I use a thumbless grip, always have, It takes a lot of tension off hands… There’s videos of guys using a regular grip that drop the bar on themselves anyways…
I had 315 roll out of my hands once but that was because I was trying out wrist wraps for the first time and it changed the angle of my hands… Lucky I didn’t get hurt, I even finished my set and my chest workout…
[quote]Tesauro wrote:
BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
The only sad part is that as each of you mongoloids crush your wind pipe, no one will think to come back here and tell us about it.
And why? Cause it kinda feels better? RETARDED.[/quote]
With all due respect there’s vids of guys losing weights with a standard grip also. So wtf does that say? Calling people retarded for preferring a different grip, well is actually retarded. Most of the time when a lifting accident occurs there’s more factors involved then just one.
I love suicide grip as well. The only time the bar ever came lose to slipping was when I was benching on one of those racks that pivots on a lever so you don’t need a lift off. When I tapped the rack to make it fall back in to place the bar about rolled out, that scared me fo sho!
It is called the suicide grip for a reason, but as long as you are taking your lifts seriously, and using a spotter when your pushing heavy weights, I think it is a good way to mix things up and relieve tension on the hands and wrists during certain lifts.
If I am ever using the suicide grip while benching I always make sure to have a spotter. I’m almost positive that’s the lift that gave the utilization of the grip it’s name, and you don’t want back spasms or wrist pain to make you an additional casualty.
it always makes me laugh a little bit how if you’re on a thread and a few people are proponents of using thumbs for grip and back it up w/ somewhat of an educated reasoning, EVERYONE agrees. then, there’s this one. it’s so funny around here. just like some of the articles talk about, everyone love switching every which way they see.
For OHPs, always. For bench only when doing it from pins, especially if I’m in a powerlifting-setup, since if that bar falls it’ll roll down, where, if the spotters miss it, it’ll make friend with my larynx.
I’ve dropped the bar on my head once doing snatches, wasn’t too bad, was alot worse when it fell from my head and hit my kneecap.
The latter, with the addition of the pins being about 3 inches above chest level. Seems to be working well and doing dead skulls immediately after leaves me fried for a good three days.
I think everyone gets so concerned with doing things “right” they forget to do what’s right for THEM.
This thread was basically just born of me screwing around and then thinking to myself- “Hmm. Anyone else do this?”
I go suicide grip on all my pressing since waylander turned me on to it. I’ll never go back
[quote]josh86 wrote:
I go suicide grip on all my pressing since waylander turned me on to it. I’ll never go back [/quote]
If you die while doing any form of pressing I REFUSE to be held liable! You hear me?!
hey hey its no way to start a fair discussion about this calling it “suicide grip”
also i dont’ use my thumbs for any pressing movements anymore and its amazing
I started using a suicide grip this past summer and I love it. I use it for ALL my lifts deads, pressing, and especially back exercises you name it.
You have to be really unfocused if you’re lifting and let the bar slip out of your hands, or you have a weak ass grip.
I went to a bench press meet a week ago where a competitor opened with 805, and he used a thumbless grip. I can assure you he wasn’t worried about the bar slipping out of his hands.
here’s my reverse band bench from last night- 725x1. i would be a fool to try something like this with a suicide grip.
haha MM I was hoping you would use a suicide grip after saying that. Nice slapping!
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
haha MM I was hoping you would use a suicide grip after saying that. Nice slapping![/quote]
i’ve become addicted to the slap. check this one out… I’ve been giving, Dave, my training partner shit for hitting like a girl. He cracked me good on, i think, the third one.
It’s better than nose tork.
LOL! “Yeahhhhh, that’s what I want!” Priceless. I had my buddy give me the Ronnie Coleman slap on the back once and I just started laughing immediately afterwards. Not for me haha.
I favor a thumb around the bar because I can get the bar way down onto the base of my wrist and on top of my ulnar nerve, which I’ve read helps to activate my tri’s and ellicit a push reflex. I have found that when my wrists are straight I can transfer more power to the bar. I have tried the thumbless stuff but feel like i’m doing heavy extensions or something. I also push back over my face more and hit the uprights more often with this grip. I guess to each is own…
M
I favor a thumb around the bar because I can get the bar way down onto the base of my wrist and on top of my ulnar nerve, which I’ve read helps to activate my tri’s and ellicit a push reflex. I have found that when my wrists are straight I can transfer more power to the bar. I have tried the thumbless stuff but feel like i’m doing heavy extensions or something. I also push back over my face more and hit the uprights more often with this grip. I guess to each is own…
M
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
josh86 wrote:
I go suicide grip on all my pressing since waylander turned me on to it. I’ll never go back
If you die while doing any form of pressing I REFUSE to be held liable! You hear me?![/quote]
No worries. I will blame Gerdy for not catching the bar…lol
Thumbs around for me. Two reasons:
I’ve heard that the regular grip is also stronger if done properly, but haven’t never used the suicide grip I really can’t say and most people here seem to disagree.
Hey guys this just popped up on the Elitefts channel, it’s basically Dave Tate going through the pros and cons of suicide grip and how to impliment it safely.
