Best Grip For The Deadlift. The Hook Grip.

The simple and effective hook grip technique helps you deadlift more weight without the bar slipping out of your hands.

Starting Strength Boise
[phone]

#startingstrength #startingstrengthgyms #strengthtraining

[Jimmy_Jazz]

I used hook grip for a while, but I might just switch to straps for going really heavy because it genuinely feels like my thumb is going to rip off or break and and don't want to push it.

[andrewharris]

There was a guy at the gym who took hook grip so seriously he carved knurling into his thumb and fingernail in order to improve his hook grip. True story

[NBDYSPCL]

Every time I've seen someone tear a bicep on a deadlift it's been alternate grip. Every. Time.

[dkfromthebay]

Pro tip: get vet tape, the self adhesive flexible almost cloth like tape that is used on animals because it won't stick to fur. Wrap your thumbs and thank me later

[mytimesc]

This is a very nice reel, and thank you 😊

[johnjomp]

Great video. The hook grip is awesome!!

[thomaschandler]

Nice .. thumb Hook … I never knew … I’ll use it next week

[asdfasdfasdfasdf]

Hate that asymm grip. Hook hurts, but works great.

Also: this demo lifter has some thikk wrists

[germelesmith]

That's dangerous without knowledge, but it is amazing once understood!

[discipleex]

I just use straps to preserve the beatoff endurance needed in these fragile ittybitty sticks of forearms that I have

[shanehardin]

Seen a couple dudes test their bicep doing the over and under grip.

[SliPsHoTiFc]

Ahh yes, I remember learning it. Felt good. Felt raw. 😂

[justincrossley]

The hook grip has been around like forever I do use it I told a guy this hook grip at the gym he told me I’m crazy it will take your thump off I know I was right but I wonder if he ever found out eventually a lot of people didn’t know about it not even the personal trainers who have trained people for years I would ask them about it do you know about the hook grip they would not know all that college all that money and studying didn’t even know about the hook grip that weightlifting and powerlifting athletes use

[jerrycunningham]

Like fantasy island, the pain the pain 😢.

[ErikPehrsson]

Here’s to trying to remember this next time I do dead lifts……..

[jamesfischer]

Yeah then the tendons in your bird finger rip and you drop that shit hard. Ask me how I know!

[notademonrat]

yeah that doesnt work for me it causes an imbalance in my grip because my thumb only hooks to my first two fingers and then theres a gap in my last to fingers i absolutely hate this grip.

[meruemo]

How much is hook supposed to add. For me when i tested it it added about %20-30% to my overhand grip

[EREBO]

I shoot my Turkish bow eastern style with a thumb ring so I think I can pull this off.

[flyngpapaya]

I can't hook grip well. Tried. I use mix grip for working weight. Straps for accessories and sub max work. But I also use double over hand till I cant and it fails.

Heavy rdl ? Straps. Heavy rows, straps. Goal is to train back not my grip. Main pull, mix grip and chalk. If I can't hold it I can't complete with it.