 The next question is from Thabish K. Which grip is the best and safest for deadlifts? Yeah, you know, this is a good question. You know it's funny, okay, so the most popular one, you'll see this over-under grip, right, when you deadlift. So one hand is supinated, palm facing back, the other one's palm facing up, and what that does, it allows you to hold on to a lot more weight because the bar doesn't roll out of your hand necessarily. Here's the issue with that. And that was a lift that was created by Strongman just to get the bar off the ground and powerlifting obviously allows you to use a mixed grip. Here's the problem with it. If you're not diligent about switching your which hand goes supinated and pronated with every single set, you will develop an imbalance like I did. I developed an imbalance. I deadlifted for years with a switch grip and I would always, when I go on my heaviest sets, I would always pick the one I was strongest in. And sure enough, I could see a difference in development between my right and my left side. And still today, I still have a slight discrepancy even though I've now switched to a hook grip so that both hands are facing forward. So now I don't have to do this switch. So if you use a switch grip, you better go back and forth with every single set and make sure you're even. Cause it does, I mean, one is supinated, so one, your humerus is externally rotated, the one that's rotated inward a little bit and that's gonna change the recruitment pattern a bit. And you will see over time just imbalance between the two sides. I noticed I would get the hand that was supinated so the one with the palm up, right? When I was doing the same thing, I was getting issues in my elbow and my shoulder on that side. So that side, I would see problems where the other side I wouldn't see any problems. So I went back to doing just double over. And what I just started doing was like, if I couldn't pick it up that way, I just stopped picking it up. I mean, I went through that kick with you for a little bit where I was trying to chase a number. But if I'm not chasing something, like am I competing? Do you use a hook grip at all or just hand? No, I try to go, you know, when you went on the kick for the hook grip and we were started doing it for a while there, I was trying to play with it. It was so bad at it was, it was awful. I could not, I couldn't get- Hurt your hands a little bit. Yeah, I couldn't get it. I don't know what it is. My technique sucks. Also, I didn't care enough to be that consistently deadlifting with a hook grip to get good at it. You know what I'm saying? If it was something- It does hurt your hand. It takes a while to use that. That's just it. I wasn't deadlifting enough consistently to get to the place where I'd get good at it. It's just, fuck it, I'll just do double over. And then, you know, if I can't lift that weight, I can't lift that weight. I need to get stronger. I think if I were training clients now, I would, and I was getting to the point where they were getting strong enough to where their grip would give out, I would teach the hook grip over the switch grip, the over 100 grip. Because I've seen it way too many times where you start to favor a side and it does create an imbalance. And yes, I know in powerlifting competitions, they don't care. You just gotta get the weight up. But if you're training your body, you gotta train it balanced. And small changes is like one hand supinated, one hand pronated, definitely makes a difference. And a hook grip does take time to get used to. It does take time to get used to. It does hurt your thumb. It's not without its own issues. I know people have had thumb issues as a result of doing that, but at least it's balanced. You know what I mean? At least both hands are- I try to switch every set, but that's just because, does anybody even do like a double supinated grip? But I don't get ever seen that. But yeah, I do try and start out as heavy as I can go double overhand. And then I just switch after every set just to make sure I don't have those impulses. I go chalk and hook grip. Chalk and hook grip, and you should be able to go pretty far if you get good with it. Otherwise, I mean, I guess you can use wrist wraps. As much as I hate recommending that, I guess you could, right? Use wrist wraps if you can't hold onto the bar. But that does also disengage the hands a little bit, and I think it's important to develop the strength of the grip. Hey, if you enjoyed that clip, you can find the full episode here, or you can find other clips over here. And be sure to subscribe.