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Originally Posted by kevin7352
will you be cheating yourself in the long run in terms of grip strength if you start using a mixed grip too early? (say, 225) OR will your grip strengthen no matter what and eventually i will be able to double overhand the 225 when my mixed grip deadlift gets to like 315
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You're not cheating yourself in the long run. Your grip strength has to grow just like your core strength when pulling that kind of weight. I haven't been doing DL's very long and when I got to regularly doing 2 plates I could only do it mixed. Now that I've progressed up to 3 plates I can easily rep out 2 plates with overhand only. But I still need to use mixed when I'm pushing the limits of my lifting ability, everyone does. The mechanics of the human body will always make it easier to pull mixed.
Cheating yourself is not doing full ROM reps in any exercise, using momentum or swooping to lift more than you can actually handle, and thinking that anyone else's opinion on how strong you are actually matters.