In my experience, you've just gotta push through the lack of forearm strength and the heavy weights from your moves will take care of your grip strength.
Never in a million years would I used those grip things you can buy.
Brilliant for heavy lifting and for doing shins and stuff..
I use them, when heavy dead lifting, heavy bent rows or chins.
Its no exactly heavy weights am lifting at the moment noffles.
Its only 30kg dumbbells, which is a bit poor to start losing my grip on so early.
Although the deadlift is the last exercise on my list.
willl be heading to the gym after my breakfast.
Device, heavy is relative to the person lifting it... if it's heavy to you that's all that matters, you are doing dead lifts I take it, with an Olympic straight bar?
You should look at trying to strengthen your grip, hanging exercises will help.... try some of them then later on when you start to lift heaviER then try some straps if you think you could use them.
No Noffles its just Stiff legged deadlifts with Dumbbells, the gym am using doesnt even have a barbell. just one of those smith machines.
You every used those gripper thinngs for improving grip?
I do pull up before i do the the deadlifts i'll try some hanging if its quiet.
I have one of those squeeze things on my desk in the office, but I do have a fairly good grip though, think I only squeeze that when some clown is annoying me!
Ah right, see what you mean about the stiff legged deads, smith machines are ok but for a proper dead lift you do need a straight bar... the main thing is your still trying to do them!
If hanging, try to over grip the bar, as in grip it harder than is required for longer... this helps to strengthen you forearms and grip overall.
So do these grippers really work on grip strength? Are they worth getting?
Do they work, yep. They do help with grip, but i'm not sure it's the type of grip you're trying to achieve with a deadlift. A bar really isn't going to be trying to pry your fingers open, so I don't think you can apply their use over to it. Some tips:
If your using a barbell, use a mixed grip (one underarm, one overarm).
Place your thumb over your fingers to make it more secure.
Try static holds with a loaded bar for X amount of seconds. If you can hold the bar for X seconds, increase the weight and repeat.
Tense your forearms rather than just tighten your grip.
Oh and do deadlift first. Not only will your grip not be as fatigued as you would be at the end, your other muscles won't be as tired, so you can work a lot harder on the deadlift.
However, you're not deadlifting to improve your grip. The target muscles are the lower back, glutes, and hams, so as big Noffs says, some straps will do you well. I can reccomend Versa Grips, but you can only get these from the states so they aren't cheap. Dutch did find a cheaper alternative several months ago though, so you might want to get his atteneion for more details and a bit of a review.
