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Nov 3, 2026
Ben RogersHOST
No,
Tom RogersHOST
it's just a good overall measure of strength is your grip strength.
Ben RogersHOST
So when you say Bryson doesn't have a good grip strength, you're not telling him, hey, you need to go work on the grip.
Tom RogersHOST
No, don't get one of those grip things that you exercise.
Tom RogersHOST
Just do squats.
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Tom RogersHOST
But certainly Finbinazole, if that's what you can get, is great, too.
Tom RogersHOST
We use it all the time.
Ben RogersHOST
um all right thank you monica for that uh see where we're if i'm missing anybody if you guys got a question for doc go ahead and put it in the comments uh health for purpose uh talking about uh farmer's carries for grip strength that's that's amazing i think farmer's carries are really good and i never think about doing them you know you always want to
Christin GloriosoGUEST
And it's six months to become younger on all of these metrics.
Christin GloriosoGUEST
Oh, and Functional Age, so Sit to Stand, Grip Strength, VO2 Max.
Christin GloriosoGUEST
And Younger is both a competition, but it's also a scientific study.
Christin GloriosoGUEST
So we're all of it is under IRB and we're publishing a paper with professors from Harvard and Yale and Stanford on what people did to become younger and what the aging clocks can measure and also public health projects.
HayesHOST
Yeah.
HayesHOST
I'm curious, can you kind of speak to the role of grip strength as it applies to speed and whether or not someone should,
Sasho MacKenzieGUEST
yeah,
HayesHOST
I'm curious, like, should I train for grip strength? I mean, recognizing that grip pressure is a bad idea for the, for trying to get faster, but if I can use less effort to apply the same amount of grip pressure, cause I got my grip stronger, am I going to get
MattHOST
faster?
HayesHOST
Can you kind of speak to that dynamic a little bit?
Sasho MacKenzieGUEST
Yeah, so I just finished, this has been last winter, finished a study looking at grip pressure in the golf swing and also grip strength.
Sasho MacKenzieGUEST
And I'll try to summarize it like this.
speaker_2HOST
These guys have been doing it since two years old in MMA training, basically, with Sambo.
speaker_2HOST
Inbreeding gives you stronger grip strength, guys.
speaker_2HOST
Listen, I got held hostage by a kid with Down syndrome when I was nine years old in Cornwall.
speaker_2HOST
And before I said Cornwall, if you're from the UK, you know that's where this went down.
speaker_2HOST
It is different.
speaker_2HOST
It's special grip that they have.
speaker_2HOST
Different grip strength, man.
speaker_2HOST
I got held in wrist control by a kid who took a liking to me while we were playing team pool.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
So number one's your VO2 max, building that engine to be able to take things on.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
And then number two would be your grip strength.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
And this is another massive study across 17 different countries.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
They found a significant ratio of 1.16 for every 5 kilograms reduction in grip strength.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
That added significant hazard.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
So grip strength isn't magic.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
It reflects how much functional muscle you have overall.
Cade ArchibaldHOST
So, you know, think about, you know, muscle.
Steven MuellerGUEST
I've just been spending a lot of time researching this and learning about it, but the science would tell you that is one of the best ways to get your VO2 max higher.
Steven MuellerGUEST
VO2 max and grip strength are probably the two biggest indicators of health and longevity.
Steven MuellerGUEST
I do it for cardiovascular fitness and as well as it's an endorphin rush then for six, eight hours afterwards.
Blain DuesingHOST
Yeah.
Steven MuellerGUEST
It's horrible in a good way.
John D’AmbrosioHOST
Good.
John D’AmbrosioHOST
And I want to touch on grip strength because I think that's important.
John D’AmbrosioHOST
You know, Blaine and I have been kind of batting this around with another friend, also Steve, who was talking about grip strength.
David Emerson FrostGUEST
How many sit to rises can I do in a period of time? That's number one.
David Emerson FrostGUEST
Number two, if she's an aggressive Decent Deb, s- hey, Dave, what are some functional tests for men and women to do? One is grip strength.
David Emerson FrostGUEST
There's a very, I think, a very strong correlation between-
Philip PapeHOST
Mm-hmm
David Emerson FrostGUEST
... grip strength and longevity.
David Emerson FrostGUEST
If Debbie's interested in correlation, she's gonna work on grip strength, not only to open the peanut butter jar, but also because clinicians say that helps.
David Emerson FrostGUEST
That's a determinant for longevity.
David Emerson FrostGUEST
So what are ways to increase your grip strength? Well, get a little grip strength device.
Doireann GarrihyHOST
From 10,000 steps, to grip strength, to how easily you can stand from a chair position, we are bombarded by fitness signs and rules that we feel like we should maybe try or follow.
Doireann GarrihyHOST
But which ones are actually worth paying attention to? And how can you tell if you're getting enough exercise? Physiotherapist Aisling Frawley is here to help us with the clarity around all this.
Doireann GarrihyHOST
Am I right? Well, how overwhelming.
Doireann GarrihyHOST
Very
Aisling FrawleyGUEST
lovely.
Doireann GarrihyHOST
What about grip strength then? Why is this often looked at as a marker of overall strength? And can it really tell you about a person's strength and explain what it is? Is it literally just your grip?
Aisling FrawleyGUEST
Yeah, it's literally just your grip.
Aisling FrawleyGUEST
Like how, I suppose, closed fist, how long can you hold it for at the tightest possible? So anywhere, we look at it from kind of 15 to 30 seconds.
BillyHOST
So here's another one here.
BillyHOST
I found this interesting study links, lower grip strength, the higher depression race risks.
BillyHOST
I remember going into my, well, here's why I'm bringing it up, son.
BillyHOST
I went to my chiropractor a couple of years ago and I was having problems with everything on my left side, not everything, but it was like every problem I had was on my left side.
BillyHOST
So, folks, be thinking about that.
BillyHOST
So, you were going to say something?
WilliamHOST
Yeah, I want to know who, like, what was the thought process in conducting this study? Like, how did they come up with the, like, you know, we should test out these people's grip strength and see if it correlates with depression or not.
BillyHOST
I wonder
Matt BennettHOST
We will examine a study linking periodontal disease severity to autonomic imbalance.
Matt BennettHOST
We will look at the relationship between handgrip strength and cardiac autonomic neuropathy in type two diabetes.
Matt BennettHOST
And we will close with a study that is placing nonlinear HRV analysis at the center of a clinically urgent question: How do you distinguish long COVID from depressive disorders in young people when the symptoms overlap so substantially? Before we get into the first paper, let me offer a brief grounding in what we mean by HRV, heart rate variability, for any listeners who are newer to the topic.
Matt BennettHOST
Your heart does not beat like a metronome.
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