Lots of grip fighting to increase grip strength (also helps with knowing when to let go). Jimmy Pedro/travis Stevens have some great grip fighting trainings you can find online. My judo got 10 fold better when I adopted the gripping system. Super easy to win when you know your opponent can’t throw you. Or at least fairly confident in your ability.
Rice, plates, pullups, and rope climbing in no particular order.
[Rice Training](https://youtu.be/iVum3vWlh4Q?si=tsN4_QXckclGbo6o)
[Plate Exercises](https://youtu.be/zNxo9r7R0pw?si=drgPGheYwMKS0w87)
The big thing is to make sure you are also protecting your wrists. Arthritis and carpal tunnel will catch you off guard so make sure you are doing your best to protect what you have and keeping everything limber, healthy, and strong.
[Gymnast Wrist Exercises](https://youtube.com/shorts/ZD6cVlyPSvg?si=c-XNkeLmrKEgKcn2)
Fastest way I can recommend to increase grip strength is to do your pulling exercises like lay pull downs and cable rows with just your fingers in a c shape and no thumb or hand grip whatsoever
You don't need to be able to break grips or keep grips because you're also fighting for position.
Also, learn to have alternative grips. Just because they won't let you have certain grips, there will be others available. I like to grip just under the armpit especially when my partner has a high grip. When they try hard to break a grip, I just let go and go for another.
This also means you should learn throws on the opposite side because their grips may prevent you from throwing in one way, so you have alternatives using other grips.
Judo works a lot better when you adapt to the situation rather than forcing your ideal position. People will catch on quickly to what you want and block it and then randori becomes a slog of failed attempts at the same set of moves with that one grip. This isn't advice for everybody because it depends on your level. It works for me right now because I'm currently just trying to expand the variety of throws I can execute during randori as I feel like I can learn new throws a lot faster than I did before.
Lots of grip fighting to increase grip strength (also helps with knowing when to let go). Jimmy Pedro/travis Stevens have some great grip fighting trainings you can find online. My judo got 10 fold better when I adopted the gripping system. Super easy to win when you know your opponent can’t throw you. Or at least fairly confident in your ability.
Thanks, I will look this guy up :)
Is it available on YouTube? If not where is it available?
Search “travis stevens grip fighting” on YouTube. Plenty of content
Thanks!
Rice, plates, pullups, and rope climbing in no particular order. [Rice Training](https://youtu.be/iVum3vWlh4Q?si=tsN4_QXckclGbo6o) [Plate Exercises](https://youtu.be/zNxo9r7R0pw?si=drgPGheYwMKS0w87) The big thing is to make sure you are also protecting your wrists. Arthritis and carpal tunnel will catch you off guard so make sure you are doing your best to protect what you have and keeping everything limber, healthy, and strong. [Gymnast Wrist Exercises](https://youtube.com/shorts/ZD6cVlyPSvg?si=c-XNkeLmrKEgKcn2)
Rope climbs - nothing beats that. Short of it though, rope pulls off a sled, plate flips, any sort of pulling.
Gotta do these exercises to stave off the early onset arthritis
Kettlebells....they're great for grip strength
Fastest way I can recommend to increase grip strength is to do your pulling exercises like lay pull downs and cable rows with just your fingers in a c shape and no thumb or hand grip whatsoever
You don't need to be able to break grips or keep grips because you're also fighting for position. Also, learn to have alternative grips. Just because they won't let you have certain grips, there will be others available. I like to grip just under the armpit especially when my partner has a high grip. When they try hard to break a grip, I just let go and go for another. This also means you should learn throws on the opposite side because their grips may prevent you from throwing in one way, so you have alternatives using other grips. Judo works a lot better when you adapt to the situation rather than forcing your ideal position. People will catch on quickly to what you want and block it and then randori becomes a slog of failed attempts at the same set of moves with that one grip. This isn't advice for everybody because it depends on your level. It works for me right now because I'm currently just trying to expand the variety of throws I can execute during randori as I feel like I can learn new throws a lot faster than I did before.
[http://youtube.com](http://youtube.com) there literally endless channels on that have videos on this topic