Reddit mentions of Hotrose US 3 PCS Set Hand Gripper Grip Silicone Ring Resistance Strength Trainer Exerciser

I promise this will connect, but it's a bit long winded:

Two guys decide to start going to an aerial class. (GASP: GUYS in Aerial?!? -- Yes, it happens) -- One, we'll call him Brett, does crossfit 6 days a week and played football all through high school and college. The other, Steve is an IT nerd who never got out of the chair other than to walk to the bathroom or car, although Steve used to imitate his sister when she would practice Ballet at home.

In this example, neither student has tried aerials before. Both have similar challenges to you: Stamina of Grip Strength.

Steve might have trouble getting off the ground, but his lines may look better than Brett due to having even a limited dance background. Brett might be able to get to the top, but his technique might be terrible and I'll lay you odds he just drops off the silk at a point far from the ground, as many crossfitters are not trained to come down slowly.

This is the challenge in teaching aerials. You never know who is showing up in class or what their background or experience is.

Things you can do at home to help yourself:

1. Grip training. Get these: https://www.amazon.com/Hotrose-Silicone-Resistance-Strength-Exerciser/dp/B00RWYM1PO/ -- Start with the lightest weight one. Squeeze 25 times on each hand twice a day. Really focus on working every finger and your thumb. Move to a stronger one as soon as you can. You want to build these small muscles in the fingers and hands. Your fingers will swell and may hurt from the exercise.
   
   
2. Pull ups. Get an over-the-door pull-up bar and put it near a high traffic area of your home. Every time you walk by, wrap both hands around the bar and do 5 pull ups fingers away from you and 5 pull ups fingers toward you. Aim for 20-25 a day. Even if you don't get your feet off the ground at first, gran the bar, pull. Feel those muscles tighten? You're doing work! With repetition you'll get off the ground.
   
   
3. Talk to your teacher/trainer. They may have modifications they can show you to help you learn the fundamentals of the moves they are teaching. They may offer extra spotting and encouragement.
   
   On any of the stuff above, break it down. Do 5 reps 5 times a day if you have to. Eventually you'll get 25 reps at once.
   
   Aerials are hard. Silks especially so. I feel like the bar apparatus are easier in some ways, because you are not holding your entire weight up the whole time you're off the ground. Once you get to footlocks, you'll find there are rest points in silk too, and that's where you add in some dance and style moves to make the routines look great. Some of my favorite performers have rest poses where they sit in the silk and flirt a bit with the crowd, and many times that is the moment the crowd feels most connected with the performer, so it works for everyone.
   
   I hope at least some of this helps. If you love silks, don't give up. I promise you'll get the strength and stamina with time. Although it's easy to compare yourself to the other students in class, this isn't a race or competition. You're learning for you and some people will take longer than others.
   
   Back to my story I opened on: Brett is thinking about quitting class because he doesn't have the long elegant lines Steve has. Steve is thinking about quitting because he'll never be as strong as Brett. -- Both are absolutely correct and wrong at the same time. They'll never be like the other unless they put in the time and effort to build the parts they are missing. Identify your weaknesses and ask people how you can improve, that's the best way to progress. Remember building muscle and coordination takes lots of time and effort. You'll be amazed in a year how far you have come if you stick with a regular training program.

I have a suggestion for you my friend. Try working out!

Note, working out doesn't mean putting on a tank top and heading to the gym.

Do something extremely nonconventional!!! To start things of, buy a hand gripper. I would highly recommend these: https://www.amazon.com/Hotrose-Silicone-Resistance-Strength-Exerciser/dp/B00RWYM1PO/ref=sr_1_12?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1474308666&sr=1-12&keywords=grip+exerciser

Wake up, smoke some Ganja, stretch a little bit.

And do gripper at day, night, when you rolling a joint, any time you have it on you, walk around and put it in your pocket at all times. It's awesome before meetings, where you have to negotiate or talk to someone, gets the blood flowin'. You're gonna see a lot of strength build up in your fore arms, you're going to enjoy it -- its a nice satisfaction when the veins pop out. Even though it says that it's only for the forearm. It will strengthen your whole arm. TRUST ME!

From this, go to pushups. Do pushups in knuckles instead of on your palms. It does wonders. In between sets, Shadowbox. Your arms will feel extremely fast, because of pushups and grip exercises. While shadowboxing -- create combos, not like you're fighting on a 5 minute fight. Rather, just focus on the first punch you are giving someone, and just make all kinds of varieties: elbos, punches, slaps, knees, whatever you feel like. Do it repeatedly, until you know that you can fuck an average joe up if they stand against you.

You're going to love it. Put on some easy star all stars reggae, and go with the flow. You'll be amazed by what your body can do.

The point is to make it a meditation & exercise, not an exercise where run out of breath and stop -- do it as slowly as controlled as needed, with fierce and complete integrity.

You will feel amazing.

If you want to make it even better, do this on an empty stomach. The more you don't eat the more effective it will be. Don't eat, for long periods of time. Like, on saturday/sunday try to eat only a little bit late at night -- even then you will feel a bit disgusted from what you ate. I like to eat raw spinach!

And do this exercise thing all day. -- just so you know, your body produces DMT in times of stress and exhaustion -- if you are mentally strong to do this every weekend. Its going to improve your inner game drastically and you will face your demons.

PS: other exercises are going to come to your mind, once you start mastering these

Best of luck on your journey!