I noticed at the meet saterday that I went to that alot of lifters were wearing wrist wraps. I thought when your benching 315 or less that they really arent needed but maybe 1 guy out of about 20 wearing them benched that much.My question is if you wear wrist wraps all the time when benching heavy are you depriving your ligaments and other connecting tissues in your wrists strenth in the long run? I like the feel of support and straightness of the wrists i get when benching with the wraps but i would never want to over use them and risk my wrist losing out. So please leave me with your opinons and real world knowledge of training with your wraps and the pros and cons of either side.
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Thread: wrist wraps
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05-08-2007, 03:43 AM #1
wrist wraps
Powerlifting
ATG S - 370 - 335 x 4
Bench- 280 - 255 x 3
Deadlift-460 - 402 x 6
Total - 1110
Olympic lifting
front squat - 257
Clean - 242
squat + Behind the neck jerk - 222
C + J - 210
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05-08-2007, 05:29 AM #2
I wear them when I get to a certain percentage on my shirted max. I don't wear them at all on raw work. I also wear a old pair of short wrapps during training, and have a pair of longer newer wrapps that I put on for PRs and meets.
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05-08-2007, 10:04 AM #3
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05-08-2007, 12:50 PM #4
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Can you really blanket statement 315 or less on something like wrist wraps? I think alot depends on the person, how long they have been lifting a certain weight etc. For instance I used to wear them anything over 250lb, as my bench gets higher, when I start using them gets higher. When my wrists start to get sore, I put them on.
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05-08-2007, 12:58 PM #5
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05-08-2007, 08:06 PM #8
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05-09-2007, 01:16 PM #9
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05-14-2007, 05:42 PM #10
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I use straps during all my bench pressing, and all heavy lifts such as deadlifts.I feel better knowing the bar is less likely to slip out of my hands. Your grip and forearmes get plenty of work doing curls and various other excercises. I also do workouts that focus directly on the forearms. Using straps for bench pressing will not take anything away from your grip.
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05-14-2007, 06:06 PM #11
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