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Zander1983
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That looks painful. Could you use with a snatch-grip width?
coolcolj
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Yeah, I use it all the time now, takes a while to get used to it. Do at least one set each week with it, and you will break into it. Start light and build up.
I've used it for 275lbs clean rack pulls, and it didn't feel too bad.
It's kinda must do in snatch pulls and deads because of the weaker grip and heavier weights.
It enhances grip, and when your grip is secure, your pullling power goes up a bit in the olys.
If you look at my more recent clips, you can see me fiddling around on the bar before each rep setting up the hook grip
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http://www.olympus.net/personal/cablebar/HOOK.htm
I've used it for 275lbs clean rack pulls, and it didn't feel too bad.
It's kinda must do in snatch pulls and deads because of the weaker grip and heavier weights.
It enhances grip, and when your grip is secure, your pullling power goes up a bit in the olys.
If you look at my more recent clips, you can see me fiddling around on the bar before each rep setting up the hook grip
another link
http://www.olympus.net/personal/cablebar/HOOK.htm
JOKER47 said:
Try deadlifting with your hands all the way out to the collars...you will see what he means. A LOT harder on the grip...
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coolcolj
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Well when your doing olys, with the bar moving very fast and with relatively heavy weights, if the grip slips ever so slightly your body shuts down the power. It's not something you notice but it does happen. This also cause you to pull with your arms - ie thick bar cleans and lifts
Plus you can alternate grip olys, or snatch grip deads.
When you hookgrip it, initially it feels like you have less grip, but your used to the sensation you'll find slip is non-existant, and thus you pull harder, and there is less tension in your arms.
No matter how strong your grip is, if you don't hook it, you will have slip and rotation.
Why do you think people lift more with straps?
A hookgrip can actually be stronger than a normal alternate grip when deadlifting. I haven't tested that theory myself, but according to some people who lift some big iron, this is the case for them.
Plus you can alternate grip olys, or snatch grip deads.
When you hookgrip it, initially it feels like you have less grip, but your used to the sensation you'll find slip is non-existant, and thus you pull harder, and there is less tension in your arms.
No matter how strong your grip is, if you don't hook it, you will have slip and rotation.
Why do you think people lift more with straps?
A hookgrip can actually be stronger than a normal alternate grip when deadlifting. I haven't tested that theory myself, but according to some people who lift some big iron, this is the case for them.
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