My age 71yr old having working on building sites for 50yr years as a joiner and going to the gym and doing bare knuckles planks on a wooden floor I never thought about my hands
It's funny you mention that. I look at my grandfathers hands. He is 88years old now. Retired from construction trade at 76 years old. His hands are thick and hard. I've always admired it because to me, I see the years of hard work in those hands. I see sacrifice and love in those hands. Now, they don't move as well as they used to, but I appreciate what his hands did for our family.
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling Farmers Construction workers Rock Climber Gymnastics Combat sports Martial Arts Strong man Powerlifters Olympic lifting Kettlebell exercises Strongman training Picking heavy shit.
How about you just start working on repairing that fence behind you and clean up the yard instead of hammering a random board? SMH If you want man hands just do manly shit.
Hard physical labor for long hours, over many years. My grandfather was born in the mid 1880’s, on a small farm. He started milking cows by hand twice a day, at the age of five. He milked 5-10 cows per day for the next seventy years. That man had hands and arms like Popeye. At that time in history, everything on a farm at that time required strong hands, arms, abs, and backs.
I very much appreciate the explanation of wolf’s theory. I’m just a fan/observer of arm wrestling since the start of 2020, but the sport as a whole is fascinating. It’s very different from other combat/strongman sports and requires some simplicity yet nuance. Thanks! Isaac
Genius Stuff. Just subscribed. Male grip strength has been dropping generation after generation and is correlated strongly with mortality. This is important
Im a blacksmith by training and fabricator by work. I also have competed in grip strength and still training it now.. for sure all of those build hands, But nothing compares to direct gripwork. Heavy grippers, fat bars, vertical bars, bending nails and pinch. What i would add is a small rubber ball, size of a golf ball and squeeze it between your thumb and index finger. Great video bro! Keep it up
Ever heard of turkish Ottoman-slap? :) Ottomans had a special unit that only trained to kill or disable a person with just one single slap! These guys were chosen and started slapping marble etc from very early age. They had massive hands. Recommend you to take a look at this interesting history, it relates to this topic :)
Very informative, thank you very much! I broke my pinky knuckle last year and the hand muscles still haven't regained their strength 100%. Those movements will really help.
Great video ! Mechanic and martial artis here and i approve of everything. And If you want really significant gains then you gotta do what the guys with the thickest hands on the planet do, which are rock-climbers and to a lesser extend farmers in 3rd world countries with no machines ... I've seen skinny rock climbers with bear paws and i've been to india and saw farmer grandmothers with hands like gorillas ... it's easy to make a workout protocol like rockclimbers without actually going rockclimbing, same goes for farming, be creative :)
I've also noticed that breakdancers have really thick wrists and hands and they do a lot of movements with their hands flat on the ground. My younger brother has almost the same frame as i do but way thicker wrists and hands and he has been breakdancing since he was 12 years old . I am a mechanic and I do martial arts and have really hard and muscular veiny hands but my brothers hands are bigger and his wrists too. Another youtuber proved this theory right and increased his wrist size with flat-hands-on-ground exercises.
@@FreshFowkz yeah, same with gymnasts, because they walk on their hands a lot. It’s probably the constant stress being put on the palms, making all that stuff grow in the wrists
My dad has massive hands of steel from his job doing shoe repair all his life and hammering stuff and basically doing a lot of these exercises shown here through using his tools on the shoes. He has some lf the strongest hands I've ever seen.
some studies have already proven that high frequency vibration can lead to bone growth. so whenever your hand absorb vibration after a hammer strike for exemple, this will lead to a slow bone growth. time and consistency.
Great Tips! The irony is that the process or work to make these two machines is actually the kind of workout you need for thicker hands and is the best. Once I asked my good friend to make me something for grip training and then I realised wait, the work he has to do to make that grip tool is actually the best type of working out for grip, thicker hands, bigger fingers....
My opinion (as a 20 year grip enthusiast) is it really comes down to genetics with respect to the size of your hand. I’ve smoked huge hand guys (mine are 2xl range) and have been smoked by smaller hands, as well. You can certainly get stronger, but making your hands huge by using cheap grippers is reaching. If you’re arm wrestler or a grip guy, focus on your sport and worry less about the size of your hand as getting stronger in lifts will do more for you than this will.
Good stuff! Love this topic, keep US updated! Can you make a video showing your progress and actual measures? We could have an idea of what Is achievable with dedication and specific training.
I could, the only problem with measures is that it’s soooo small of gains. And depending on how and where you measure, it could always be a little different
Here's my experience with doing this with the hand gripper, I've trained around 1.5 months doing this 3-5 times a week depending on how my wrists feel. (I'm injured now, I have to put a pause on training lol). When washing dishes, I used to stick my hand at the bottom of the cup to clean the bottom, nowadays my hand can barely fit in the cup hahaha. My hand has gotten noticeably thicker, and stronger. Good luck with your journey and pay close attention to how your wrist and fingers feel.
I once met an old man who was as small as me but had huge gorilla hands. I asked him how he got hands like that and he told me he was a bricklayer for many years.
..........and many people also seem to enjoy putting excessive force into a handshake for maximum effect😂. One of the strongest grips I ever met was a blacksmith with fingers like bananas and wrists as thick as many a forearm but his handshake was decidedly feminine. Some people feel the need to impress, some don't need to.
@@phils2180 I’ve noticed that as well, some of the strongest guys I’ve met have pretty weak handshakes lol. I always say a nice firm handshake, looking someone in the eyes is pretty good
Framers use Wood handles if you hammer a lot the metal and plastic reverberates and can create tendinitis in the elbow. Great content and Blessings to You and Yours!
Hi Kevin. First time watching your content and I've subbed straight away. Bone structure is super important in the sport as much as musculature so it's really handy to have knowledge such as this shared for people like myself who are only average in size all around! Cheers from the UK :)
I've was an electrician and now a mechanic and im a pretty big guy who lifts alot and stronger than average guy but on every job site or in every garage theres always a guy whos never lifted who makes me feel like a little girl when it comes to strength. Crazy how different everyone's gentics are
I do hundreds of palm strikes outer edge strikes finger tip and grasping strikes on all different sized trees at home. I noticed that both the palm muscles fattened up and got more pronounced musculature. This also improved the overall flexibility of my fingers and hands in general. This is part of my martial arts training. Good clip love all of the machines your using it’s interesting how arm wrestlers work on way different muscle groups to everyone else. 👍🤜💪
Really nice bro, I care for forearms and hand's because it is the greatest tool that made human history without it humans would have been not here where they are now. And also subscribed bro keep on the great work
Look up the farmers walk and the suitcase walk. Farmers walk you carry two dumbbells for a short walk the suitcase you carry one. Take the long barbell start with low weight. Roll it forward roll then roll it backwards. Then place the barbell palms towards the ceiling and roll that backwards. When it hurts do more 😁. Pinch/squeeze two plates together start with two five pound plates and do hammer curls. Be careful they do want to slip so squeeze hard. There are more just look them up.
You ever do the rice bucket? Curious your thoughts, I started using it this week after seeing some convincing UA-cam videos and my forearms and hands have been getting a crazy pump from it
Hi Kevin mate I am from UK , been watching your vidoes especially your training vidoes, I bought the iron mine telegraph machine, and I am loving it, I work out in the gym on my hands and forearms thanks to you Video Kindly ! It helped me with my boxing as well , I am Mike Tyson 0.5 FYI , thanks brother, Keep making more training videos I watch it and find it soothing your voice and personality as well
I have a pair of those cheap grippers that I can easily do 50 reps with, but the exercises you showed are difficult!!! I can't even do ten. I almost threw them away.
Thanks a lot for sharing such valuable info! I was always wondering why new days boxers use the tire when Old School boxers used chopping trees with axe. Now I get the idea behind it. ;) ☼
13:01 I’m not gonna lie I was very skeptical about this workout and thought it was waste of time but it actually works 💪 thanks Kevin ur the real MVP 🏆
I like your video I am site carpenter Running roofing and building business First time I went to arm wrestling club all the lads said my fingers and wrist are mega strong for only75 kg fella Nothing gets your fingers and wrist better then carrying roof tiles in each hand 😂😂😂😂💪
You can gain some size, and obviously get stronger grip. But the size of the hand is similar to the wrist.. the size and thickness depends on genetics.
The human body can and will adapt to literally anything. If you do the right shit, your hands and forearms will definitely grow and yes even bone composition/density can change along the way
I've been doing grip work for several years. My forearms have gotten bigger but I dont think my hands have. I have a video of my dad from when he was 16 and he had big hands even back then, he was naturally big boned.
@@nicholasstarcher3460 Your hands cannot physically grow larger, but your fingers can become thicker. Most grip work doesn't directly target the finger tendons in the same that rock climbing does.
I have been doing farmers' walks for over a year, and I noticed my hands got thicker. I stumbled on your video, and I am excited to continue improving my hands thicken. 💥💪 Thank you for sharing 💯
That's true. You would nearly know by looking at someone's hands what they work at. Most Construction and Farming lads have big hands. I worked with an old stone Mason and christ his hands were huge. No need for the lump hammer ( almost ) 😂😂😂
I would like to point out that hitting objects does not make your bones stronger. Wolff law mentiones that you remodel throught stress wich is correct but the only thing proven to increase bone density is actually strenght training, this is because the muscles contract to generate force and when they contract it pulls the tendons wich conect muscles and tendons and this causes bone growth and can only continue to grow stronger muscles through progressive overload wich doesn't translate into hitting things, even if you try to hit harder, your muscles will only contract as hard as your grip strength allows. Microfractures also don't heal stronger, to summarize there are cells in your body that breakdown bone tissue and build it back called osteoclast and osteoblast, if you give yourself microfractures the osteoblast have to fix that on top of the normal damage produced by osteoclast and won't be able to keep up. The great news here is that literally everything else you are doing does increase bone density, so regardless if you do the brick slapping or not you will end with very strong bones. Last note in the clip you used the chinese guy had a very big hand and some might point out that thais do a lot of shin conditioning. When you hit hard things you can create internal injuries wich as they heal can develop scar tissue wich makes the area feel bigger and stronger but is only a small layer of protection on the iniured area and wil, dissapear once it heals, but if you keep it up for long enough you can sustain the internal scar tissue wich results in the big deformed hand and the hand will be hard but you basically crippled your hand for a portion of the benefits of normal strenght training. As for thais, strenght training, running and plyometrics are proven to increase bone density and combat sport athletes tend to do a lot of that. Btw a plyometric exercise from traditional kung fu that is genuinely great for grip strength is grabbing a bag of sand, toss it and catch it, they also do gripping jars wich is genuinely great for finger strength.
Nah. That's rubbish mate. I have hit a bag full of ball bearings for 10 years and my bones are 30 times stronger. I can use my hands to hammer wooden posts into position like a sledgehammer with no damage
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling I work a pretty hard blue collar job and have for a long time. I’ve often wondered why some of the other guys have thicker hands. Genetics must have something to do with it I guess? Hand muscles are sore lots of times too after extra difficult shifts. I think I’ll try some of the variations you showed for how to use a hand gripper
I somewhere read that using lighter grippers and more repetition is going to increase the size of the tendons and ligaments. As the fingers are made of bones and tendons this kind of training should make your fingers thicker. Whats your opinion on that and or do you have other advices for making also your fingers thicker?
I think that pinch machine can make the fingers thicker. Just using regular grippers I don’t think will make them thicker. Hangboard training can make them thicker
Ive heard that too, and when it comes to performance based training and tasks, manual labor doesnt touch deadlifts, pullups, running, rucking, or squatting. And all the old men who say what youre saying, are broke bodies and have underdeveloped muscles and compound physical problems. They also did manual labor and moved a ton of a weight daily. But the ol boys who did manual labor and lifted weights, still going strong.
@@channeellll7623 I eat healthy. No fast food. No alcohol. No smoking or drinking whatsoever. I'm 5'9 186 lbs. 47 years old, and going strong. I try to hit the gym when I can, and I'll take your advice and hit the gym harder and more often without injuring myself. Thanks
Its funny. Since I turned 18 and started working jobs and interacting with the real world, I became observant and would look at a person's hands, especially their palms if visible, to see if they're calloused and/or thickly developed. I've always been fascinated with strong men who wore these badges of honor and I know that they are usually not to be messed with.
The direct and indirect impact theory is very easy to debunk and discard. Boxers have the highest rate of both direct and indirect impact and their hands are all very small and frale and fragile. Don't nobody go mentioning superheavyweight boxers. The theory would work on all the tiny guys if it was true. 90% of boxing is tiny guys under 175lbs
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling pros use wraps only and have over 950lbs per square inch of punching power. I think that'll do. Their heavy bags have almost no give. Now time to smoke a joint and shoot some test suspension into my thumb
Theoretically speaking their elbows and wrists should be massive and are not. My neighbor has been a carpenter for 40 years and his hands are tiny. Genetics are number 1. Hamd specific training is number 2 and growth hormones is number 3. Nuff said
Thorough video man. Would you mind sharing an Amazon link to a basic hand gripper that you would use? Like the one you used in the beginning of the video
I will start to smash my hands on a bag filled with peas / rice / gravel for a few months and report back, my hands are insanely small and I don't like it.
Hello Kevin, I'm 14 years old and i want to become a competetor in arm wrestling one day, my question was how long would it take to get a noticable difference of size hitting agains a hard object? Looking forward for a reply!
Great video, I just wanted to share an idea to train the "tough skin" honorable mention you said at the end of the video: I found a really shitty off-brand gripper, like a knock-off of Captains of Crush. The metal knurling felt like goddamn shards of glass. Way more rough than normal knurling on a barbell or other grippers. I thought this was just a moment of "damn, these have terrible quality," but I was wrong. Using these daily made my entire palm feel like leather. Just hurt like hell for the first week or so. Just an idea!
I spent my teens chopping wood and woodworking from scratch as a silly little hobby. I'm in my twenties now and my hands are still very solid despite me being rather skinny.
Hey kevin, how often do you think it s safe to train the thumb? Is once every 2 days doable? I feel like it recovers fast but i dont have that much experience yet
Extensor work like rubberband around your finger tips definitely hits the tendons, which also thicken, but also especially the pinky finger muscle, as it’s so short it’s already mostly straight and extended, where the other fingers are opening to straighten, so it’s working almost entirely the abductor.
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling got on Amazon recently a big pack of Alliance 2.5”x1/2” bands, I use after towel hangs mostly. They sell assorted widths cheap which is nice going to use on spring clamps too.
When I use to do construction for 8 yrs using wrenches screw drivers, twisting pipes and bending copper wire also to add I’d go to the gym 5 to 6 days a week my hands got big
Another tip is fingertip work. Getting in 3pt stance for football helped me. First day my fingers could not support my weight. After a while i was doing fingertip pushups with ease lol
The iron palm training will make your hands bigger, but using a cinder block is a pretty advanced place to start. A rice filled canvas bag is generally regarded as the starting point by most folks who are coming at it from a Kung fu or karate background. Anyway, great video, and cheers for being one of the only guys I’ve seen introduce folks to Wolff’s Law in a video like this. Disregard the bizarre number of negative comments here, they’re from people who enjoy having unconditioned hands. lol
I tried the hammering exercise and accidentally hammered directly on my hand. It swollen markedly and immediately became super thick
That’ll do it!
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling I'll try smashing my fingers and seeing if that'll work.
@@sargent_0 😆
A meeting of the Meatheads convention....😂
@@mikevaldez7684are you on meth?😂
My age 71yr old having working on building sites for 50yr years as a joiner and going to the gym and doing bare knuckles planks on a wooden floor I never thought about my hands
That’s because you didn’t need too.
✊
It's funny you mention that. I look at my grandfathers hands. He is 88years old now. Retired from construction trade at 76 years old. His hands are thick and hard. I've always admired it because to me, I see the years of hard work in those hands. I see sacrifice and love in those hands. Now, they don't move as well as they used to, but I appreciate what his hands did for our family.
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling
Farmers
Construction workers
Rock Climber
Gymnastics
Combat sports
Martial Arts
Strong man
Powerlifters
Olympic lifting
Kettlebell exercises
Strongman training
Picking heavy shit.
How about you just start working on repairing that fence behind you and clean up the yard instead of hammering a random board? SMH
If you want man hands just do manly shit.
Hard physical labor for long hours, over many years. My grandfather was born in the mid 1880’s, on a small farm. He started milking cows by hand twice a day, at the age of five. He milked 5-10 cows per day for the next seventy years. That man had hands and arms like Popeye. At that time in history, everything on a farm at that time required strong hands, arms, abs, and backs.
That’s a cool story, people like him are definitely a thing of the past
How thick were his wrists?
The problem is he had no brains, like meathead here. Brains matter , that's the "meaty muscle" you're sorely lacking. 😂
@@skeletorlikespotatoes7846 Why does that turn you on so much?😁
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestlingyou got soft hands brother
I very much appreciate the explanation of wolf’s theory. I’m just a fan/observer of arm wrestling since the start of 2020, but the sport as a whole is fascinating.
It’s very different from other combat/strongman sports and requires some simplicity yet nuance.
Thanks!
Isaac
Appreciate you watching my friend. And yes, armwrestling is such a cool sport
Genius Stuff. Just subscribed. Male grip strength has been dropping generation after generation and is correlated strongly with mortality. This is important
Absolutely man
You litteraly have the best video on how to get thicker fingers and hands
Thanks
Im a blacksmith by training and fabricator by work. I also have competed in grip strength and still training it now.. for sure all of those build hands, But nothing compares to direct gripwork. Heavy grippers, fat bars, vertical bars, bending nails and pinch. What i would add is a small rubber ball, size of a golf ball and squeeze it between your thumb and index finger. Great video bro! Keep it up
Thanks, will give that stuff a try. I used to train grip more , but have since slowed down with it
I have never thought of what you are showing and can already feel what you are doing. Great work!!
Appreciate ya!
honestly this is the best tutorial teaching how to grow hand's muscle
Thanks brother
Ever heard of turkish Ottoman-slap? :) Ottomans had a special unit that only trained to kill or disable a person with just one single slap! These guys were chosen and started slapping marble etc from very early age. They had massive hands. Recommend you to take a look at this interesting history, it relates to this topic :)
Good excuse to skip leg day... "...my thumbs are sore"
Legs are overrated
this video is really the best tutorial on youtube, thanks man!
Thank you, I wouldn’t lie 😆
Man i wanted to do the wolfs law with a hammer. But i dont want people at my house asking me "wtf are you doing outside"
@@ArmoredG hey, that’s the risk you have to take 🤣
This is the most bro video I have ever seen. I love it!
I wouldn’t say that haha. But thanks bro
why the negative comments. dude's just giving valuable info for free
That’s all people have better to do. I mean, they don’t have to watch lol
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling do you have any tips/ exercises that can make my FINGERS grow thicker and stronger too?
@@shitposts123 hangboard, they are for rock climbers
Very informative, thank you very much! I broke my pinky knuckle last year and the hand muscles still haven't regained their strength 100%. Those movements will really help.
Great video ! Mechanic and martial artis here and i approve of everything. And If you want really significant gains then you gotta do what the guys with the thickest hands on the planet do, which are rock-climbers and to a lesser extend farmers in 3rd world countries with no machines ... I've seen skinny rock climbers with bear paws and i've been to india and saw farmer grandmothers with hands like gorillas ... it's easy to make a workout protocol like rockclimbers without actually going rockclimbing, same goes for farming, be creative :)
Right on!
I've also noticed that breakdancers have really thick wrists and hands and they do a lot of movements with their hands flat on the ground. My younger brother has almost the same frame as i do but way thicker wrists and hands and he has been breakdancing since he was 12 years old . I am a mechanic and I do martial arts and have really hard and muscular veiny hands but my brothers hands are bigger and his wrists too. Another youtuber proved this theory right and increased his wrist size with flat-hands-on-ground exercises.
@@FreshFowkz yeah, same with gymnasts, because they walk on their hands a lot. It’s probably the constant stress being put on the palms, making all that stuff grow in the wrists
What farmer exercises would you recommend?
My dad has massive hands of steel from his job doing shoe repair all his life and hammering stuff and basically doing a lot of these exercises shown here through using his tools on the shoes. He has some lf the strongest hands I've ever seen.
That’s pretty cool man. Wouldn’t expect that type of job to make hands like that, but I can see it.
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestlinghow long did it take you to realize you were gay?😁
@@mikevaldez7684 huh
some studies have already proven that high frequency vibration can lead to bone growth. so whenever your hand absorb vibration after a hammer strike for exemple, this will lead to a slow bone growth. time and consistency.
Perfect explanation.
I dreamt of armwrestling last night, and now I wake up to this in my feed 😁
Nice informative video.
Thank you for the info 🤙
Sounds like you need to find an armwrestling club near you
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling I just started looking on armbet, messaged someone already 🤙
man this info is rare af
one of few times, i see someone say real about building hand muscles
Great Tips! The irony is that the process or work to make these two machines is actually the kind of workout you need for thicker hands and is the best. Once I asked my good friend to make me something for grip training and then I realised wait, the work he has to do to make that grip tool is actually the best type of working out for grip, thicker hands, bigger fingers....
That’s so true
My opinion (as a 20 year grip enthusiast) is it really comes down to genetics with respect to the size of your hand. I’ve smoked huge hand guys (mine are 2xl range) and have been smoked by smaller hands, as well.
You can certainly get stronger, but making your hands huge by using cheap grippers is reaching. If you’re arm wrestler or a grip guy, focus on your sport and worry less about the size of your hand as getting stronger in lifts will do more for you than this will.
Good stuff! Love this topic, keep US updated! Can you make a video showing your progress and actual measures? We could have an idea of what Is achievable with dedication and specific training.
I could, the only problem with measures is that it’s soooo small of gains. And depending on how and where you measure, it could always be a little different
Here's my experience with doing this with the hand gripper, I've trained around 1.5 months doing this 3-5 times a week depending on how my wrists feel. (I'm injured now, I have to put a pause on training lol). When washing dishes, I used to stick my hand at the bottom of the cup to clean the bottom, nowadays my hand can barely fit in the cup hahaha. My hand has gotten noticeably thicker, and stronger. Good luck with your journey and pay close attention to how your wrist and fingers feel.
Pretty soon, you will shatter that cup trying to clean it
My dude was still replaying evry comments and is really work really straight forward thank you love your video
I always reply brother. Anytime!
Love your video and Im sub to you and btw you look very different without a beard
@@randombluet-shirtguy2387 the mustache was actually my OG look. Basically iconic at this point for me 😂
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling I mean you look cool
@@randombluet-shirtguy2387 aww thanks ☺️
I once met an old man who was as small as me but had huge gorilla hands. I asked him how he got hands like that and he told me he was a bricklayer for many years.
Great video! Those different gripper techniques are gems. I can sleep happy tonight knowing that I learned something new. Thank you!
Oh great! Learn something new everyday
Strength of grip is key to health and long life. Many people judge a persons health by their handshake strength. Strong grip leads to a l9ng l8fe.
I have also read that. Indicates a strong healthy heart
..........and many people also seem to enjoy putting excessive force into a handshake for maximum effect😂. One of the strongest grips I ever met was a blacksmith with fingers like bananas and wrists as thick as many a forearm but his handshake was decidedly feminine. Some people feel the need to impress, some don't need to.
@@phils2180 I’ve noticed that as well, some of the strongest guys I’ve met have pretty weak handshakes lol. I always say a nice firm handshake, looking someone in the eyes is pretty good
Framers use Wood handles if you hammer a lot the metal and plastic reverberates and can create tendinitis in the elbow. Great content and Blessings to You and Yours!
Thanks brother
titanium is very popular too
Chopping wood with an axe gave me a great hands workout.
Yeah, that’s one of my favorite
Hi Kevin. First time watching your content and I've subbed straight away. Bone structure is super important in the sport as much as musculature so it's really handy to have knowledge such as this shared for people like myself who are only average in size all around! Cheers from the UK :)
Thanks for watching and appreciate the sub!
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This video is incredible brother. Super informative and makes a ton of sense. Going to start implementing these strategies.
Good luck in your journey
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great video, thanks kevin. great insight and simple recommendations. much appreciated
Not a problem man!
You could fix the red fence in your backyard, that would probably help too!!! 🙂
Yeah
I've was an electrician and now a mechanic and im a pretty big guy who lifts alot and stronger than average guy but on every job site or in every garage theres always a guy whos never lifted who makes me feel like a little girl when it comes to strength. Crazy how different everyone's gentics are
For sure. Genetics are a hell of a thing lol
I know, as a truck mechanic, when I smash my hand with my 4lb hammer it gets bigger. Also works on fingers and thumbs.
Like, you accidentally smashed your hand while working? Or you did it on purpose? Lol
I do hundreds of palm strikes outer edge strikes finger tip and grasping strikes on all different sized trees at home. I noticed that both the palm muscles fattened up and got more pronounced musculature. This also improved the overall flexibility of my fingers and hands in general.
This is part of my martial arts training.
Good clip love all of the machines your using it’s interesting how arm wrestlers work on way different muscle groups to everyone else.
👍🤜💪
tell me more.. just basic palm strikes to your tree? and same thing with your finger tips only??
Really nice bro, I care for forearms and hand's because it is the greatest tool that made human history without it humans would have been not here where they are now. And also subscribed bro keep on the great work
Definitely true. And thanks for the sub!
Look up the farmers walk and the suitcase walk. Farmers walk you carry two dumbbells for a short walk the suitcase you carry one. Take the long barbell start with low weight. Roll it forward roll then roll it backwards. Then place the barbell palms towards the ceiling and roll that backwards. When it hurts do more 😁. Pinch/squeeze two plates together start with two five pound plates and do hammer curls. Be careful they do want to slip so squeeze hard. There are more just look them up.
You ever do the rice bucket? Curious your thoughts, I started using it this week after seeing some convincing UA-cam videos and my forearms and hands have been getting a crazy pump from it
@@XxMichx rice bucket is good. I always felt it’s better for big forearms, not so much thicker hands
Hi Kevin mate I am from UK , been watching your vidoes especially your training vidoes,
I bought the iron mine telegraph machine, and I am loving it, I work out in the gym on my hands and forearms thanks to you Video Kindly !
It helped me with my boxing as well , I am Mike Tyson 0.5 FYI , thanks brother,
Keep making more training videos I watch it and find it soothing your voice and personality as well
@@elonworld9253 thank you so much. I’m using the Telegraph key right now
I have a pair of those cheap grippers that I can easily do 50 reps with, but the exercises you showed are difficult!!! I can't even do ten. I almost threw them away.
Good thing you kept them
My uncal and dad are carpenters, and bolth of their hands and fingers are massive
I believe it
Thanks a lot for sharing such valuable info! I was always wondering why new days boxers use the tire when Old School boxers used chopping trees with axe. Now I get the idea behind it. ;) ☼
Yes. Plus that’s good cardio too
Great video. Very interesting. Very thorough. Better for having seen it. Appreciate you bro
13:01 I’m not gonna lie I was very skeptical about this workout and thought it was waste of time but it actually works 💪 thanks Kevin ur the real MVP 🏆
@@themajesticvoice647 you’re dang right that works lol. Thanks man
I like your video
I am site carpenter
Running roofing and building business
First time I went to arm wrestling club all the lads said my fingers and wrist are mega strong for only75 kg fella
Nothing gets your fingers and wrist better then carrying roof tiles in each hand 😂😂😂😂💪
Oh I bet. The luxury of having a physical job
When I was young I helped my father do construction. Those asphalt shingles did as much for hand strength as using plates.
You can gain some size, and obviously get stronger grip. But the size of the hand is similar to the wrist.. the size and thickness depends on genetics.
Wrong. The tendons in your fingers can become thicker. That's why rock climbers have thick hands
The human body can and will adapt to literally anything. If you do the right shit, your hands and forearms will definitely grow and yes even bone composition/density can change along the way
I've been doing grip work for several years. My forearms have gotten bigger but I dont think my hands have. I have a video of my dad from when he was 16 and he had big hands even back then, he was naturally big boned.
@@nicholasstarcher3460 Your hands cannot physically grow larger, but your fingers can become thicker. Most grip work doesn't directly target the finger tendons in the same that rock climbing does.
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Yes sir
Thats why most carpenters have freakish thick hands with all that constant hammering for hours and hours. 5-7 days a week for years and years.
@@worldofwarcraftvince yep, exactly. A dude I knew who framed houses had massive forearms
I need this. Especially for my hands. Wear and tear over time it’s starting to hurt
I have been doing farmers' walks for over a year, and I noticed my hands got thicker. I stumbled on your video, and I am excited to continue improving my hands thicken. 💥💪 Thank you for sharing 💯
Man I used to have fat ass fingers and hand muscles and back then I didn’t like that who knew now I would be trying to get that back
I can confirm construction is a really good method for thicker hands, even using a driller and impact gun makes your thumbs thicker
Absolutely
That's true. You would nearly know by looking at someone's hands what they work at. Most Construction and Farming lads have big hands. I worked with an old stone Mason and christ his hands were huge. No need for the lump hammer ( almost ) 😂😂😂
Im on it! People have some strange comments. But what fell on your hand at 3:50?? Lol
I think a fly lol
Thanks Kevin great info gonna try these exercises
Good luck with them
you do legit have the thickest small hands ive ever gripped up with felt like mini denis
Haha thanks brotha
awesome man thank you for sharing that really works!!!! it specifically targets those hand muscles!...
Absolutely
I would like to point out that hitting objects does not make your bones stronger.
Wolff law mentiones that you remodel throught stress wich is correct but the only thing proven to increase bone density is actually strenght training, this is because the muscles contract to generate force and when they contract it pulls the tendons wich conect muscles and tendons and this causes bone growth and can only continue to grow stronger muscles through progressive overload wich doesn't translate into hitting things, even if you try to hit harder, your muscles will only contract as hard as your grip strength allows.
Microfractures also don't heal stronger, to summarize there are cells in your body that breakdown bone tissue and build it back called osteoclast and osteoblast, if you give yourself microfractures the osteoblast have to fix that on top of the normal damage produced by osteoclast and won't be able to keep up.
The great news here is that literally everything else you are doing does increase bone density, so regardless if you do the brick slapping or not you will end with very strong bones.
Last note in the clip you used the chinese guy had a very big hand and some might point out that thais do a lot of shin conditioning.
When you hit hard things you can create internal injuries wich as they heal can develop scar tissue wich makes the area feel bigger and stronger but is only a small layer of protection on the iniured area and wil, dissapear once it heals, but if you keep it up for long enough you can sustain the internal scar tissue wich results in the big deformed hand and the hand will be hard but you basically crippled your hand for a portion of the benefits of normal strenght training.
As for thais, strenght training, running and plyometrics are proven to increase bone density and combat sport athletes tend to do a lot of that.
Btw a plyometric exercise from traditional kung fu that is genuinely great for grip strength is grabbing a bag of sand, toss it and catch it, they also do gripping jars wich is genuinely great for finger strength.
Nah. That's rubbish mate. I have hit a bag full of ball bearings for 10 years and my bones are 30 times stronger. I can use my hands to hammer wooden posts into position like a sledgehammer with no damage
Man science is not a proven theory its just an ongoing process. You dont have to take up a pitch fork to deny people what they're working for.
That’s bad sport science or poor application of it.
It's one of the ways to make them stronger. But think about Muay Thai fighters - how do they build their dense bones...
This really is the best tutorial
Thanks man
I like those light weight ribbed grippers yo use. Who makes them? Where can I get them please and thank you
A very well made video. I really enjoyed the knowledgeable insights here and how they come out with real results.
Thanks for this info
Thanks for watching.
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling you’re welcome. I appreciate the material
The ultimate grip str/hand conditioning content 👊🏻
Thanks for watching my man
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Having thick hard hands do some chainlink cutting with regular pliers! Also nail bending the last thing for thickness would be grippers
That chain link cutting sounds good
lol. This was funny. I was looking for you lol. I was like “where is this guy at?”
Thank you, Kevin..your video really helped a lot!
Awesome. Glad to hear!!!
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling 🙏🙏
This is probably the best video I've seen. Do you know much HGH one has to use and how often?
@@BornIntoTheGrave no idea. That’s above my knowledge.
10 IU’s a day
Very interesting video. I’ve never considered how many different ways you can work your hands out
For sure. Thousands of ways, just a matter of how dumb you wanna look doing some of them haha
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling I work a pretty hard blue collar job and have for a long time. I’ve often wondered why some of the other guys have thicker hands. Genetics must have something to do with it I guess? Hand muscles are sore lots of times too after extra difficult shifts. I think I’ll try some of the variations you showed for how to use a hand gripper
@@davidianson1182 genetics always play a factor, but I’ve been around construction too and some guys just have some absolute bear paws
How to destroy all the hands at church on Sunday morning 😂
Thanks, I'm glad I found such good exercises in this video
Awesome!
I somewhere read that using lighter grippers and more repetition is going to increase the size of the tendons and ligaments. As the fingers are made of bones and tendons this kind of training should make your fingers thicker. Whats your opinion on that and or do you have other advices for making also your fingers thicker?
I think that pinch machine can make the fingers thicker. Just using regular grippers I don’t think will make them thicker. Hangboard training can make them thicker
Great information bro, also incorporate pushups on your fingertips, knuckles, wrists and forearms only if you know how 👍
Yes sir!
I work for a living. I move 20-30,000 pounds a day. Have for 25 years. Get paid to do it too. No need for a gym or exercise equipment.
Lucky man
Ive heard that too, and when it comes to performance based training and tasks, manual labor doesnt touch deadlifts, pullups, running, rucking, or squatting. And all the old men who say what youre saying, are broke bodies and have underdeveloped muscles and compound physical problems. They also did manual labor and moved a ton of a weight daily. But the ol boys who did manual labor and lifted weights, still going strong.
@@channeellll7623 I eat healthy. No fast food. No alcohol. No smoking or drinking whatsoever. I'm 5'9 186 lbs. 47 years old, and going strong. I try to hit the gym when I can, and I'll take your advice and hit the gym harder and more often without injuring myself. Thanks
Its funny. Since I turned 18 and started working jobs and interacting with the real world, I became observant and would look at a person's hands, especially their palms if visible, to see if they're calloused and/or thickly developed. I've always been fascinated with strong men who wore these badges of honor and I know that they are usually not to be messed with.
Absolutely! Now go get some of your own
The direct and indirect impact theory is very easy to debunk and discard. Boxers have the highest rate of both direct and indirect impact and their hands are all very small and frale and fragile. Don't nobody go mentioning superheavyweight boxers. The theory would work on all the tiny guys if it was true. 90% of boxing is tiny guys under 175lbs
Punching a bag with gloves on probably just ain’t cutting it.
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling pros use wraps only and have over 950lbs per square inch of punching power. I think that'll do. Their heavy bags have almost no give. Now time to smoke a joint and shoot some test suspension into my thumb
Theoretically speaking their elbows and wrists should be massive and are not. My neighbor has been a carpenter for 40 years and his hands are tiny. Genetics are number 1. Hamd specific training is number 2 and growth hormones is number 3. Nuff said
@@Savagetripper thabks for the input
Their bone density is unreal. Thanks man!
Good training for Iron palm my dear friend .
Yes. I’ve actually never done iron palm personally. I know there is a correct way to do it to avoid injury
Remember to wear ear and eye protection depending on what you're hitting with a hammer
Yeah, rock chunks In the eye wouldn’t be good
Thorough video man. Would you mind sharing an Amazon link to a basic hand gripper that you would use? Like the one you used in the beginning of the video
I will start to smash my hands on a bag filled with peas / rice / gravel for a few months and report back, my hands are insanely small and I don't like it.
@@CanariasCanariass that’s not the best method, unless you really do your research on iron palm
Hello Kevin, I'm 14 years old and i want to become a competetor in arm wrestling one day, my question was how long would it take to get a noticable difference of size hitting agains a hard object? Looking forward for a reply!
@@heromurati2846 I’ve never done that method personally. But I would think within a year you would see a difference
Take that hammer and wood and fix that fence.
lmaooo
Great video, I just wanted to share an idea to train the "tough skin" honorable mention you said at the end of the video:
I found a really shitty off-brand gripper, like a knock-off of Captains of Crush. The metal knurling felt like goddamn shards of glass. Way more rough than normal knurling on a barbell or other grippers. I thought this was just a moment of "damn, these have terrible quality," but I was wrong. Using these daily made my entire palm feel like leather. Just hurt like hell for the first week or so. Just an idea!
Hmm that’s interesting, but definitely sounds like your hands adapted to it
I have cheap Chinese grippers too and their rough too
Really nice video
Thanks
I spent my teens chopping wood and woodworking from scratch as a silly little hobby. I'm in my twenties now and my hands are still very solid despite me being rather skinny.
I chopped wood a lot during high school and still do it time to time. Love it!
Hey kevin, how often do you think it s safe to train the thumb? Is once every 2 days doable? I feel like it recovers fast but i dont have that much experience yet
@@MrStinkels if they are not sore, train them. If they are sore, don’t train them
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling💯
hey dude..
make a video on diet ,
increasing growth hormones and increasing testrostone .
I’ll keep it in mind, those are all good topics
This basically hits my hands in the weakest areas!
Extensor work like rubberband around your finger tips definitely hits the tendons, which also thicken, but also especially the pinky finger muscle, as it’s so short it’s already mostly straight and extended, where the other fingers are opening to straighten, so it’s working almost entirely the abductor.
I love doing rubber bands like that
@@KevinPalkoArmwrestling got on Amazon recently a big pack of Alliance 2.5”x1/2” bands, I use after towel hangs mostly. They sell assorted widths cheap which is nice going to use on spring clamps too.
I really need this because I want a big hand
Everyone should want big hand
Thank you💪
Excellent advice..
have a friend in his 80s who used to be a sailor, his muscles on the top is insanely huge
That’s awesome
pulling rope every day :]
@@agnidas5816 for sure
When I use to do construction for 8 yrs using wrenches screw drivers, twisting pipes and bending copper wire also to add I’d go to the gym 5 to 6 days a week my hands got big
I believe it!
Brother let's arm wrestle!! ❤🇬🇧
I’m always down.
Impressive some ways and forms i havent though about before
If you do heavy manual labour from a very young age , you will end up with shovels . HONESTLY 🖐 😂😂
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Another tip is fingertip work. Getting in 3pt stance for football helped me. First day my fingers could not support my weight. After a while i was doing fingertip pushups with ease lol
Nice!
Why the lol?
@@Pepe-pq3om I guess it’s funny that his fingers got stronger 🤷🏻♂️
@@Pepe-pq3om laughing at the memory of how painful that process was...
The iron palm training will make your hands bigger, but using a cinder block is a pretty advanced place to start. A rice filled canvas bag is generally regarded as the starting point by most folks who are coming at it from a Kung fu or karate background. Anyway, great video, and cheers for being one of the only guys I’ve seen introduce folks to Wolff’s Law in a video like this. Disregard the bizarre number of negative comments here, they’re from people who enjoy having unconditioned hands. lol