Yesterday a guy was squatting a few hundred pounds ATG (his back started to round a little at the bottom. He didn't grip the bar which was resting between his thumb and his index finger. All his fingers were pointed toward the ceiling. A potential Darwin award candidate.
Back holds the weight, not the hands.
- Skinny kid squatting 135 gets a tandem lift-off from his two skinny friends
- Skinny Marine doing 275 barbell shrugs (with straps) then ten mins later he is doing seated dumbell shrugs (also with straps)
- Fat guy powercleans an empty bar straight into his chin... it hurt
It doesn't matter! What's important is that I'm no longer shaving with the bar.