Wierd deadlift grip question

[hamster]

Hello Charles,

Thanks for this Q&A section. I read it frequently and find it quite informative.

I have what may be a strange deadlift grip issue. I'm a dude, but have a very wide carrying angle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow#Carrying_angle So on my heavy DL sets, when I go to switch grip, my grip goes MUCH wider than double overhand on the supinated hand. To avoid an unbalanced lift, I have to widen the other (pronated) hand out too. I would say this makes my grip overall 6-7 inches wider. This turns it almost into a snatch-grip DL, and I'm not interested in the extra ROM. Do you have any suggestions as to how to get around this?

Thanks,
Ham

[Charles Staley]

Rip would recommend immediate bilateral elbow surgery, but I'm thinking hook grip


Hello Charles,

Thanks for this Q&A section. I read it frequently and find it quite informative.

I have what may be a strange deadlift grip issue. I'm a dude, but have a very wide carrying angle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow#Carrying_angle So on my heavy DL sets, when I go to switch grip, my grip goes MUCH wider than double overhand on the supinated hand. To avoid an unbalanced lift, I have to widen the other (pronated) hand out too. I would say this makes my grip overall 6-7 inches wider. This turns it almost into a snatch-grip DL, and I'm not interested in the extra ROM. Do you have any suggestions as to how to get around this?

Thanks,
Ham

[milesdyson]

i've found that letting the shoulders roll forward a bit helps to keep the supinated arm in. i struggled with this for a while until i made the realization messing around with round backed deadlifting, which turned out to be a bust. i was actually strapping my heaviest deadlifts instead of using a mixed grip because of it, but now i use the mixed grip at the same width as double overhand. here's a picture of my "carrying angle" which i took when i first started experiencing the pain.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/milesdyson/workout/elbow3.jpg?t=1271981015

[Charles Staley]

http://www.webefit.com/articles_100_199/ART_140_Img/HookGrip.jpg
i've found that letting the shoulders roll forward a bit helps to keep the supinated arm in. i struggled with this for a while until i made the realization messing around with round backed deadlifting, which turned out to be a bust. i was actually strapping my heaviest deadlifts instead of using a mixed grip because of it, but now i use the mixed grip at the same width as double overhand. here's a picture of my "carrying angle" which i took when i first started experiencing the pain.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/milesdyson/workout/elbow3.jpg?t=1271981015

[Ian Kovtunovich]

And for crap's sakes, quit drinking Yuban and get some real coffee. That stuff will take pounds off all your lifts, no lie.