There are different types of grip strength. For instance, crushing grip strength is the kind of grip strength you train with grippers. However, the main type of grip of concern to strength trainees and lifters is supporting grip strength. As the deadlift requires strong and enduring supporting grip, many lifters are concerned about being able […]
Proper Deadlift Grip: How to Correctly Grip the Bar for Deadlift
Most articles and explanation get proper grip for deadlift wrong. Dead wrong. Good one right? There are two opposite viewpoints: One says you should “grip the bar with the palm” and the other says you should “grip with your fingers.” The first instruction confuses most trainees. How the heck do I grip with my palm? […]
Deadlift Calluses: How to Deal With Them
If you do any sort of heavy lifting involving holding on to a barbell or any other implement, with enough frequency and volume, calluses will form. You can even get calluses from doing pull-ups. But the most frequent sources of calluses in the hand from lifting is from the deaflift. Deadlift calluses are the subject […]
Cheat Reps (aka Cheating Method, Cheating System) in Strength Training or Muscle Building
There are two kinds of “cheating” in the strength training and bodybuilding world. On one hand, there is sloppy, desperate, and out of control exercise technique done when it is not necessary. And there are cheat reps which are s controlled and purposeful. The former is obviously bad and dangerous. The latter, however, is more […]
Average Deadlift Weight: How Numbers Lie In Fitness Advertising and Info
This is not the first post where I talked about how numbers can easily impress and mislead us. I mentioned numbers and “proofiness” in The Data Dump in Fitness Information (Part of the book, The BS Vaccine For Fitness). Another closely related post is Strength Measurements Versus Assessments Our [western] culture is a bit obsessed […]
Strength Measurements Versus Assessments
Quantitative Measurements and Quality Evaluations in Strength Training: The Difference Between Numbers and Performance Muscular strength can be measured in many different ways. In strength training, absent electronic equipment or mechanical strength gauges, strength is often measured via a person’s one rep maximum, the most weight the person can lift for one repetition of an exercise. […]