Every guy needs a good grip. It doesn’t matter how old you are, and it matters more the older you get. The workouts will help, but the grip work is another habit builder.
I keep a grip trainer in my car. Adjust for your lifestyle. Every time I get in the car, I do twenty-five reps per hand. I do that several times a day, so I get to a hundred reps on each hand.
Start at a low weight, because the point is to lock in the habit. When you can do the hundred easily, move it up.
It’s a minute or two, tops, and it pays off surprisingly fast.
Two benefits here, strength and another habit to practice. Trick: I put the thing on the drivers seat at the end of the day so it’s the first thing I see in the morning getting in. I find this habit very easy to forget if the thing is not directly in my line of sight.
One thing … you’re going to be tempted to use a cheap grip thing like this for like $20. That’s what I did. Don’t do that. Get a good one. My first grip thing “exploded” all over the inside of my car after about 3 months into this habit. The metal spring failed in 2 spots. That was interesting. And I am by no means a Strong Man competitor.