Quote: (09-27-2012 01:34 PM)muc Wrote:
Thanks everyone. Excellent advice.
RioNomad: I shall check, but I think I am limited by my hands. When I use straps (is that the right word? it's like a belt or ribbon) that I put around my wrist, I can lift much more.
Gotcha. Well, what you can do is add the grip routine to your workout 3x per week (wrist curls, reverse wrist curls, barbell crushes, plate pinches) and then do your warmup deadlifts WITHOUT straps, but your work sets WITH straps.
This way you are building your grip strength to catch up to your deadlifts, but at the same time you are still making gains in your deadlifts.
Don't get reliant on straps though, because you don't want to be using them for your everyday lifting.
Are you using chalk when you deadlift? Chalk makes a HUGE difference in your grip. Gotta use it for your deadlifts or your grip will give out way too quickly.