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Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-17 15:37:18
February 17 2012 15:29 GMT
#1461
We aren't allowed chalk at my uni gym, it's crap. People used to throw chalk around and so they banned it, then let people use it again and of course people threw chalk everywhere...

I really can't hold onto the bar without something, I don't think it's grip strength it just slips out, can't get a good hold on it.



EDIT: Why are wrist straps bad? It's not a grip exercise so I can't see a reason to drop weight just so I could hold the bar?
Malinor
Profile Joined November 2008
Germany4740 Posts
February 17 2012 15:36 GMT
#1462
Did yu try mixed grip for Deadlifts?

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"Withstand. Suffer. Live as you must now live. There will, one day, be answer to this." ||| "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
February 17 2012 15:39 GMT
#1463
Yeah that's the hold I do, I alternate between sets. I just get really sweaty at the gym.

I'm not even sure with using chalk my grip would be strong enough for a full workout with the same weight. I could start trying to do stuff for grip but still have the issue of chalk being banned.
Luxae
Profile Joined February 2011
Israel232 Posts
February 17 2012 15:46 GMT
#1464
Look into liquid chalk, Deadeight. I haven't had any experience with it myself, but I've heard it's as useful as actual chalk and obviously not as messy.
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
February 17 2012 16:08 GMT
#1465
On February 18 2012 00:46 Luxae wrote:
Look into liquid chalk, Deadeight. I haven't had any experience with it myself, but I've heard it's as useful as actual chalk and obviously not as messy.


Ok brilliant, thanks for the tip. I'll pick up a bottle and try it next week.
Catch
Profile Joined September 2010
United States616 Posts
February 17 2012 16:21 GMT
#1466
Awesome article on kettle bell training. If I wasn't trying to do so much other crap, I would be trying kettlebells out.

Kettle Bell Training
Victory Loves Preparation
phyre112
Profile Joined August 2009
United States3090 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-17 16:30:25
February 17 2012 16:29 GMT
#1467
On February 18 2012 00:39 Deadeight wrote:
Yeah that's the hold I do, I alternate between sets. I just get really sweaty at the gym.

I'm not even sure with using chalk my grip would be strong enough for a full workout with the same weight. I could start trying to do stuff for grip but still have the issue of chalk being banned.


at ~140kg, you shouldn't need straps or chalk really; hell, I'm pulling that much with a double overhand grip right now, and if you ask anyone in this thread I'm weak as shit. If you had worked up from a lighter deadlift without straps, then I'm sure you would be fine. Since you didn't, it's now biting you in the ass, and I would really suggest grip work. Farmers walks, plate pinches, and heavy heavy dumbbell rows.
TheResidentEvil
Profile Joined September 2010
United States991 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-17 16:49:33
February 17 2012 16:40 GMT
#1468
You should not use straps if you can avoid it but be realistic here. When deadlifting your grip is obviously going to give out before your back/hams do. If you are doing too heavy weight to hold then use straps. If you aren't then dont. Hold it with your hands as much as possible but if you want to add weight and your grip is what is giving out then do straps. Work on your grip with other exercises.

Shrugs and deadlifts are what most people really need straps for. What i started doing to help with deadlifting is let go of the bar at the bottom. I don't drop it but after i put it down i let go for 3 seconds and then regrip and go again.
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-17 17:13:29
February 17 2012 16:44 GMT
#1469
On February 18 2012 01:29 phyre112 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2012 00:39 Deadeight wrote:
Yeah that's the hold I do, I alternate between sets. I just get really sweaty at the gym.

I'm not even sure with using chalk my grip would be strong enough for a full workout with the same weight. I could start trying to do stuff for grip but still have the issue of chalk being banned.


at ~140kg, you shouldn't need straps or chalk really; hell, I'm pulling that much with a double overhand grip right now, and if you ask anyone in this thread I'm weak as shit. If you had worked up from a lighter deadlift without straps, then I'm sure you would be fine. Since you didn't, it's now biting you in the ass, and I would really suggest grip work. Farmers walks, plate pinches, and heavy heavy dumbbell rows.



I expect I'll use at least liquid chalk. I sweat like a pig at the gym, the thing I hate most about the gym is normally how much my eyes sting.

I have no idea about my grip. I think maybe I'll take your advice and just work on it. I dumbbell row for 5 sets of 8 reps at 42.5kg, so I guess maybe it's not too bad. I'm wary of doing really heavy dumbbell rows as I start cheating if I do, and my body moves.

However, can anyone tell me why you shouldn't use wraps? Is it more of a "If you had to use wraps, you didn't actually dead lift that weight."?


EDIT: Also, I'm surprised! 140kg definitely felt pretty heavy for 5 x 5. Sounds like I've got quite a way to go.
Zafrumi
Profile Joined June 2009
Switzerland1272 Posts
February 17 2012 17:15 GMT
#1470
wth why are you doing 5 sets of deadlifts? what program are you on? SS and SL only have 1 set of 5 reps...
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general" -Mark Rippetoe
Malinor
Profile Joined November 2008
Germany4740 Posts
February 17 2012 17:25 GMT
#1471
On February 18 2012 01:40 TheResidentEvil wrote:
You should not use straps if you can avoid it but be realistic here. When deadlifting your grip is obviously going to give out before your back/hams do.


Just wanted to comment that this is definitely not true for everybody. My grip is strong enough to get a 250kg deadlift up, but my lower back isn't. Grip was a problem earlier in my deadlifting-career, but by just pulling heavy all the time it did catch up, I didn't really do extra grip work besides some high-rep DB-Rows from time to time.

And 140kg for 5x5, that is some manly workload. I hate going for several heavy deadlift sets
"Withstand. Suffer. Live as you must now live. There will, one day, be answer to this." ||| "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
February 17 2012 17:28 GMT
#1472
One set?! I'm not on a program, still researching what I need to be doing. Dead lift to me a couple of weeks ago on my rowing workout was 5 sets of 12. So today I just bumped of the weight and dropped the reps. I am quickly seeing I'm pretty clueless outside of the really specific weights I used to do.
Malinor
Profile Joined November 2008
Germany4740 Posts
February 17 2012 17:46 GMT
#1473
Don't get me wrong, 5x5 can of course definitely also work on deadlifts. but it is normally not necessary for someone who isn't really advanced. For me personally, 1-2 heavy sets of deadlifts (and I mean really heavy) just take everything out of me. If I would do 5x5 without chalk, the bar would slip out of my sweaty hands all the time, so you are definitely not alone with that problem. I remember very well when I first used chalk and my deadlift went up 20kg within two weeks.
"Withstand. Suffer. Live as you must now live. There will, one day, be answer to this." ||| "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."
GoTuNk!
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Chile4591 Posts
February 17 2012 18:02 GMT
#1474
On February 18 2012 02:28 Deadeight wrote:
One set?! I'm not on a program, still researching what I need to be doing. Dead lift to me a couple of weeks ago on my rowing workout was 5 sets of 12. So today I just bumped of the weight and dropped the reps. I am quickly seeing I'm pretty clueless outside of the really specific weights I used to do.


Are you resseting your grip afer each rep? cause if not no wonder the bar slips.
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
February 17 2012 18:06 GMT
#1475
Ok, well I think it's going to take a lot to educate myself on what I should be doing, so I'm going to take the easy route and find a program. Can anyone recommend one? I just want pure strength, all I want out of it is to lift heavy ass weights. I can lift fairly heavy stuff already if this makes a difference.

I'm looking at something called 5-3-1 at the moment, but I don't really like the idea of one week in every four being a deload week, like I'm having a period once a month and can't work out. Of course though I understand there's going to be science behind it, I just don't like the idea of it.

I looked at the stickys and saw the advanced novice program, and I'd really like to be doing more than 3 sets for stuff. It might be because I've had a couple of years of endurance stuff and building up a ton of slow twitch, lactate tolerance etc etc, but after three sets of the most I can lift for 5 reps I'm not hurting enough.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-17 18:08:28
February 17 2012 18:07 GMT
#1476
On February 18 2012 03:02 GoTuNk! wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2012 02:28 Deadeight wrote:
One set?! I'm not on a program, still researching what I need to be doing. Dead lift to me a couple of weeks ago on my rowing workout was 5 sets of 12. So today I just bumped of the weight and dropped the reps. I am quickly seeing I'm pretty clueless outside of the really specific weights I used to do.


Are you resseting your grip afer each rep? cause if not no wonder the bar slips.



Not when I used the wrist strap things, wasn't necessary. When I did 5 x 12 I would do the first set or two with hands only and reset my grip, but after then I was just too sweaty, it was dripping off me. It would be slipping out of my hands as I was pulling up and I was wary of it just dropping on my kneecaps or something.
eshlow
Profile Joined June 2008
United States5210 Posts
February 17 2012 18:31 GMT
#1477
On February 18 2012 03:06 Deadeight wrote:
Ok, well I think it's going to take a lot to educate myself on what I should be doing, so I'm going to take the easy route and find a program. Can anyone recommend one? I just want pure strength, all I want out of it is to lift heavy ass weights. I can lift fairly heavy stuff already if this makes a difference.

I'm looking at something called 5-3-1 at the moment, but I don't really like the idea of one week in every four being a deload week, like I'm having a period once a month and can't work out. Of course though I understand there's going to be science behind it, I just don't like the idea of it.

I looked at the stickys and saw the advanced novice program, and I'd really like to be doing more than 3 sets for stuff. It might be because I've had a couple of years of endurance stuff and building up a ton of slow twitch, lactate tolerance etc etc, but after three sets of the most I can lift for 5 reps I'm not hurting enough.

Thanks in advance for any help.


Starting Strength, if you're new, is fine. Or StrongLifts.

If your lift numbers are up above 1.5x squat/dl then sure do an intermediate program. Otherwise, not stick with a novice program
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BlondeOnBlonde
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada150 Posts
February 17 2012 20:38 GMT
#1478


More of the same. Me pulling some iron on a friday afternoon. 225kg from 4 inch deficit @ 81Kg BW. Nothing heavy, just going through the motion after 7 days without training because of sickness...
Zafrumi
Profile Joined June 2009
Switzerland1272 Posts
February 17 2012 20:51 GMT
#1479
On February 18 2012 03:06 Deadeight wrote:
Ok, well I think it's going to take a lot to educate myself on what I should be doing, so I'm going to take the easy route and find a program. Can anyone recommend one? I just want pure strength, all I want out of it is to lift heavy ass weights. I can lift fairly heavy stuff already if this makes a difference.

I'm looking at something called 5-3-1 at the moment, but I don't really like the idea of one week in every four being a deload week, like I'm having a period once a month and can't work out. Of course though I understand there's going to be science behind it, I just don't like the idea of it.

I looked at the stickys and saw the advanced novice program, and I'd really like to be doing more than 3 sets for stuff. It might be because I've had a couple of years of endurance stuff and building up a ton of slow twitch, lactate tolerance etc etc, but after three sets of the most I can lift for 5 reps I'm not hurting enough.

Thanks in advance for any help.


the problem is that doing more than 3 sets is kind of getting in the way with your other goal (gaining pure strength).
muscles dont just grow out of nowhere. you have to stimulate them. and the stimulus needs to be pretty big for muscles to grow. and since you can lift more weight if you just do three sets rather than 5 sets, you will grow more muscle tissues on a 3x5 program.
5x5 is fine for beginners. but everyone reaches a point where they cant progress linearly anymore on 5x5 because the volume is just too big.
now, imo there are two options for you: stick with stronglifts 5x5 program until you cant finish all 5 sets on your squat anymore, then switch to starting strength or even the advanced novice program.
or you can jump right into the advanced novice program and wait a few weeks until you reach the proper weights.

in either case, dont do 5 sets of deadlifts :p one or two heavy sets is plenty. and keep adding weight to the bar!
hope this helps
"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general" -Mark Rippetoe
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20161 Posts
February 17 2012 20:55 GMT
#1480
On February 18 2012 05:38 BlondeOnBlonde wrote:
http://youtu.be/BFG-kBPZFOY

More of the same. Me pulling some iron on a friday afternoon. 225kg from 4 inch deficit @ 81Kg BW. Nothing heavy, just going through the motion after 7 days without training because of sickness...

You and I, sir have differing opinions on the word "heavy"
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
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