thanks for everyone's input, i actually just decided to order some chalk this morning, it was fairly cheap so i figured i'll give it a try. plus, i don't mind if it a little messy i just wear shitty old t-shirts to the gym anyway, so that's not a problem, and i have used straps a couple of times in the past and just like 0311 i wasn't a big fan of them. now i'm really hoping that the gets here before friday so i can use it when i do deadlifts again.

i'm also going to take 0311's advice and save my grip a little bit by not gutting out the double-over hand grip during my build up sets