hey keith, thanks for all that info man it was greatly appreciated.
Do you use the grips when doing skull crushers or triceps pulldowns?
Edit: Or when doing lateral shoulder raises can you use them with that?
Kind of strange that as soon as this thread was started ads for fatgrips start appearing on the side of Sherdog...
So I was wondering what everyone uses as cheap alternatives to these?
Your thoughts?
Most types of soft foam (bar pad, PVC pipe insulation, etc.) are probably gonna have too much "give" to be useful as a bar fattener.
The cheap alternative I've used -- with good results -- is to get a pair of boxing hand wraps and wrap them around a barbell. It takes a few minutes to set up, but you can vary the thickness and there's not much "give" to the wraps once you get them put on the bar.
The type I'm talking about didn't really have much give in it, I tried putting 2 maxi pads on a pull up bar, one of each since we don't have 2 of the other ones, and the solid one felt pretty, well, solid.
I mentioned the wraps, too. This may be just as cheap, but way faster. I'm going to have to mess around with it.