Deads and Over/Under Grip

[Captain FT]

yes and yes. my buddy tore his bicep.

Jesus, thats insane.

Well I'm not using hooks or wraps so I can develop better grip strength so I don't plan on going too heavy mainly to avoid injury and possibly breaking form. The last thing I need is to tweak my back during week 1 of my 6 week cycle.

After 6 weeks of 4-AD and Cyclotren, i'm going to run another 6-8weeks of the LiquidClen without the T3 and this time do two weeks on and two weeks off. I think that will work better than straight through like this last one.

 

[GUARDIAN]

I haven't been but maybe should start. It feels too natural for me: left under, right over.

it is hard to get used to the other grip but it will help balance out your weak side.

 

[hardrock]

Yep. I swith it up as well. As far as traps go, I'll do one set to failure when I'm done with deads or whatever back excercise i'm doing that day.

 

[Srben]

From what I have seen, the under arm (usually the left) is torn because of the tendency to kink up the arm like you're starting a curl when doing max attempts. Take a look and see what you think.

 

[b fold the truth]

I go double over till I get near 600 lbs then I go over under.

 

[thebigoz]

I go over/under no matter what weight I'm lifting. Deads are one thing where I don't want to play around with my grip/form. Left over/Right under.

 

[hwydopehound]

My arms don't straigten out(very slight bend at the elbows) and I'm afraid(and always have been) because of this I will tear a muscle when doing an over/under grip. For this reason, I always go as heavy as I can raw and then when I drop the weight, I put straps on and start over the set I dropped the weight on. What do you guys think? or should I be alternating anyway?

 

[SouthernLord]

My arms don't straigten out(very slight bend at the elbows) and I'm afraid(and always have been) because of this I will tear a muscle when doing an over/under grip. For this reason, I always go as heavy as I can raw and then when I drop the weight, I put straps on and start over the set I dropped the weight on. What do you guys think? or should I be alternating anyway?

This is fine. Unless you plan on competing in PL use the straps for safety. If you are concerned with forearm development do some extra grip work. Also learn to hook grip if you are not already doing so. I pull way more with a hook grip then just a standard double over hand grip.

 

[hwydopehound]

When I get my bench/squat/deadlift to what i consider reputable, then I will compete probably. I just started doing deadlifts about 8 weeks ago and got 445 for a 3 rep max the other day, that aint gonna cut it so I need to get stronger. I just looked up the hook grip and it looks painful, but I will do it until I get it down.

As far as forearm development goes, we do TONS of farmers walks and such so I'm not too concerned about grip work.

Can I not use straps in PL comp's?

 

[JDid23]

do you guys think that one grip will give better results? I know that Over/Under will help you lift more weight because it doesn't allow the weight to slide out of your hands, but for a beginner, would you recommend doing double over or over/under?