yea you'll notice though rack pulls is very easy to max out, only goes to 8 plates on both sides, gotta throw on chains and shyt too on the inside of the bar
I think the best advice I have ever heard came from Ed Coan...seconded by louie Simmons. Do not train your forearm muscles. It will make your hands fatter and makes holding the bar more difficult. Train your grip by holding the bar.
Good enough for Ed and Louie. Good enough for me.
Louie Simmons gives me a headache. There I said it.
Thanks for the useful postI only have seen 2 ways to help with deadlifts grip that actually work for the deadlift, keep in mind these are what the team I was with did and other top notch teams.
Static holds with heavy weight, pull the weight and just hold it until it wants to drop.
I forgot the name for this but you basically roll weight up from the ground holding a very short bar that has rope pulling the weight up as you roll the bar. (This shit is brutal)
Pinching plates, grippers and all that just don't cut it for deadlift grip you need to build the grip you use to pull not your fingers.
I do farmer carries with 100 lb kettle bells switching between different finger grips. Also two and three finger grip pull ups and chin ups work well.
My favorite is walking a mile home from the super market with ten grocery bags in each hands. :32 (19):