LIFTING STRAPS or NEW GRIPS?
As for heavy back work you may prefer your old lifting straps. However, as you know, using straps allows you to ‘cheat’ on the exercise because they allow you to ‘yank’ on the bar and pull more weight than is possible with proper form. Yanking can cause a wrist, shoulder or back injury. Using NewGrips you may not be able to pull such heavy weight but your form will be greatly improved, your grip will be stronger, your hand pain will virtually disappear and as a result you will be able to more effectively target and build the muscles you are training. Visit Strength Training and scroll down to the pic of someone doing pull downs. Read the next 4 testimonials about lifting straps / back work / shrugs. DEAD LIFTS / SHRUGS As you know dead lifts and shrugs can really hurt your wrists and fingers. To prevent this you need: 1. good grip and 2. padded fingers. Greg Adler, who is featured on my home page, uses the hand pads alone, unattached to the wrist straps. This allows the pads to stay in
