I’ve been lifting for about a year and a half now and i’m just concerned that I might be doing something wrong with my hands. I never used to have grip problems but lately it’s been getting harder and harder to hold on to the bar on deadlifts and even low rep pull/chin ups. My arms and back don’t hurt but i feel that my hand grip can’t take the load.
My singles at rpe 8 aren’t bad but performing 3-4 reps of a weight that I never had issues with suddenly really hurts my hands. I’ve torn calluses on each hand in the last 3 weeks too. Is there something I should be doing?
Are you just using an overhand grip? If your grip is starting to limit your deadlift, maybe try throwing in some sets with alternating grip instead, or even straps.
It’s likely that you are holding the bar too far up in your palm. You should not feel like the bar is trying to rip your callus off. Look at this video:
My general rule of thumb (and this is just MY strength) is double overhand until about 315. Then hook grip with chalk as much as possible. If I am mid set and I feel like my thumbs are going to fall off, I will quickly switch to alternate grip but that doesn’t happen very often. Also, I perform all my dead lift alternative movements with straps (i.e. rack pulls and pause dead lifts)