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First XV Coach Cast Episode 19- Grip Strength and Longevity
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On this Coach Cast, I talk the science and misconceptions behind the link between grip strength and longevity. I talk about what the real connection is between the two. I hope to remind us why staying strong — and consistent — is one of the best investments in your future.
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Transcript
Introduction
00:00:01
Jarrod Dyke
Hello again, everyone. Welcome back to the First 15 Coachcast. ah I'm Jared Dyke. If you haven been around for a little bit, I've been doing this for about a
Podcast Focus and Personal Insights
00:00:10
Jarrod Dyke
year now. It's just going to be a quick little blur of 10, 15 minutes at most about things that are going on the fitness industry, things that I've experienced recently, things that I've talked with people about recently, so on and so forth.
00:00:23
Jarrod Dyke
So today going to be a little bit about a little bit science, little bit explanation, more or less, and personal experience type of stuff.
Grip Strength and Longevity
00:00:34
Jarrod Dyke
So i was having a conversation with a client the other day, and there has been research and it's been mentioned several times actually in our gym, ah talking about the correlation between um your grip strength and longevity.
00:00:53
Jarrod Dyke
Now correlation is the key is the word there. This is not cause and effect. it mean it What it means is people that have a better grip strength, a stronger grip, tend to have longer lives.
00:01:10
Jarrod Dyke
Now, that is not ah does not mean you get up and you go find one of those squeeze bars there, or whatever the hell they are, those grippers. Don't do that. That's not what it means. It means you don't just do that and you're you're good. that's That's not what we're talking about here.
00:01:26
Jarrod Dyke
That is going to do you. just Just short of nothing. Just short of nothing. What it what it is taught what we're talking about with this is the grip strength. It's the stuff that causes the grip strength to be to be strong that's going to equal the longevity here.
Benefits of Heavy Lifting
00:01:45
Jarrod Dyke
So what are you what are you doing? So for, and for of course, from my observation point and from many coaches' observation points, grip strength is going to be mean that you are picking up something heavy A lot probably.
00:02:00
Jarrod Dyke
And that can be heavy deadlifts, RDLs, just dumbbell rows, anything like that. Also carries. Anything of that sort. and or Or anything. It just means generally you're going to be active is what it really equals.
00:02:15
Jarrod Dyke
Also tends to be, grip strength tends to get developed if you're into things like rock climbing and bouldering. Good activity, good exercise. you do if you do it frequently,
00:02:27
Jarrod Dyke
yeah It's going to help you live a longer life. And that's really the the the key here. Don't. And anytime there's something that says correlates and not cause and effect.
00:02:40
Jarrod Dyke
you know. Is caused by. Anything like that is what you're really looking for.
Essential Elements for Longevity
00:02:45
Jarrod Dyke
The correlation just means, yeah. Most people that have stronger grip strength. Means that they're going to live a little bit longer. And it's from these things. It's from having a good.
00:02:57
Jarrod Dyke
exercise routine and yeah it means weights sorry to say it's there other forms of activity are fine and they will move the needle for a lot of people and there's and i'm not saying that nothing else will uh that nothing besides strength training will but there is more and more evidence coming out if you have muscle mass on you when you're older you have less problems and obviously Having muscle mass also means hopefully that you're doing few other things. And one of them being obviously water, ah drinking all the, properly yeah, hydrating properly. The other one being proper sleep. You know, that forta four to five hours ain't going to cut it. And I understand parent if you're a parent, you're not there in in a space where that's possible sometimes. So I'm not talking to you.
00:03:50
Jarrod Dyke
You're going to get out of that eventually. that's not That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about on average, if that's what you're getting every week, especially if you're an older adult, forget it. That's not going to help you at all. You got to start going to bed earlier or finding ways to um de-stress yourself before you go to bed, whatever it is that's causing you to be up later.
Strength Training Advantages
00:04:10
Jarrod Dyke
So that's what that's what we're looking at there. And then yes, proper intake, proper protein and and diet, you know, the the nutrition, it's going to be ah huge element. So what which which is why i always am one to just push the strength training because Those three things need to be taken care of naturally for you to recover from a strength training session, especially one that you've pushed yourself properly. And I'm all for easy training, trust me.
00:04:35
Jarrod Dyke
But even then, you still gonna you still got to feed the tank and you got to fuel that engine. There's no way around it. So you're going to have to make sure that you're properly hydrated and make sure that you're properly fed.
00:04:46
Jarrod Dyke
And for me personally, i usually sleep better the days I train. And i I have not gotten myself into a point where I'm training every day. But I can tell you for a fact, the days I train are the days I sleep the best.
00:05:00
Jarrod Dyke
And yeah cardio throw that cardio element into it and yep, it hits pillow and I am gone until my son wakes me up the next morning. So that's how that works.
00:05:11
Jarrod Dyke
For most people at least. And there's some there is always some nuance to all this. There's always a little bit of, know, it depends. So let's just make sure we understand that.
Understanding Correlation vs. Causation
00:05:22
Jarrod Dyke
But for the most part, when we're talking about these studies that are coming out, there's these articles that are coming out, these things that are being announced from the scientific community.
00:05:35
Jarrod Dyke
Just remember there's, there's correlation and there's caught then it's cause and effect and there is a difference. And if it's correlated, then you need to understand what, what it is about in this case, the forearm strength that is going to cause the longevity. It's not the forearm strength itself.
00:05:51
Jarrod Dyke
It's not, it's, it is all these other things we're talking about the training, you know, potentially doing something like rock climbing, anything like that. ah the That's what we're looking at here. We're not looking at anything much deeper than that, but it's, we're also not looking at just the grip strength. It's what causes it. What causes that grip strength is really what you need to
Conclusion
00:06:11
Jarrod Dyke
dig into. So that's a little bit for today. It's nice, short, and sweet.
00:06:14
Jarrod Dyke
I appreciate everyone that hangs out and listens to me and, and bears with me while I'm doing this. um I'll try and be back next week. Thanks a lot for our listening. Have a good one, everyone.