Rope crunch grip

[Morte]

Hi all,

Sorry if this has been posted already, but I started doing rope crunches about 3 weeks ago and am having trouble with the grip. At the end of sets, my pinky finger is strained from holding onto the rope, and I have to stop sometimes bcuz I can't hang on any longer as opposed to my abs actually being tired/worked. I don't know if it's something I'm doing wrong, any1 else ever have this issue? Am I holding it wrong if this happens? Advice is appreciated

[NCNBilly]

Happens to me too, especially when you get to the heavier weights. I'm doing 4x15 with 95lbs and my left pinky is usually feeling pretty beat up. If you are at a gym, i'd try the different bars and grips they have available to find one more comfortable. Since it's an ab exercise, your grip is mostly irrelevant.

Since I'm doing these at home, I generally save them for the end of my workout and suck it up. If I lose my grip I get 'angry' and bang out that last few reps with a little more venom. If it got to the point where I was approaching injury I'd find another ab exercise to do..