Get Stronger Without Increasing Your Weights

You don't always have to lift heavier weights to make significant gains at the gym. As an alternative, shift your hand position or the distance between your hands on the bar to build more muscle on some of your favorite lifts!

Exercise: Bench Press
Alternative Grip:
a) Wider Grip: Place your index fingers on the rings engraved on the bar
b) Close Grip: Place your index fingers on the start of the rough part of the bar

Exercise: Biceps Curl
Alternative Grip:
a) Palms Down: Reverse your curl by gripping the bar/dumbbell with your palms down
b) Hammer Grip: Curl with your palms facing each other

Exercise: Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Alternative Grip:
a) Neutral Grip: Press the weight with your palms facing each other
b) Thick Grip: Wrap towels around the handles of the weights and press upward

Exercise: Cable or Barbell Row
Alternative Grip:
a) Palms Up: Grip the bar with your palms facing upward
b) Neutral Grip: Using dumbbells, perform lifts with your palms facing inward