deadlift grip

[spatts]

lol...I'm a girl. You're plat so you can see my gallery. That should clear up some confusion.

 

[Dave949]

lol...I'm a girl.

WOW......that was a girl picking on me like that !!!
Dammmmnnnnn......... your pretty tough, lol

 

[Lord_Suston]

I use to use straps all the time and finally thanks to some crazy members on this board i ditch them about a year ago, My grip has improve greatly and my back developement has improved as well. The only problem was by using straps my grip was severely weakened and this lead to a weaker back in my training due to the point that I would go a little lighter so the straps would cut into my arms

 

[wildonsquats]

I also started out with straps, and then from reading this board i decided to go just raw with chalk. At first i couldnt even do 3 reps with 255, now im up to 7 reps with 365 in less than 4 months. The bonus out of all this is that grip strength has increased dramatically (along with coc grippers) and had helped with almost every exercise that i need to grip the bar tightly, esp with pullups.

Grip still fails me on rack deads though, but if i can ever get used to the hook grip (too much tension on my thumbs) im sure that i can get over it.