Question on hand position during deadlifts

[Lynn M.]

Hi Cathe-

I was doing an oldie, but goodie today, PS legs. When I got to the deadlift part of the workout, I tinkered a bit w/ my hand position when holding the barbell.

Instead of holding the barbell w/ palms facing towards my legs, I reversed them so that my palms were facing outward.

For some reason, I was really able to feel the movement much more than when doing it the "original" way. It was nice!

I wanted to see if you knew if this something that would compromise safety/quality of the exercise or if you thought this might be OK to do.

Thanks in advance, Lynn M.

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Lynn! You can do them that way too as long as your arms are comfortable and your overall form does not change. I hold the bar like that when I am doing a compound move of a deadlift into a bicep curl.