Weight Lifters- Ever hear of Fat Gripz?

[TheCowboy]

Saw this on a couple body building videos. A thicker bar apparently build more muscle than a thinner bar. It got pretty good reviews on Amazon but it's $40 for two little grips.

http://www.fatgripz.com/

Check it out. Anyone have experience with it?

 

[CATCH17]

It's not going to help you build more muscle.

Building more muscle comes down to consistently breaking down muscle fibers with weights and eating in a calorie surplus and getting enough protein.

 

[Hoofbite]

It's not going to help you build more muscle.

Building more muscle comes down to consistently breaking down muscle fibers with weights and eating in a calorie surplus and getting enough protein.

My first thought was gimmick.

It may help people who can't get a good grip limiting their ability to max or do more reps but if you're actually working out enough to know that, you've probably already solved the problem without $40 pieces of rubber.

Seems like something that the regulars at the gym would point and laugh at as some scrawny guy walks in with them in hand.

 

[DallasDomination]

Looks to me like this will help your overall grip by strengthening your forearm muscles. Technically a stronger grip does allow you to lift heavier. However I don't think it's that big of a deal, especially not for $39 bucks. I'll build my grip at the gym over time.

 

[danielofthesaints]

Pull-ups with a towel + heavy farmers walks = shredded forearms

 

[FiveRings]

I wouldn't pay 40 bucks for a plastic grip, but benching with a thicker bar does feel like a better workout

 

[Future]

They take the strain off of your fingers and wrists so that you can focus more on other muscles. For instance, when I curl at a high weight with a kink bar, around 130-140, it really kills my fingers and wrists. I usually just wrap a towel around it, so I get why these grips would work, but really, there's no reason at all to spend $40 on them.

 

[Hoofbite]

They take the strain off of your fingers and wrists so that you can focus more on other muscles. For instance, when I curl at a high weight with a kink bar, around 130-140, it really kills my fingers and wrists. I usually just wrap a towel around it, so I get why these grips would work, but really, there's no reason at all to spend $40 on them.

I get the same problem around 250-260.

 

[Future]

I get the same problem around 250-260.

high rep...

And on a kink bar, which only ways 10-15 lbs, 250 would mean just under 3 plates on each side.

Unless you're skipping leg day, I really doubt youre repping that.

 

[TheCowboy]

Good stuff. Don't laugh at me, but I can't do a pull-up... YET. I can do a tricep dip fine without any assistance but can't do the pull-up yet.

 

[FiveRings]

high rep...

And on a kink bar, which only ways 10-15 lbs, 250 would mean just under 3 plates on each side.

Unless you're skipping leg day, I really doubt youre repping that.

Future, I think him highlighting your weight and the sunglasses emoji represent *sarcasm /exaggeration*. But we're all glad to know you hate curl bros

 

[Future]

Future, I think him highlighting your weight and the sunglasses emoji represent *sarcasm /exaggeration*. But we're all glad to know you hate curl bros

Lol probably I was really hungover and grumpy when I posted that though. My bad @Hoofbite

 

[TheCount]

Seems like something that the regulars at the gym would point and laugh at as some scrawny guy walks in with them in hand.

As a former "scawny guy", I find it highly humorous that anyone would laugh at a scrawny guy IN THE GYM.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

What kind of gyms do you people frequent? Thank God the gym in my town isn't full of a bunch of morons who want to laugh at people trying to better themselves. The big guys in our gym, who obviously know what they're doing and have been doing it forever, are always very helpful and approachable for any questions a person might have. They frequently will walk over and give some advice on how to do a lift more safely or give you a couple pointers on how to get more out of a particular workout.

I've never seen any of them mock or ridicule anyone though. I guess we're lucky at our gym or something.

 

[TheCowboy]

What kind of gyms do you people frequent? Thank God the gym in my town isn't full of a bunch of morons who want to laugh at people trying to better themselves. The big guys in our gym, who obviously know what they're doing and have been doing it forever, are always very helpful and approachable for any questions a person might have. They frequently will walk over and give some advice on how to do a lift more safely or give you a couple pointers on how to get more out of a particular workout.

I've never seen any of them mock or ridicule anyone though. I guess we're lucky at our gym or something.

I go to LA fitness. Not the best gym in the world....

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I go to LA fitness. Not the best gym in the world....

I guess not. I feel for you.

 

[CF74]

Saw this on a couple body building videos. A thicker bar apparently build more muscle than a thinner bar. It got pretty good reviews on Amazon but it's $40 for two little grips.

http://www.fatgripz.com/

Check it out. Anyone have experience with it?

No but anything that can give u an edge mentally or physically is a plus. Ignore the naysayers and do what u believe in. The key to muscle growth as far as working out is concerned is that you gotta shock your muscles by changing your routine at least once every two weeks and once you've done that then the following week go back to what works. I'm a fan of the pyramid method which means you start off with a weight you can do about 15-20 times in order to properly warm up and then add 5 to 10 lbs every set and decrease reps accordingly.

Example: Reps 15, 12, 10, 8, 6 and then once or twice a month add so much weight on the last set that you can only do like 2-3 reps, get a spotter and bang out a couple of cheater reps once in awhile also (A weight you can't lift without a little help.)

 

[khiladi]

Saw this on a couple body building videos. A thicker bar apparently build more muscle than a thinner bar. It got pretty good reviews on Amazon but it's $40 for two little grips.

http://www.fatgripz.com/

Check it out. Anyone have experience with it?

http://anthonycolpo.com/how-to-improve-your-grip-without-spending-extra-time-in-the-gym/

Anthony Colpo reviews a product similar to them, and seems to like them. Based on the same principle, for the review would be what your probably looking for.

 

[khiladi]

Just to make a small point:

The principle is that the grip allows one to efficiently train grips and forearms, without doing separate exercises. You probaby won't build that much muscle, because it's isometric. Further, one would have to lower the weight when performing these exercises, so using the grip tool would not be an every set routine, but can be incorporated per sets.

The principle is sound, but a towel, as others mentioned probably work fine, but are more difficult to use. You could probably find a foam roll and cut it to specs, saving the money.

 

[bounce]

No but anything that can give u an edge mentally or physically is a plus. Ignore the naysayers and do what u believe in. The key to muscle growth as far as working out is concerned is that you gotta shock your muscles by changing your routine at least once every two weeks and once you've done that then the following week go back to what works.

No disrespect, but muscle confusion is widely considered a myth of body building. As long as you're consistently pushing more weight, it doesn't matter if it's the same exercises you've done for a year. Breaking down the muscle fibers (and, in turn, stimulating muscle growth) will occur as long as you're constantly increasing weight as you progress. Regardless of whether you've done the same routine for years, or for weeks. True "muscle confusion" is increasing weight, as you said - not changing exercises.

Now, changing exercises will work as far as staving off boredom with a workout, and it's not a bad thing, but it's not necessary to muscle growth. You may feel a different soreness after you change exercises, but that's more due to the fact that you're changing the muscles you use - not shocking the ones you've been using. For example, going from bench press to dumbbell press is going to bring in more of the stabilizing muscles which may not have been worked as much before on traditional bench. But, you're not confusing the muscles and causing further breakdown of the ones that have been used all along.

If we're being honest, the true keys to muscle growth at it's most base form is A) Diet B) Lifting heavier weight and C) Using proper form. Heavy emphasis on A.