My Lifting Straps

At the Get Fit Gym, I know I get some strange looks when I use my lifting straps.  I always use them in the gym when I do the Olympic Weightlifting workouts.  I wear them for all of the Snatch-variant lifts, Deadlift variants and for any Power Clean-variant.  I never use them for the full Cleans.  My choice of lifting straps are the Short & Sweet Lifting Straps from Ironmind.  I have used these in the past and I just love them.

Unfortunately for many weightlifters not used to them, they can be seen as too difficult to use.  They are actually quite easy to use, I love them since I can release the straps quickly when I need to let go of the Olympic Bar.  The photos below will show you how to use them:

Wrap the straps around your wrist and put the ends between your fingers

Do the same as above but this time put the strap under the bar.

Wrap it tightly, this will get easier in about a week or two.

I release the two straps when I am done with the lifts. You can also release if you need to drop the weights fast.

The ones above are pretty warn out now.  I have a new pair I will use when these die on me.  I always keep a spare.  I also have looped lifting straps from Ironmind but I prefer the ones above more.