Glossary
Deadlift grip
How the hands hold the bar: double overhand, mixed, or hook.
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Double overhand is the plain grip. It fails first as the weight rises, because the bar wants to roll out of the fingers. A mixed grip, one hand facing you and one facing away, resists that roll. A hook grip traps the thumb under the fingers and is the usual Olympic-lifting grip.
Chalk helps all three by keeping the hand dry. It does not replace a hook or a mixed grip when the load is simply too heavy for an open hand. Straps are a training tool. They are not legal equipment on an IPF platform.
Chalk the palm and the fingers that touch the knurl. You do not need a glove of paste up the wrist.
Gymreapers Lifting wrist straps
Wrist straps for deadlifts and pulls. They tie the bar to the wrist when the grip is the limit. They are not chalk, and they are not legal lifting equipment on an IPF platform.
Use them in training if your gym allows straps. Take them off when you are practicing the grip you will use in a meet.
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Liquid chalk whose listing title names the gym, weightlifting, rock climbing, and gymnastics. This is the bottle the old site linked for every article.
The title says it dries in seconds. That is the brand's claim. Wait until the coat looks dry before you pull.
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