If you are a fitness enthusiast chances that you don’t know what lifting straps are smaller than that you spent the past ten years on a deserted island. Lifting straps are a common accessory all weightlifters use to prevent wrist injuries while building muscles. They are made of nylon, fabric, or leather and wrapped around the lifter’s wrist and the barbell. Most powerlifters, bodybuilders, CrossFitters, and Strongmen use them when pulling maximum weight in exercises, such as the deadlift, bench press, and squats.
To get the maximum from using lifting straps, you need to put your hand through the loop that tightens around the wrist. Then you take the barbell and wrap the remaining materials around it in a way that it looks like you cannot be separated from it.
Lifting straps are versatile because they make the bar hang from your wrist and not the grip and keep it steady. That not only allows you to perform any exercise you want, but it also takes your mind off the grip, and allows you to focus more on the exercise itself.