In the meantime...
You can still do really heavy shrugs if you use lifting straps: cheap cotton webbing that loops around your wrist, then you wrap the other end around the dumbell. If you work out at a gym, ask a trainer or anyone who lifts really heavy to show you how to wrap them. This way a lot of the weight is taken off your grip, so you can work your traps to failure before your hands give out.
Straps are handy for deadlifts, dumbell rows, lat pulls- anything where the muscle that you want to target is stronger than your grip.
Another way to work on grip strength is just walk around the gym carrying the heaviest dumbells that you can, for as long as you can.
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