Quote: (11-02-2013 12:14 AM)Hades Wrote:
Quote: (10-30-2013 02:38 PM)reaper23 Wrote:
Quote: (10-30-2013 02:34 AM)Hades Wrote:
Just alternate your mixed grip - grip and rip, set back down, change hands, repeat. I'm not a fan of the hook grip for extended lifting sessions.
Most of the time I stick to double overhand (straight up beast mode) but if I'm doing a lot of oly lifts and deadlifts on the same day it can get too strenuous for the forearms.
Straps are actually a good investment and defensible if you lift enough to merit their use. Make sure to lift with and without straps, but it is smart to start lifting with straps, then do a death set or two of deadlifts without them. Plenty of lifters will only do two or three sets of deadlifts then pussy out of more sets because they couldn't heave the weight off the ground - problem is usually a grip that's been exhausted. My guess is that the CNS does not fire all the way if it believes that you can't grab what you're trying to heave off the ground.
I DL over 500. consistently do reps in the 430-480 range. no straps.
you don't need them. get stronger!
take two 25 Kg lbs kettlebells and try to run/jog/walk 800 meters with them, only moving while you're able carry them at full extension.
that'll do it!
I appreciate the concern and agree that I should be using pure grip strength with no squat rack but the only way I can work legs now (outside of front squatting what I can clean) is just deadlift. Four sessions of deadlift a week with like 6 to 10 sets of pavel's "bear routine" is murder on the grip. With weighted chins in the mix it's a nightmare. I don't use straps every time - just the last set or two. It blows and it's definitely affecting my job.
my grip used to give out sometimes too. and then i did that farmers walk thing regularly for a while with the kbs. now i do exactly what you talked about, mixing dead lifts and chin ups and have no problem.
they're just like metal hooks now.
anyway, thats what worked for me