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semphoon
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: Lifting straps in Seoul |
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Hello there,
Does anyone know where to buy lifting straps in Seoul.
Many thanks,
Pop and Twinbee |
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crisdean
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| There are a variety availible on G-market. |
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semphoon
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks very much for that. |
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warmachinenkorea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I've noticed, here in my little town, that the sporting goods shops carry different straps but they're usually kinda odd. The ones on G-market look like the real deal. I've got chalk and love it beyond measure. It has helped so much with my deads and power cleans. |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| I've noticed, here in my little town, that the sporting goods shops carry different straps but they're usually kinda odd. The ones on G-market look like the real deal. I've got chalk and love it beyond measure. It has helped so much with my deads and power cleans. |
I never understood the whole thing with using chalk. Personally I just found that it dried my hands out and made them more prone to calluses. I used it for a while back in my weightlifting days and it sort of became ritualistic during competitions while trying to psyche myself up before an attempt. |
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MetaFitX
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| crisdean wrote: |
| I never understood the whole thing with using chalk. |
For deadlifts they are almost a necessity. Especially when you're doing multiple reps with some man-weight on the bar. |
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crisdean
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| with some man-weight on the bar. |
man-weight...? 
Aren't you full of assumptions. |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Yea, it dries out your hands and helps build calluses. Calluses are good for protecting our hands. And the simple reason for chalk is if the hands can't hold it, no matter how strong your posterior chain is, you can't lift it. If you liftied in a competition then you should know how important grip strength is.
What exactly is man-weight? If a person can deadlift 2x their body weight then I'd say that person is strong. |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| Yea, it dries out your hands and helps build calluses. Calluses are good for protecting our hands. And the simple reason for chalk is if the hands can't hold it, no matter how strong your posterior chain is, you can't lift it. If you liftied in a competition then you should know how important grip strength is. |
obviously grip strength is important. The point I was making was that my grip seldom failed me, and when it did chalk didn't seem to make a difference. When it came to weight-lifting the biggest obstacle was always agility, I could push and pull a fair amount of weight, I just struggled to get under it. Though I suppose part of that could have been psychological, saw a few too many people drop the bar on their head and/or shoulders in failed snatch attempts...
I do have a question since you specifically mentioned deads and cleans. What type of grip are you using for these exercises? do you use a hook grip for cleans and an alternating grip for heavier dead-lift sets? |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| crisdean wrote: |
| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| Yea, it dries out your hands and helps build calluses. Calluses are good for protecting our hands. And the simple reason for chalk is if the hands can't hold it, no matter how strong your posterior chain is, you can't lift it. If you liftied in a competition then you should know how important grip strength is. |
obviously grip strength is important. The point I was making was that my grip seldom failed me, and when it did chalk didn't seem to make a difference. When it came to weight-lifting the biggest obstacle was always agility, I could push and pull a fair amount of weight, I just struggled to get under it. Though I suppose part of that could have been psychological, saw a few too many people drop the bar on their head and/or shoulders in failed snatch attempts...
I do have a question since you specifically mentioned deads and cleans. What type of grip are you using for these exercises? do you use a hook grip for cleans and an alternating grip for heavier dead-lift sets? |
Yea, I use a alternate grip for deads. My best is 203kg. Right know I'm learning to power clean and I use a hook grip for that. I've got a guy that can coach the olympic lifts and he's gonna teach me the Clean n Jerk and Snatch. I've been lifting off and on(injuries) for 3 years just squatting, pressing, benching, deadlifting and recently learning power cleans. |
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crisdean
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| Yea, I use a alternate grip for deads. My best is 203kg. Right know I'm learning to power clean and I use a hook grip for that. I've got a guy that can coach the olympic lifts and he's gonna teach me the Clean n Jerk and Snatch. I've been lifting off and on(injuries) for 3 years just squatting, pressing, benching, deadlifting and recently learning power cleans. |
203kg is good. what's your body weight? around 80kg?
I improved very quickly in dead-lifts (my dead-lift put my squat to shame for a long time) when I first got into weightlifting in University and also quickly hit a plateau I just could break through, then my training shifted focus (more into high pulls and overhead squats) and I didn't really do them much. I've done the stop and start back up thing a couple of times since then and I always quickly advance to the exact same weight and then can't go any further, whereas with my squat I made small advances on the PB with each new start, though they're still lower. Maybe I'm just not meant to lift more. |
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warmachinenkorea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| crisdean wrote: |
| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| Yea, I use a alternate grip for deads. My best is 203kg. Right know I'm learning to power clean and I use a hook grip for that. I've got a guy that can coach the olympic lifts and he's gonna teach me the Clean n Jerk and Snatch. I've been lifting off and on(injuries) for 3 years just squatting, pressing, benching, deadlifting and recently learning power cleans. |
203kg is good. what's your body weight? around 80kg?
I improved very quickly in dead-lifts (my dead-lift put my squat to shame for a long time) when I first got into weightlifting in University and also quickly hit a plateau I just could break through, then my training shifted focus (more into high pulls and overhead squats) and I didn't really do them much. I've done the stop and start back up thing a couple of times since then and I always quickly advance to the exact same weight and then can't go any further, whereas with my squat I made small advances on the PB with each new start, though they're still lower. Maybe I'm just not meant to lift more. |
I wish I weighed 80 kg.
I'm 190 cm basketball player (we're all weak) that has had surgery on both knees, got really out of shape and ballooned to 146 kg before coming to Korea. I got down to about 129kg from just a change in diet. Then I started lifting. I'd never lifted with any kind of consistency or program before. I was eating everything in site and my wife got me to realize I my weight was bordering on dangerous again. Sure enough I was at 144kg and have now gone down to 136 in 8weeks. I'm working with the coach I mentioned earlier on some mobility and flexibility issues. He's tearing me down to build me up again. I squatted 168kg last week after my normal workout and I'm gonna try to deadlift soon just to see what I can do.
So my goal weight is 110 kg and I want to squat 400lbs for reps, deadlift 500lbs, and press 220lbs. |
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crisdean
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| crisdean wrote: |
| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| Yea, I use a alternate grip for deads. My best is 203kg. Right know I'm learning to power clean and I use a hook grip for that. I've got a guy that can coach the olympic lifts and he's gonna teach me the Clean n Jerk and Snatch. I've been lifting off and on(injuries) for 3 years just squatting, pressing, benching, deadlifting and recently learning power cleans. |
203kg is good. what's your body weight? around 80kg?
I improved very quickly in dead-lifts (my dead-lift put my squat to shame for a long time) when I first got into weightlifting in University and also quickly hit a plateau I just could break through, then my training shifted focus (more into high pulls and overhead squats) and I didn't really do them much. I've done the stop and start back up thing a couple of times since then and I always quickly advance to the exact same weight and then can't go any further, whereas with my squat I made small advances on the PB with each new start, though they're still lower. Maybe I'm just not meant to lift more. |
I wish I weighed 80 kg.
I'm 190 cm basketball player (we're all weak) that has had surgery on both knees, got really out of shape and ballooned to 146 kg before coming to Korea. I got down to about 129kg from just a change in diet. Then I started lifting. I'd never lifted with any kind of consistency or program before. I was eating everything in site and my wife got me to realize I my weight was bordering on dangerous again. Sure enough I was at 144kg and have now gone down to 136 in 8weeks. I'm working with the coach I mentioned earlier on some mobility and flexibility issues. He's tearing me down to build me up again. I squatted 168kg last week after my normal workout and I'm gonna try to deadlift soon just to see what I can do.
So my goal weight is 110 kg and I want to squat 400lbs for reps, deadlift 500lbs, and press 220lbs. |
sorry, my bad, I was just picturing you as a more average type guy. you know 5'9" - 180lbs.
good luck with everything. Oh and 500lbs is a good benchmark for the deadlift, interestingly enough it the exact point that I was never able to get to, my PB was 495. I could get air under 500 but couldn't find the leverage to get through the first inch. |
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MetaFitX
Joined: 23 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| crisdean wrote: |
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| with some man-weight on the bar. |
man-weight...?
Aren't you full of assumptions. |
Relax buddy.
If you can pull 4 plates for multiple reps without chalk big props to you.
If you pull with any regularity it should be fairly obvious why chalk is helpful (and sometimes necessary). |
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jk3587
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| You can get standard cotton straps off Gmarket pretty cheap. They come with tags that you can just cut out with a cutter knife. I ordered from two different sellers and they're both essentially the same thing so just go get the cheapest. |
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