Help Me I'm Stupid!

[Tough Old Man]

Ok call me stupid. I just recieved a pair of apt wrist straps 22" long. I've never used them before and because of lifting at home have never seen anyone else use them. You got it no instructions on how to use them and I can't figure it out. I look it up on the internet and one said to place you hand through the hole at the end and then wrap around the bar. Hey the hole is small. Hell my little dickey wouldn't even fit through this hole. So help how do you use them?

 

[Triple Threat]

Take one end and put it through the loop end, resulting in a much larger loop. It's that larger loop that you put your hand through, similiar to wearing a bracelet. Now snug the strap around your wrist by pulling on the straight end. If you hold your hands out in front of you, the straight end will hang straight down.

The straight end is what gets wrapped around the bar.

 

[Tough Old Man]

Got you. But do you start the wrap on the bar from the top of the bar or start it on the bottom side of the bar. I noticed you can do it both ways. For example starting it on the bottom. You would roll it up like giving gas to a motorcycle. if you start it on top your hand would be rolling forward.

 

[Seanp156]

I haven't gotten straps yet, but I'll probably find this thread useful as well, I have no clue how to use them either. Do you wrap the straps around the bar or what?

 

[DimebagDarrell]

let me draw a picture for ya, give me a few seconds...

 

[DimebagDarrell]

ok here goes...

now, put your left palm to the bar with the strap under it. use your right hand to wrap the strap under and away from you then over and toward yourself, then repeat. you should get two full wraps. but do it lightly. then, do your right hand, using your left thumb and index finger to help wrap like you did the left side. then, grab the ends with your thumbs and index fingers. slide your hands to where you want them. pull hard with your thumb and index finger until the straps are tight and your palm is up against the bar. grip over the strap and youre good to go. let me know if that doesnt make sense

 

[DimebagDarrell]

fuck it im quitting bodybuilding and focusing full-time on art. im sexy.

 

[soxmuscle]

what a great picture, haha. wow.

 

[cappo5150]

that was freaking hilarious man. I'm still busting up.

 

[WilliamB]

Yea I started crackin up when I saw the picture. Thanks, im going to go get some straps just to use the diagram.

 

[KarlW]

fuck it im quitting bodybuilding and focusing full-time on art. im sexy.

Should diag 3 look like this? ie to indicate that the open part of the strap sits across your palm in the direction of your pinky. Diag 3 has you looking at your palms right?

 

[Vieope]

ok here goes...

 

[devildog88]

Amazing.

 

[Seanp156]

So you don't actually wrap the clothe around the bar, you just grip it?

 

[KarlW]

So you don't actually wrap the clothe around the bar, you just grip it?

..........You wrap the strap around the bar then grip the bar where the strap is.

 

[Triple Threat]

So you don't actually wrap the clothe around the bar, you just grip it?

Excellent pictures, DD!

After the straps have been wrapped around the bar (2-3 times depending on the length of the strap), you grab the part of the bar where the strap is. Thus the hands grip the strap around the bar. Your hands won't slip holding on to the cloth (as opposed to trying to hold the bar if your hands start sweating).

 

[Mudge]

Wrapping one direction wont hold the bar at all, the other does. Make sense?

You can see my fumbling with mine in an old shrug clip

 

[KarlW]

Wrapping one direction wont hold the bar at all, the other does. Make sense?

No

 

[Seanp156]

I think I'm more confused about straps now than before I read this thread

 

[KarlW]

I think I'm more confused about straps now than before I read this thread

hahaha I can understand that though you have to admit DD's artwork is pretty spectacular. Actually, it's real easy once you know, like everything, just hard to articulate without actually being able to show you.

 

[TheRoyalOne]

that was freaking hilarious man. I'm still busting up.

Ditto. But hey something new was learned today. That's what we're here for.

 

[APG]

Wrapping one direction wont hold the bar at all, the other does. Make sense?

You can see my fumbling with mine in an old shrug clip

I think I understand if you are using an alternative grip so 1 palm over, 1 palm under the bar you wrap the strap around the bar in the opposite direction which gives you better grip.

 

[Tough Old Man]

This is by far my best post. Mudge I don't get yours either. As for the drawing, Walt Disney had nothing on you. I'm looking for a tatoo. Think I'll hire you as your artwork is so superior to anything i've ever seen.
Now get back in the fuuuuccking gym where you belong. Hell my 3 yr old grand daughter"s art work is better.
No really I get your drawing, Thanks for explaining.
Mudge I did find out today that I guess i did it wrong. I wrapped them over the top and almost dropped the weight on my feet when it slipped from my hands

PT

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

let me draw a picture for ya, give me a few seconds...

this thread should be made into a sticky just b/c that picture is awesome

 

[nmuriqi]

ok but are we wrapping it like we're revving up a motorcycle or are we going the opposite way by turning our hand forward??

 

[Stallions05]

ok here goes...

LMAO thanks man i had my laugh for the day, that was too funny

 

[Seanp156]

this thread should be made into a sticky just b/c that picture is awesome

Yeah, I vote for a sticky too.

 

[KarlW]

Watch this

 

[Indian Larry]

what are the straps for and what do they do?i see people usen them but i never asked.Really i dont even know,is that bad? lol

 

[cappo5150]

Hey Indian larry, you build some badass bikes.

Straps help you hold on to weight that you're grip would normally give out on.