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I was using the trap bar to deadlift last week and I could have done more reps but my hands were too sore. I know what to ask Santa for now. Now to see if I can find size 4 shoes!!
I use chalk, as I get super sweaty hands! Gloves don't let you get as much of a grip on the bar. I don't have the patience for getting straps round the bar, but I did find when I used the trap bar that it killed my hands as well!
I don't use gloves or chalk (apart from for the indoor Shot Put!) but I did buy a sleeve thing for the bar for back squats to protect my bony shoulders. There was one at my seaside gym - if you could find it - but they're all too tough or too well padded at Lee Valley athletics centre to need such wimpy items.
I don't use anything except occasionally a bit of chalk. I did buy some hand grip things for pull ups as the bars at our box are quite slippy but tbh I found them more of a hindrance than a help. Someone has put some tape around one of the pull up bar areas to give extra grip. However when I tried using it I found that it gave extra friction and I got some hand tearing as a result. My shoulders get sore on back squats but I have lots of extra padding so I'm not too badly affected. Deadlifting I do alternate grip which helps a bit with soreness and grip strength. We are all individuals though and something that works for one doesn't necessarily work for someone else. I would say if possible ask someone if you try their grips etc and if they seem to work go for it but make sure you get exactly what they've used that's worked. There's a lot of stuff out there that looks similar and the quality isn't always the same.
Keeping the upper back tight has been a big help on my squats, as well as changing to a low bar position.
Two weeks to go before next powerlifting comp (just a gym comp, rather than affiliated). Squats have felt pretty good lately, and equalled my comp PB for a single at 87.5kg last night. Bench was much better this week as well. Deadlifts felt a bit crap on Thursday night, but got single at 115kg (my opener for DSU comp), then 2RM at 107.5kg. Think the key is not to do as many warm up sets and trust I can do it (which is what I did for bench on Tuesday).
PT told me last night I now have a bit of a following at the gym (after a Polish guy came up to him last night to chat about my lifting after seeing me deadlift this week - he had asked me 'how much more' on Tues, but I thought he meant he wanted the bar/platform/weights next). I laughed after he went back to his bench, but PT said a lot of his clients ask what I'm doing, after seeing videos he posts on FB!
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