Ilyin 170 / 215...
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ChrisMcCarthy04/08/17 @ 21:32
scruffmcbuff05/08/17 @ 22:04
Draken07/08/17 @ 06:34
Billytheold said:Are you allowed straps? How does it help?
Obviously it helps in the same way they normally help - with the grip, as there's no magic
change because the sport is called weightlifting. But no, it's not allowed.
Thanks to hook grip, which is used by virtually everyone, the grip is very rarely (never?) the limiting factor. It's hard on the thumbs, though, so people use straps while training, so the straps take the damage instead of the thumbs.
ChrisMcCarthy07/08/17 @ 08:06
Grip is said to be a factor in why Ilyin "only" snatches in the low 190's...he's done quite a lot of grip specific work in the past.