Bigken1985 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 So just did a comp and ended up missing 2nd and 3rd deads because of grip. very frustrating as the weight was no issue and grip just opened up. Also note i use hook grip. about 3 weeks ago i used the wifes schol foot grinder thing but that just seemed to soften it up and . anyone dealt with these issues, ive never had too many probs. I need some iron clad hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.T Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 If I start to see the skin raising up just before it tears i'll get a medium coarse sandpaper and shave it down. If and when it does rip, cut the skin back as much as possible so it's flat rather than those slightly raised edges that re tear time after time. Other than that it's just building up your tolerance to gripping a bar so holding it longer at the top, heavy BB rows, chin+pull ups anything to train the grip up. Bigken1985 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donz Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Yeah bro I had issues - last comp 2 of them tore same time, same lift, 4 weeks prior other hand had gone. Fkn Okie bar! I took some advice and got very coarse sand paper - wheneven you see them even slightly raised sand them down. Actually just wrote this then saw what M.T had said hahah! M.T and Bigken1985 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GyzzBrah Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 When a tiny bit starts to come off, scratch at it till some of the skin lifts then peel the whole thing off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETN Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Scraper blades from hardware store. Like single edged razor blades. Works good. Same effect as sandpaper except less of a waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudonym Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Just give them a good scrub with a pumice stone in the shower. The hot water softens them, and the pumice does the rest. Realtalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bull Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 You should not lose it with the hook grip being the best grip going. Good idea what you did using the wife's schol grinder. Hand care is pretty important keeping the callouses down is number one as you will not get rips unless you use the hook grip and the bar is bent and twists in your hands. A couple things to do is after using chalk is to wash your hands straight away get into this habit. Leaving chalk on the hands drys them out, and some sort of moisturizer like Bag Balm Keep the callouses well maintained hands soft so they will not tear. You could file your thumb like I get some of my lifters to do this is for the hook grip Was it a normal comp size bar that you used? M.T and Realtalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigken1985 Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 27 minutes ago, Old Bull said: You should not lose it with the hook grip being the best grip going. Good idea what you did using the wife's schol grinder. Hand care is pretty important keeping the callouses down is number one as you will not get rips unless you use the hook grip and the bar is bent and twists in your hands. A couple things to do is after using chalk is to wash your hands straight away get into this habit. Leaving chalk on the hands drys them out, and some sort of moisturizer like Bag Balm Keep the callouses well maintained hands soft so they will not tear. You could file your thumb like I get some of my lifters to do this is for the hook grip Was it a normal comp size bar that you used? It was a 29mm and im sure it was eleiko, but it was a darker color to the usual chrome type one we use, like a natural steel color. The knurling was good, but it was slightly different to the last one i used. not sure it contributed to me loosing it. i have not got huge hands, but i need to learn to get my thumb right under so the ring finger gets over some of the thumb too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Mine grow ridiculously fast . I have a large pair of nail clippers so I pinch my callous as hard as I can together then snip off with clippers then go around edges snipping off then use the Mrs heel grinder to grind them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETN Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 4 hours ago, Bigken1985 said: It was a 29mm and im sure it was eleiko, but it was a darker color to the usual chrome type one we use, like a natural steel color. The knurling was good, but it was slightly different to the last one i used. not sure it contributed to me loosing it. i have not got huge hands, but i need to learn to get my thumb right under so the ring finger gets over some of the thumb too Natural steel colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigken1985 Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 7 minutes ago, PETN said: Natural steel colour? Well like a brown/blackish finish instead of the usual chrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigken1985 Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 11 minutes ago, PETN said: Natural steel colour? I think it's just a older eleiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETN Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, Bigken1985 said: So like a magnetite colour or a ferric colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigken1985 Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 1 minute ago, PETN said: So like a magnetite colour or a ferric colour? Are they on the rainbow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETN Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Lol dw bro picture answered it. Looks like a normal bar colour to me. Colours you see in rainbow all in your mind anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigken1985 Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 1 minute ago, PETN said: Lol dw bro picture answered it. Looks like a normal bar colour to me. I'll just blame the bar for my shitty lifting lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donz Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Man I gotta learn me this hook grip maybe even out my lats over time - any videos going that show it properly? I gave it a bro-go myself up to 180 a month or so ago but probably did it very wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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