Muscles in your hands

[shaunuk]

So my favourite vertical pulling exercise is underhand lat pulldowns, i.e. pulldowns with a chinup grip.

Are these pulldown machines made for tall people btw? I'm pulling more than my bodyweight so I have to put weights in my pockets and then kinda dangle off the bar until I fall into a sitting position, lol

But anyways, I have to grip quite hard on these, and after a set my hands almost feel like they're cramping up a bit. The next day I get DOMs in my hands as well as the expected muscles. The DOMs is in the "muscle" below my little finger.

Basically the questions are, am I actually working the muscles in my hands, or is there another explanation for this?

Also, depending on the answer above, is it possible that my hands could get a bit bigger?

Strange topic, I know, I've just never seen anything about it...

cheers.

 

[kickureface]

hand muscles make your hands look stubbier unless you change your finger length.
pulldown machines? you put weight in your pockets? don't you sit down on those 0.0?

 

[shaunuk]

well in order to sit down I have to grab the bar pull the pully far enough down so that I can get my knees under the bar things...So I have to make myself heavier because the weight I'm doing is more than my bodyweight. So I gotta put weights in my pockets, haha

 

[Rhoto]

Fingertip push ups help build championship hands.