ThanksWouldn't advise tape to increase grip, all you're doing is increasing your odds of getting a blister.....or two.
Agree 100%You're only "cheating" yourself and your grip strength.
Use a lighter weight.Thanks for all of the replies. I'll stick to chalk for now. I only find I have a problem with my grip on one arm swings with the the 32kg although I'm not snatching the the 32kg at least not yet.
Thanks again guys
@Rbt, just say "No" to this. Acquiring grip strength is important - if anything, go the other way and don't use chalk and/or don't wipe the handles down when they get sweaty and/or soap the handles.
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I have an exception to this. I've been doing shoulder PT to try and avoid surgery on a 50% tear of infraspinatus tendon (to get back to volleyball) and recently started doing several exercises with kettlebells. However, compared to most kettlebell exercises I've seen online, my therapist is having me do all the stability exercises while keeping the weighted end pointed straight up which adds a significant stability aspect that also requires significantly more grip strength to stabilize. Unfortunately, my hands often start to give out before I get a good burn in the shoulder. I rock climb regularly, so it's a different kind of grip strength that's fatiguing. It's not just keeping the handle secure in the hand, but also keeping it from rotating/twisting, and that's apparently some largely untrained muscle which I feel is mostly insignificant with respect to maximizing the shoulder stability focus. For instance, try doing a bunch of turkish get-ups keeping the weight pointed upward rather than hanging down against the backside of your wrist and see how fast your hands fatigue when you thought you had good grip strength.@Rbt, just say "No" to this. Acquiring grip strength is important - if anything, go the other way and don't use chalk and/or don't wipe the handles down when they get sweaty and/or soap the handles.
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I have an exception to this. I've been doing shoulder PT to try and avoid surgery on a 50% tear of infraspinatus tendon (to get back to volleyball) and recently started doing several exercises with kettlebells. However, compared to most kettlebell exercises I've seen online, my therapist is having me do all the stability exercises while keeping the weighted end pointed straight up which adds a significant stability aspect that also requires significantly more grip strength to stabilize. Unfortunately, my hands often start to give out before I get a good burn in the shoulder. I rock climb regularly, so it's a different kind of grip strength that's fatiguing. It's not just keeping the handle secure in the hand, but also keeping it from rotating/twisting, and that's apparently some largely untrained muscle which I feel is mostly insignificant with respect to maximizing the shoulder stability focus. For instance, try doing a bunch of turkish get-ups keeping the weight pointed upward rather than hanging down against the backside of your wrist and see how fast your hands fatigue when you thought you had good grip strength.
That said, any suggestions on making the handle a bit grippier? It's not about dropping the weight or it falling out of my hand, and yes I'm sure it'll become less of an issue the longer I do the exercises, but at present it's frustrating when I'm trying to rehab the shoulder and having to stop because of the hands fatiguing first.
Yes...rock climbing grip strength is quite a bit different from traditional 'grip strength'. I think your issue will go away with a bit more time. I would not tape the bell handles. Use chalk or rosin if you think you need it.I rock climb regularly, so it's a different kind of grip strength that's fatiguing.
@Rbt, just say "No" to this. Acquiring grip strength is important - if anything, go the other way and don't use chalk and/or don't wipe the handles down when they get sweaty and/or soap the handles.
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