Fitness Accessories

If you feel your grip is holding your strength gains back, I highly recommend investing in certain accessories. For small hands, I recommend getting a pair of thin lifting gloves that are made for women. Too much padding will result in a poor grip. Harbinger Women's FlexFit Gloves are a great choice. For extra grip help, for example, for use when doing conventional deadlifts, consider a quality pair of lifting straps from ATP Pro Gear. Their straps are very high quality, and you can pay extra for felt padding that will make them very comfortable. The instructions on how to use their lifting straps are here.

Heart rate monitors can allow you to track your level of intensity as well as your calories burned during cardiovascular activity or weightlifting. There are a variety of heart rate monitors to satisfy different wants, but a quality heart rate monitor which monitors your heart rate via chest strap and calculates your calories burned is the Polar F6.