Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. In our month-long ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Grip strength is a measure of how tightly you can hold onto an object in your hand and how long you can ...

Weight-lifting aficionados will talk your ear off about grip strength – that building up one’s biceps and triceps is worthless without adding strength to your fingers, wrists and forearms. Even if you ...

If you are looking for a way to improve your grip when training you may be interested in the new Quad Ultra gym hand grips by Velites, designed to provide improved grip without the need for chalk. The ...

Our hands go through so much. From the moment we wake until we turn into bed, they’re in play, spooning breakfast cereal into mouths, smoothing hair, grappling for Oyster cards, tap, tap tapping away ...

If you need help using the latest smartphone app, ask a Millennial. If you need help opening a jar, you might want to turn elsewhere. Young adults in the United States are losing their grips, a recent ...

Better hand grip strength may be associated with cardiac functions and structures that help reduce the risk of cardiovascular incidents, according to a new study. Better hand grip strength may be ...

Having a good grip comes in handy not just for shaking hands, but doing many tasks required of military and special-ops personnel. Here is a recent email asking about improving grip for exercises that ...