Deadlift: what grip do you use?

[strongsmartsexy]

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Ok, I did deads tonight and confirmed that I'll stay with the right hand over, left hand under. Any other way feels funny. Although with SLDL I do both hands over.

Um, well I now for a fact that she won't give them to you, but sharing....now that's a different story...

 

[needsize]

Dang! I was hoping this was the reason my left trap is larger than my right. I'm still gonna switch 'em around for a few weeks to see if it changes anything.

that could still be the case and maybe I'm just lucky, or unsymmetrical as hell and just dont know it...

 

[strongsmartsexy]

that could still be the case and maybe I'm just lucky, or unsymmetrical as hell and just dont know it...

Well, so far as I can see and measure, everything else is properly proportioned. But to just look at my traps, it's VERY clear that the right one is larger. Ok, and rear delts suck too, but they look similar

 

[Synpax]

I'd like to add that if you use a mixed grip, be sure to switch your hands around either each set or each training session, that's some powerful rotational torque that can cause all sorts of problems over time.

Yes. Back when I used a mixed grip, I did 4 sets and would swap the grip each time.

Now I use straps and overhand for both.

 

[AdamM]

I use over under now, i found when i switched to over under i could lift alot more. ive never used straps, i agree with whoever said if you cant hold on to it work on your grip first. as far as switching for each set goes, i dont do it. i dont find i get 1 side trained harder then the other, as long as your form is good you should be alright.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

over/under grip alternating sets & wearing gloves & looking really mean at the mirror

 

[callthedoctor]

I perfer mixed...

6 years ago I socked a dude in the forehead and broke the index bone in my hand. Then during rehab I busted the titanium plate they surgurized in there...now I have a slight deformity in my right hand (nothing too noticible unless I show someone)...no knuckle since the bone grew/healed at slight down-angle. Anyway, makes it very difficult to do straight bar curls....EZCurls are better....but for DL's I have to hook with my right and prefer to underhand with my left....(underhand with the right would be brutal...so I can't really switch)

DL's are my weakest lift....don't know my PR but my goal is 500...(I've got the 300 bench and the 400 squat)....I would guess my DL at about 350-375 so I've got a ways to go....

 

[Nonerz]

DL's are my weakest lift....don't know my PR but my goal is 500...(I've got the 300 bench and the 400 squat)....I would guess my DL at about 350-375 so I've got a ways to go....

Have you competed in a PL meet?

 

[callthedoctor]

Have you competed in a PL meet?

Nah....kinda new to the PL game...that's why my DL is so bad...just started doing them recently....

I'm 36 y/o so my best years might be behind me...we'll see....

 

[strongsmartsexy]

over/under grip alternating sets & wearing gloves & looking really mean at the mirror

Does looking really mean at the mirror make it cry? Or does it help you lift more? Maybe I ought to try it.