Doing It All Wrong - My First Powerlifting Meet

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by Soldier

I find Fazc's comment interesting. I've only started deadlifting any serious weights in the last month, as I've been training my wife in powerlifting. When I got up into what were for me heavy weights, I had no grip issues whatsoever even though I was using sumo style with no gnurling on the bar and no chaulk, whereas my wife kept losing her grip over and over. Even though I haven't been dead lifting, I've trained my back much more than the average guy, including plenty of heavy rows and pull/chinups, so upper back strength for me is definitely a non-issue.

Made me think about my wife's grip issues while deadlifting. She is very "back weak". She despises back work.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by Squatter

Even ignoring my tremor issue, it is a great feeling I can go and smash the occasional super heavy set single of deads using my versagripps and still be proud of my lift. I will go ahead and do as many of my working sets raw and see how far I can get and if need be, strap up without any guilt.

Sharing all you experiences above has really meant alot to me. Thank you.

You should always take pride in hard work.

[Squatter]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

You should always take pride in hard work.

I always have and always will Steve. However, that comment always bothered me a bit until now.