Wrist wraps and Lifting Straps

[Gorilla]

Anyone know where you can get these from? I worked out with staps and it was awesome was lifing so much more since my grip wasnt giving up.

Let me know where to get them

[rc2002]

I saw them at fitness depot last time I was there. They work wonders - especially for chinups.

[lint]

sport chek and champs also carry them.

[Gorilla]

Any idea on prices?

[bulaian]

I bought my straps for about $12 about 5 years ago

[pinoyhero]

You can get them at sport check or order online they should be like $15 ish. Use them in moderation though and only when you truily need them otherwise you grip will suffer. Forearms get a decent work out when using grip so don't cheat em too much. I use from dumblell rows, bet rows, deads, v-bar pull downs (not for body weight or weighted chins) and shrugs.

[slammed_cb7]

I think these would be awesome for dead lifts. Dead lifts are really good cause you can improve quickly but it is almost imposibble for my grip to keep up, especiall when i got sweaty hands

[Darkane]

Originally posted by slammed_cb7
I think these would be awesome for dead lifts. Dead lifts are really good cause you can improve quickly but it is almost imposibble for my grip to keep up, especiall when i got sweaty hands

use chalk bro

[hussein]

Originally posted by Darkane


use chalk bro

I heard some gyms don't allow chalk?



Yea, I also want to get some straps. Grip is giving out before I can really exhaust my dead lifts.

[Gorilla]

picked up wrist wraps from bodybuilding.com and got free straps

[sgouki]

Chalk is a good idea but it always leaves a mess.
on deadlifts

[~Leah~]

A lot of gyms don't allow chalk.

[bbcman]

chalk is a great thing if youre allowed to use it at your gym. another thing you might want to try if you have weak grip is working your forearms. not alot of people do this because its a pain in the ass. i gurantee if you work your forearms your grip will get stronger. keep the reps for your forearms higher around 15 and up. for some reason you get better results.

[nagooro]

Bump. Looking to pick up a pair of lifting straps, any recommendations for a retail store/online or certain brand to get?

[davidI]

Bodybuilding.com and SupplementsCanada.com both stock them I think. They're pretty simple...brands shouldn't matter.

As far as the chalk discussion, I've seen 'Liquid Chalk' for sale now too. I haven't used it myself, but I imagine the intention is to get around gyms that don't allow it.

[davidI]

Also, you shouldn't rely on straps for your lifts. They should just be a tool to help you with you very heavy lifts as you develop forearm strength.

Do farmer walks and such at the end of your workout to really work up that grip.

[davidI]

double post.

[brucebanner]

I've also have been around guys that use a rosin bag instead of chalk. Leaves no residue behind, great grip improvement, they last a long ass time and are cheap to buy.

[ddduke]

I use these:

http://www.supplementscanada.com/pow...ss_1_pair.html

They're $38 at fitness depot and are an absolute life saver.

While I don't think you should rely on them, I think they're totally necessary on certain workouts like shrugs where it's a huge cunt to grip 120lb+ dumbells.

[scboss]

Originally posted by ddduke
I use these:

http://www.supplementscanada.com/pow...ss_1_pair.html

They're $38 at fitness depot and are an absolute life saver.

While I don't think you should rely on them, I think they're totally necessary on certain workouts like shrugs where it's a huge cunt to grip 120lb+ dumbells.

Thats what farmers walks are for hahaha.
If you guys are gonna use straps make sure you fatigue the shit out of your grip for the last exercise and always have day where you dont use them.

Any straps work, if your gym allows chalk definitely use that instead!