arms resting on armrest with wrists just over the end of the chair’s arm, thumb facing upwards.use same chair with arms for each reading.I am monitoring my grip strength weekly using a hand dynamometer following a standardised measuring technique. In terms of level 10 which corresponds to Captains of Crush 4, I think only 2 men have ever closed the gripper and no women ever have – so we are talking superhuman strength at this end of the scale. From level 5 it is probably an exponential strength scale. Most people will not exceed level 5 (Strong – top 10% performance). I’m using strength statistics from the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy to split grip strength recordings into percentiles and then the standard Captains of Crush levels to further split strength feats in the top 10%. This Google Sheets grip strength monitoring template can be used by anyone to record grip strength progression and includes performance metrics for males and females from 18 years and up. So for my latest experiment, I’ve started a program of grip strengthening which of course requires a spreadsheet to monitor grip strength progress over the coming months. They just aren’t strong enough for a day of crutch walking or heavy duty dip work, such as that required to get me out of the bath without use of my left leg. Since I broke my ankle late last year, I have been relying on my wrists a lot more than usual to support my daily activities and I have come to see them as my latest achilles heel in my resilience journey.
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