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Knee
wraps:
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Which
ones to use?
How
to wrap them for best performance?
WHEN
should you start wrapping the knees during the meet?
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article
written by: Roger Hendrix
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The best knee
wraps out there are made by Inzer (Iron Wrap Z's) and by Crain's Muscle
World. These can be purchased in 2 meter and 2.5 meter lengths.
Check your federation for legal limits.
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In competition,
I begin wrapping one knee when the lifter ahead of me has his name called
and is told that 'the bar is loaded'. This way, by the time my knees
are wrapped they are loading the bar for me. After I stand up and
get my straps pulled up and belt tightened, my name is then called, after
which, I chalk my hands, take a whiff of Nose Tork and approach the bar.
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To wrap the knees,
I do as follows: Before wrapping, straighten the leg and tighten the knee
cap. I start by doing a very tight double wrap one full wrap width
below the knee cap (legal limit) and start wrapping upwards, overlapping
1/2 the wrap width until one wrap width above the knee, do a double wrap
there and begin a downward 1/2 overlap to below the knee and do 1 - 2 wraps
back upward until about 6" of wrap remains. Then, relax that last
wrap a little, tuck the end of the wrap under and out of the last wrap,
pulling tightly and release.
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I wrap
my knees at 80% and above, getting progressively tighter as the load increases.
At 95%+, I wrap them like steel so that almost NO give is left in the wrap.
Beware! Once they're wrapped, do your set quickly because almost
all blood flow to the lower legs is cut off and you will lose feeling below
the knees. Also, until used to them, you may experience bruising,
slight bleeding or welts behind the knees.
Roger Hendrix
Igor
"The Air Raid Powerlifter" Jolevich:
reminder:
"Wrap from 'in' to 'out'. This means - counterclockwise for the left
leg, clockwise for the right leg. Down below I've listed some costume and
personal equipment specifications from the 'World Powerlifting Alliance'
(WPA) rulebook..."
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knee
wraps: must not exceed 6.9 feet length or
3 inches wideth. Elasticized knee caps may be worn. A combination of the
two is forbidden! When the knees are wrapped the wraps cannot extend beyond
5.9 inches above the center of the knee joint or 5.9 inches below the center
of the knee joint for a total of 11.81 inches.
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WPA
APPROVED EQUIPMENT:
Inzer:
z-suit, champion suit, iron wraps, blast shirt,
HD blast shirt, HPHD blast shirt, EHPHD blast shirt, erector deadlift shirt
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BSA:
freeway suit, freeway bench shirt
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Elite:
squat suits & wraps
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Marathon:
supersuits, deadlift supersuit, superwraps
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Force
Brute: bench press shirt
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Crain:
power suit (previously "outlaw power suit"),
Genesis powerwrap (previously Big Red Powerwrap), Genesis Power Wrist Wrap
(previously "Big Red Power Wrist Wrap")
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Titan:
squat suits, centurion suit, new version centurion
suit, red devil wraps
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Frantz:
single denim bench shirt, double denim bench
shirt, denim bench shirts with velcro straps in back, single layer squat
suit, Frantz bench shirt, Frantz deadlift suit, Frantz deadlift shirts
IRONWRAPS
enable
you to lift more than ever before! A leap ahead in powerlifting knee wrap
technology!
IRONWRAPS
Z stores
a very dense, propulsive energy that produces more power than any knee
wrap ever before!
Everything
about this wrap exceeds any previous wrap.
VERY,
VERY POWERFUL!
"I've
tried every knee wrap ever made and the Ironwrap far out-performs them
all."
Louie
Simmons
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IRONWRAPS
A are
super comfortable. Very big support, especially behind your knees for explosive
rebounds out of the bottom of the squat. Like squatting on a cloud. It's
amazing how Ironwraps provide so much powerful support to be so comfortable!