Do you have trouble lifting heavy weight and know you should be able too? How about improving your grip strength, this may be the missing link in your strength training. If you think you have been training your grip by lifting weights, you are probably not targeting the forearms the way your should. If you can get a strong grip you would be able to hold onto those heavier poundage's that you want.

The most basic exercise you can do for your grip is with hand grippers. But you want to do more than just squeeze them for reps, and get one of the really good grippers. You can do a multitude of exercises with them that will develop some awesome forearms. How about something as simple as squeezing a gripper shut and holding on as long as you can before opening it

Try pinch gripping heavy objects such as the end of a dumb bell. Grip it, pick it up and hold on. Try to progress up to heavier weight every chance you get and find other objects you can pinch grip also. Take your grippers and hold the handles with your finger tips, now try to squeeze them; it's a little harder this way.

Do not work your grip strength every day, 3 or 4 times a week will suffice. You need to give your forearm muscles time to recuperate just like the rest of the body. Each work out, try to push it a little more than the last time. You will find your forearm strength will develop fairly quickly and you will see a difference in the amount of weight you can hold onto during your regular workouts.