I haven't really read any backstory on Rob's grip. I'm just going by the wording of what he said and my confidence that it's a pretty good approach for the most part. I wouldn't give any type of general advice that I think could be potentially harmfull. And yes, I'm going by generalities based on the average guy...which means most people will need to always be training grip or they will fail or depend on straps. On average, I'd say 250 to 300 has people struggling on average.

Actually I think I should explain the logical reason why over-under is a bit easier than over-over, and why over-over trains your grip.

The problem with the barbell is rotation. When you grip it over-over it rolls toward the ends of your fingers...the weakest link. Countering that rolling is difficult and even then you end up holding on more with your fingers than gripping it in your palm.

This is actually why plate pinches help so much (and they help a lot). Because they train the palm to close down harder rather than always gripping things as it your fingers are a hook which is very limiting.

If you have ever used a trap bar you will notice that you can hold onto more weight easily with it. Because those cross ways hand holds do away with the bar rolling.

When your switch to and over-under you are counteracting the bar rolling because the one hand is promoting a different direction than the other...so it helps to cancel it out. But that means that it is less taxing, and so ulimately less of a training effect, for your grip supporting strength. This is for those people who have never used over-over. Otherwise you would have noticed all this.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.