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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