04/06/2026
💪 If you are strapping up from rep one, every set, every session - you are using them wrong.
Straps are a tool. Not a shortcut.
On any pulling movement - deadlifts, RDLs, rows, lat pulldowns - your target muscle should be what fails. Not your grip. Start without straps. When your hands start to go, straps on. Now your grip is out of the equation and the muscle has to actually work until it gives out. That is the set that builds the muscle.
If you strap up from the first rep every time, your grip never gets challenged. Never gets stronger. That catches up with you.
One exception. Injury or disability - straps on from the start, every set, no debate. That is exactly what they are there for.
Straps on at the right moment make your training better. Straps on too early hold you back.
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