Should your dominant hand be over or under? I can get to 120 both hands over for 5 before the bar sort of rolls out of my hand. Bar has crap knurling, no chalk allowed. Off topic, are the liquid chalk type products any good?
I'm right handed and I prefer right over, left under when I use mixed, other way feels weird.
Thanks for the replies, right hand under feels unco but I'll give it a crack tonight.
Why? Just do which way feels natural.
BUMP
I continue to use over under for sumo and am skinning the fuck out of my left (under) knuckles on my shorts and leg and getting a wicked friction burn on my right forearm where the same thing is happening. No amount of chalk seems to stop it, probably cause it is hot as fuck in my garage and the sweat stops the chalk doing it's thing.
I can deal with everything but the skinned knuckles, it's not a good look when I am meeting with clients and it looks like I spent the night before going a few rounds of once were warriors with the missus.
Point of the post what does everyone else use for sumo over under or hook grip. I've tried hook grip but have tiny pedo hands so it doesn't really work, should I persist or am I doing something wrong here?
Before it gets suggested I will NOT use straps for work sets
I'm assuming you are putting talc or baby powder on your legs / shorts and not chalk.
Otherwise wear short shorts or pick up a pair of sports / compression tights
Not all white powders are born equal
Baby powder is actually used as an industrial lubricant. Magnesium carbonate (chalk) does the opposite. That's why you can't use regular chalk (calcium carbonate) either. It just doesn't increase friction all that much.
Yeah I realised all white powders are not equal when I tried to have a line of chalk.
Stands to reason that chalk wouldn't work cause it increases grip (friction) whereas babypowder would work. I'm gonna persist with trying to get my pedo hands to work with hook grip.
lol foolDo not put chalk on your shorts!!!!!!!
I actually saw a guy do that at a PA comp today.
You may as well train your forearms while you're at it. I use the hook grip. No risk of bicep tears that way.
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