Should I Use Weight Lifting Wrist Straps?

What is a Weight Lifting Wrist Strap?

Lifting wrist wraps are commonly used by powerlifters, bodybuilders, and even new lifters to help provide wrist support when pushing heavy weights. Their main purpose is to provide stability and compression to the wrist joint during heavy overhead lifts or push exercises. They help you by stabilizing the barbell or dumbbell weight and prevent draining any strength from your shoulders or legs. So you can focus solely on the muscles you are targeting and your form.

Wrist straps are especially helpful during heavy or maximal effort presses and overhead exercises. Especially when it comes to weightlifting where there is such a high force affecting the joints. Not just snatches and jerks, but even basic exercises like front squats or strict presses can strain your wrists. To reduce the risk of injury, strain or to prevent overloading your body, wrist wraps are the common and best way to give your joints stability. Another positive feature of wrist wraps is that they warm the joints and increase blood circulation.

Making it possible for your joints to adapt to stress, especially when you are doing warm-up exercises. Wrist wraps are designed to prevent physical overload. Since every athlete likes to hit maximum loads and personal records, wrist guards are a useful helper. You should have them in every training bag.

Weight Lifting Wrist Strap

Here are the top three benefits of wrist wraps for weightlifting：

Provides support for the wrist joint.

As we have already discussed, wrist wraps are designed to stabilize and protect your wrist joints while performing the heaviest/heaviest overhead lifts. Heavier weights can add too much stress to the wrist joint, which can lead to sprains or strains. Using wrist guards while performing maximal overhead lifts will help give your wrists the support they need to successfully complete a set of movements and reduce the risk of injury. If you are strength training and want to keep making progress in the gym, then definitely consider adding wrist guards to your gym bag.

Train harder and lift heavier.

The stabilization provided by weightlifting wrist guards allows you to train harder and lift heavier weights. Heavier weights can affect form and fatigue wrist joints quickly, which can lead to failed lifts or even injury. With wrist guards, you have the support you need to help you complete your largest sets.

Weight Lifting Wrist Strap

Helps with injury recovery.

Wrist sprains are quite common for avid weightlifters and beginners alike. Fortunately, with proper rest and mobilization, the wrist can recover quickly. If your wrist is starting to feel better, but you don't want to risk re-injury, then a proper wrap can help!

Use wrist wraps during pushing exercises after recovering from a wrist injury to help ease your wrist back into training. This will help improve the stability of your wrist and reduce stress on the joint. Once the wrist joint is fully healed, you can continue pushing weights without a wrist wrap, but remember to use a wrist wrap for heavier movements.

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