wrist straps ... anyone use em?

[purbeast0]

I'm not talking about the kind that you use to hook around your wrist and help hold onto a bar, I'm talking about the kind that you use to support your wrist which wrap around a few times and velcro tight.

my lifting partner brought some of these with him to the gym 2 weeks ago on shoulder day, and i used them. i IMMEDIATELY noticed quite a bit of difference with these. When I lift heavy shoulders I notice that sometimes my wrists would kind of "roll" a bit when trying to push the bar/dumbell over my head.

with these it helped a lot.

i have pretty small wrists in general, and I am a computer programmer, so my wrists tend to be somewhat delecate and get sore fairly easy.

after that workout i went and got a pair over the weekend and have been using them since. i use them on chest day, bicep day, and shoulder day.

i notice now that when i curl straight bar i don't have any aching, which I used to when I would lift pretty heavy.

just wondering if anyone else uses these and how they like them.

 

[surfsatwerk]

http://www.prowriststraps.com/inc/sdetail/98189

I use these when I'm having wrist problems. Normally I try to avoid using them at all except when I'm doing max effort work with bench.

 

[Deeko]

I use Inzer wraps for various press and squat exercises, on my heavy sets: http://www.inzernet.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=WRAPS_IRON_WRISTZ

 

[Koing]

Not me.

Koing

 

[douglasb]

Nope. Not me either.

 

[purbeast0]

I use Inzer wraps for various press and squat exercises, on my heavy sets: http://www.inzernet.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=WRAPS_IRON_WRISTZ

how are those do you like them?

reason I ask is I got some Atlus brand like $8 ones, and after just 2 weeks, using them on like 3 out of my 4 workout days, and not the entire time by any means (only for certain lifts) I can see the wear on em from the velcro.

granted you get what you pay for, but I'm wondering how the ones you got hold up.

 

[Deeko]

I've been using the same pair of Inzer wraps for about 18 months now, they still work well. Most of the powerlifters at my gym use them as well. I'd recommend them.

 

[KingofFah]

I haven't posted a regular post in forever. My advice as a former personal trainer and someone who has both injured his wrists and generally had wrist issues for a while is to limit usage of wrist wraps. You're right to use them only for specific exercises as using them for every exercise can end up weakening the wrists, since they are doing less work. You said your wrists roll a bit when you are doing shoulder presses. I would say it's ok to use them for that exercise.

You can use them for heavy weights (heavy relative to what your wrists are capable of) which result in your wrists being the limiting factor. You want to make sure that for other exercises, say dumbbell curls, your wrists are made to do the work to prevent the wrists getting weaker.

A weakness in the actual joint usually indicates either a lack of flexibility, overworking, or lack of supporting muscle strength. It can of course be weak bones, but you didn't mention any history of that.

If you are not already doing so, you should do wrist/forearm exercises with light weights (rotations, forearm curls, reverse forearm curls, etc) to remedy the problem by strengthening the supporting muscles instead of leaning on a crutch. If you end up using wraps, then definitely do this if you aren't and set a goal to not need them for same exercises at the same weight. Remember to stretch before doing this especially if you never did them before -- forearm "charlie horses" can be very painful.

I used them when I injured my wrists and used them too long which resulted in a very lengthy recovery time. Other than that, I used them once in a while for barbell curls with heavy weights (because it can put a significant amount of supinating torque on the wrists).

Hope that helps.

 

[Eric62]

I use 36" Inzer Iron Wraps for pretty much all my pec/delt/arm training.

 

[mizzou]

I wont use them unless im injures, if im doing an excercuse that is awkaard or hurts meand im in fine shape, then i try to find something else to do

 

[Koing]

I haven't posted a regular post in forever. My advice as a former personal trainer and someone who has both injured his wrists and generally had wrist issues for a while is to limit usage of wrist wraps. You're right to use them only for specific exercises as using them for every exercise can end up weakening the wrists, since they are doing less work. You said your wrists roll a bit when you are doing shoulder presses. I would say it's ok to use them for that exercise.

You can use them for heavy weights (heavy relative to what your wrists are capable of) which result in your wrists being the limiting factor. You want to make sure that for other exercises, say dumbbell curls, your wrists are made to do the work to prevent the wrists getting weaker.

A weakness in the actual joint usually indicates either a lack of flexibility, overworking, or lack of supporting muscle strength. It can of course be weak bones, but you didn't mention any history of that.

If you are not already doing so, you should do wrist/forearm exercises with light weights (rotations, forearm curls, reverse forearm curls, etc) to remedy the problem by strengthening the supporting muscles instead of leaning on a crutch. If you end up using wraps, then definitely do this if you aren't and set a goal to not need them for same exercises at the same weight. Remember to stretch before doing this especially if you never did them before -- forearm "charlie horses" can be very painful.

I used them when I injured my wrists and used them too long which resulted in a very lengthy recovery time. Other than that, I used them once in a while for barbell curls with heavy weights (because it can put a significant amount of supinating torque on the wrists).

Hope that helps.

I think his copious amounts of self sinning should put the weak wrists and forearms to rest! J/k

Koing

 

[SociallyChallenged]

If you are not already doing so, you should do wrist/forearm exercises with light weights (rotations, forearm curls, reverse forearm curls, etc) to remedy the problem by strengthening the supporting muscles instead of leaning on a crutch. If you end up using wraps, then definitely do this if you aren't and set a goal to not need them for same exercises at the same weight. Remember to stretch before doing this especially if you never did them before -- forearm "charlie horses" can be very painful.

I used them when I injured my wrists and used them too long which resulted in a very lengthy recovery time. Other than that, I used them once in a while for barbell curls with heavy weights (because it can put a significant amount of supinating torque on the wrists).

Hope that helps.

I think the more essential point, rather than stretching beforehand, is a sufficient dynamic warmup with lighter weights up to the goal weight. Stretching before exercise can actually reduce the structural integrity of your connective tissue, making you more prone to injury and less able to lift weight.

Also, holding the push-up position on your fists is a very similar motion - you can start on your knees, then with your butt in the air, then with your butt way down (it's a progression). You can do it with your wrists both parallel and perpendicular to your body. That will be an exercise you can just do at work whenever you have time that will most definitely improve your stability as well.

 

[plastick]

oO

 

[MrEgo]

I wear them, and I love them. I've had a history of wrist tendonitis in my right wrist. I bought the Altus white wrist wraps with the thump loop and velcro. They provide a lot of support, but I wouldn't get them if you don't need them.

 

[purbeast0]

i know im bumping an old thread by myself, but i just got the medium inzernet straps and used them yesterday for the first time.

i was pretty shocked at the support they gave me. i used them on my chest bench press exercises as well as on my close grip bench press for chest.

my wrists were FAR less sore afterwards than they typically are, and I usually have pain when doing close grip bench (after doing chest exercises) on my left wrist, which was really nowhere to be found.

i'm definitely going to be using these for my chest and shoulder days when i am pressing a bar. they definitely helped my wrist support a ton. i also have some friggin rope burn because I guess I had them too tight heh.

and i can't believe that there are 36" versions of these ... that must be for people with huge wrists or something.

 

[surfsatwerk]

and i can't believe that there are 36" versions of these ... that must be for people with huge wrists or something.

Longer straps provide greater support.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1290663/world_record_attempt_bench_press/

at around 25s you can get a good look at the straps this guys is using.