BJJ Grip Strength: Science of grip strength for BJJ

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Through experimentation, I recently made some changes to my grip strength training that made a dramatic improvement in my grip strength when fighting jiu jitsu. I was doing some stand up grip fighting with a training partner, someone who has much better stand up and grip fighting than me, and several times he couldn't get rid of my grips on his collar. This doesn't normally happen. So it got me thinking, was this a happy accident, or had I hit upon something that is a far more effective way of developing grip strength for BJJ?

I want to move away from a trial and error approach, which tends to be the most common approach for grip strength. I wanted to look at the science. Using a scientific approach for developing strength in other areas, .e.g the legs, is a no brainer. So, why don't we take the same scientific approach when it comes to grip strength?


What I found challenged my thinking, backed up the "new" approach I'd started using as a highly effective method of building grip strength, will change how I approach training grip strength for jiu jitsu, and should also change how you train your grips.