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Mack_the_Ripper
As my name suggests...
I rip maybe one out of every three times I do bars. That may have been a slight exaggeration, but that's how it feels. At least one out of every five. I spend entire weeks doing extra strength instead of bars...I'm generally really good on bars, but I have to work really hard not to fall behind, and sometimes it happens anyways. FYI, I wear non-dowel grips.
So, my questions:
1. Why do I rip so much? It's not the equipment - no one else rips like I do. Am I not caring for my grips properly? Is it my grip on the bar? The texture of my hands (I don't use lotion)? My weight?
2. How can I stop ripping? I've been ripping like this for a year and a half, although it stopped right after I got my grips.
3. Should I train on rips? I have a very low pain tolerance. I've been told by one coach to keep going, although he was only our coach for, like, a week. My favorite coach tells me to rest my hands (I'm quite good on bars, although I'm falling behind, so it's alright for me to do strength instead).
I HAVE competed on rips before - at state meet (this was before I got my grips), I competed with a tape grip on one hand...and two on the other! Once I ripped bloody just doing pull up - pull overs (w/o grips). This is a problem. HELP!
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I rip maybe one out of every three times I do bars. That may have been a slight exaggeration, but that's how it feels. At least one out of every five. I spend entire weeks doing extra strength instead of bars...I'm generally really good on bars, but I have to work really hard not to fall behind, and sometimes it happens anyways. FYI, I wear non-dowel grips.
So, my questions:
1. Why do I rip so much? It's not the equipment - no one else rips like I do. Am I not caring for my grips properly? Is it my grip on the bar? The texture of my hands (I don't use lotion)? My weight?
2. How can I stop ripping? I've been ripping like this for a year and a half, although it stopped right after I got my grips.
3. Should I train on rips? I have a very low pain tolerance. I've been told by one coach to keep going, although he was only our coach for, like, a week. My favorite coach tells me to rest my hands (I'm quite good on bars, although I'm falling behind, so it's alright for me to do strength instead).
I HAVE competed on rips before - at state meet (this was before I got my grips), I competed with a tape grip on one hand...and two on the other! Once I ripped bloody just doing pull up - pull overs (w/o grips). This is a problem. HELP!
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