Wraps, straps, gloves, hooks, or nothing.

[Corrosion]

You're only as stong as your weakest link...

 

[Prokofievian]

I think Urban had a good point about using straps when your hands cant handle any more bare-handed stuff.

At my gym, everyone uses straps for their Pulls, and that's about it. It's not that we can't hold onto it, it's just that our hands are starting to really fuckin' hurt by that point.

 

[ronin0352]

The only uses I have for straps are spinal decompression (hanging from pull up bar, straps allow you to relax almost completely, which is hard otherwise) and for front squats cause my wrists aren't quite flexible enough for clean grip (but close)

Other legitimate uses are for shrugs and rack pulls, but I don't use them.

 

[zhangmaster12]

Chalk!

 

[Standard]

The only uses I have for straps are spinal decompression (hanging from pull up bar, straps allow you to relax almost completely, which is hard otherwise) and for front squats cause my wrists aren't quite flexible enough for clean grip (but close)

Other legitimate uses are for shrugs and rack pulls, but I don't use them.

Just to check on the clean grip you're not trying to fully grip the bar are you?

 

[ronin0352]

nope, just 3 fingertips on the lighter sets. straps when it gets heavy.

 

[JSN]

i do like straps for a couple things, mostly if your wrists would otherwise be at an uncomfortable angle. things like wide grip pullups, or upright rows i prefer to do with straps, and sometimes for a little more explosive pulling movements too.

wraps i like too mostly for some things like snatches that can put your wrist at an awkward angle.

 

[Cap'n]

Nothing, but I do tend to overuse chalk (if there is even such a thing).

Gloves don't let me get a good feel of the bar.

How is that even possible?

 

[Prokofievian]

How is that even possible?

If I use too much chalk, like if I get into a routine where I chalk, walk up to the bar, get focussed then lift, then I chalk before every lift, it makes my hands very very dry and the skin brittle and easily ripped.

 

[Ethelfrith]

How is that even possible?

I've seen a guy put chalk on top of his gloves to do machine shoulder presses. It's definitely possible.

 

[Ethelfrith]

Double

 

[Old Man]

Hooks are cool...if you are missing a hand or bailing hay.

 

[chia]

I typicallu use straps for shrugs, RDLs, and occassionally if I am doing high volume Olympic lifts. I suggest only using straps when you want to use a DOH grip but the weight is too heavy to keep the DOH or hook grip.

When I deadlift, I use DOH without straps as much as possible and only switch to mixed when grip becomes a limiting factor.

 

[BlastBeats]

Hooks are cool...if you are missing a hand

 

[elevate]

badass.

 

[CosmicOsmo]

How is that even possible?

The Misses would have something to say about that!

 

[Old Man]

Nice.

 

[Standard]

Wow i didn't think you could pick up something that heavy with a prosthetic, not that it's really heavy but they normally don't make that strong of an attachment

 

[Urban]

Wow i didn't think you could pick up something that heavy with a prosthetic, not that it's really heavy but they normally don't make that strong of an attachment

It doesn't look like they did, it looks like it'd tied to his stump with a giant tornequette (SP?)

 

[ghostwipe]

I stopped using straps when I got chalk.