wrist straps...

[Thaibox]

I took my girlfriend to my gym the other day and she said she felt sorry for the poor little guy that cleans the gym after I'm gone.

I got pulled over the other day on my way home from the gym. I had chalk dust all over my steering wheel and around my pockets. Two other cop cars showed up and had to test the "white powder" in my gym bag. Then of course they found a glutamine cap here and a zinc tab there. I was there for a while.

 

[bignate73]

Hence the strength imbalance I mentioned (that's almost putting a halt to any gains in my back).

I am not afraid of my forearms getting bigger, but it's not my priority. My lats matter more to me now & I'm simply not willing to let the gains in my back be stalled while I wait for my forearms to catch up.

i hear ya, it just sucks to play catch up. i know i did it. it really doesnt take that long either though. you should try it, and when you get up to speed, tell em nate sent ya. hehehe.

 

[bigmac]

actually one more quest!@! sorry...if you shouldnt use on everything what exercises do you guys utilize the straps on????thankx

heavy deads, or super hevy one arm rows, thats it

 

[Canadian Viking]

useless straps

I you have to use straps you have a weakness that you are not willing to work at, use a good glove to keep the wear and tear off the hands but dont add support to anything cause you are just cheating yourself into thinking you can do it on your own.

 

[MarshallPenniford]

In reality he's right because they are worked ISOMETRICALLY in most movements, but he's wrong b/c they're *only* worked isometrically!

That's kinda like saying "don't bother to work your abs b/c they work isometrically (to stabilize your body & hold you up) all the time."

Actually, direct forearm and ab work is completely unnecessary. Mine are well developed and I never work either. Ditch the belt, ditch the straps. No need to train either.

 

[Complete Muscle]

I only use them on like my last set of weighted pull ups... I just can't quite hold on yet on that last set without a bit of help. But I haven't used chalk before, gonna give that a try. And I'm determined to "out grow" those dam straps on ALL sets!

 

[needsize]

I only use them on like my last set of weighted pull ups... I just can't quite hold on yet on that last set without a bit of help. But I haven't used chalk before, gonna give that a try. And I'm determined to "out grow" those dam straps on ALL sets!

The difference when using chalk is night and day, it makes about a 150-200lb difference on my deads. The fun part for me is that they don't allow it at my gym, so I get to try and hide it from the trainers.