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Those of you who deadlift semi supinated, do you ever alternate your grip? (self.fitness)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by vikingtons to c/fitness

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You might semi supinate your deadlift grip (one hand over, one under) for comfort & endurance at heavier weights. I believe some competitions even mandate this for safety reasons.

Those of you who semi grip, do you ever alternate? If so, have you identified any benefits in doing so?

A friend brought this up with me a couple months ago. It was a reasonable ask, and yet I've never thought to switch hands. I try to only use a semi grip when necessary (heavier sets, fewer reps).

I've recently started experimenting with switching it around for a few higher volume sets. Is there any benefit from switching long term, or session to session?

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[–] sacbuntchris 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like @[email protected] does, I alternate every other set more or less, but for the heaviest lifts I do my dominant hand over. I know a lot of people use hook grip but as a competitive powerlifter, I've also seen a lot of people struggle with it. To the point that hook grip often causes more problems than it fixes, because for most people I don't see any reason to switch away from mixed grip as long as it's comfortable.

[–] vikingtons 2 points 9 months ago

Appreciate the insight

Hook grip feels pretty weird; perfectly fine lifting mixed on heavy sets, just glad to find out I could switch my grip around if I wanted. Gonna make a habit of it.