DeadLIFT Experts

[Ilovetolift]

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

i dont know, id say no ones, but they would say everyones, meh.

 

[IronJunkey]

so this doubble overhand..seems to be a favor..can this be done with a straight leg deadlift? or Only a sumo style?...or something else...

 

[LiftingDukkha]

My 2 cents -- I found one day that one shoulder was really going to crap. Eventually I completely stopped lifting at all for many months. When I came back, once I gradually eased back on up in weights & paid more attention to shoulder flexibility, I began doing this for Deadlifts, essentially:

Warmup -- Hang power Olympic pulls (Hang power snatch/hang power clean/high pull)

once that weight is too much, then

continue Warmup -- Overhand deadlift

Once that weight is too much, then

Workset Deadlift -- Alternate each set hand position:

Odd sets (set 1, 3, 5 etc (rarely do that many though)) -- Left under, Right over

Even Sets (set 2, 4, 6, etc (ditto)) -- Right under, Left over

 

[Illuminati]

so this doubble overhand..seems to be a favor..can this be done with a straight leg deadlift? or Only a sumo style?...or something else...

use any grip that you want. but you will find that you can handle a lot more weight with using an alternating grip. double over hand vs. alternating is not going to effect the way your body builds muscle or strength. so why not just use an alternating grip the whole time.

 

[blut wump]

use any grip that you want. but you will find that you can handle a lot more weight with using an alternating grip. double over hand vs. alternating is not going to effect the way your body builds muscle or strength. so why not just use an alternating grip the whole time.

For myself, I feel more comfortable with a double-overhand and I lose a lot less shin flesh. I'm also convinced that holding onto the bar as it tries to unroll your fingers is good for building your static grip.

At the moment, my d-o grip is still good enough for my 1RM so it's a no-brainer but maybe that'll change as I work up to a new 1RM over the next month or so.

 

[Illuminati]

For myself, I feel more comfortable with a double-overhand and I lose a lot less shin flesh. I'm also convinced that holding onto the bar as it tries to unroll your fingers is good for building your static grip.

At the moment, my d-o grip is still good enough for my 1RM so it's a no-brainer but maybe that'll change as I work up to a new 1RM over the next month or so.

if you are scrapping the bar up your legs when you deadlift, maybe you are starting with the bar too close to you. I have never had a problem with that.
me personally, i would much rather not have to worry about my hands coming off the bar when I'm trying to pull a max weight.