The importance of good lifting straps!!

[hauss man]

so you would sacrifice a bigger more developed back / traps for increased grip strength?

I know when i deadlift i can go without straps for up to 350-375 but anything over that my grip gives out WELL before my back does -- even less with traps bc i dont re-set my grip every rep

to strengthen my grip i just started using static holds at the end of workouts

he said he trains for strength and power. not everybody is a bodybuilder

[-DedicateD-]

he said he trains for strength and power. not everybody is a bodybuilder

i understand strength and power, why wouldn't a strength and power athlete want to maximize larger compound muscle group development?

we have the ability to train forearms and grip strength separately from each other, in my opinion it just seems counter-productive to sacrifice larger muscle groups for a set of smaller secondary muscles that can be trained on their own

[SmittyTheOX]

he said he trains for strength and power. not everybody is a bodybuilder

Couldnt have said it better. You dont get the same effect with straps that you do without them.

On the other hand though DedicateD like I said, my grip is no longer my weak point. I can hold onto whatever weight my back can handle.

[rockinred]

I use the hookers... I only use those hookers when I get too heavy for my forearms to handle... only on deadlifts and traps.... I will go as far as I can without then blast them at the end with the hookers.

imo, I will never use straps again... the hookers seemed to be ten times better.

[D-Bo Dre]

I use the hookers... I only use those hookers when I get too heavy for my forearms to handle... only on deadlifts and traps.... I will go as far as I can without then blast them at the end with the hookers.

imo, I will never use straps again... the hookers seemed to be ten times better.

So Let me get this right.... When YOU get too heavy for your forearms to handle THEN you switch over to the hookers

I'm sorry I just thought this post was funny as hell imagining someone just reading it w/out knowing what the hell u guys r discussing..

"I will go as far as I can without then blast them at the end with the hookers" Blast away buddy, blast away!! lol