I’m doing madcow 5x5, long story short, I love it. 6’2" 210 blah blah… 285 bench, 315 squat (easy armchair quarterbacks), 385 dead, 155 military, 205 ish power clean…but i really want to focus on different type of loaded carries, nothing crazy just some regular heavy farmer walks and I dont know what theyre called but you hold a dumbell in a regular carry but the other one above your head…would this be hurtful to my progress if i did say 2-4 sets of these every workout? I need help on my deadlift grip strength and the ones where you isometrically hold the db above your head couldnt hurt my military…give me a yea or ney
Grip Strength = Sand Bag Carries
Probably goes without saying but your doing the overhead barbbell press-holds in a rack, right?
Personally I don’t think doing a few sets per workout would hurt, but in the end thats your call.
I think ^these^ are great for grip strength.
You can also wrap the bar in an old towel if you don’t want to spend money.
It’s hard to explain, I read it in an article on here. I just pick up a kettlebell or db press it over my head, grab the other one in my hand and walk, then to the same for the other hands
[quote]chobbs wrote:
It’s hard to explain, I read it in an article on here. I just pick up a kettlebell or db press it over my head, grab the other one in my hand and walk, then to the same for the other hands[/quote]
Oh, okay. I thought you were talking about this:
If you are just concerned about your grip, get some captains of crush grip trainers, made a world of difference for me. I’ve tried fat gripz too which work well however I personally don’t have room for them in my workout, but would work great with heavy db rows
[quote]chobbs wrote:
I dont know what theyre called but you hold a dumbell in a regular carry but the other one above your head…[/quote]
I think the technical name for those is “one arm up, one arm down walks.” 
Dan John calls them “cross walks” here:
They can be a little confusing at first, and don’t expect to use the same weight in both hands.
As Dan John might say, try it for a while and then you tell me.
But yeah, if you ease into it and don’t go too far, too heavy, too soon, you should be fine to use some kind of carry as a regular finisher.
I vote yea, provisional that you consider tweaking things depending on how you’re feeling (reducing intensity or frequency if needed. It’s accessory/conditioning work, after all.) Farmer’s walks can definitely toast your grip and overhead carries will work all those smaller support structures of the shoulder and upper back.
Thanks chris, thats exactly what I do.