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Title: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on September 23, 2011, 06:01:58 AM: which one you prefer and why??.. i need to buy a new one and i never tried hooks before.. i heard it's not as good as stapes in certain exercises!!.. plz share your thoughts..
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on September 23, 2011, 06:05:49 AM: I prefer my thumb.

(http://doubleyourgains.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/hookgrip.jpg)
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Parker on September 23, 2011, 06:22:31 AM: You would have gotten more replies if this was Hookers vs Strippers
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Meso_z on September 23, 2011, 08:52:09 AM: straps is the most common..
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: bradistani on September 23, 2011, 09:01:29 AM: i prefer using strapes although i will occasionally use stapes :D
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: SF1900 on September 23, 2011, 09:02:25 AM: Hooks would be good for chin ups or lat pulldowns. Not too sure hooks would work well for something like dumbbell rows or tbar rows. think it would be awkward.
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: DroppingPlates on September 23, 2011, 09:05:48 AM: Hooks are terrible, choose a pair of APT straps

(http://pi.b5z.net/i/u/230085/i/Lifting_Straps_power_strap_weight_lifting_ff.jpg)
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: EatYouForBreakfast on September 23, 2011, 12:21:37 PM: How about...grab some chalk, and don't be a pussy. ;)
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Nails on September 23, 2011, 12:23:02 PM: HOOKS are a gimmick, i bought a pair they might work for pull-ups and shit like that, but when i put them on the hooks bent with only 405lb on the deadlift, i returned them back and got me another set of straps
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Game Time on September 23, 2011, 12:23:19 PM: Quote from: EatYouForBreakfast on September 23, 2011, 12:21:37 PM
How anout...grab some chalk, and don't be a pussy. ;)
2x
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: dyslexic on September 23, 2011, 12:24:20 PM: Staples...
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Nails on September 23, 2011, 12:27:00 PM: Quote from: EatYouForBreakfast on September 23, 2011, 12:21:37 PM
How anout...grab some chalk, and don't be a pussy. ;)

::) ::)

Yea as if everyone wants to workout at a gym with chalk all over the place

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3857035394_a10bf43710.jpg)
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Dr Dutch on September 23, 2011, 12:32:45 PM: Quote from: Sherief Shalaby on September 23, 2011, 06:01:58 AM
which one you prefer and why??.. i need to buy a new one and i never tried hooks before.. i heard it's not as good as stapes in certain exercises!!.. plz share your thoughts..
Now this is about the only training thing I'd like advise about. Never used the hooks either.Good thread (I hope, but I guess it'll end up politically, Heath hate/love, thank God the Nasser threads are history..)
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: EatYouForBreakfast on September 23, 2011, 12:45:17 PM: Quote from: Nails on September 23, 2011, 12:27:00 PM
::) ::)

Yea as if everyone wants to workout at a gym with chalk all over the place

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3857035394_a10bf43710.jpg)

well i guess if there are salad bowls of chalk all over the place, it might look a bit like a coke factory. Bring your own chunk, rub on a bit when need it for big lifts=fairly clean.
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: deadz on September 23, 2011, 01:48:12 PM: Never tried hooks, like my straps.
Title: Re: Hooks vs. Strapes!!..
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on September 23, 2011, 02:08:04 PM: many thx to all of you guys for your valuable coments 8)