Lifting Guides

A comparison of liquid chalks for lifting written by a company that makes one. What actually differs between bottles, and how to pick.

Loose, block or liquid for the deadlift: what each does on a heavy pull, which gyms allow which, and the base-layer plus block method the strongest lifters use.

Hook grip asks the chalk to hold under the thumb. Here is why liquid chalk does that better than loose, how to apply it for hook grip, and what hook grippers report.

Every review of Odyssey Liquid Chalk sorted into themes: how long one coat lasts, heavy deadlifts, hook grip, and the honest dissent.

Every review of the Odyssey Bench Mat, read and sorted: what lifters praise, what the two 4-star reviews say, and who should not buy one.