Crossfit Hookgrip Pain

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Crossfit hookgrip pain. When i started learning the hook grip it hurt like hell. What i ve also noticed is that my thumbnails also have these little white warped patterns in them from my hookgrip. You ll still grip the bar tightly with the hook grip but any crossfit workout with high rep cleans or snatches is bound to do a number on your grip. For the pull of both the snatch and the clean this method of gripping is an eventual necessity to maintain control of the barbell during the violent explosion of the second pull.

All in all practicing the hook grip is the best way to eliminate the pain. It is the strongest grip available to you. Happened to me for a long time. This subreddit is for discussion of crossfit functional fitness weightlifting and the lifestyle nutrition and training methodologies press j to jump to the feed.

So for three months i started lifting with the 45 bar. The hook grip is a pronated palms facing the lifter grip in which the thumb is trapped between the bar and usually the first and second fingers depending on hand size. This grip requires you to wrap your thumb around the bar and then wrap your index and middle fingers over your thumb in order to secure the grip. Sorta cool actually haha.

But after those three months i switched back to the 35 bar annnnd the hook grip was a piece of cake. At the end of the day this is why we use the hook. With 1 000 000 readers and 5 000 000 pageviews monthly from more than 185 countries it connects the worldwide fitness community. For a workout like grace or isabel you will save a lot of energy and decrease the chances of wearing your grip out in the middle of the workout.

I tape my thumbs bent because if i m using a hook grip for a lifting session i m not usually doing too much else that requires a lot of thumb mobility.