THANK YOU GABRIEL I just hit a new snatch PR just because of this! It gave me so much more grip

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

nice , congrats man. I'm glad it was helped you

Very neat video! I don't think I've ever seen a video going to this detail about hookgrip. I definitely tried to get a full hand tight grip on the bar like you'd do without a hookgrip and it made the wrist angle feel odd and the hand almost always slipped a bit to a more comfortable position - but you don't want that mid pull.

Gabriel i tried this today and they are a game changers for reeeal, specially in snatch. Thank you man, watching from Argentina 🇦🇷🤙🏻

Very nice information. I'm trying to learn the hook grip. When you try in the beginning it seems VERY counterintuitive, because I'm used my whole life, in regular gym exercises, to grab the bar without hookgrip. Yesterday I tried for the first time to do some clean pulls using it and was surprised I could do some reps. Of course the technique was all wrong, so this video came in PERFECT timing. Will apply these details and try to keep improving it. Thanks for the video, sir.

Thank you! I was new to weightlifting last year, and this video is what got me started!

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

Applied this technique in clean, the bar feels lighter from the ground and easier to keep close during the second pull. Very useful tip!!!

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Great job!

@shaky_lifts

Жыл бұрын

@@gsincraian can you make a video on bracing in the squat? I think it can help many lifters.

Nice video Gabriel, waiting for this!

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

My whole thumb has been getting numb from trying to grip the crap out of the bar and pinching a nerve. Can’t wait to try this. Thank you!

@gsincraian

10 ай бұрын

welcome, let me know how it will be after using this technqiue

You are mister lightning ⚡️ for me…thank you so much for explaining and clarifying!!

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

Thanks Gabriel, always what I need

@gsincraian

11 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!

This is incredibly useful!!

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

im glad it was helpful

Very well explained. This i feel will help me, because my coach tells me my wrists are to thigh for the overhead transition. Thank you mister, you are awesome

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

very useful and very motivating information

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

thanks for the explaination

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Nice one Gabriel! Always had a hard time with this. Got big snatch session tomorrow and I'll have a go with this. What weight did you compete at? Not related to this vid, but I just saw a short where you C&J 204kg like it's a warm-up lol

Yeah just did a workout that had snatches.....and yep....gabriel the only one to explain the hook😊😊

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that video helped you :)

Thanks for the video. Should the index finger be on the thumb knuckle, or index and middle fingers both on the same side of the knuckle, or one finger on each side of the knuckle?

Thank you dude! You just taught me something wery important! As it is, I can't hook more than double overhand.

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Very helpful 🤙🏼 vuelto loco

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

great

Would you recommend holding the hook grip from the pull to the front rack on a clean if you can do it?

I watched this, tried it. Immediately whole technique just got so much cleaner. Bar stays closer because Im not death gripping the bar. Thanks so much! This video needs to be re-posted or gain more exposure somehow

@gsincraian

9 ай бұрын

im glad it was helping too. I can do a better version in the future . good ideea. thanks

Gabriel, what’s your opinion about training with regular grip like Lasha does? Weightlifting House put out a video about Lasha training with a regular grip to help refine his technique, and only used hook grip for competition.

That at the time was a game changer for me !!! Stil trying to master it with repetitions Try it guys !!

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Yeah , with practice it will be better every time.

always thought i just have to hold it tight with hook grip. it always hurt my thumb bone in snatch. Will try this in my next session, however, it looks a bit lose in the hands and would lower my contact point.

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Thanks a lot for all the content you are creating Gabriel. I have a question I believe was not covered. Should you change to normal grip right after the end of the pull while dropping under the bar? I have a hard time keeping the hook grip with the bar over my head, locking elbows and going from the bottom overhead squat position to the top.

@gsincraian

2 ай бұрын

welcome @fededamian Yes, if you can is better to release the hookgrip when you have barbell overhead, if not, you can start to have wrist issues sometimes.

Would you recommend a similar amount of pressure for the clean also?

@cap3c187

Жыл бұрын

I’d also like to know that

@evagenesiz7802

Жыл бұрын

I think you dont need to grip it hard you just need to hook it like "hook" does

@callmeacutekitten8106

Жыл бұрын

Id assume its the same

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

In the clean because the grip is narower you can hold it well even if you do mistakes. I'm using in the clean same like in snatch if it's helping you.

Your English is damn good Gabriel, both names are correct, index finger and pointer finger!

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@smolboyi

Жыл бұрын

Stronger and smarter than me 😖

Daca simti discomfort la nivelul degetului mare, ca si cum il strivesti sau il smulgi din articulatie, inseamna ca strangi prea tare bara?Si probabil si ca folosesti mai mult de 2 degete?

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

exact.

tried this and hit a 30kg pr on my hook grip deadlift, it really does feel no different from straps. if i was in better shape for deadlifting im sure i could have gripped what ever i could pull.

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

nice , congrats man

My hookgrip tends to feel loose when I grip with just 4-fingers. What I do is I take a normal grip, but starting with the pinky, and then I bring the thumb in. Five fingers feels way stronger for me, even though the first time I learned Hookgrip it was the way you're showing here. Do you know why five fingers feels so much more secure, so I can figure out what I'm doing wrong? Thanks Gabriel! My favorite weightlifter

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

How tall are you ?

@lucashu2646

Жыл бұрын

Following for a response from Gabriel! I have the same problem at about 172cm in height. Five finger grip (with the bar deeper in the palms) feels stronger for me, maybe because I have smaller hands. But maybe I just need more practice with the technique in the video

i was aware of this proper method to hook grip before, but i have one question may be you or somebody else can answer it, on the snatch you start the pull with the hook grip and when you get the bar overhead you switch to thumb over grip? or you keep the hook grip when the bar is overhead? i ask this cause i saw zack telander snatch tutorial and he starts with the hook grip but at the top he switches to thumb over grip.

@gsincraian

9 ай бұрын

depends how you prefer, personally I release the hook when barbell reach overhead !

@argent087

9 ай бұрын

@@gsincraian thanks!!!

I like this video, but I would like an even longer tutorial when you show the grip with the barbell. To me it looks like you let the top of your long finger tocuh the nail of the thumb adnd the index finger the side of the knuckle of the thumb.

Thanks Gabriel! I recently hurt a finger joint in snatch :[

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

welcome

@smolboyi

Жыл бұрын

I think my problem is squeezing too much with pinkie and ring fingers

I just try this today omg , so i was doing hook grip wrong all this time!!!! Thanks gabriel it does make a lot of difference besides my finger feel more comfortable the pulls feel more relax too , you are genius sir hehe 🙌💪..

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

nice, I'm glad it was helped you

First time I watch a video well explained... I got an injury by doing it wrong, when I started at WL no one taught me how to do it so I did it my way... bad idea

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

thanks

good advice, what happen if the lifter has a tiny hand and he or she can't grab the bar propertly because of his tiny hand?

@eloiishya

Жыл бұрын

Such is life you tell them

@jasonbaijens3378

Жыл бұрын

can't be helped, they will have to grip narrower or in extreme cases not use hook grip at all

@Dwuboista

Жыл бұрын

I got a hand of a hobbit and women's barbell feels much better in my hand. I have however no problem to actually lift tho.

@haroldpepete

Жыл бұрын

Tian tao said in an interview that he struggles in snatch because of his tiny hand

@bigneymar

Жыл бұрын

Everyone can do the hookgrip, if you have small hands the only thing that changes is “how much your fingers will wrap around your thumb”. You can do it with 2 gingers too (thumb, index)

Interesting. Will surely try that out. It feels however slightly counterintuitive to me, as I lately realised I can exert more power more easily if I actually squeeze the behr.

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

I see. then I assume your snatch is less then your bodyweight :)

@Dwuboista

Жыл бұрын

@@gsincraian I move around 60 kilos and PR snatch is 70, close enough I guess

I struggle with hookgrip. It doesnt feel that I have the same control over the barbell..

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

now you will not anymore :)

How are you learning english? you are learning so fast and it's so much better.

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃 I started reading in english and listen podcast as well.

Does any advanced lifter snatch as much with a hook grip as they can with straps? I feel not.

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

depends if they know how to use hookgrip. more then 50% use wrong hookgrip , so it's obvious to snatch more with straps.

hooooly shit this is waaayy more comfortable

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

definetly

This is why I pay internet 😢

Shhh dont give out too many secretsss

I always thought I was using the hook grip correctly but now I'm not so sure - to be honest I never really gave it much thought except to use the hook grip in a way that feels natural. I do have a tendency to use my arms a bit too much in the second pull sometimes so maybe that's a contributing factor? Thanks for the ideas!!! I will look into it.

@gsincraian

Жыл бұрын

welcome , good luck

Got nerve damage on side of my thumb due to squeezing the barbell and resting all of the weight on my thumb. I will try this method and see if things improve.

@cristian9365

4 ай бұрын

Same :/ my left thumb still feels somewhat weird after a week though it's getting better

@rohanch07

4 ай бұрын

​@@cristian9365 Hey, I've fixed the problem with my thumb. I realized base of my thumb was getting squeezed under the barbell. I've adjusted the grip as the advice in this video. Now barbell rests in the middle-front part of my thumb. The numbness went away in 2 weeks even though I continued training my pulls. Hope this helps you.

@cristian9365

4 ай бұрын

@@rohanch07 thank you man, I'll try it next time! And, so you didn't stop hook gripping while your nerves were recovering? Also, have you done RDLs with snatch hook grip?

@rohanch07

4 ай бұрын

@@cristian9365 No, I never stopped hook gripping. I train heavy pulls only twice a week, and use hookgrip only for top 2-3 sets. So if you're pulling more frequently then you may have to give your grip a rest for couple of weeks. I haven't done RDLs with snatch grip but just regular deadlifts and cleans.

@cristian9365

4 ай бұрын

@@rohanch07 alright, thank you for the information :) And I was asking because recently I tried snatch and hook gripping the bar in RDLs but it was so damn painful I couldn't perform more than 2 reps. Maybe if I try this method it would be better lol

Hoogreep.