^Also holding the last rep on your last set of deadlifts helps a ton.
[quote]Ghost16 wrote:
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
[quote]gorangers0525 wrote:
^ that…plus what’s the point of straps? Unless you’re doing extremely high rep dead-lifts or you have some sort of bicep injury they’re just an ego booster. When my squats were considered high and had somewhat questionable form I switched to low box squats for a couple weeks. These really helped my form and depth, I’d suggest you do the same.
Still that’s great progress. Keep it up.[/quote]
The point of straps is that they allow you to deadlift without worrying about grip being a limiting factor in your training. By using straps, I can greatly overtax the primary muscles in my deadlift without having to worry about any sort of grip issues, meaning I can do absurdly heavy mat pulls. If I want to train my grip, I use some captains of crush grippers.
I always use straps when I deadlift, except for in competition. At my last meet I pulled 585 at a weight of 181 for a national record in my division, and at home have pulled an 8 second 585lb deadlift without straps, with grip not even being close to being an issue.
People overthink straps. If your grip is weak, make it strong, but don’t overlook what could be a great tool to develop a big deadlift.[/quote]
I find the crush grippers do nothing to make my static grip strength stronger. The way I got my grip strong was by never using straps, ever. Weighted chins and deadlifts for reps without wearing straps will make your hands very strong in just a few weeks. My back will fail on deadlift every single time before my grip does.
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Were you only closing the grippers, or were you doing timed holds?
im starting to do timed holds at least 1-2 times a week