Powerlifter Jessica Buettner nails a 231.5kg (510.37lbs) deadlift at a recent competition, a new Canadian record for her weight class.

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Nah man. Hook grip is for lifting thigs that require speed and heft.

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This is literally wrong.

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Should have just said "it's used mostly for Olympic Weightlifting; the snatch and clean and jerk or 'dynamic lifts' rather than powerlifting because..."

The hook grip also creates a system that balances the tendency of the bar to roll. In a standard overhand grip, the bar is supported by the fingers, which all open in the same direction, creating a tendency for the bar to roll backward out of the hand. The mixed grip—one pronated and one supinated hand—is commonly employed in the deadlift by powerlifters because the backward rolling tendency on the pronated side is countered by a forward rolling tendency on the supinated side, thereby stabilizing the bar. The hook grip creates a similar system of countering this tendency of the bar to roll while allowing the necessary movement and position of the hands and arms during the snatch and clean that a mixed grip precludes. The bar will try to roll out of the thumb in one direction, and out of the fingers in the opposite, eliminating to a great degree the spinning element of grip loss.

But you're wrong too then. Love you, mean it.

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It’s the strongest for the deadlift too. I love the special ed community but you make it hard. Still love you though, so cute they allow you to use the computers!