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I might get me pair 
thick bars are not available in a commercial gym so these look good for me
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EZ-Grips by Ivanko
http://www.ivanko.com/
EZ-grips are plastic handles that you attach to barbells or dumbbells to make the gripping surface fatter. Fat grip training has been around for a long time and is often recommended by guys like Charles Poliquin and Ian King. Training with fat grip equipment can help you build your forearms, improve your grip strength, and provide new growth-producing stimuli.
Before EZ-grips came along, most people just wrapped a towel around the bar. Others shelled out big bucks for fat-handled barbells and dumbbells. With EZ-grips you just snap them onto bars, dumbbells, or cable machine handles and go to work. So far, they've fit just about everything I've tried them on, except a few pieces of Hammer Strength equipment.
The first thing you'll notice is that your poundages go down. Despite the name, EZ-Grips make every exercise harder to perform. Your forearms will get a huge pump even if you're just doing a traditional barbell curl. Despite the fact that the exercises are harder, the grips make lifting more comfortable as they provide more surface area. EZ-Grips put so much extra tension on the forearms, I found I often had to remove them halfway through my workout. My grip strength was so shot, I had a hard time holding on to the equipment! This improved as I became stronger, of course.
To really test these things out, I first performed a strict maximal curl without them. (My max curling poundages have been stuck for a while.) For the next six weeks, I attached the EZ-Grips to whatever I could, even using them for chin-ups and rope handle tricep exercises. At the end of the six-week period, I expected a slight increase in my maximal curl (although I had been training mainly for hypertrophy using 8 to 12 reps per exercise.) To my surprise, I had added 10 pounds to my max curl! That's quite a jump considering how long I've been training. And my partner experienced a five pound increase in his max curl.
The ultimate test of any piece of equipment, for me at least, is to see how many of my friends will go out and buy their own. So far, several have done just that, with a couple of them ordering a pair after using mine for just one workout.
EZ-Grips also help people with carpal tunnel syndrome lift with more comfort according to the literature. Since I don't have that problem, I can't really vouch for that claim. The grips are available in a wide variety of colors, although one distributor told me to get black because for some reason the colored models tend to break easier. EZ-Grips also come with straps to go across the back of your hand, but I found these unnecessary and threw them away. In short, EZ-Grips are a worthwhile addition to your collection of training tools. You can pick up a pair for about $40.
thick bars are not available in a commercial gym so these look good for me
http://www.testosterone.net/html/body_121stuff.html
EZ-Grips by Ivanko
http://www.ivanko.com/
EZ-grips are plastic handles that you attach to barbells or dumbbells to make the gripping surface fatter. Fat grip training has been around for a long time and is often recommended by guys like Charles Poliquin and Ian King. Training with fat grip equipment can help you build your forearms, improve your grip strength, and provide new growth-producing stimuli.
Before EZ-grips came along, most people just wrapped a towel around the bar. Others shelled out big bucks for fat-handled barbells and dumbbells. With EZ-grips you just snap them onto bars, dumbbells, or cable machine handles and go to work. So far, they've fit just about everything I've tried them on, except a few pieces of Hammer Strength equipment.
The first thing you'll notice is that your poundages go down. Despite the name, EZ-Grips make every exercise harder to perform. Your forearms will get a huge pump even if you're just doing a traditional barbell curl. Despite the fact that the exercises are harder, the grips make lifting more comfortable as they provide more surface area. EZ-Grips put so much extra tension on the forearms, I found I often had to remove them halfway through my workout. My grip strength was so shot, I had a hard time holding on to the equipment! This improved as I became stronger, of course.
To really test these things out, I first performed a strict maximal curl without them. (My max curling poundages have been stuck for a while.) For the next six weeks, I attached the EZ-Grips to whatever I could, even using them for chin-ups and rope handle tricep exercises. At the end of the six-week period, I expected a slight increase in my maximal curl (although I had been training mainly for hypertrophy using 8 to 12 reps per exercise.) To my surprise, I had added 10 pounds to my max curl! That's quite a jump considering how long I've been training. And my partner experienced a five pound increase in his max curl.
The ultimate test of any piece of equipment, for me at least, is to see how many of my friends will go out and buy their own. So far, several have done just that, with a couple of them ordering a pair after using mine for just one workout.
EZ-Grips also help people with carpal tunnel syndrome lift with more comfort according to the literature. Since I don't have that problem, I can't really vouch for that claim. The grips are available in a wide variety of colors, although one distributor told me to get black because for some reason the colored models tend to break easier. EZ-Grips also come with straps to go across the back of your hand, but I found these unnecessary and threw them away. In short, EZ-Grips are a worthwhile addition to your collection of training tools. You can pick up a pair for about $40.
