Brutal 4 plate deadlifts

[Simple Simon]

you know I was just fucking with you a few post back right? 

No. Im traumatised.   

[deceiver]

Use hook grip, problem solved. It will hurt at first but if you wrap your wrists and use chalk it will be bearable if you are not a sissy. I still prefer underhand-overhand.

I agree that anyone except from powerlifters should use straps. Even some russian powerlifters use straps and they switch to alternate grip before competition. Example:

Every olympic lifter I know uses straps.

And if you are worried about biceps tear, don't forget about stretching. Alternate grip stretches your biceps with huge load. If you are adapted to that and keep using this kind of grip with progressive loads you are gonna be fine. If you don't forget about mobility and stretching you are gonna be fine. If you use straps, forget about stretching, build huge, massive biceps and out of a sudden switch to alternate grip tear is inevitable.

[OTHstrong]

No. Im traumatised.   

[deceiver]

BTW what is the word in English for a muscle that is not stretched enough? Adjective. It's "przykurczony" in Polish, direct translation would be something like "shrinked" but it doesn't sound right.

[ProudVirgin69]

BTW what is the word in English for a muscle that is not stretched enough? Adjective. It's "przykurczony" in Polish, direct translation would be something like "shrinked" but it doesn't sound right.

I believe the medical term is "hypertonic" but nobody says that.  If you said "my hamstrings/biceps/pecs are tight", everyone would know what you meant

[Mawse]

I've seen a biceps tear from mixed grip deadlifting, not a pretty sight.


I do Romanian deads for 15-20 reps nowadays, so I use straps. No way is my grip holding out for that long a time

[deceiver]

I believe the medical term is "hypertonic" but nobody says that.  If you said "my hamstrings/biceps/pecs are tight", everyone would know what you meant

Tight is not very specific, but you are right, you can guess from the context what I mean. Thanks.

So anyway, the problem with mixed grips is tight biceps, fix that and you are gonnna be fine, most likely. There are no guarantees though. Deadlift is a great exercise that develops muscles in your core and back that you never even heard of but it comes with a certan price. There are many more things that can break more likely than biceps. I have seen some dreadful deadlift injuries during powerlifting competitions but I have never seen biceps tear except from youtube. But then again maybe my experience is too limited, chaos should say something about that cause he prolly has seen more.