I imagine most use straps to train when doing deadlifts. I got the idea of using latex gloves the other day and it worked good. Ya, the kind you put on to clean the toilet. I didn’t need straps at all. I’ve never heard of anyone using latex gloves before. I need people’s opinion. Is it a good idea or a bad idea.
What about your bare hands?
And maybe some chalk.
The gym I go to frowns on chalk. Using latex gloves is probably considered a crutch, right? And in the long run won’t help stengthen my grip, right? Thanks for the reply.
try grip4orce
the gym at my college rec center doesnt allow chalk (they actually yell at me for deadlifting because it makes too much noise. i told him to buy rubber mats or stfu). without chalk, i cant hold on to max attempts, so ive increased my grip work and bought a pair of fat gripz would should get here any day now.
My advice would be to strengthen your grip so until it no longer becomes an issue, that’s what im trying at the moment.
how much can you deadlift?
I’ve done 400 lbs. with nothing, but my hands fatigue quickly. With the latex gloves I was able to do 455 2 reps without fatigue. With straps I’ve done 435 one rep. I’ve been hanging from a bar which I heard helps. The fat gripz sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the input.
your hands fatigue quickly because they are weak. go on ironmind.com or elitefts.com and search for the captains of crush grippers. they are the shit. look up how to do plate pinches as well. those will have you crushing apples in the palm of your hand in no time. get rid of the gloves, they arent helping you. they are just masking the underlying issue of why you cant pick up heavy things.
i never thought i had a problem with my grip and i started doing grip work for fun after workouts were over. my best pull before that was 744. the only change in my program was more grip work and i got an easy 771 a couple months later and locked out 804 in competition but got 2 reds.
your hands fatigue quickly because they are weak. go on ironmind.com or elitefts.com and search for the captains of crush grippers. they are the shit. look up how to do plate pinches as well. those will have you crushing apples in the palm of your hand in no time. get rid of the gloves, they arent helping you. they are just masking the underlying issue of why you cant pick up heavy things.
i never thought i had a problem with my grip but i started doing grip work for fun after workouts were over. my best pull before that was 744. the only change in my program was more grip work and i got an easy 771 a couple months later and locked out 804 in competition but got 2 reds.
chalk.
[quote]redpeters wrote:
I imagine most use straps to train when doing deadlifts. I got the idea of using latex gloves the other day and it worked good. Ya, the kind you put on to clean the toilet. I didn’t need straps at all. I’ve never heard of anyone using latex gloves before. I need people’s opinion. Is it a good idea or a bad idea.[/quote]
If your gym is a bunch of “no chalk” douches use this…
http://www.liftinglarge.com/dryhands.aspx
or
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/xf/chalk.html
or
your welcome.
don’t be a kook and use rubber gloves during deads. try to simulate a competition even if you’ll never compete.
heavy shrugs for grip. if you can shrug more then you deadlift(which you should be able to do) grip is a non issue. oh and chalk, just be discreet and clean up after yourself
Wow, thanks for the great replys. StormTheBeach and StrengthDawg. I felt White and Nerdy and kook was also a good description of what I sensed was wrong. This novice is most appreciative. Thanks for steering me in the right direction.
Latex gloves are appropriate for deadlifting. As long as you are deadlifting bodies and cleaning up after a mob hit. Otherwise, use chalk.
Fatbar and grippers have allready been mentioned so I’ll throw plate pinch into the mix on top of those. If your gym’s got hexagonal dumbbells those can be nice to pinch as well.
Chalk FTW.
My gym doesn’t allow chalk either. The trainers are cool with it because they know that I clean up after myself. The gym management is not cool with it, but they are too busy trying to sell their massage machine to care about me using a little chalk.
Just keep it in a tupperware container and keep a rag near by to whipe up after your done.
[quote]matsm21 wrote:
heavy shrugs for grip. if you can shrug more then you deadlift(which you should be able to do) grip is a non issue. oh and chalk, just be discreet and clean up after yourself[/quote]
Sure that’s a good idea??
I dunno about you but I wouldn’t be happy shrugging a bar with a mixed gripped. Even using 6oish% of my best DL my bicep seems to think it would be a good idea to stop after a couple of reps!
Mixed grip and chalk ftw
[quote]Hanley wrote:
matsm21 wrote:
heavy shrugs for grip. if you can shrug more then you deadlift(which you should be able to do) grip is a non issue. oh and chalk, just be discreet and clean up after yourself
Sure that’s a good idea??
I dunno about you but I wouldn’t be happy shrugging a bar with a mixed gripped. Even using 6oish% of my best DL my bicep seems to think it would be a good idea to stop after a couple of reps![/quote]
Have to agree here, but on the other hand, Matsm21 is a big d00d.
[quote]redpeters wrote:
The gym I go to frowns on chalk. [/quote] So does mine. I use it anyway. Just clean up after yourself and dont give them anything to complain about. Chalk for me makes a massive difference.
- 1 for using chalk discreetly. don’t make a mess and management won’t hassle you. when you apply the chalk, do it over a trash can so that there isn’t a pile of snow flakes on the floor.
if the mgmt says anything, REI carries an invisible ‘eco’ climbing chalk. it isn’t on their website, but it is carried in the brick & mortar store. it works as well as regular gym chalk. i think it’s made by bison or maybe metolius.