Straps help you hold onto the bar better, so your hands don’t give out before your legs and back are done working.

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Evidence from Studies

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The Effect of Lifting Straps Use on Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Strength Performance

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

The study found that using lifting straps helped guys hold onto the bar better and their hands didn’t get as tired, so they could pull harder — exactly what the claim says.

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Source Study

The Effect of Lifting Straps Use on Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Strength Performance

Score: 33

DOI: 10.38021/asbid.1485488

Similar Assertions

When people used straps to hold the bar while pulling hard on a machine, they could pull harder than when they held it with their hands alone.

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The use of lifting straps significantly increases maximal lifting capacity by reducing grip fatigue as a limiting factor.

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We don’t know if straps made people pull harder because they changed how they moved, or just because their hands held on better.

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This study only tested young men — we don’t know if straps help women, older people, or those with weak grips.

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Using straps might help you pull harder on a machine, but we don’t know if that makes you stronger when you actually lift a barbell off the floor.

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