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Your grip strength matters. But your grip doesn’t always need to be the limiting factor in your lifts.

That’s where VersaGrips come in.

When you’re doing movements like RDLs, deadlifts, rows, or pulldowns, sometimes your hands and forearms fatigue before the muscles you’re actually trying to train have received enough stimulus.

If my hamstrings can handle another 3 reps of an RDL, but my hands are opening up at rep 7… my grip just became the reason my hamstrings didn’t get the training stimulus I wanted.

VersaGrips help reduce that limitation so you can continue loading the target musculature and progressing your training.

But that does NOT mean we stop training grip strength.

Grip strength can be developed through:
Farmer carries
Dead hangs and active hangs
Heavy rows and deadlifts without assistance
Suitcase carries
Pull-ups
Direct forearm work

I’ll often perform earlier or lighter sets without grips and bring them in when loads get heavier, fatigue accumulates, or grip starts limiting the intended training stimulus.

The goal isn’t to become dependent on equipment.

The goal is to understand WHY you’re using it.

Train your grip. Build strong hands and forearms. But when grip becomes the limiting factor for a completely different training goal, using a tool like VersaGrips can help you continue progressing.

Train with intent.

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Your trunk has an important job

The trunk needs to be able to create and transfer force while controlling unwanted movement.

When you squat, deadlift, sprint, jump, carry, press or pull, your body needs to be able to manage pressure and keep your trunk organized while your arms and legs produce force.

That starts with breathing and bracing.

Your diaphragm, abdominal wall, pelvic floor and spinal stabilizers work together to create pressure and stability around your trunk. When we learn to use that system well, we give the bigger muscles a better platform to produce force from.

And sometimes getting stronger doesn’t mean adding more weight.

Sometimes it means going back and addressing the thing that is limiting you:

Can you breathe into your rib cage instead of only your chest?

Can you exhale without losing control of your pelvis?

Can you brace without simply sucking your stomach in?

Can you maintain trunk position while your arms and legs move?

Can you access the positions your lifts require?

Strength is more than how much weight you can move. It’s how well your entire system can manage that weight.

I love lifting heavy.

But I also respect the boring-looking work that allows me to KEEP lifting heavy.

Build the foundation. Then load it.

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