thanks a lot. i really really hate that video. it’s like nails on a chalkboard to me
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
You gotta see the difference between doing deads as a powerlifter, an doing them as a bodybuilder. When I used to PL, I’d use a typical PL grip, one up, one down, which although I’d sometimes get a little strain in the bicep of the hand facing up, I always felt I could pull more weight. After a few back ‘incidents’ (read Injuries -lol), I switched to a typical both overhand grip, rationalizing that although I’d be using less weight, that was actually the goal, and I wanted to distribute the stress even across my body as I pushed for a higher rep count.
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Question with your grip usage. Using the standard PL grip the lifter would usually underhand their weak hand, which helped pull more weight. My question is in the sense that I decide to use the grip when im lightening up the load in between meets. Have you had problems with holding the bar with your weak(usually unhand) hand even with the lighteneed load as oppose to your typically overhand one?
Well, everyone is going to be slightly different. I’ve known folks who never felt the need to use the staggered grip, they just felt stronger with two overhand positions. I will say that it seems a little odd that you do something completely different during training than you do during meets, but if you feel it’s working for you, then by all means, keep doing it.
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[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
The Mighty Stu wrote:
You gotta see the difference between doing deads as a powerlifter, an doing them as a bodybuilder. When I used to PL, I’d use a typical PL grip, one up, one down, which although I’d sometimes get a little strain in the bicep of the hand facing up, I always felt I could pull more weight. After a few back ‘incidents’ (read Injuries -lol), I switched to a typical both overhand grip, rationalizing that although I’d be using less weight, that was actually the goal, and I wanted to distribute the stress even across my body as I pushed for a higher rep count.
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One slight form mistake when using mixed grip on heavy deadlifts and the bicep of the arm applying the underhand grip is often done for.
(bar catching on your pants, you leaning back too much so that more stress is on the bis, etcetcetc, also like someone mentioned above with the strongman incident… Goes for injury due to lacking diet/training too heavy too often=recovery prolems etc as well, not just direct form problems…)
There’s a “nice” vid of a tear during mixed-grip deads (0:34 onwards):
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And here’s another. mike ruggiera’s rolls up like a window blind about 23 seconds in. God, vids like these make my nuts jump up into my body. A mixed grip makes me approximately a billion times stronger, but watching vids like this makes me think I might want to change over too. I don’t really get the physiology behind it, but there seem to be a lot of weird injuries from deadlifting. I read somewhere that Dave Tate has torn both his calves deadlifting, which seems completely bizzare to me.
