article on mixed deadlift grip

[-supernatural-]

unequal lat development arguements aside - is this a valid point ?

Deadlift Grip
I'm writing this article to you guys and gals to inform you I've rediscovered
something that I once knew about the deadlift grip. I read an article years
ago
about this subject in one of the very first issues of Powerlifting USA. I
also
was told about this grip thing by Ricky Dale Cain or maybe it was Jim Cash.
I'm sure you guys know who they are, both were and still are World Champion
Powerlifters.

What I'm talking about is the reverse (alternate) grip one uses in the
deadlift to
hang on to the bar with...one palm facing forward and the other palm facing
backward.

Note: This discussion pertains to both Sumo and conventional styles of
deadlifting,
and it also is used in Keystone Deadlift (lockouts starting from just below
the knee
with the butt and chest stuck out), shrugs, and stiff-leg deadlifts.

You guys may or may not know this but one has a tendency to slightly twist
toward the side that has the palm which faces backward. Through time, by
repetitive training sessions, using the same grip (i.e., by one hand's palm
always facing backward and the other hand's palm always facing forward)
your deadlift muscles develop unequally. This causes a slight twist to
develop
when one is lifting because of this unequal strength development and this
is what I think has been causing some of my recent back pain to develop. I
noticed
about 8 months ago that I was starting to develop a slight twist when
squatting, which
probably developed because my primary movers, in the deadlift, had this
unequal
development. We all know the primary movers in the deadlift are also used
in the squat, to a slightly different degree, but nonetheless they are used.

I also started to notice I was tilted to one side slightly when I walked.
This tilting was causing me some chronic back discomfort all the time.
What's the solution you say? It's simple, train the deadlift with equal time
gripping one way then equal time gripping the other way.

I've just now begun (with my last two deadlift workouts) to grip the opposite
way from my old normal grip and I've noticed a great improvement in my
posture.
I'm not twisting as much when I squat either and my chronic back pain lately
has
subsided some.

[Spawn_X]

that's why you rotate the palms..

[-supernatural-]

that's what some say and others dont.

[Jilla82]

damit, now ima be all worried when I deadlift today

[fatsoPanda]

Originally posted by Jilla82
damit, now ima be all worried when I deadlift today

:withstupi

[estropes]

Yea that's why about 99% of the people that deadlift change there grip. It's not that hard, seriously it isn't!

[gino]

I deadlifted for 8 years using the same grip. Maybe that's why I can only walk in circles now.

[Flyersfan]

Originally posted by gino
I deadlifted for 8 years using the same grip. Maybe that's why I can only walk in circles now.

LOL!

I seem to have a mental block when it comes to my grip. On deads, I always have my left hand facing up. That's my dominant hand, and it feels bizarre when I reverse the grip.
I've also noticed some uneven back discomfort, so I guess I'll have to overcome my mental block and just deal with the reversed grip for a while.