HELP!!! Barre Chord Drama!!?

Question

I'm teaching myself guitar and keep bumping into barre chords. Since I'm only about 3 weeks in, I don't have the hand strength yet.

What can I do to build my hand strength? What steps should I take to ensure that I can barre both comfortably and correctly?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Keep playing bar chords. Your fingers will strengthen on its own. I've been playing off and on for 8 years and I still have trouble with playing the full bar chords on my acoustic. I cheat though; I play them in power chord form.

Answer 2

take a piece of fruit or avacado something that has really hard  skin put it in your hand and squeez your nails into it and try breaking the skin its pretty much impossible but it helps me also you can take the neck of your guitar and put it in between two fingers and stretch them which also helps good luck =]