Friday, July 15, 2016

Why would my grip strength suddenly fail on a deadlift PR attempt?

Any number of factors could have affected your grip.  The bar or your hands may have been more slippery than normal, you may have used less chalk, your forearms may have been fatigued from something you did earlier in the day or on a previous day.  Without more context, it's really hard to say.

My advice is to try to attempt the 180, if you feel the rest of your "chain" is ready for the attempt.  It takes at least three data points to make a trend. So this one day anomaly should not be of real concern.  If you fail in similar fashion next week, it may be time to look more closely at the entire context of your dead lifts to diagnosis the specific problem.

I'm confident that if you approach your next session with a positive mindset, the weight is going to go up.

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