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  • Sports Science
  • Gerontology
  • Human Performance

Background:

  • Grip strength (GS) is a key indicator of overall muscle strength and a predictor of functional limitations and disease risk in older adults.
  • The relationship between grip strength, hand symmetry, age, and performance in elite weightlifters remains largely unexamined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the age-associated decline in grip strength among master weightlifters.
  • To determine the association between grip strength and weightlifting performance (snatch and clean & jerk).
  • To explore hand symmetry as a factor in successful weightlifting.

Main Methods:

  • Grip strength was measured in 164 master weightlifters (ages 35-90) at the 2022 World Master Weightlifting Championships.
  • Data on age, weekly training hours, and performance in snatch and clean & jerk were collected.
  • Statistical analyses were used to assess age-related decline and correlations between grip strength and performance metrics.

Main Results:

  • The age-associated decline in grip strength was less pronounced than the decline in weightlifting performance.
  • Weightlifters exhibited lower grip strength compared to athletes in other sports requiring grasping or force application.
  • Grip strength was significantly associated with snatch performance but not with clean & jerk performance; height and age were associated with grip strength, but training volume and performance level were not.

Conclusions:

  • Grip strength declines at a slower rate than weightlifting performance in aging athletes.
  • While grip strength is lower in weightlifters than in some other athletes, it remains a relevant performance indicator, particularly for the snatch.
  • Age and height are key determinants of grip strength in this population, with hand symmetry not explicitly analyzed as a performance factor in this study.