Lifting Guides

Sweaty palms are the most common reason a grip fails. Here is what helps, in order of how much it helps.

Grip is the first thing to go on a heavy pull. Here is how to chalk for the deadlift, and what the strongest deadlifter on record used.

Two different questions hide in this one: how long an application lasts on your hands, and how long a bottle lasts in your bag.

A chalk ban is about mess, not grip. Here is how to read your gym policy and what most lifters use when the block is off the table.

Both are magnesium carbonate. The difference is the delivery, and that changes the mess, the reapplication and where you are allowed to use it.