Guide pour choisir les meilleures poignées de CrossFit

Guide to Choosing the Best CrossFit Grips

Whether you are a beginner, an intermediate or advanced practitioner, or even a high-level athlete used to competitions, a CrossFit grip is an essential accessory that you must have in your backpack. With indoor exercises such as pull-ups, chest-to-bar or muscle-ups, it is essential to properly protect your hands.

Summary

  • The Best CrossFit Grips
  • Injury Prevention
  • Improved grip
  • Cover the friction areas of your hands
  • Choosing the right equipment

The Best CrossFit Grips

Buying CrossFit grips is important, that’s why we decided to present our top 3 models that we believe are very good investments for your successful CrossFitter career. Unlike many grips available on the market , everything is of high quality, especially the strap which is strong and will not open during your repetitions. Don’t worry, this is normal. The more gymnastic WODs you do, the more they will adapt to your hands. In our opinion, the Golden Eagle is the best CrossFit grip offered by PICSIL. In concrete terms, it is an improved version of the RX Carbon. With its organic fabric and Micro Diamonds technology, you will benefit from optimal grip for gymnastic movements.

Large and lightweight with a wide design, the Golden Eagle acts as a real hand protector for CrossFit and offers real comfort during your reps. You can say goodbye to blisters and calluses! All materials are patented, so you won't find any others like it.

Top of the range: Bear KompleX Black Diamond handle

If you’re on social media platforms like Instagram or Facebook, you’ve probably seen many CrossFit athletes rave about the Bear Komplex carbon grips, including Noah Ohlsen. With their three holes, they provide perfect hand protection during CrossFit sessions. However, the Bear Komplex grips are very well-made and will last longer than many cheaper options on the market.

Therefore, in our opinion, they are a very good investment if you plan on practicing CrossFit for years to come. The palm cover on the WODies is made of fabric and lightly padded, which can really please some people while repelling others. Indeed, some people prefer a hand grip with a thin coating, as it allows for a better grip on the bar and offers better sensations.

While JerkFit is a well-known brand, we don’t like the fact that you have to use wrist wraps to be able to use their hand grips during gymnastics. In our opinion, most athletes would be better off strengthening their wrist muscles to support their hands rather than relying on additional equipment to do the job. Overall, the JerkFit WODies are comfortable and do a good job of preventing hand tears.

Injury Prevention

Usually we use handshakes to prevent our hands from getting hurt. But be careful, you can still get hurt even when using handshakes.

Improved grip

If you've ever used a slippery pull-up bar, you know how frustrating it is to hang on for a few extra reps. In some cases, hand grips can help you hold on longer by helping prevent wrist fatigue.

Cover the friction areas of your hands

When you do gymnastics exercises such as Toes-to-Bar, Muscle-Ups, Kipping Pull-Ups... your hands are put to the test. If you are used to doing several workouts per week, blisters and calluses will appear on your hands. This is completely normal; your hands experience friction of different intensities depending on the exercises. It is therefore very important to choose a CrossFit grip that perfectly covers and protects these areas.

Choosing the right equipment

It is important to have durable hand grips, and this mainly depends on the material used. Carbon, synthetic fabrics and leather are the materials most often used by different brands. We have a preference for carbon and synthetic fabrics, which often have an optimal grip with their technologies and are very durable over time. In fact, they will help maintain a firm grip on the bar and provide a better feeling during the exercise.
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