Hook Grip

[kinski]

Have you trained anyone that preferred using the hook grip for their work set on the deadlift, as well as for the bench press in general?

I have found I can control the barbell better by wrapping my index and middle fingers around my thumbs on the bench press. Do you have any reason to believe that this is a bad habit to develop?

[Carlos Daniel]

I think it's weird and you'd get the same effect from grabbing the bar with a mean attitude. But I can't see how it'd hurt.

[Regin Smidur]

I think using a hook grip when benching just serves to increase the effective diameter of the barbell, which will hurt your ability to move it. I could be wrong.

[skipbeat]

That's weird mate. Thumbs around is fine enough over suicide grip.

[jillingworth]

Do you have large hands?

[ktang]

I'm picturing in my mind that a hook grip for the bench press would put the bar slightly deeper into the thumb / forefinger crease, because the thumb's 2nd segment is pointing more towards the palm. This would settle the bar closer to the base of the wrists, so there would be less play and better control.