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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Bluto on January 16, 2007, 06:16:01 AM
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I'm watching BATTLE FOR OLYMPIA video right now, and pretty much every pro use wrist wraps! what gives?
they've stopped using gloves, but they've brought out the wrist wraps, nearly every one of them.
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Straps?
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(http://www.basicnutrition.no/images/Varer/hardcorewristwraps.gif)
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Well, I guess the tendons and forearms can't handle the weight they are liftin.
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Well, I guess the tendons and forearms can't handle the weight they are liftin.
i agree.
and also they use it as a stabilizer.
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I don't know about wraps, but straps . . . yes! Here are the best on the market.
http://www.power-grips.com
The Beef
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I THINK YOU MEAN LIFTING STRAPS.YOU CAN USE MORE WEIGHT AND REPS WITHOUT YOUR GRIP GIVING OUT=MORE SIZE-SMALLER FOREARMS
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I THINK YOU MEAN LIFTING STRAPS.YOU CAN USE MORE WEIGHT AND REPS WITHOUT YOUR GRIP GIVING OUT=MORE SIZE-SMALLER FOREARMS
mmmmm.....thats right and i am thinking about it a lot since my forearms are weak...
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Its hard to hit some exercises hard if the forearms are the weak link.....shrugs, dumbell rows, etc....
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I'm watching BATTLE FOR OLYMPIA video right now, and pretty much every pro use wrist wraps! what gives?
they've stopped using gloves, but they've brought out the wrist wraps, nearly every one of them.
They take great pressure off the wrists. Especially when doing bicep work. You can't go heaver than the corresponding joint, but with support you can.
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Its hard to hit some exercises hard if the forearms are the weak link.....shrugs, dumbell rows, etc....
The avatar guy is you?
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Does anyone have a link for the GASP ones pictured up above.. ?
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I'd say to sell more "products". Before in every single damn picture in a musclemag all you found bro on the "PROs" stupid gloves for light weight workouts? Or how about them high soccer socks?
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I THINK YOU MEAN LIFTING STRAPS.YOU CAN USE MORE WEIGHT AND REPS WITHOUT YOUR GRIP GIVING OUT=MORE SIZE-SMALLER FOREARMS
no...hes talking about something different....like this:
http://www.power-systems.com/nav/closeup.aspx?c=7&g=1558&Pro/Wrist/Wraps
helps stabilization
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I dunno about you guys but my back is stronger than my hands, so I use straps.
I don't think they effect forearm growth at all, because they take over AFTER my grip fails. Plus my forearms are just fine size-wise.
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I'm watching BATTLE FOR OLYMPIA video right now, and pretty much every pro use wrist wraps! what gives?
they've stopped using gloves, but they've brought out the wrist wraps, nearly every one of them.
The only mofo's that still use gloves are Ronnie Coleman and Chris Cormier.
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I dunno about you guys but my back is stronger than my hands, so I use straps.
I don't think they effect forearm growth at all, because they take over AFTER my grip fails. Plus my forearms are just fine size-wise.
Lay off the porn bro
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The avatar guy is you?
Yea that is I
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wrist wraps are very useful they take alot of pressure off the wrists during the pressing movements.
here are some good ones
http://www.inzernet.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=WRAPS_IRON_WRISTZ
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Yea that is I
Very Good!Better compete!
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Does anyone have a link for the GASP ones pictured up above.. ?
I just googled for "wrist wraps" and they come up
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I just googled for "wrist wraps" and they come up
I take one knee wrap and cut it in half for wrist wraps. There is velcro on one end and velcro in the middle. So when you cut it, it will have a piece of velcro on one end. Works great and they are wider
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i don't know about yall,but when i train biceps i am not training forearms,training forearms should not be a compound movement as a bicep/tricep bi-product
anybody who says wrist raps hurt performance officially is a jackass
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i don't know about yall,but when i train biceps i am not training forearms,training forearms should not be a compound movement as a bicep/tricep bi-product
anybody who says wrist raps hurt performance officially is a jackass
You saying you use wrist wraps? ;)
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i usually use them for bicep and shoulder work towards the end when i add that poundage for biceps on a straight bar ill curl 65 for 15 than 85 for 12 than i use em for 95 x 8 than 105 x 6 and thats it...
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i don't know about yall,but when i train biceps i am not training forearms,training forearms should not be a compound movement as a bicep/tricep bi-product
anybody who says wrist raps hurt performance officially is a jackass
so you have a shitty grip and, likely, shitty forearms. man up and buy some goddamn chalk. i haven't used straps in months and there's not one exercise i can't do.
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mmmmm.....thats right and i am thinking about it a lot since my forearms are weak...
The best way, is to use straps, then hit forearms separate. If you your shoulders/back can lift more than your forearms, you are haulting their progress. Do a few sets of forearms per week and it offsets the strap usage, plus, builds a fatter forearm. You can hit forearms best through regular exercises, they should be hit separate. Even though many bodybuilders don't do them, they would most likely be better if they did. Does Priest work forearms? Regardless, this has worked well for me.
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The best way, is to use straps, then hit forearms separate. If you your shoulders/back can lift more than your forearms, you are haulting their progress. Do a few sets of forearms per week and it offsets the strap usage, plus, builds a fatter forearm. You can hit forearms best through regular exercises, they should be hit separate. Even though many bodybuilders don't do them, they would most likely be better if they did. Does Priest work forearms? Regardless, this has worked well for me.
exactly! I wear my straps when I train back or im shrugging but i don't actually use them until I need them. I also train forearms seperatly.
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i wear straps all day at work too, just so people know i workout.
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Wrist wraps, straps or grips or whatever its called, is totally gay!
If you can't hold it, don't lift it.