If you want to place well in bodybuilding shows at any level, you’re going to need to develop an impressive back. To do so, you’ll need to stimulate the thousands upon thousands of muscle fibers in the back using a variety of approaches to what is essentially a single movement, the lat bar pulldown. The stance and hand positioning we employ can change our results. Let’s learn more.

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The most common failure point in many powerlifting exercises is the grip. The forearms are a small and skinny muscle group, and the hands are typically very weak when compared to other potential failure points in the body. Building up your forearm and grip strength is a key to performing better in both powerlifting competition as well as in your normal lifts. Improving the amount of weight you can move will allow you to hold more weight when deadlifting, and control more weight when bench pressing. Additionally, it will provide you with greater support when you’re using exercises to target those ancillary body parts which support the lifts such as the deadlift. Rowing, lat pulldowns, and other movements become more effective when grip strength improves. Here are a few tips for increasing your grip and forearm strength. Remember that the goal of this training is not to develop large, vascular forearms seen on a bodybuilding stage. Rather, we are working to develop as much functional strength for the forearms and hands as possible. Therefore, training will emphasize strength, and not appearance.

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When in the arena of competitive bodybuilding, the illusion of size usually matters more than the true size. Bodybuilders have often decided to neglect the training of specific muscle areas so that other muscle groups seem bigger. A lot of bodybuilders will not train their abs as much so that the shoulders can look bigger and wider. Another way bodybuilders use this illusion is by reducing the training of their quadriceps, which allows their calves to appear much larger than they would usually would look.

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When in the arena of competitive bodybuilding, the illusion of size usually matters more than the true size. Bodybuilders have often decided to neglect the training of specific muscle areas so that other muscle groups seem bigger. A lot of bodybuilders will not train their abs as much so that the shoulders can look bigger and wider. Another way bodybuilders use this illusion is by reducing the training of their quadriceps, which allows their calves to appear much larger than they would usually would look.

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Q:  My buddies and I have a bet going... What do you guys think would yield better strength gains? A textured thick-handled bar that wouldn't slip out of your hands, but might be too heavy to hold for long? OR, a bar with no texture, that is smooth and can slip, but is lighter and not as thick?  If you held both for 20 seconds until they had to be dropped, which way would get you stronger?

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