Slippery hands on deadlifts

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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Yeah, I prefer not to used mixed grip, but I have to use it if I want to go over 300#
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    Liquid chalk
  • michaeldowns3133
    michaeldowns3133 Posts: 3
    Cornstarch works great for me.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Cornstarch works great for me.

    Not slippery?
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    i just use mixed grip, though im only pulling 4 pl8 so maybe in the future ill consider investing in some chalk.

    i cant see myself ever using straps. in my opinion your grip strength should be strong enough to lift whatever weight you wish to deadlift, otherwise you'll end up with some strength imbalances. i realize there are other ways to improve grip strength but id rather get two birds stoned at once.

    maybe if your sole goal is to pull ludicrous amount of weight i could see it as reasonable, but otherwise it just seems like youre working around an important aspect of the lift. just my opinion though
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Why not do both?

    Why not pull the best you can until your grip tops out in the session, then use aid to pull heavier loads?

    That way you do stone two birds with one session. (If this weren't a family site, i'd have a story about that from back when I was a dj.)

    Your progression doesn't stall, and the aiders may help tick up that natty grip strength.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    Why not do both?

    Why not pull the best you can until your grip tops out in the session, then use aid to pull heavier loads?

    That way you do stone two birds with one session. (If this weren't a family site, i'd have a story about that from back when I was a dj.)

    Your progression doesn't stall, and the aiders may help tick up that natty grip strength.
    fair point. for me though my limiting factor isnt specifically grip strength, i find my grip, legs and back are pretty much at par when it comes to deads
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
    gloves. I get nasty calluses if I don't wear them :(
    You worked hard to earn those calluses.
    They are like trophies.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Why not do both?

    Why not pull the best you can until your grip tops out in the session, then use aid to pull heavier loads?

    That way you do stone two birds with one session. (If this weren't a family site, i'd have a story about that from back when I was a dj.)

    Your progression doesn't stall, and the aiders may help tick up that natty grip strength.
    fair point. for me though my limiting factor isnt specifically grip strength, i find my grip, legs and back are pretty much at par when it comes to deads

    Ah that makes sense, for me it's grip, and the only thing that's gotten that moving in the right direction has been rock climbing.
  • suelegal
    suelegal Posts: 1,281 Member
    Versa Gripps!

    I know, but I'm never going to compete and I have short fingers. Versa Gripps have made the difference!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    mixed grip works for me.

    you might also try hooked grip.

    also i find that i sometimes reach stages where my grip fails, miserably on weights that i could easily grip earlier. and that my hands become super sore (i got it at 135 and feel i;m close to getting it at 205). that usually means i need to take a week or so off from lifting and give my joints and connective tissue a chance to heal

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