at what point is it acceptable to use straps for deadlift? I'm not sure if hook grip is cutting it anymore, but I might just be messing something up
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at what point is it acceptable to use straps for deadlift?
whenever you want to
don't fall for powerlifting memes unless you want to be one for some reason
would the compromise on grip strength be worth it? also what do you mean by falling for powerlifting memes?
Your grip strength was compromised the moment you started using hook grip instead of double overhand
Just do all your warmups with double overhand and use straps when you can't hold it anymore
By powerlifting memes I mean not using straps because they're banned in competition. That's the one reason powerlifters never use them.
Lots of powerlifters train with straps
Your hook hookgrip was compromised the moment you started using straps. Do all warmups no-hook and switch to hookgrip when you can't hold it anymore.
whats wrong with wanting to develop strong hands
When your grip gives out.
Don't use them for warm ups, only when necessary, and train grip on the side. Do you think bottlenecking your heaviest lift with your grip is a smart idea?
just use alternate
Unfortunately I can’t due to a past wrist injury
you're blessed with inability -- if you were to use alternative without being used to it, you would be at a very high risk of bicep tear
Schizopost
>very high risk
practically everyone pulls alternative in tested PL comps, biceps tears are rare
I would like to direct you to the part where I clearly wrote "without being used to it," and further ask you not to read more than you write
you're actually right
but I doubt OP is pulling enough to tear his shit even in this case
>ask you not to read more than you write
you fricked up here didn't you?
I very much did frick up there
I appreciate your generosity tho
Currently I can do 365x5 on dl, but even if that’s not enough to tear anything I cannot use alternate grip since my non-dominant left arm cannot twist in the way necessitated by that grip due to a past injury as I’ve mentioned above. Are there any workarounds?
Hookgrip or deadlift more often with double overhand to have it train your grip
Not much else really transfers
Also alternate grip creates imbalances and leads to injury so avoid it unless you are willing to hurt yourself i.e. competing is more important
when your lift is closer to 1,000 than 0
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This guy could do a standing backflip and dunk a basketball while weighing 370 at 5'9''. And supposedly he squatted 400kg for reps in the training hall at either 2000 or 2004 Olympics and every other lifter crowded around to watch him. There's no video though so who knows how true it is.
He squatted 1000+ low bar in comp no?
He also dive bombed the frick out of his squats, made spotters shit them selves
Also op I use straps most sessions but can hook grip anything no issues.
Why not use hookgrip?
A heavy emphasis on DEADlifting I see
Ghost Face Lifta
Frankly if you can't front double overhand 4pl8 for at least a triple you should be training your grip strength. That's a completely realistic number for a grown man to be able to handle.
anyone who looks down on straps is a powershitter, or dyel with a max deadlift of 315.
You should get chalk. It’s hard to really understand how much it will help improve your grip until you use some, the first time I used chalk that shit felt like a cheat code
a lot of gay gyms don't allow chalk
Just use liquid chalk for climbing and no one will notice. The black diamond liquid chalk is 10x better than literally ANY traditional chalk, AND it doesn't leave pretty much anything on the bar, AND it kinda looks like cum lube so it's fun to joke about.
I'm making another reply to my same post, because I have to put as many people onto this chalk as possible because anyone who's not a DYEL and actually lifts weights will have their lives changed by this stuff, it's fricking awesome. My hands get really sweaty, and unless I'm using a decent power bar with good knurling (aka not any bar at a commercial gym) It's such a b***h trying to lift anything over 3pl8 without my hands slipping, it makes doing bent over rows at any decent weight way more efficient, anything grip dependent benefits, and it stays on your hands and stays tacky forever. It's even a little hard to get off when you WANT to get it off.
If you're doing more than 3 reps
>feeding sets
no
>working set
yes
>backoff set
no
Chalk is cope
Sorry you are just cheating your grip
Brb supergluing my hands to the bar but it's ok because I'm not using straps to overload my whole back instead of my finger tendons
deadlifts are a back exercise not a forearm exercise.
i use straps for anything over 100kg usually because i do 8-10 reps and i'm doing at least 1 of that kind of exercise every day. e.g. i do rack pulls on day 1, shrugs on day 2, maybe farmers walks on day 3. my forearms literally never get a break, and they'd definitely be limiting me on everything without straps.
never. just do single leg deadlifts