Issues with deads

[Anthony1980]

I really like doing deads but I'm getting to a weight that i can't keep a grip on the bar. Will it affect any progress in any way , in any muscle if i change the way i grip it? ( like one overhand, one underhand)

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[training700]

You'll have problems increasing weight and an over under is the best grip to hold the bar. Work on more grip related exercises. What rep range are you having trouble with?

 

[Anthony1980]

I've reached 225lbs and just overhanded isn't doing it anymore.

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[Anthony1980]

5 reps. The first couple of sets are fine but after that gripping starts to get harder.

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[Headholio]

Over under is the standard dl grip.

You can set the bar in the rack, like shrug height, and grip and hold for 3 sets of 15 seconds. That will improve your grip.

 

[phil34]

Well said headholio worked for me

 

[ceo]

grip work. Go heavier with less reps too.

 

[WiggyWild]

I like heavy croc rows, and croc rows for high reps. That is what Wendler recommends in his book and it has worked for me too.

 

[Headholio]

Kroc row = one arm bent over DB rows.

How in the heck can someone name a 500 year old exercise after themselves all of a sudden? I would prefer to call them headholio rows, but they aren't

 

[goin on 4T]

I would be a pussy and just buy wrist wraps (which I have). My forearms are big enough and that pulling with the fingers is bad on the elbow tendons.


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[jimbo46]

Kroc didnt name the exercise himself, he got known for doing ridiculously heavy one arm db rows for max reps that he swore helped his DL, and guys just started referring to heavy ass db rows as kroc rows

 

[maddox2010]

I've reached 225lbs and just overhanded isn't doing it anymore.

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Over under is recommended, but u must also get work in for that grip! But there is also a time and a place for staps.

U must not get urself into a position where u ever rely heavily on straps.

And to the masses, their db rows will never be considered a kroc row. For they know nothing of Simmons, Tate, Wendler, Smelly or any serious lifter.

 

[Anthony1980]

Im trying to see how far i can go without straps! Don't want to use the until absolutely nessessary.

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