How to Use Immortal Grip Chunked Chalk: Crush, Coat, Lift

Immortal Grip is the chalk we make with Professional Weak Guy and Immortal Legacy. It is chunked block chalk, which means it comes as pieces of pressed magnesium carbonate you crush in your hands, and the point of the months we spent developing it was getting the moisture level and density right so it crushes clean and coats even. This guide is how to use it, when to reach for it instead of liquid, and how to layer the two.

Why chunked, not loose

Loose chalk powder is convenient and messy. Hard blocks are tidy and a pain to break. Chunked chalk sits between: pieces big enough to handle, soft enough to crush between your palms in a second. The density is the variable. Too dry and it crumbles to dust before it reaches your skin; too moist and it sits in lumps and smears. Immortal Grip was developed to land in the middle, which is what "months of development to dial in the moisture level and density" means in practice.

How to use it

1. Take one piece. About the size of a walnut is plenty for both hands.
2. Crush it between your palms over the chalk bucket or your bag, not the floor.
3. Coat. Rub palms together, then work the chalk into the fingers and around the thumbs. For hook grip, the thumb pad and first joint.
4. Clap off the excess over the bucket. What falls off was never going to help.
5. Lift. Reapply before each heavy set; block chalk does not bond to the skin the way liquid does, so it wears off as you grip.

When block beats liquid

• Max singles and competition-style attempts. The thick, powdery feel is what most lifters have pulled their heaviest weights with, and that familiarity matters on a third attempt.
• Dry, cold hands. Block adds bulk and friction where liquid's thin layer can feel slick.
• Powerlifting gyms with a chalk bucket. Where chalk is welcome, there is no reason not to.

When liquid beats block

• Commercial gyms. Most ban or restrict loose chalk. Liquid makes no cloud and leaves nothing on the bar.
• Hook grip and high-rep pulling. Block shears off the thumb; liquid bonds. See liquid chalk for hook grip.
• Travel. An 80 mL bottle versus a pouch that dusts the inside of your bag.

The full comparison is in liquid chalk vs block chalk.

Layering both for a max pull

This is what the strongest lifters on our roster do when the gym allows it. Dry your hands. Apply a small dot of Odyssey Liquid Chalk to palms, fingers and thumbs and let it dry fully with your hands open. Then crush Immortal Grip over the top. The liquid is the layer that will not shear off under the thumb; the block is the thick coat you can feel. Nonso Chinye, IPF World Record holder in the deadlift, uses both chalks; his 420 kg (926 lb) pull was made with the liquid on his hands. The Grip Stack packs both.

Etiquette

Crush and clap over the bucket. Wipe the bar if you leave a thick patch. Do not chalk the bench pad; for sliding on the bench the fix is the Odyssey Bench Mat, not chalk. A gym that allows chalk keeps allowing it when lifters are tidy about it.

Meets

The IPF Technical Rules list magnesium carbonate among the only substances that may be added to the body and attire, and forbid any foreign substance on the equipment. Block chalk on your hands is the standard at every federation's meets. Details in is liquid chalk allowed at powerlifting meets.

About the collaboration

Professional Weak Guy is the lifter behind Immortal Legacy and our partner on this chalk. The development ran through many batches to get the moisture and density where lifters wanted them. Immortal Grip is sold only through Odyssey, ships from our US warehouse to the US, Canada and worldwide, and carries the same 90-day money-back guarantee as everything we make. Read more in what chunked chalk is and when to use it, or see the Immortal Grip page.