Get A Grip
Why Your Hands Are Holding You Back
Most strength plateaus aren’t caused by weak muscles; they’re caused by a weak connection.
Your hands are the gatekeeper between effort and results, and when they fail, everything else gets limited.
This book shows you why that happens and how fixing one overlooked system can change your training fast.
Why should I even worry about grip strength?
Most people feel this problem long before they understand it.
They train hard, follow smart programs, and still hit the same ceilings. The bar slips, reps slow down for no clear reason, and strength disappears under fatigue or pressure. Nothing feels “wrong”, yet progress refuses to move.
And that’s the frustrating part: it doesn’t look like a grip problem. It looks like a strength problem… until you know what to look for..
And That's When It Hit Me...
Most people don’t have a strength problem.
They have a connection problem.
They keep chasing bigger muscles, better programs, and more volume, while ignoring the one system that determines whether any of that strength can actually be used.
When I stopped guessing and started treating my hands like the gatekeeper they are, everything else finally had somewhere to go. Strength didn’t magically appear, it was finally allowed to show up.
That realization changed how I trained, how I tested progress, and how I thought about strength altogether. And once that link was fixed, progress stopped feeling random.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
If you train hard, care about real strength, and feel like something small is holding you back, this was written for you.
- Weightlifters who train consistently but feel stuck
- Weekend lifters who care about real-world strength
- Dads who want to stay capable and injury-resistant
- Strongman and strength sport athletes
- Rock climbers and grip-dependent athletes
- Wrestlers, grapplers, and combat athletes
- Gym-goers who want strength that transfers outside the gym
This Book Is For You!
If you train hard but your strength keeps falling apart under real load, this book is for you.
If gym numbers look decent but don’t transfer to heavy carries, long sets, or real-world tasks, you’re not weak, you’re misdiagnosing the problem.
This book shows you what’s actually holding you back and how fixing one overlooked system can unlock everything else you’ve already built.
What You'll Learn
Here's a Sneak Peak of What You'll Be Getting Inside the Book!
CHAPTER 1:
Why You're Stuck (Even If You're Training Hard)
- Why consistent effort and “good programs” still lead to plateaus
- How strength gets capped long before muscles actually fail
- The overlooked limiter that quietly shuts progress down without warning
This chapter reframes the problem, so you stop blaming effort and start asking the right question.
CHAPTER 2:
Why the Usual Fixes Don’t Work
- Why adding volume, accessories, or new routines often makes things worse
- How tools like straps and machines hide the real problem instead of fixing it
- The difference between building strength and being able to use it
This chapter explains why doing “more” rarely solves the right issue.
CHAPTER 3:
What Actually Changes When the Limiter Is Fixed
- What happens when your body finally trusts the connection to the load
- Why strength starts showing up more consistently and confidently
- How clarity replaces guessing and progress stops feeling random
This chapter shows what shifts when you stop training blind and start training with intent.
AND MORE...
What Most People Never Learn About Strength
- How different types of grip actually fail; and why training “grip” as one thing keeps people stuck
- How to recognize when your hands are limiting your lifts before the lift fails
- Why some strength gains disappear under fatigue while others stick
- How to think about strength as a system instead of isolated muscles
These insights help you stop guessing, stop chasing random fixes, and start understanding what’s really happening when strength stalls.
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Meet the Author
Forrest DeVore
Forrest DeVore is a strength coach who exposes the hidden limiter most lifters never address: their hands. Despite being only 14 years old, Forrest has built grip strength comparable to some of the strongest men in the world. He competes, and wins, against adult arm wrestlers, and lifts far beyond the average grown man. His results aren’t genetic luck; they’re the product of understanding how strength really works.
Most lifters train harder, not smarter, and wonder why their numbers stall and their strength doesn’t carry over to real life. Forrest wrote this book to challenge that thinking. Inside, he explains what’s actually holding your strength back, why grip is the gateway to more power everywhere, and how fixing this single weakness can unlock strength you didn’t know you had, both in and outside the gym.