Whether You Want a Bigger Bench Press, a Stronger Deadlift, or Simply to Double The Amount of Pull Ups You Can Do in One Set – The Tip You’re About to Discover WILL Help You to Do it…

By Adam Armstrong

Whenever somebody promises you something ‘instantly’ – you’d be wise to be skeptical.

Instant money…

Instant fat loss…

Instantly better looking to members of the opposite sex.

Whatever.

Whenever someone says ‘instantly’ – it’s usually BS.

However, not in this case. You see, what I’m about to share with you is a SECRET to INSTANTLY increasing your STRENGTH – the very next time you set foot in the gym.

Strength is In Your Grip and Abs…

I first learned this secret to ‘instant strength gains’ from Pavel Tsatsouline. And, if my memory serves me correctly, I believe it was in his best-selling book Power To The People.

Pavel explained that the FASTEST, and EASIEST way to increase your strength is simply to increase your Grip Strength and Abdominal (mid-section) Strength.

Here’s how you do it…

On every rep, of every exercise you do in the gym, SQUEEZE your Grip as HARD as you can. And, tense your ABS as hard as possible.

That’s it.

Grip as HARD as you can.

TENSE your Abs as HARD as possible.

You will be instantly stronger!

Here’s Proof This ‘Instant Strength Technique’ Works:

Find a willing friend to conduct a little ‘experiment’ on.

Ask him to give you his hand, and shake it as HARD as you can. But, only TENSE your HAND. The rest of your body, from your wrist upwards, should remain relaxed.

Take note of how much FORCE you are able to generate in your grip (not a lot) – and how much PAIN he appears to be in (probably not much).

Next, repeat the experiment, following these guidelines:

• Grip your buddy’s hand

• Root your feet into the floor as hard as possible

• Flex your calves and quads

• Tense your gluts (as if trying to crack a walnut)

• Brace your abs (as if preparing to take a punch to the mid-section)

• Tense your lats (the muscles under your armpits)

• Flex your biceps

Feel your body…

Rooted. Connected. Working as a unit.

Ready to display it’s full force.

Finally…

Squeeze your hand as hard as possible, while still doing all the points above.

Your buddy’s FACE will show how much STRONGER you just became – as he grimaces in pain! That’s the power of a ‘connected’ body, working as one.

It gives you instant strength gains.

Now, the bit about ‘squeezing your grip as hard as possible’ is self-explanatory. Just grip the Barbell/Dumbell/Kettlebell etc as HARD as you can, whenever you are doing your resistance training.

The bit about ‘tensing your abs’ is confusing to many people.

Allow me to explain:

How To Correctly Tense Your Abs as Hard as Possible…

Many people have been told to ‘suck their belly button into their spine’ when strength training. But, this is dreadful advice, and won’t make you STRONGER.

The correct way to use your ABS when strength training is to BRACE them as if you were going to take a punch to your mid-section.

Do that, as well as tensing your grip as hard as possible, and, you will experience INSTANT strength gains.

The reason is do with something called:

‘The Law of Irradiation’

The Law of Irradiation states that when one muscle group TENSES as hard as possible, all the muscles around it tense as hard as possible too.

So, think about how this works when you GRIP as HARD as you can, and brace your ABS as hard as you can…

Your grip is generating maximum force… which triggers your forearms to do the same, then your upper arms, shoulders and so on.

At the same time, your mid-section/abs are ‘switched on’, braced HARD, and generating maximum force, which causes your chest to do the same, and your back, and your gluts, and your upper legs, and your lower legs and so on.

The Law of Irradiation is really they key to INSTANT STRENGTH.

And, the simplest way to tap into The Law of Irradiation is to focus on tensing your Grip as hard as you can, and bracing your mid-section as hard as you can, on every rep, of every exercise you do in the gym.

Here Are Some Examples of How a Hard Grip + Tense Abs = INSTANT Strength…

On The Bench Press:

Gripping the Bar as hard as you can, really engages your triceps, shoulders and chest muscles to fire as HARD as possible.

Bracing your mid-section hard, while Bench Pressing, helps you to drive your feet into the ground, and avoid any ‘Strength Leakages’.

The result?

Instant Strength.

When Doing Barbell Curls:

Squeezing the bar as hard as possible causes your Biceps to flex as HARD as possible. Helping you lift more weight.

Bracing your mid-section/abs, helps you to avoid leaning back and ‘cheating the weight up’ (which reduces the effectiveness of the exercise, and increases your risk of a LOWER BACK injury).

When Deadlifting:

You had better squeeze the bar as HARD as you can, when deadlifting, otherwise you won’t be able to hold onto it (once you get reasonably strong, and you’re lifting weights near your max).

Bracing your mid-section when deadlifting is insanely important. Maybe more so than on any other exercise – because it helps you to avoid lower back injury.

I could go on, but, I think you get the idea…
A ‘White Knuckle’ Grip + a Braced Mid-Section = Instant Strength Gains (plus… better technique and lower risk of injury).