Best Grip For The Deadlift. The Hook Grip.

The simple and effective hook grip technique helps you deadlift more weight without the bar slipping out of your hands.
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[@Jimmy_Jazz]

I used hook grip for a while, but I might just switch to straps for going really heavy because it genuinely feels like my thumb is going to rip off or break and and don't want to push it.

[@sagebauer1077]

Ive honestly never heard of this happening though, even among the heaviest deadlifters. But I HAVE seen straps break and guys go flying

[@buckbuckleyson2259]

​@@sagebauer1077strap breaks, then ur body breaks 🤣

[@casspar1217]

You can warp your thumbs with tape.

[@davidfinley6708]

@@casspar1217duuuude I never thought of that. That’s some solid advice!

[@devinreed5725]

Yup. Massage therapist here. Save your thumbs use wraps as much as possible.

[@andrewharris3417]

There was a guy at the gym who took hook grip so seriously he carved knurling into his thumb and fingernail in order to improve his hook grip. True story

[@griffin7274]

That's really smart idea

[@chrisgomez215]

I do the same thing sometimes

[@vraja_perez]

james english did that haha

[@Matthew-pf9mj]

A truly pleasant experience

[@Gnarlyboi]

Every time I've seen someone tear a bicep on a deadlift it's been alternate grip. Every. Time.

[@fatterperdurabo42069]

Alternate grip is straight cancer

[@joshee6385]

Yeah but it won't happen if you keep your arms straight.

[@TyghtAlso]

How many times have you seen it?

[@TyghtAlso]

exactly@@joshee6385

[@CSheezy23]

Solid method but one flaw is if you dislike going thru pain don’t try. After I hit a 465 DL using this grip my thumb itself was crying 😅

[@dkfromthebay]

Pro tip: get vet tape, the self adhesive flexible almost cloth like tape that is used on animals because it won't stick to fur. Wrap your thumbs and thank me later

[@roelhoremans5887]

Yeah, the thumb/toe tape you use in BJJ practice also works wonders. Dirt cheap solution.

[@mytimesc]

This is a very nice reel, and thank you 😊

[@stevenroberts3546]

That’s so simple but so smart!

[@johnjomp]

Great video. The hook grip is awesome!!

[@thomaschandler4831]

Nice .. thumb Hook … I never knew … I’ll use it next week

[@ScbSnck]

This is genius

[@asdf8asdf8asdf8asdf]

Hate that asymm grip. Hook hurts, but works great. Also: this demo lifter has some thikk wrists

[@martinXY]

I'm exactly the opposite. Hook takes a while for me to get used to and hurts along the way. I'll use it for cleans or snatches, but I revert to reverse for deadlifts 🤷🏻

[@asdf8asdf8asdf8asdf]

@@martinXY yeah definitely hurts

[@robbyx6846]

Hurts too much

[@discipleex4589]

I just use straps to preserve the beatoff endurance needed in these fragile ittybitty sticks of forearms that I have

[@BeeSaucySkateboarding]

If you used no straps you’d have forearms

[@theanomaly3038]

I also had an ittybitty tiny forearm and calves. Tried many exercise to grow them but nothing works Turns out as my big lifts goes up, both also get bigger.

[@BeeSaucySkateboarding]

@@theanomaly3038 I guess you’re the anomaly tho 😂

[@germelesmith9305]

That's dangerous without knowledge, but it is amazing once understood!

[@shanehardin5589]

Seen a couple dudes test their bicep doing the over and under grip.

[@SliPsHoTiFc]

Ahh yes, I remember learning it. Felt good. Felt raw. 😂

[@jamesfischer4813]

Yeah then the tendons in your bird finger rip and you drop that shit hard. Ask me how I know!

[@beecj0]

People hookgrip 1000lbs without ripping bird finger tendons… How much were you lifting?

[@alexanderknips4690]

Not everyone's tendons are the same strength though. People rip tendons many times when others wouldn't

[@quintinstilianou4295]

You were probably ego lifting bro

[@kidkoopa6389]

Don't let your grip and forearms be the limiting factor for your deadlifts. Use straps. There are much better forearm workouts to do.

[@1neomonkey]

Spoken like a person who has never done a hook grip.

[@devinreed5725]

​@@1neomonkeyAwe ego is adorable but brains is better.

[@mattystewart8]

Ooooor, and hear me out….. you could just train your grip strength and NOT use straps….

[@kidkoopa6389]

@@mattystewart8 much better exercises for forearms than deadlifts. Supinated wrist curls, farmer carries, reverse curls to name a few... not DLs lol

[@kidkoopa6389]

And I assume what you meant was forearm strength. Grip strength is mostly genetic/ metacarpal and tendon determined. One does not simply hypertrophy the hands lol

[@karansoam]

No doubt!

[@justincrossley1913]

The hook grip has been around like forever I do use it I told a guy this hook grip at the gym he told me I’m crazy it will take your thump off I know I was right but I wonder if he ever found out eventually a lot of people didn’t know about it not even the personal trainers who have trained people for years I would ask them about it do you know about the hook grip they would not know all that college all that money and studying didn’t even know about the hook grip that weightlifting and powerlifting athletes use

[@wileecoyote5749]

The wheel has already been invented

[@ErikPehrsson]

Here’s to trying to remember this next time I do dead lifts……..

[@unhingedcrouton]

The design is very human

[@mohamedabdirahmanadan2034]

I have a problem at my commercial gym there bars spine , so when I deadlift the bar it spins when lifted, and it becomes hard to hold on overhand grip, so I lose the grip but on alternate grip makes it not spine so in this case do I always have to use alternate grip every set because the bar spines evan with chalk on my hands and is normal to use a barbell that spins to deadlift?

[@martinXY]

I was thinking the same thing. A spinning bar is very useful for Olympic lifts, but very annoying for deadlifts, and yet you're the first person who's said anything (OK, I haven't looked too much, but no-one in any gyms has said anything).

[@jerrycunningham1820]

Like fantasy island, the pain the pain 😢.

[@fly1ngpapaya]

I can't hook grip well. Tried. I use mix grip for working weight. Straps for accessories and sub max work. But I also use double over hand till I cant and it fails. Heavy rdl ? Straps. Heavy rows, straps. Goal is to train back not my grip. Main pull, mix grip and chalk. If I can't hold it I can't complete with it.

[@soonahero]

Just train your grip?

[@EREBO95]

I shoot my Turkish bow eastern style with a thumb ring so I think I can pull this off.

[@bugynites09]

Are straps a bad thing ??

[@jorgeherrera1074]

Wouldn’t this be more an issue with grip strength?

[@rexshenron661]

Isn't thumb at risk of injury??

[@b-sideplank]

Wouldn't this create pressure and accumulate wears/damage on the muscles connected to the thumb?

[@fatterperdurabo42069]

Yes lol

[@notademonrat]

yeah that doesnt work for me it causes an imbalance in my grip because my thumb only hooks to my first two fingers and then theres a gap in my last to fingers i absolutely hate this grip.

[@meruemo776]

How much is hook supposed to add. For me when i tested it it added about %20-30% to my overhand grip

[@sagebauer1077]

No idea, because ive never actually dropped something with hook grip, it made my grip stronger than my deadlift

[@meruemo776]

@@sagebauer1077 have you tried rack pulls with hook grip. There's no way anyone's hook grip is more than what they can rackpull above the knee

[@sagebauer1077]

@Meruemo not maxing them out, no. Im dont doubt there is a limit im just saying hook grip is good enough for me to hit my max deadlift (im skinny with decent grip, though)

[@Nagutama]

I'm using straps cause my hand is so small 😢 I can barely wrap my fingers around the bar lmao

[@Dan14833]

Or, if you are going to use friction instead of functional strength, just get versa-grip knock offs or old school straps.

[@lifeisgood070]

I think your hands have to be a decently normal size to be able to do this. Doesn't work with small hands. Unless you're trying to use a bar thinner than 40 mm or something

[@brucegelman5582]

Eventually that thumb is going to blow out

[@fireantmedia7946]

I don’t have thumbs

[@thohangst]

Mixed grip is best grip. Just alternate wrists with each set, imbalance issue solved. You all need to get your shiz together. It was another SS video that absolutely sold me on the mixed grip and they were right.

[@KingKiloOfficial]

I can never get two fingers over my thumb, only the index finger. Hella' annoying...

[@coly0226]

Feels like my thumb is getting crushed…

[@FenixxDMc]

Exactly

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

Hurts a lot more than I expected. Straps for me.

[@chrisreinholdt3061]

I can’t do this grip

[@woo9194]

I prefer the double underhand 😂😂😂

[@4thforcon426]

Hook grip at 400# fucking hurts!

[@robbyx6846]

Tried it , it’s uncomfortable and hurts

[@farmersgrip]

Or you could just improve your grip strength

[@TheMachoPixel]

How do we work on that? Serious question cause I am losing my grip on heavy deadlift... I started using hand strap but even they are not helpful.

[@sinelacico823]

@@TheMachoPixelreduce weight and hold at the top, just one rep where you pull to the top, hold and squeeze til you gotta put it down. That and just more pulling exercises + farmers carry’s do wonders

[@mattystewart8]

My thumb isnt long enough 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@user-gw7sh6mn5h]

Distal bicep killer

[@vpr1422]

Nice ligament injury

[@hazardeur]

how heavy do these guys lift that you can't hold the bar?? i'm not special in terms of grip strenght but i can hold my 250bodyweight for 10 secs. that means i could do a deadlift of 500pounds max without any grip change. i get that all the ultra freaks need some help but come on...any non pro level powerlifter should be able to have that kind of grip

[@mags1]

Bicep rip

[@kqh123]

That would be mixed grip?

[@TeribleGamer9808]

But hook grip hurts….

[@stevesmith6385]

Horribly uncomfortable and causes stress into the thumb joint. Unless you need to pull without straps...just use straps.

[@travislovelace7619]

Just use straps when it gets heavy.

[@TyghtAlso]

The best grip is mixed grip. Hook grip is for sumo bros, pseudish weightlifters and other assorted malcontents.

[@Bezzle.]

And when your hands just aren’t big enough for this technique, just use straps

[@ianstreet8994]

Used to do hook grip with 405 and after I noticed I started getting pain in the nerves of my left thumb. Havnt used it in years and still occasionally get nerve pain in that thumb. Don't recommend

[@vinitsharma1726]

Got the same left thumb nerve pain but eventually disappear after 6 months or so.... Although the journey was difficult but never quitted, feeling quite strong now..

[@dohnjanaher913]

You sound like binging with babsih xd

[@badsaint1019]

I hate this grip effective but doesn’t feel too good

[@FenixxDMc]

Dont put your thumb inside that will break your thumb

[@immanuelrodjan1851]

Hookgrip takes a couple months to get used to in order to get rid of the pain. Unless you're a true gym rat who is absolutely addicted to moving weight, just use straps bro.

[@cantbetouched1961]

Don't work for my small hands. Ditch the hook grip and just get straps

[@erikv_entertain]

Yeah and break your thumb while at it

[@gregorywladecki5382]

I fundamentally do not understand how this works for anybody. Your fingernail has zero friction. Holding onto your thumb is like holding on to a sweaty pumpkin seed.

[@user-bl9fj7kf1s]

Yeah ripped my right thumb doing this. Not worth it for casual gym goers like me.

[@twistymcfistysback]

Yeah, hook with mixed grip? Why? I don't even seen Dan Green, Oak, doing that with 800+ I get it for sumo clowns, gives even less range of motion. :)

[@bbull71]

Hahahahha, my fingers ain't long enough

[@1neomonkey]

Wrap your thumbs, problem solved.

[@ediot6969]

I truly believe and stand by that all men who are seeking the highest deadlift they can possibly achieve, should be working their way towards a 405lbs deadlift with a double overhand grip (no hook).

[@lordmar9077]

I always use the hook grip because I hate the alternating grip.

[@ryanbourque7509]

Or they make these things called lifting straps.....

[@kramer911]

cheating

[@justinsmith3981]

Or you can just have a weak grip

[@WillBoto-pd7ii]

Repent, and turn to Christ while there is still time, God Bless.

[@BAKIRAVAN]

Uneven shoulders!

[@jodensmith5093]

Just use straps, or, you know, maybe accept that the weight is too much if you can’t hold it you mupet 😂

[@justinblanchard7679]

How to dislocate your thumb 101

[@SerV689]

In what world bro? Your thumb dislocates from being pulled too hard at the joint. This is pressure on the thumb but it isn’t being pulled or even moved?

[@SerV689]

Even if your grip slips during the lift there’s nothing holding your thumb in place once your fingers break grip so would your thumb so nothing would happen to it

[@venomousvillain1679]

Good luck not tearing your biceps

[@pops3554]

Nah... just get stronger!!!!!!

[@DicksonMaimouth]

The guy talking has such disproportionately tiny hands. I think they might even tinier than trump’s hands.

[@prasannjitkumar780]

Nah... don't like it

[@TTP719]

The hook grip promotes and causes bicep tears. Be smart and use straps.

[@harveyts3]

Or just be stronger.

[@eriknapoles4701]

You don’t EVER want a pronated

[@Eternalpain23]

you mean supinated? (underhand)

[@fncr070]

Good way to tear a bicep

[@GODISPOWER777]

Well, that just means you have a weak grip. Improve your grip strength.

[@adburn1066]

Why not just use glue?

[@xmoogoox]

Then you'd have nothing to sniff

[@adburn1066]

@@xmoogoox I’ve got a pair of Bre’s panties for that. (I wish). 😂

[@discipleex4589]

Lol

[@theanomaly3038]

@@xmoogoox nice one 😂

[@dc.thomas5565]

After reading the comments as a person not afraid of the gym. Hey this is not rocket science. Just get some padded weight lifting gloves you like and use them for all lifts if needed .. case closed. You’re welcome 🤙🏼