Is Your Grip Limiting Your Overall Muscle Growth?

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Is Your Grip Limiting Your Overall Muscle Growth?

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[cog]

Only tried a fat lat bar.How does Talo rate these fat grips ?

[ironbullstrength]

Talo ? I don't understand what you mean?

How did you find the fat lat bar? On pulling exercises, we think that a 2 inch grip is plenty enough to reap the benefits of thick bar training. Thicker bars will make you drop too much weight and you'll fight with your own grip to execute the movement properly.

The biggest strength gain you will see from thick bars is actually on presses and expecially on triceps pushdowns. Several users have reported strength gains proportional to bar thickness on these exercises.

Poliquin states that it is mainly because thick bars prevent inhibitory reflexes that reduce the amount of strength that you can produce. This is why we recommend some form of thick bar training on al exercises!

[cog]

Talo is a member here that has some fat grips.But I agree,skinny bars only= weak grip.The fat lat bar made the movement more difficult mid movement.

[Talo]

Ha-Ha. Just noticed this.

I don't have true fat grips, but my gym has a fat bar that I use often. I like it for Deads and bench. I don't notice much on the bench but it has helped my deadlift grip forsure.

[ironbullstrength]

Yes, on deadlifts, rows and pulls, you can REALLY feel the grip working. On presses, it actually increases weight distribution across the body thus releaving joint pressure and it prevents inhibitory reflexes which limits the strength you can produce caused by smaller bars.. To see strength gains on presses, you need to squeeze the grip or the bar though. You should try it next time!