An alternate grip did not fix the problem, for a novice lifting novice weights? I find this hard to believe. How much weight did you drop?
Coach,
I have been on the SS program for about a 6 weeks now and on my last 2 dead lift workouts I have nearly dropped the bar out of my left hand. I am pulling the weight up fine so my weakness is clearly my grip. I have tried flipping my hands around but that doesn't seem to help either.
Do I continue to lift the same amount till my grip catches up? go with straps? work on my grip with some sort of assistance exercise?
Thanks in advance.
An alternate grip did not fix the problem, for a novice lifting novice weights? I find this hard to believe. How much weight did you drop?
I didn't actually drop the bar yet, but it ended up rolling towards my fingertips on reps 4 and 5 when pulling 255. Then I switched up my grip on my next dead day at 265 and I had the same issue.
I am just using a regular grip (thumb over knuckle) and I grab the bar near where my fingers meet my palm.
I don't have issues yet but believe I will soon. I pulled up 325 pretty quickly today but had to switch to mixed after only two reps. Ideally I'd like to double overhand everything.
Please rank these options:
[ ] Static holds with a heavy barbell
[ ] Farmer's walks
[ ] Gripper work
[ ] Some kind of pinch grip work
[ ] Fat bar work
[ ] Furious masturbation
Please rank these options:
[4] Static holds with a heavy barbell
[3] Farmer's walks
[5] Gripper work
[6] Some kind of pinch grip work
[2] Fat bar work
[1] Furious masturbation
Don't forget your chalk people.
eleazar, are you using chalk?
Chalk? For furious masturbation?
Next time, ask Coach to rank them in terms of what will build grip strength, not what best contributes to his current training goals.
CHalk for furious masturbation? That will get messy quick.