Dead lift grip strength

[eleazar]

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.

[Mark Rippetoe]

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?

[eleazar]

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.

[zephed56]

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

[Mark Rippetoe]

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

[Kiknskreem]

Don't forget your chalk people.

[anti]

eleazar, are you using chalk?

[OITW]

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.

[Jamie J. Skibicki]

CHalk for furious masturbation? That will get messy quick.

[eleazar]

eleazar, are you using chalk?

I am not right now but I will give it a try.