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[RipperGrim]

With the amount of porn available these days I refuse to believe this is true.

 

[gutter_trash]

schools have slashed phys ed hours,
modern parents don't let their kids play too far,
manual labor avoidance

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Journal of hand therapy...
Is it a pay to publish Journal?

 

[SapientWolf]

But why is that important?

I mean, its not a BAD thing to be in better shape, or have better grip strength. It's good to be in better shape. But where does high grip strength and regular hand exercises factor into the importance of the average person's life?

Like, it's just absurd that we're using GRIP STRENGTH as a reason to look down on this generation. It's so meaningless to the vast majority of careers and life situations.

Grip strength predicts death risk better than blood pressure - Health Report ...

 

[LastGamer84]

Strange, I was just remarking the other day that any younger person I shake hands with seems to haveva rather light grip.

 

[v1lla21]

Fucking weak Mills. That's because everyone nods to say wassup rather than shaking hands.

With the amount of porn available these days I refuse to believe this is true.

Kids nowadays have pocket pussies! Can you believe that shit. I used to have to use my imagination on how to make something fuckable when Spike TV switched to Girls Gone Wild commercials.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Grip strength predicts death risk better than blood pressure - Health Report ...

You might want to read the study.
Not a glamorized press report.

 

[SapientWolf]

You might want to read the study.

I know, it's old folks. But millennials are screwing themselves by not lifting or being active. Which is a point the study makes.

 

[smurfx]

Heavy manual labor jobs are no longer the norm, instead it's the services section that is the norm today. This is hardly surprising.

i thought it was because millennials are too busy living at home with heir parents playing video games all day.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

I know, it's old folks. But millennials are screwing themselves by not lifting or being active. Which is a point the study makes.

I think people in general need to more active.
It's extrapolation.

I don't think the study is definitive.

Goddam, I want a health editor job.

 

[The Lamonster]

I LOVE this.

I know it's probably meaningless nonsense, but it's hilarious and they will get defensive about it, clutching weakly at straws. Staring at the rows of unopened jars in their fridge. Balling their fists in rage with all the vigor of a Victorian orphan with pleurisy.

hahaha this got me

 

[FO-totality]

I remember when this came out a month or so ago, some conservative blowhard for the National Review was trying to say this is proof of the pussification of millennial men, or some shit.

 

[Gaogaogao]

quick someone talk shit about millennials we need clicks. fuck off please

 

[Jeronimo Jones]

Older generations only have slightly stronger grips from clinging to outdated concepts and trying to hold on as the world passes them by.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

quick someone talk shit about millennials we need clicks. fuck off please

Publish or perish is a scourge.

 

[entremet]

Older generations only have slightly stronger grips from clinging to outdated concepts and trying to hold on as the world passes them by.

Lol

I like that one

 

[Friggz]

my wrist/forearms are the only thing i work out.

During my commute to work everyday. i use this.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RPYMR8M/?tag=neogaf0e-20

i dont know why, but i enjoy having a strong grip and like being able to crush shit.

 

[kavanf1]

Begone, ye limp-wristed millennials unable to appreciate the middle ground between an over-compensating vice-like handshake and a pathetic floppy clammy-palm handshake.

 

[teruterubozu]

It's why millennials prefer the turntable over the guitar.

 

[demon]

If you want better grip strength, get yourself one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HOOGWU/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Those are interesting. I imagine it might be better for pure grip strength than regular grip strengtheners since it works each finger individually. They range from 1.5-9lbs per finger....which would you recommend for someone with already decent grip strength?

 

[How About No]

As a millennial this sounds about right. Though I had a friend a month younger than me who would intentionally shake my hand and squeeze my hand in a death grip...he's in the army now.

 

[ChrisD]

I LOVE this.

I know it's probably meaningless nonsense, but it's hilarious and they will get defensive about it, clutching weakly at straws. Staring at the rows of unopened jars in their fridge. Balling their fists in rage with all the vigor of a Victorian orphan with pleurisy.

Pleurisy friggin' hurts, man. I probably couldn't open squat-diddly when I had it. Though I was also drugged up with codeine, so.. I couldn't do much of anything.
Also I laughed at those last two sentences.


It's very likely due to typing/texting. No other explanation really makes as much sense on such a large scale as an entire age group.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

holy shit, that makes sense. try to give a handshake to a dude in their early twenties or younger and is like you handshaking silly putty. no grip and no respect at all

 

[wenis]

they got those death grips.

 

[The Lamp]

I like to play guitar, carry my groceries is one trip, and not have carpal tunnel syndrome. So grip strength is very important to me, second to a strong healthy lower back.

I can do almost all those things and I'm 6'3" with literally 1" thick wrist. I have skinny-ass wrists and grip.

I have struggled with carpal tunnel symptoms though, but that runs in the family

 

[Raticus79]

Women in their late 20s were weaker in their right, but not left, hands.

This one's surprising. Tendency to carry things in the non-dominant hand, maybe?

 

[Fluvian]

I'm not surprised, I deadlift like a motherfucker and always go in for a firm handshake, I usually get one back from older guys but guys my own age always give me week ass handshakes.

 

[nhlducks35]

This one's surprising. Tendency to carry things in the non-dominant hand, maybe?

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Fist bumps are less likely to transmit bacteria and disease.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fist-bump-better-handshake-cleanliness-201407297305

So there.

 

[TAJ]

I want to know more about the monkey bars! This is a travesty! #bringbackmonkeybars

My elementary school playground had climbing walls with no harnesses and rope towers with nothing but asphalt below.
The only thing anyone actually got hurt on was the swings. They were huge. Kids would try to launch over the chain link fence that surrounded the school and sometimes succeed. There was a steep hill on the other side that went down to a major road.

 

[HeySeuss]

It's because you don't have to grip a participation trophy hard. If you drop it and it breaks, you'll just get another one.

 

[Archaix]

Fist bumps are less likely to transmit bacteria and disease.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fist-bump-better-handshake-cleanliness-201407297305

So there.

Weak grip and weak immune systems too? Millennials? More like...won't...ennials...

 

[Rayis]

I'm sorry, but I like my soft pretty dainty hands, they should be taken care of and nurtured.

 

[GamerJM]

My grip is absolutely horrendous, but that's mostly due to a physical disability I have. I am so glad we live in a world where doing things doesn't require a good grip.

 

[Stereogatari]

I feel like too much touch screen has messed up my grip and given me stubby fingers.

 

[liliththepale]

good

also it's time to stop shaking hands for greeting. Nobody has weapons hidden up their sleeves anymore

 

[Jharp]

Millennials are, by and large, pussies. News at 11.

 

[dragonelite]

#TeamMillenialsThatDeadlifts

 

[thecouncil]

I can't recall a single moment in my life when having a better grip strength would have done anything meaningful.

You're already dead:

Links between grip strength and overall health and vitality are especially strong in later years, Bohannon says. Older adults with weak grips are more likely to become disabled or die sooner, he says. When paired with other signs — such as slow walking or trouble standing up from a chair — a weak grip is a reliable sign of overall frailty in old age, he says.

And one large study found that men with weak grips at midlife, ages 45 to 68, were more likely than men with strong grips to be disabled 25 years later.

It’s harder to say what a weak grip in a young adult might portend.

 

[Sparse]

From experience, a lot of younger people's handshake game needs work...

 

[Adam_Roman]

I'm a millennial and I pride myself on my strong handshake and jar-opening abilities.

 

[LegendofLex]

I'm sure my grip strength isn't that impressive or anything, but the far bigger challenge is having baby-soft hands that just don't have a lot of grip.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Da fuq. But that's backwards

For me opening jars is like trying to plug in a USB port. Use one hand, doesn't give. Use other hand, doesn't give. Use first hand again, it pops off.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Older generations only have slightly stronger grips from clinging to outdated concepts and trying to hold on as the world passes them by.

Millennials didn't came up with these new concepts they want the world to adhere to tho.

 

[TAJ]

good

also it's time to stop shaking hands for greeting. Nobody has weapons hidden up their sleeves anymore

What's the upside of a weak grip?
My grip has saved a life before.

 

[geardo]

Are baby boomers so obsessed with smearing millennials in these dumb ass articles because it helps them to forget about their own shitty selves and how they completely fucked up the world for the last 70 years, and left us to live in a practical dumpster pile with rising temperatures and sea levels until we're all fucked and dead? Something tells me yes.

 

[SugarDave]

My impotence from death grip says otherwise.

Your move, scrubs.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

...baby boomers... last 70 years...

50 - 40 years

 

[InfiniteBento]

why are scientists taking the time to test this out

what's the point?

 

[Ryzaki009]

50 - 40 years

Wait.

Then who are the 70 year olds?