Wrist straps cheating?

[athiktos]

This is kinda like the "shirted bench" questions. Who all thinks wrist straps are cheating? I use them when i deadlift and thats about it. What do you all have to say tho?

 

[jcp2]

it has nothing to do with a shirted bench, nor is it anything like a shirted bench. Who gives a shit if people think it is cheating or not, wrist wraps = illegal in comp, bench shirts = necessity in comp. What part of the two are similar.

 

[Suareezay]

how can you cheat when youre doing something for personal enjoyment/development? straps allows you to go heavier for longer on back and other compound movements.

 

[AngryMuscles]

i can't say using strap is cheating..because most of the grip strength still comes from you. The strap is there only to assist..but not to prevent from slipping completely. Or it's a subsitute when you don't have chalk...like me...x.x

 

[roccodart440]

I have yet to find a weight that I can't hold on to for one rep whethger that be shrugs etc. But after multiple reps it becomes a different story.

I use wrist hooks.

 

[SteelSouth]

I use them, b/c they don't allow chalk in my gym. Just b/c I can't pull 405 x 5 without straps doesn't mean I can't hit 450+ raw for 1 rep. They are a good training tool that allows you to continue to train back when your grips starts to go.

 

[adidamps2]

I use them, b/c they don't allow chalk in my gym. Just b/c I can't pull 405 x 5 without straps doesn't mean I can't hit 450+ raw for 1 rep. They are a good training tool that allows you to continue to train back when your grips starts to go.

very well said.

 

[athiktos]

it has nothing to do with a shirted bench, nor is it anything like a shirted bench.

No...im not saying they are similar. All im saying is, some think shirted bench is cheating, and some think wrist straps are cheating. I just wanted to know what everyone thought. Thats all. I never said they were alike in any way. I said its "like the questions"...not they were alike. Theres the other thread about the shirted bench and i thought i would ask this bc there are tons of diff. views on both. simple as that.

 

[BigRonWannabee]

And as for cheating - if you want grip strength do grip work. Ive never discredited anyone because they used straps - thats just gay.

 

[BigRonWannabee]

i can't say using strap is cheating..because most of the grip strength still comes from you. The strap is there only to assist..but not to prevent from slipping completely. Or it's a subsitute when you don't have chalk...like me...x.x

Sorry man this is totally incorrect. Most of the grip comes from the strap - the roll of the bar will tighten the straps hold on the bar - the grip comes from the friction between the knerls and the strap. I mean yea you need to hold the bar in the first place but its basically a suicide grip long as your gripping even a little.

 

[athiktos]

And as for cheating - if you want grip strength do grip work. Ive never discredited anyone because they used straps - thats just gay.

nicely put.

 

[AngryMuscles]

Sorry man this is totally incorrect. Most of the grip comes from the strap - the roll of the bar will tighten the straps hold on the bar - the grip comes from the friction between the knerls and the strap. I mean yea you need to hold the bar in the first place but its basically a suicide grip long as your gripping even a little.

I didn't know bro! Thanks for the words! ^^

 

[mattd46612]

I like to keep it that if I can grip it i dont do the exercise. Keeps my forearms and wrists very strong.

 

[Mudge]

My forearms still tire wearing straps but they still make the impossible, possible.

As for it being cheating, I am in the gym to lift for MYSELF. I dont need to follow what other people say is the right way to train, I dont need to follow their routines or their technique.

Straps is a personal choice.

 

[athiktos]

As for it being cheating, I am in the gym to lift for MYSELF. I dont need to follow what other people say is the right way to train, I dont need to follow their routines or their technique.

i like you...

 

[pretty ricky]

i use them all the time.you can't use em when you lift in a meet,but when you train heavy for reps it''s a must for me.nothing wrong with straps nothing at all!

 

[B.Reel]

I just use them for the heavy sets of deads and rows. Everything else I ride bare-back.

 

[BigRonWannabee]

I use em for everything from pullups, deads, to dumbbell curls. Very veritile tool when going heavy.

 

[B.Reel]

I use em for everything from pullups, deads, to dumbbell curls. Very veritile tool when going heavy.

My forearms suck so I squeeze in any grip work I can, but I never compromise a heavy lift b/c of a pus*y grip!

 

[truck]

at the end of a long back or pulling day i have to use straps because my grip go to crap and I figure hell I must have already got in some good grip work now its time to get my other muscles big. For my grip stregth isn't a big deal I need and want big legs and a strong lower back witch has crap to do with grip.