false grip when benching?

[Grizzly]

Two things to remember. 1) The false grip is affectionately known as "The Suicide Grip." 2) It will not make a single pounds worth of difference in your bench. It's not the magic formula that makes you super strong.

Personally, I've tried it once or twice and found it to be completely uncomfortable.

 

[Thaibox]

I benched conventionally for the first few years of lifting, but now I have to use a suicide grip. If I wrap my thumbs it feels like shit and I just can't do it.

 

[NateDogg]

It's not the magic formula that makes you super strong.

No one said that it was, it is a matter of personal preference. That said though, a difference in grip may affect you mentally and thereby increase or decrease your lift? Just a though.

ND

 

[Grizzly]

No, it wasn't said that it was the magic formula, but it was implied in the sentence "yeah, looks like it, but lots of guys in my gym use it and the ones that do look huge...." It's like saying that they're only huge because of the false grip, or that somehow the false grip helped them get huge.

 

[The_Mexican]

Arnold uses the false grip

 

[NateDogg]

No, it wasn't said that it was the magic formula, but it was implied in the sentence "yeah, looks like it, but lots of guys in my gym use it and the ones that do look huge...." It's like saying that they're only huge because of the false grip, or that somehow the false grip helped them get huge.

I see what you mean. I just took it another way...guys that are huge must know what they are doing, so if they use a false grip, it must be a good idea (not my thoughts, just how I interpreted someone else's.

ND

 

[pajaro loco]

yeah, looks like it, but lots of guys in my gym use it and the ones that do look huge....they said its more comfortable?

EXACTLY but if it is too much weight I,ll do a normal grip to be safe.

 

[Grizzly]

EXACTLY but if it is too much weight I,ll do a normal grip to be safe.

You see what I mean NateDogg? As if it's the magic formula. I tell ya...

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

false grip is not much - if any - safer than gripping with your thumb. Just a personal preference for the lifter. Do what is comfortable.