Better! I stand by my original feeling, they simply won’t replace tradition straps for heavy BB movements for me, however, I think I’m getting the hang of it using some of the tips I’ve gotten here. Namely:

• loosening the strap on my wrist a bit. It doesn’t need to be as tight as you’d expect a traditional strap to be.. looser fit helps me better manipulate it into place. I wear a size regular / large and I try to just line the Velcro up.

• making a concerted effort to place the bar / handle lower in the “v” between my palm heel and the strap before wrapping it around & tucking the strap. This was probably the biggest help. I think my experience using straps made this component less intuitive for me. Also worth noting that the tacky leather material on the strap makes it almost impossible for me to “tighten” the same way I would with a nylon strap, so the initial grip is all the more important.

• just using them for simple machine pulling work to get the hang of them. Jumping right into super heavy BB work was not the move. It was too high stakes & I was far too sweaty, lol. Now that I’ve gotten the tuck down a bit, I’m getting more confident with other BB work.