DeadLIFT Experts

[Chambewy20]

I've tried to double overhand but I'm a big pussy.

K to all you guys who at least try though... especiall to ilovetolift, who's wheaties did you shit in? LOL

 

[djeclipse]

I've tried to double overhand but I'm a big pussy.

K to all you guys who at least try though... especiall to ilovetolift, who's wheaties did you shit in? LOL

Whree have you been, lol.

 

[blut wump]

There is no discomfort per say, it's just that my grip gives out and my fingers start to open on the last 2 reps.

On a side note I just learned that the bars at my gym are 1" din diameter, and apairently the proper powerlifting olympic bars are only 3/4" or something?

Can anyone verify this?

According to the pdf you can download from Ivanko, 28mm is standard for a 20Kg Oly bar. That's about 1.1"

http://www.ivanko.com/commercial_oly_bars.pdf

 

[Chambewy20]

K bookie took all my shit, I'm back for now.

Can only take so much than you feel like your saying the same ole shit over and over...

 

[djeclipse]

According to the pdf you can download from Ivanko, 28mm is standard for a 20Kg Oly bar. That's about 1.1"

http://www.ivanko.com/commercial_oly_bars.pdf

Thanks for the link, 28mm = 1-3/32"

So I don't know what the guy I was talking about at the gym yesterday. He was saying that the bars there were too thkic and the shuold get some 3/4" bars as that's what the powerlifters use. What a tool, lol.

 

[Tweakle]

I don't consider the DL primarily a grip exercise and I can't use a mixed grip without tweaking my discs. So straps and double overhand it is

 

[mm107]

BigTT, whats as hook grip look like?

i use mix and double over.

 

[Protobuilder]

The only time I've tweaked my lumbars on deads is doing mixed-grip, getting a little bounce at the bottom, and the bar wants to windmill and come in closer on one side than the other. I force myself to double overhand now, with straps where needed.

 

[BiggT]

BigTT, whats as hook grip look like?

i use mix and double over.

It is double overhand with the thumbs tucked underneath your fingers. Once you get used to it, grip is a non-factor.

 

[glennpendlay]

a powerlifting bar is supposed to be 1 1/8 inches thick, which works out to about 28.5mm roughly. an OL bar is supposed to be 28mm exactly. doesnt seem like much of a difference, but it is, you can really feel it.

lots of the cheap bars, mostly chinese manufacture, are 29mm and above in diameter, which i assume allows you to use a cheaper quality of steel and still not have the bar bend with weight on it. it is indeed a bitch to try to grip a bar that is a little too thick when you are deadlifting.

the specialty "deadlift bar" used in some PL federations like the frantz bar that is i think the official DL bar of the APF is thinner, 27mm to be exact. it is also longer between the collars. being thinner and longer, the bar flexes much more, so you are actually doing something more like a low rack pull, the bar flexes a good deal in the middle before the weights lift off the ground. also the thinner shaft makes it easier to hang on to, especially if you hook grip!

BigTT, whats as hook grip look like?

i use mix and double over.