingers, you must exercise the opponens pollicis and adductor pollicis, muscles in your hand -- responsible for moving your thumb, and the extensor and flexor muscles in the forearm -- responsible for moving your fingers. Use the exercises below to develop finger and grip strength.

Instructions

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      Purchase a Gripmaster if you are serious about developing finger and grip strength. The Gripmaster is a specially designed piece of exercise equipment providing resistance to each finger. This enables users to isolate and strengthen each finger individually -- preventing weaker fingers from being neglected.

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      Perform fingertip push-ups. Adopt the regular push-up position, face down, arms fully extended, keeping your torso and legs in a straight line. Shift your weight onto your finger tips by bridging your hands, bend at the elbows and lower your body until your elbows are flexed to 90 degrees. Push back up to the start position.

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      Perform towel pull-ups. Hang a towel over a pull-up bar or immovable object. Grip opposite sides of the towel with each hand and pull yourself up until your head is level with the bar. Slowly lower and repeat.

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      Train with a fingerboard. The fingerboard is a piece of exercise equipment primarily designed to improve finger and grip strength for rock climbers. Various exercises are possible including hanging, pull-ups and traversing, using as many or few fingers as desired to isolate certain muscles.

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      Rest adequately between training sessions. Over-working the muscles in your hands and forearms will lead to a reduction in strength and could lead to injury. Three finger-strength training sessions per week is more than adequate.