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Originally Posted by Azure
Real chalk works great. Straps work too.
Not sure why straps are looked down on. It is just a way to keep the bar in your hand. It changes nothing in terms of the actual lift.
Pretty tough to grip 500lbs, and that seems to be when people start using the straps.
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The straps don't hold the bar tight to your hands - they hold the bar to your wrist. It's not helping really helping your grip at all, unless I suppose you used chalk AND straps.
The problem with this is that now you lose a bit of proximity to the bar if it's "hanging" from your wrists. That control is massive when you're talking perfect form and heavy weight. Further away from the bar = longer moment arm between bar and axis (your lower back) = more force & vulnerability.