Yea, they probably would. Could try liquid chalk, i’ve never used it but it might fit the bill too.
That’s what he would make is liquid chalk, but worked way better and less white residue
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I’m curious; why does rubber coating make straps not work? I’d figure that’d make them work REAL well: they should grip the coating.
Oh when I put the first one on, I was like hell yea! Ultimate grip! I then spent the next 5 minutes trying to put the other one on and quit once my rage reached dangerous levels. It was just too sticky. I could get it wrapped around, but trying to roll it back to get it right and the slack out like you would with a barbell was near impossible.
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Ah, gotcha. I’m blessed with long skinny fingers, so I’m pretty talented at being able to do that with my free hand. Figure 8s could help. You can also do short straps like these
Just wrap and squeeze.
Never seen those! I’ll have to look into it. I have normal size hands (usually a L/XL in gloves) but with the rubber and my fat kid sweat, it gets unreal. I’ve also got screws and plates in my wrists and that has seriously taken my grip strength down.
Got my kids this weekend so no commercial gym. I really wasn’t feeling working out at home so decided I’d have fun and do something I wanted and stuff I’d never done before.
First on the list of wanting to try was weighted dips!
They were a lot harder than I thought.
Bw x 10
+45 x 8
+60 x 5
+45 x 8
+45 x 7
Bw x 15 - first few I about flew away 
felt a lot lighter for some reason.
Incline bench cable skull crushers
Saw a dude at the gym doing these and they looked interesting. I feel zero difference in feel and contraction than any other tricep push downs… idk if you’re supposed to feel a difference 
Did some working sets with EZ curl bar attachment as well as rope attachment and single arm attachment.
Not sure which one I liked more. Probably single arm just so the other was feee to see and feel which parts of the tricep were working.
Next on the list was the ever so simple handed tricep push downs! Never used bands before, always cables!
Hung a couple heavier bands over my rack and did some single arm push downs as well as over head push downs. Interesting feeling with the first part being easy and the ending being the toughest.
Did 3/4 work sets of each to failure.
Kids are already restless and hungry 
So I guess my mini arm day is over lol so glad I wasted a scoop of pre workout on this
Triceps got a good pump but doesn’t feel like I worked them out, just feels like I pumped them up I’ll definitely be adding weighted dips into rotation.
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Great day at the gym. A little rushed for time so I cut one body part short I don’t care about right now (tits).
When I got there the gym was empty so I wanted to see what I could do with dumbbell OHP worked my way up to the 90’s! Got 3 reps, but think I had 4/5 in me if I had an assist into position. Them damn 90’s don’t sling around like the 75’s. I started my first rep from below my shoulders and that really drained some juize fo sho. Also, as soon as I set the 90’s on my knees like 15 people decided it was time to use the dumbbells and I got so skeered I wasn’t gonna even get one rep
Also, I think the placebo is real from yesterday’s tricep session because my triceps were lookin right in the mirror during OHP Shit works fast lol
Felt strong on iso hammer chest press as well, which is nice for a change.
Found my small collection of John Meadows programs I lost last year!!! Might do one after the T tans formation is over!
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@mnben87 hey dude, mind shootin me an email?
Don’t you go leaving me on my own as the solo member of the noodle arm club!
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I can do that.
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Haha I want to leave you so bad though
No, that’s it I’m leaving you!
Wait! Don’t go baby 
isn’t this when we’re supposed to compare notes and come together as one, giant, small upper arm and curl the world!?
But for real though, I have seen some slight changes with my biceps. I think now I just need to unlock those tricep gainzz
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That’s great news I’d say I’m the opposite, tris look slightly different (not necessarily bigger yet) but bis are unchanged. I do a lot of dips, added in some extra bench work (slingshot post top set and incline DBs) and some extra ohp work (behind neck volume post ohp top set). Adding in a straight arms day this week for the foreseeable hopefully I might squeeze a few millimeters of growth out!
For me it’s been easier to get a really good pump and destroy my biceps, where as for triceps it’s been harder. I’m not real sure why, might be a mental thing or something.
Sent you one.
And @alex_uk, what are your guys thoughts on pump work vs strength work for building arms? I do both, but I sometimes wonder what the pump work really does in the long term.
I guess I try to do stuff like close grip bench and weighted chins for the heavy work. Pump is usually higher reps and dumbell or cable work.
I am currently working arms every workout day (4X a week). My arms haven’t gotten bigger, but they really haven’t gotten smaller either, and I am about 18 lbs down in the last 6-8 months. I’ll take that as a win, but they are still only 16.5" at 206-208 lbs. I am very lean on the arms and legs, and store my fat on my stomach, which also is terrible for making the arms look big. Perhaps if I can lose a few more inches on the stomach, the arms will actually look good.
I try and incorporate some “heavy” and pump work every arm session. It’s been working ok for biceps but still haven’t found the sweet stuff for triceps.
A typical bicep workout goes like this for me:
Warm up curls
V bar cable curls working up to 130lbs on the stack, couple sets here then maybe drop the weight to 110 and do a couple more
Then single arm cable curls, 4 sets here with less weight, maybe 30-40lbs, just a solid pump.
Then some seated EZbar curls with the bench laid back one notch. 3-4 sets here usually using a 60/70lb bar.
If I have time I’ll do some hammer curls as well.
Every rep gets the hardest contractions I can humanly muster.
Tricep days I start with light pull downs to warm dem ‘bows up then 4 sets of body weight dips to failure.
Then seated dip/press machine. I’m not maxing the machine out and going for 3/4 sets to failure.
If nobody is using it I also like to superset those with the seated tricep extension machine
Then seated chest press machine, using only 1 arm and sitting sideways to take the chest out of it. Working weight is generally around 80-90lbs on the stack
Then cable push downs with straight bar and rope
I’ll add in other stiff and mix things up a little here and there, but generally this is the bread and butter.
There was a former member here named alpha (Brian Alsrue on Youtube) who never does direct arm work, but has a really solid physique and big arms. He advocates getting really strong in stuff like close grip bench and weighted chins. I believe he is doing weighted chins or has done them with about 200 lbs of additional weight. Now I don’t believe he is natty or even close to it, but it also doesn’t look like he has great genetics for arms if you look at his teen pictures.
He claims all of the pump work is a waste of time. He says to program those lifts as you would your bench or other big compound you want to improve, and the size will follow.
For now, I’ll do both, as I really want growth, and the pump stuff doesn’t take much to recover from anyways.