Molding A Mighty Grip

- Why I Read This BookI train my hands already as part of general fitness, for martial purposes, and to assist with... well... manual labor. I was curious how Jowett, a man who could clean and press an anvil with one hand, trained his grip.- PositivesThis book is filled with lots of anecdotes about strongmen at the time. The prose flows smoothly and keeps you interested: given its short length, you could easily read this book in one short session.The exercises are a little different and kind of cool. Aside from finger pulling contests and "wrist turning" (arm wrestling), Jowett gives heavy book lifting exercises for the fingers, and broom and brick (or sledgehammer) lifting for the wrist. These are, in Ross Enamait's parlance, "low tech, high effect". He also discusses plate lifting. But most interestingly, he devotes much time to barrel lifting. Ever wonder how you can lift a barrel to your shoulder with one hand? Probably not, but now you can learn how. Barrels may not be as plentiful today, but kegs certainly are, and these exercises would delight the odd-object lifter.- NegativesThe book is an expensive reprint for its size (only 45 pages). (As a note, you can find all of the Mighty series books free online.) There are a few typos and the pictures are of adequate but low quality.Regretfully, Jowett does not discuss anvil-lifting in this book.- Final ThoughtsThis book is designed to entertain, motivate, and give some exercises you can do at home. It should be noted that it is not a comprehensive manual to hand training.I enjoyed this book much more than  Molding Mighty Legs .I have the liberty of working around kegs, so when no one is looking, I will be trying some of the barrel lifting exercises - with empty kegs at first, of course!

Anybody who is we'll know for grip strength, or who has a book of their own on the matter of grip strength makes note of this book. If you want to close hand grippers in the big league then buy the book and read it several times it only takes a few minutes.

Unless you can obtain barrels, Don't bother getting this book.

Awesome grip training book from a very credible source and author.