Beast Gear Lifting Straps Guide UK

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LIFTING STRAPS INSTRUCTIONS
Safety Notes
Lifting straps are for use in athletic pursuits. They are not toys.
Before undertaking any exercise programme which includes using lifting straps you must consult a physician
Lifting straps must only be used in accordance with the instructions below.
All usual safety precautions when weightlifting should be observed as normal
If you experience discomfort or pain, immediately stop exercising. Those with allergies to rubber and/or similar
compounds must not use Beast Gear Lifting Straps
As with all exercise, there is a risk of injury when using Beast Gear Lifting Straps. Everyone using Beast Gear Lifting
Straps does so at their own risk.
Users must inspect Beast Gear Lifting Straps regularly for signs of unlikely degradation or damage. In the unlikely
event of such degradation or damage, the user should cease to use the Beast Gear Lifting Straps
USER GUIDE
What are weight lifting straps?
Weight lifting straps are straps (duh) which assist in holding the weight (whether this be a barbell, dumbbell or machine)
in your hands. They allow lifters to create more grip, tension and torque on the bar. This allows the lifter to focus all of
their attention on pulling the bar, rather than the grip.
Straps wrap around the wrist and the barbell to ‘lock’ you into position.
Why use straps?
1. Straps allow you to lift more weight
When our grip is preventing us from lifting more weight, straps give our grip a ‘break’. While it is important to train the
grip, and not to rely on straps all the time, when used correctly straps increase grip on the bar, allowing you to continue
to train when normally fatigue or sweat would curtail your session.
Straps are designed to allow you to train harder, heavier and longer as your grip strength is no longer the weakest link.
Think about it: when lifting heavy, the point of failure is very rarely due to the targeted muscle group. The back, legs and
shoulder muscles can withstand a far greater load than our grip strength
2. Straps allow you in increase training volume
Let’s say you are performing weighted chin-ups. Your back and arms may feel fresh after 4 reps, but your grip has already
taken a beating from the rows and deadlifts you just did. Wraps some straps around the bar and blast through an extra
few reps of chins! The same goes for hanging leg raises!
3. Straps help you to break through plateaus
If you’ve reached a point where you can’t increase weight or reps for several weeks, straps can help you to overcome the
plateau.
Straps allow you to instantly lift more weight by taking the strain away from your hands and forearms. Thus you can
overload the muscles that matter and push through your sticking point.
When to use straps?
Beginners should not use straps. As you learn to lift, and gain strength, your grip will strength will naturally improve.
However, there will there come a time when the smaller, weaker muscles of the hands and forearms can’t keep up with
the big lifting muscles in the legs, back and shoulders. This is when you need straps.
Straps are best for lifts like deadlifts and rows, but can also be used for weighted chin-ups and pull-ups.
Here’s some examples of good use of straps:
1. Overloading the muscles on the last set or two of weighted pull-ups
2. For high volume hanging leg raises
3. For dumbbell shrugs
4. For breaking through a deadlift or row plateau.
When not to use straps
If you use straps for every workout, your lifts will obviously get heavier, but as your strength in the target muscles
improves, your grip strength falls even further behind.
Use straps consciously and when you need the extra ‘boost’. For example, use them to push through a plateau and reach
a new personal best. Then stop using them, drop the weight back down and build up again without straps – then use
them again when you reach another plateau.
Beast Gear Heavy Duty Weight Lifting Straps
We’ve all of this knowledge and distilled it into the development of our own Heavy Duty Lifting Straps.
We’ve upgraded traditional straps by injecting the 100% cotton straps with our Gel Grips so you can grip harder and lift
heavier. The addition of our extra thick wrist padding means you’ll also be lifting in comfort, without digging into your
wrists as so often is the case with other straps.
Our straps are extra-long and wide. Wider and longer straps give you more to grip on to, and give more surface area of
contact with the bar, allowing a greater potential to create torque and tension.
We use 100% superior cotton. Cotton is more ‘grippy’, better absorbs sweat and does not tend to bend out of shape as
much as leather.
How to use your lifting straps
1. If using loop straps, thread the ends of the straps through the loops. This will form
a circle at one end of the strap.
2. Put the straps on. Slide your hands through the circles. Pull on the ends of the
straps until the straps fit snugly around your wrists.
3. Wrap the ends of the strap around the bar (or bars) holding the weight. Start by
going under the bar from back to front, and then wrapping the strap over the top
and under again. Wrap the strap completely around the bar. Some weight trainers prefer to
wrap the straps in a figure-8 configuration. This can lead to a better grip on the barbell, but
some people complain that after many reps, it can make the bar less comfortable to hold
on to or even lead to friction burns.
4. Important: The Gel Grips can face either the bar or your hands. It is a matter of personal
preference. However, we suggest that the gel grips face your hands.
5. Place your hands over the straps. Close your palm and fingers over the area where
the straps are wrapped around the barbell. This is what holds them in place. When
you let go, they should slide off easily. If you're uncomfortable, re-wrap the straps
to tighten or loosen as necessary.
6. Performing a deadlift with straps:
a. Roll the bar toward you. Rolling the bar will tighten the strap. Do this until
the straps pull on your wrists. Do not start lifting before the straps are
tight--you will not get the full benefit of using lifting straps and may
increase the risk of injury.
b. Lift the weight as you would for an ordinary deadlift. Take care not to force
your wrists to hold the entire weight as you lift. The lifting straps should let
your wrists assist you in maintaining your grip on the bar, not do all the
work. You can injure your wrists by relying too heavily on them to lift the
weight, so use your grip as well.
Conclusion
Lifting straps allow you to lift heavier, for more reps, for longer. Nothing replaces a strong grip – but lifting straps assist
you to reach your lifting potential. Deploy straps when you need them to get the most out of them, and use them as a
specific tool to hit heavy lifts, increase volume and break through plateaus.

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All usual safety precautions when weightlifting should be observed as normal

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