gripping barbell when lifting heavy

Really starting to get annoyed now

Have gloves and they are shi'te , hate wearing them aswell as i prefer the feel of my hands on th ebar.

Basically having trouble gripping th ebar , even though the weight is no problem too lift...single lifts are fine , its when i start doing reps at a weight , when the problems start. Anything iver 100kg and the grip starts slipping at around the 4th rep

whats my best solution for grip?

Chalk, train your grip and time. Add in judicial use of straps too.

Do you use an alternate grip? 

Packup Pete


Do you use an alternate grip? 

sometimes , i find the grip alot easier and it feels alot stronger , if u get what i mean

Sack the gloves off and get some liquid chalk



My protein do one for under a 5ver 

iaink


Chalk, train your grip and time. Add in judicial use of straps too.

will give the chalk a go

I usually take caffeine , which causes the sweat aswell...which obviously doesnt help

Packup Pete


Sack the gloves off and get some liquid chalk



My protein do one for under a 5ver 

Thanks

I never use the gloves , hate them! tried them today for the first time in ages and it just doesnt feel right wearing them when lifting

Ohh yeah.. forgot mixed grip! That alone should make a huge difference.

Have a look at some of the exercises on here too mate

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson78.htm


Pinch gripping, towel chins and static holds are esp effective. 

Packup Pete


Have a look at some of the exercises on here too mate

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson78.htm


Pinch gripping, towel chins and static holds are esp effective. 

Thanks

will have a read of that in abit . it looks good

i just wear straps for reps.

As said before, Liquid Chalk and Stuff like static holds (hanging from a chin-up bar with a weight belt or holding a loaded olympic bar for time)

MMA4life

Straps- grip is always going to give before the back is exhausted otherwise

wolves1


Straps- grip is always going to give before the back is exhausted otherwise

It won't if you a) have a well trained grip, and b) use appropriate grip and chalk.
 
Still nothing wrong with straps if need be. I've never missed a deadlift due to a grip issue in a very long time. Mind you a set of 10 is CV but there you go.

Or if you like pain, thumb hook grip. :)

jack5r


Or if you like pain, thumb hook grip. :)

Ouch! I did 150kg single handed for 5 reps not long back and made my thumb nail bleed, almost ripped it off! 

You've got to work slowly into a hook grip. Take a long term to toughen up the area, and I hear that it's not worth going much over tripples

iaink


You've got to work slowly into a hook grip. Take a long term to toughen up the area, and I hear that it's not worth going much over tripples

This, hence why i use straps.

Stick with straps for reps. Singles with hook.

If you've never tried chalk then that's definately your main starting point, that will make a difference. I used to but haven't specifically trained grip for a few years now and can still comfortably hold on to my max DL weight double over hand (never used mixed as I don't get on with it, or my back doesn't).

I often use a semi-hiooked grip. My index finger crosses over my thumb but not my middle finger, that really fcuking hurts.

I found that my grip got stronger by only using the straps at the point of failure.  When I was using straps all the time my grip strength was really bad.  Just to add I never use gloves anymore.