Deadlift grip VS straps

MilesAddie

Could try an Axel bar as well.

PWRLFTR1

I use good old fashioned chalk, but I compete and gloves and straps are not allowed. If you compete, then yes work on grip strength, if not, it doesn't matter what you use. Except gloves, gloves will do more to hinder your grip than help it.

ETA: My warm-up sets are hook grip, I switch to over-under for my working sets.

FatWithFatness

There's lots of people that compete that also just stop using them a few weeks out from competition.

mjwarbeck

I don't have large hands...probably some would consider small for my frame. I don't use straps or gloves (or a belt).

Still adding 5lbs or so a week--last week was 5x335lbs.

I find that my hands are getting slippery now, so will start with chalk.

juliewatkin

I'm another proponent of hook grip. My hands are not terribly large and I find it a much more efficient way to pull than mixed. It's the grip I use in competition. Having said that, I train most of my working sets with straps. My hands get really chewed up if I don't.

kelly_e_montana

I got to 380 with no use of straps on my conventional deadlift. I will use them every couple months for accessory work. I sure can't handle the hook grip for my deadlift but more power to those who can. I don't do much other deadlift grip work but I do CrossFit a couple of days a week so that probably takes care of a lot of it.

deputy_randolph

Have you used a trap bar? I started using it as an accessory for speed and a stronger lock out. I hold the last rep for grip strength.

My grip strength hasn't been an issue, but can tell that it has increased. I'm switching to mixed grip further into my working sets.

beckygammon

I over-under and I switch hands each set. I used to use straps but have since stopped. I think you are better off using chalk... it actually works great! I love chalk.

mike_bold

I like to follow a "raw" training ethos, so no belt or straps for me, just chalk.
Double overhand on warm up sets until failure, then switch to hook grip until my thumbs feel like they will dislocate and finish the top work set with alternating mixed grip.

cgvet37

I have been using double overhand until my grip starts to fail, which is when I get above 225 lbs., then I use straps. My grip is getting stronger from doing heavy rows, and using a gripper on my off days at work. I like doing farmers walk, but I have been avoiding accessory work, as my training days are very taxing. Also, I do my deadlifts at the end of my workout. I'm doing Stronglifts 5x5. So it's squat, OHP, then deadlift. By the time I get to deadlift, I'm exhausted.