[absolution]

I was thinking of getting a pair of powersox for my deadlifts. I wore footy socks last week but still got blood on em.

Anyone use these? Any good suppliers? They have some on ebay but waiting to hear if price is for a pair or per sock.

[greg]

improve technique? you shouldn't literally be scraping the skin of your legs

plus what about GPP and being functional?

[Franz29]

greg, on Dec 14 2009, 03:50 PM, said:

improve technique? you shouldn't literally be scraping the skin of your legs

Depends on who you listen to; Rip's technique has the bar in contact with the shins all the way up so does result in serious scrapage. This is also how I was coached to lift in the US by the football coaches. Others have the bar further off the legs similar to the first pull in a clean, but I find that means I am more prone to rounding the back when the weight gets heavier due to the longer lever arm.

Don't have powersox; I wear long football socks and use athletic tape or the band-aid tape along the shin as an extra barrier. Doesn't entirely prevent bloody shins, but it's pretty effective.

[greg]

surely if you are scraping shins then you are losing force due to friction. If you have bar a fraction away from shins, you will have the best of both worlds?

i think rip also has his own brand of bars that are smooth in the right place, so they will slide up your legs

[absolution]

My socks arrived. Damn it. I thought they would be similar to wet suit material. They are more like the Nike underwear stuff. No use whatsoever. I dont understand the GPP/Functional reference. I am not a fan of blood dripping down my leg but I catch maybe one rep per set and it is enough to pull skin off. I now have a fancy pair of £25 socks.