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Originally Posted by Andrew.cook
Saying that DL is good for grip training is like saying curls are good for the lower back because you have to stay tight to counter balance the weight...
Trust me, anyone that knows about grip training will NEVER tell you to just go dead lift.  It isn't sufficient. In fact, I would say rock climbing is FAR superior as a grip trainer, but it doesn't make much sense to prescribe that either. |
I didn't say DLs were the best way to train grip but I was disagreeing with you saying that doing DL's will basically do nothing for your grip. I don't know what you do with your grip but what I do is do more DLs. So training my grip by doing DLs transfers very well to ... using my grip strength for DLs.
If you're into some UFC, or climbing or whatever else then sure, train other ways. Or maybe you just want to be able to turn rocks to dust. I don't know?
Anyways, I've never run into a situation where doing DLs with double over grip hasn't been enough and I think this is the case for most people that train as much double overhand as they can.
And I don't think your curls --> back strength as compared to DL's --> grip strength is an equivalent analogy at all.
Don't take this as offensive but thats my 2 cents.
IronWorker