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| People under 30 have way weaker grips than they did a few decades ago |
| 2016-06-23 |
| [Quartz] If you get a weak handshake from a millennial, don't blame him or her. It could be a generational thing. Researchers from the Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina found that men and women under 30 have weaker grip strength than they did back in 1985. Their work was published (paywall) in the Journal of Hand Therapy. The researchers asked almost 240 men and women under 30--most 20 to 24 years old--to exert as much force as they could on a hand dynamometer, which measures grip force in pounds. On average, men’s hand strength decreased by 20 pounds, and women’s hand strength decreased by 10 pounds. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #17 Have we became a bunch of old duffers Become? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-06-23 16:50 |
| #16 It's the millennial grip on reality that I'm worried about. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-06-23 16:33 |
| #15 Too much wanking. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-23 15:53 |
| #14 Week grip comes from playing video games instead of swinging a baseball bat. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-06-23 14:49 |
| #13 Can Neely has a grip that can unwind a window on an aircraft |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-06-23 14:16 |
| #12 I shook Cam Neely's hand in a comedy club about twenty years ago; he damn near crushed my hand, and I'm not exactly a wallflower. Now that's a strong grip! |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-06-23 13:16 |
| #11 People under 30 have way weaker grips than they did a few decades ago So they were stronger when they were 5? English grammar is not for wimps. |
| Posted by: Angong Hitler4915 2016-06-23 13:02 |
| #10 Learned years ago: when shaking a lot of hands--from doing stand-ups at public venues--make sure you cup your hand like you're trying to hold water in it, before you extend your hand. You don't get the painful crunch from strong handshakes that you get when your palm is flat. And, my old golf buddy had terrible arthritis in his hands, so, my current default is very light pressure when shaking hands. And, the adoption of the fist bump removes a lot of hand shaking. And a lot less chance to get serious stranger goo on your hands. . |
| Posted by: OregonGuy 2016-06-23 12:48 |
| #9 From not doing the work that Americans are no longer allowed to do. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-23 12:11 |
| #8 Not enough wanking. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-06-23 11:00 |
| #7 These kids of the West will meet ISIS, Each seeking their own paradises: Soft hands, in both houses, From fondling their mouses... Er, make that their pointing devices. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-06-23 10:13 |
| #6 Have we became a bunch of old duffers, carrying on about the "worthless current generation"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-23 09:54 |
| #5 I blame man buns and expanders. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-23 09:36 |
| #4 Degenerative RSI nerve damage from handling their mouse. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-06-23 09:34 |
| #3 People under 30 have way weaker grips than they did a few decades ago ..as in a 'weaker grip of reality'. 'Feelings' though are much stronger. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-23 09:02 |
| #2 The youth of today. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-23 08:50 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-23 08:13 |