Develop Strong Fingers

There are a number of ways to develop finger strength without any equipment at all. Here are some of my faves:

Finger grip chin ups - You do standard chin ups but by changing your grip, you put a lot of focus on the fingers. Notice the grip!

Finger Meld -As you do these, push HARD and breathe DEEP.

Fingertip Pushups are excellent. You can do them as actual pushups or hold as an isometric exercise.

Use the fingertip pushups when your fingers are straight at first. If you can, do them with your hands in the "claw" position. This is very difficult to do at first, so to practice your "claw" strength, get into a shaolin stretch (kiss-your-toes), and use your claw hands for balance. Put as much weight as you can on your claw hands.

Pinch Gripping is another great way to build finger strength. Grip anything at all like a coffee table, a baseball, whatever, and just squeeze the heck out of it for as long as you can. No picture is necessary for this.

After every finger exercise, including the pinch grip, bring blood circulation back into your fingers with an open-close movement. On the open part, get your fingers as widely stretched out as possible. You are still working out! You can do these as an endurance exercise for the fingers all on their own.