Oh user, don't tell me you fell for the "muh grip strength" meme.
If you don't compete in powerlifting you literally have 0 reasons to be concerned about developing grip strength.
>but I want big juicy forearms Then do 2 sets of wrist curls or some shit. The forearms are a tiny group of muscles compared to everything else the deadlift works. It is simply stupid to limit your deadlift because of your forearms.
Here ya go, so you can be sissy fucked by women who are more manly than you. You little faggot.
Lincoln Phillips
>implying I cant deadlift over 5 pl8 with mixed grip hello weakling
Blake Wilson
I legitimately use the paper towels provided at the gym in order to keep my hands dry during diddly. I fold them into rectangles and line them along my palm during the lift.
Grip strength isn't a problem yet, but my hands are so fucking sweaty when I lift. This is the only solution so far and I definitely don't want straps. I know people think I'm retarded but the practicality cannot be overstated
Ethan Ramirez
get liquid chalk. sweaty palms are my problem too, and I hate leaving a fucking mess everywhere with chalk. the liquid version works fine and doesn't leave a mess
plus you don't look like a bitch with gloves/straps/buttplug
Brandon Jackson
>It is simply stupid to limit your deadlift because of your forearms.
My deadlift isn't limited yet? I just hit 4pl8 for a 5rm yesterday and it felt as hard or harder on my back and hams and shot than my grip, I even held the last rep and yelled for a bit
What weight does grip become limiting if you use mixed or hook?
Julian Rivera
t. slim mcdyel
Camden Scott
If you have big hands you won't have problems
Carson Williams
>using mix grip instead of straps
lmao say goodbye to your tendon
Dominic Ortiz
just using the same logic op is using. saying wrists dont matter is literally the same thing
Colton Carter
>wearing a butt plug for lifting Dude your gay. Squat plugs = better lifts Butt plugs = better bottom
Adam Powell
Would rather work my way up to 4pl8 with normal grip than have to use straps or hooked grip. Going fine so far.
Aiden Nguyen
>Pete Rubish We aren't talking about him. We're talking about you cat backing 2pl8 with straps.
Logan Cook
my grip isn't an issue, because i never used straps lmao.
i can do 4pl8x8 because i don't train with straps
if i need to, i will use straps... but i haven't needed them so far.
Michael Torres
Never at this rate. I too have just reached 405 for 5rm and I have small hands. I only do power cleans with 2 plate which helps my grip, along with pendlay rows.
Aiden Watson
let me tell you something uneducated fool. listen to me, it's called a hookgrip.
Jackson Gonzalez
Probably never, unless you're a griplet.
I've pulled 545 with no problem using a mixed grip. I've done a tiny rack pull with 700 and mixed grip without any problem either. Like, my grip wasn't even close to giving out. I wanted to go higher, but I was afraid my rotator cuffs would explode or something. This is without doing any dedicated grip work apart from trying to use double overhand on as many of my warm-up sets as possible. Usually switch to mixed or hook after 4 plate.
Jeremiah Perez
>you literally have 0 reasons to be concerned about developing grip strength.
When I shake another mans hand I want them to know that I am the alpha by being able to crush their hand into dust.
Dominic Johnson
>guise please validate my poor grip strength and gimmicky faggotry
nah, stop being a pussy and use chalk
Joshua Perry
Just use chalk you fucking faggot
Mason Hall
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Jaxon James
>Pete Rubish
I used to see him all the time in the weight room when I went to college with him. I'd feel pretty strong with my 2pl8 squats and he came to the rack next to me once and squatted 5pl8 for like 15 or 20 reps. Never have I felt so DYEL in my life. Dude is a fuckin animal
John Williams
Never thought about doing this. Any downsides, or only pros?
Jace Moore
Might as well just wear lifting gloves at that rate. Same thing as padding your palms with paper towel. Only downsides I can see are looking like an idiot and not developing calluses on your hands which may be a positive for some people, but personally I like having rough hands
Joseph Parker
Sadly my deadlift hasn't progressed so fast that it has surpassed my grip strength. My grip failing has never been an issue unless I'm doing an endurance run (10+ reps a set).
Nicholas Cooper
OP is right except >unless you compete in PL You typically don't need to train forearms directly unless you're 1. A handlet Or 2. Have a huge fucking deadlift
Isaac Hill
grip strength carries over into all parts of your life, so id recommend you work on it. once you can afford to buy something heavy, have fun trying to lift it without women offering to help you as it slowly slips from your grip
Kevin Morales
I usually use straps as a very last resort, but prior to, I use
>chalk gives my double overhand a little more help, mostly for high volume sets like didly
>hook grip Grow a fucking pair and use hook grip, the pain will go away after weeks of doing it, helps with chalk too.
It's when I absolutely cannot move the weight without getting distracted by the grip is when I resort to straps
Angel Miller
I remember my first month lifting
Luis Baker
Literal autism. >go to shake anons hand >I grip his hand firmly >he uses all of his strength to grip mine >uhh okay >decide not to employ him, even though he has remarkable retard strength
Nathan Parker
Breh
Luis Stewart
No straps because i want godly grip strength for bjj
Grayson Cook
> wrist curls for forearms
are you retarded?
Dylan Cook
ITT: Griplets
Asher Peterson
it depends where you live/lift honestly the gym I went to in SD was cool and well insulated and I could eaisly mix grip anything I was capable of lifting.
Here though, the air flow/ventilation or w/e is really really bad, so I get sweaty as fuck, and I struggle to even mix grip my working sets
Hunter Smith
why go on the internet and tell lies
Matthew Evans
I want to compete, but even if I didn't then I wouldn't use straps. I don't like them, I can't set up well using them and I think double overhand + chalk for warm ups and then mixed + chalk for working sets is more than adequate. If you any kind of respectable routine your grip strength should be very good anyway.
If you think that you'll tear a bicep on deadlifts by doing mixed grip then you're either stupid or your form is wank.
Luke White
what is hook grip what is alternate grip
Robert Nelson
Straps is the equipment that allowed me to DL with chronic golfer's elbow so I don't care to be called sissy as long as gains keep coming
Kayden Green
>he doesnt use a squat plug for max tension
Mason Diaz
nvm I'm too tired to read
Luke Smith
I use straps because I developed huge imbalances due to deadlifting mixed grip for a year, and because post 4plate my double overhand goes to shit.
As a result, at 4plate, I use straps and keep them on untill I hit a max set (usually 240kg). I believe I could pick up 240 mixed as I have no problem picking up 220 mixed.
For grip, I do heavy shrugs, lat pulldowns but with the straps wrapped around the bar and thus only holding onto the fabric, and every other back movement without straps.
Come at me peasants.
Brody Bailey
>he needs straps for his LMAO 2 plate deadlift
Hunter Allen
training with low volume? don't use straps
training with high volume, lots of sets? use straps towards the end
overload work like deadlifts from boxes, or second round of pulling of the day? use straps
doing heavy back work after deadlifts? use straps
hitting singles? don't use straps
Kevin Smith
didnt lock out on the first rep bitchboi
Adam Myers
That literally makes no sense You need grip strength everyday, what you don't need or have everyday is fucking straps to wrap around everything you lift or grip What good is a heavy deadlift if you can only do it in the gym
Blake Walker
You idiots made me hate everything at the gym. Only been on this board for a couple of months and I already hate everyone using gloves, straps, pussy pads, the smith machine, manlets, lanklets, retards who don't do full range of motion, women and myself
Jaxson Butler
>letting this magnificent opportunity to employ a Veeky Forumsizen slip through your fingers
You show weakness in both your physical and spiritual grip strength.
Austin Ramirez
How do people not care about having legs and calves that look that shitty in comparison to the rest of their body...
It looks so fucking stupid. It looks even more ridiculous when paired with crew socks stretched all the way up.
Ryan Evans
saw a lad deadlifting 70kg (1.25pl8) with straps the other week lads
Justin Perry
It's actually easier for me to position myself and pull without straps. I use chalk and either hook or mixed grip.
Thomas Smith
>gloves, straps, pussy pads, the smith machine, manlets, lanklets, retards who don't do full range of motion, women and myself With the exception of the Fedora shit at the end, you should laugh at peacocking retards doing quarter squats in the smith machine with the tampon and gloves on and the like. Those are usually the most obnoxious people in a commercial gym.
Connor Long
>you literally have 0 reasons to be concerned about developing grip strength. confirmed for virgin bitches love being choked during sex
Luis Watson
>literally have 0 reasons to be concerned about developing grip strength.
a lot of cheap chain gyms ban the use of chalk, rightfully so I might say
Carter Jones
I train to be strong in a well balanced manner. If you can't hold.on to a weight, you have no reason to be lifting it outside of a competitive manner. If you want to be a world class dead lifter, go ahead and use straps, otherwise you are a bitch.
I use 120lb dumbells for bent over rows, 3x15 each side, and this is after five exercises at heavy weight, and yeah, my grip starts to fail towards the end. But it's getting easier every time.
My grip is ridiculously strong, I couldn't have it any other way. It also helps with wrestling, I can grab someone's wrist and they will never get it back.
Grayson Harris
I've got high quad insertions just like him. Despite the fact that I squat 3 plate for reps and diddy 5.5 plate, my upper body is much larger in comparison because I have a wide torso, and I'm always at the butt end of "le forgot leg day internet may may"
The socks are because he drags his deadlifts on his shins.
Elijah Reed
>bar starts at the exact end of the socks >using them to protect his shins Ok