I have an issue with my grip strength when it comes to deadlifts. I'm currently doing mixed grip on my working sets , So I assumed since it's coz my supinated hand fails I should add grip holds to my workout , and double overhead on my warmups, but still I can do singles around 190KG and is struglling to go beyond that single rep. And no it's not limited by fatigue or strength , but grip doesn't hold on the second rep. Any recommendations how to train to increase grip strength ?

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I've been running the "one-week program" Alexander Bromley and Basement Bodybuilding posted on YouTube a while ago, and I find it very enjoyable. I'm in my second week of running the program, and it's great fun while being effective. It's a 4-day push-pull split, which I've never done before but am enjoying, and it also fits my schedule a lot better than a 4-day upper-lower, as upper takes a long time to train. These workouts take about 45 minutes to an hour to do, which is great as I have a lot of university work to do this month! The program looks like this: Day 1: Pull Lat Pulldown, 3x8-10 T-Bar Row, 3x8-10 Close-Grip EZ-Bar Preacher Curl, 3x5-7 Cable Rear Delt Fly, 2x12-15 Day 2: Push Feet-Up Smith Machine Flat Press, 3x7-9 Seated Smith Machine Shoulder Press, 3x7-9 Lying Dumbbell Lateral Raise, 2x8-12 Seated EZ Bar Overhead Extension 4x8-10 Leg Extension, 3x8-10 Day 3: Rest Day 4: Pull Single Arm Lat Pulldown, 3x8-10 Cable Row, 3x8-10 Strict Curl, 3x8-10 Seated Hamstring Curl, 3x10-12 Day 5: Push Smith Machine Incline Press, 4x7-9 Smith Machine Behind-The-Neck Shoulder Press, 3x7-9 Dumbbell Lateral Raise, 3x15-20 JM Press, 3x7-9 Leg Press, 3x6-8 I like the variety of exercises, rep ranges, set/volume ranges, and the frequency each muscle is trained at. It means each day feels significantly different, which my novelty-seeking ADHD brain loves. I particularly like the fact that the quad work consists of a leg extension on one Push day, and leg press on the second, 3 days later. It means my right knee doesn't flare up, which it has been doing on and off for a year and a bit now. No joint pain yet, but we'll see how it goes. I substituted the T-bar row for a chest-supported dumbbell row as my gym doesn't have a T-bar, and the strict curl is meant to be done single-arm on a cable, with your upper arm anchored against the column, but the way my gym's cables are set up (next to the column instead of in front of/behind it) means that if I did it this way, the cable would be at an angle relative to my arm path. The point of anchoring the uppper arm was to prevent you from cheating to progress, so to keep the spirit of the exercise but using equipment I actually have, I decided to use an EZ bar and lean against a wall to prevent me from rocking back and forth to help move the weight.