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—Two Hands:
The top hand should be supported by the abduc- tor muscle of the little finger resting on top of the thumb of the bottom hand, to prevent the bottom hand from releasing. Even if the grip of the top hand relaxes, adding the weight of the top hand to the thumb of the bottom hand will make it harder for the hand to open.
8.3 → STRAPS
The straps are held by the abductor of the little finger and the external part of the carpals and metacarpals to fully support the width of the straps. This grip will also allow the wrist the full mobility it needs, such as the internal and external rotation needed by skills such as the back flag/ side planche or meathook, the flexion needed in a muscle-up, or general movements like extension, radial and ulnar deviation, pronation, supination, etc. This mobility will transform the wrist move- ment into one of the first energies required for the execution of subsequent movements.
Training with straps will allow us to focus on tech- nique, will help us optimize training performance, and will give us the opportunity to understand and memorize different body patterns and exer- cises. These gains come as the result of the ability to work specific muscle groups in a more efficient way, given the grip quality and the reduction on the amount of effort needed from the forearm muscles, and could yield a body muscular perfor- mance optimization of up to 70% (compared to others grips and the tests carried out).
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