How to Test if You're Strong or Weak | Dr. Andy Galpin

I discuss the strength benchmarks for men and women, emphasizing the significance of grip strength as an indicator of overall health and its role in reducing risks of sarcopenia and dementia.

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[afterdarkstudios]

One thing I thinks important when you further expand on grip strength is how sports that specifically train grip relate to the general sentiment. I’ve heard that really grip is a proxy to overall muscle strength/mass/active lifestyle and that’s really what grip is a proxy to, not necessarily that if you just train grip you’ll live longer.. which I think some people conclude. Just clarify that. I say this bc I’m a rock climber, and rock climbers usually are just skinny, tall and have a good grip Strength to weight ratio, not that they’re going to live to 100. Gymnastics is another good sport to compare to.

[speedo]

very interesting. i;m an 82 yr.old exercise and sport science professional, retired. i've been a health focused person since 4th grade. i've competed at the national level in masters track and swimming, coached several l sports at the high school and college level. your data was meaningful because i was at those levels until about7 yrs.ago. i work with adults and seniors in personaltraining and my focus has been on strength. this grip strength theory has me interested. i do believe i have very good grip strength since i can dead hang for 2 minutes. i enjoyed your research.

[masterchief]

Yup, we need more discussion on grip strength.

[karimi]

Your ability to distinguish noise from signal in academic knowledge and research findings is very good. You have done the homework and telling us what matters the most so we dont have to wander around.
We really appreciate you sharing your hard earned wisdom. Before finding your podcast, i used to try to do my own research and boy it takes time and i am not going to live long enough to be able to do all this homework. Thank you

[xKarenWalkerx]

Andy, we value your content and highly appreciate it. Keep up the good work!! 🎉🎉

[micker]

Low grip strength is a predictor and symptom of the disease, not the reason they got the disease. Improving your grip strength will NOT reduce your risk, it just means you are probably healthy now. Improving your grip strength, will help you grip better, that is all lol.

[maciejguzek]

The 'leg press' seems pretty impossible to compare since there are different machines with different angles and settings, I see people here in the comments boasting their results, which may or may not be good 😅

[kicksnarehat]

Weak :( but getting stronger every day!! 💪

[crud]

Can you have a podcast for Seniors women to maintain strength as you age beyond 60's to maintain body strength & health PLEASE! Not enough info for Senios out their that is RELIABLE or ACCURATE...we need your advice too!

[WarrenRedlich]

I just started watching. Suggest you put those targets in age categories because as I approach 60 and only started training 3 years ago, I don't expect to get to my body weight in bench press.

[JohnHarrerHorses]

Grip strength is challenging because of Dupitrins (sp) or trigger finger. It gets worse for me when I try to improve grip strength.

[nygeek]

Grip strength is a proxy for PAD (peripheral arterial disease.) decreased circulation to your periphery (which decreases before central) is a direct sign of atherosclerosis

[scotchbarrel]

Fantastic, ill keep working on strength over muscle mass, thanks Doc 👊😎

[flyin_lion]

Some numbers for the backsquat would be nice!

Like many people already noticed:
you can´t compare the leg press, because you canˋt compare the different leg press machines.

[shreyam]

Any non equipment grip test measure. Like hangs, weight holds etc. Its cheap but have no equipment makes it easier sometimes.

[matusjurcik]

leg press??? My man u wont find 2 legpresses that behave the same way in gyms. 220kg on one can be 250-300kg on another one and via versa.

[ronsample]

Might want to make this more "age" relevant. I have arthritic shoulders, I can't do bench, but I can still do 50 pushups at once at age 70.

[kjeglmangle]

Hi Andy.
Are there an alternative to testing grip strength? Can hang time from a bar with one or two handed grip tell you something? I know body weight would impact this a lot, so maybe need adjustment for that?
Thanks.

[GreatWhite]

Im 53, could prob do 1:1 on bench press but been having wrist issues.
4 or 5 to 1 on leg press.
Grip strength elite for holding 1/2 body weight in each hand for 2 min 10 my best time so far.

[BluegillGreg]

Attributing dementia to low grip strength is metaphorically putting the cart before the horse. It's unlikely that low grip strength causes dementia. It is much more likely that the neural degradation of dementia causes decreased grip strength.