I've been working on this lately. To anyone with arm pain. Wrap your wrists, and start with an extra wide grip on warm up sets, move hands in bit by bit as you warm up and expect it to take a training block or two before it feels natural. Fixing old habits is always a long road... ex rip-a-toe fan boy here.

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Was critical about it at first but it worked for me , no more shoulder pain. Thank you , hit 260 today btw !

Tried this first time yesterday. Was strange of course, since its a change, but I think there is great promise. It was more comfortable than Iam used to low bar.

I'm late to the party on this video but- great video. Was getting kinda tired of being told my wrist position was "wrong".

I use the sort of over bar grip because the other grips kill my Elbows. But at the same time I just failed a heavy squat and now my shoulder hurts from squeezing so hard with that grip

I enjoyed the video. The negatives you presented aren’t native to the grip, though they are critical(controlling the bar, not leaning too forward). Loading your wrists for most people causes tendinitis, especially if they’re new and are progressing quickly. SS way makes sense anatomically, and is easier to execute consistently without issue in my experience and that of athletes I’ve coached. Enjoying the videos.

I needed this! My shoulders and bicep acts up whenever I get to my second day of low bar variation and it sucks. But I have a feeling it could be because I do the overhand grip and my shoulder mobility might be not that good. Gonna try the bent wrist and seee how it feels. Just afraid I might let the weight rest too much on my wrist

I do the over the bar grip because if I grip under the bar, i get terrible pain in my left bicep. Destroys the descent on my bench

Good video. The "Starting Strength" grip is terribly unnatural to me because it is so uncomfortably tight, and it causes more elbow pain than using the extended wrist grip.

I don't have the shoulder mobility to get the bar low enough while keeping hand over bar. Different warm ups and exercises only increase range slightly. The problem is it hurts my wrist at heavier weights event hough I'm supporting the weight on the back. I will buy some wrist wraps.

But you are missing big pieces of the puzzle. What about the unbearable shoulder and wrist pain that often accompanies the broken wrist grip? How should I keep the bar in a Solid position with this grip? I switched from the straight wrist/ behind the bar grip because of this video, but man - after 2 months of this, I can’t keep the bar from moving, my wrists and shoulders are killing me. Ya, I feel that I may be in a better position but I can’t sustain it due to the chronic pain. The Rip version is specifically for locking the bar on to the back and to keep the weight of the bar off the wrists and elbows

Hey, so my current issue is elbow pain. I did the sort starting strength grip originally. Now I'm switching back to thumb under, but I end up flaring my elbow up and behind me a lot. It doesn't feel weaker, but a bit more unstable. This wrist back thing just kills me. Same reason my front rack sucks. You have any advice on this?

Thanks to you I snapped my left wrist 😞

I dont understand how this doesnt end up causing you to try to carry some of the bar weight with your wrists

The question is, is this allowed in USAPL? I thought you need to have your thumb wrapped around the bar and hand closed over the bar

bro you sound just like cailer woolam wtf

YNDTP

This is a straw man argument. Starting Strength never teaches an “over the bar” grip unless you don’t have the mobility. You do mention “behind the bar” grip when describing it, but you demonstrate with your wrist in flexion which is over the bar. Starting Strength teaches a neutral position to to have the forearm directly in line with the bar. Having your wrist in flexion or extension is not desirable because of the moment it creates.

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