View Full Version : Why does everyone wear gloves?
is there a benifit to them besides having soft hands, like wrist support?
it seems like one of the few that goes bare-handed, so am i missing out on something?
FatGymRat
10-07-2009, 03:05 AM
is there a benifit to them besides having soft hands, like wrist support?
it seems like one of the few that goes bare-handed, so am i missing out on something?
The benefit is to NOT get thick callouses from death-grip handling of barbells and dumbbells with a crapload of weight.
If they are wearing the gloves while on cardio machines, it is purely for fashion.
aussie_steven
10-07-2009, 03:52 AM
some gloves come with wrist straps, but ones that only cover your hands aren't supporing the wrists
Kodokan
10-07-2009, 04:14 AM
i don't like gloves, personally...i think they just screw up your grip. chalk can also help minimize callouses.
daniel327
10-07-2009, 04:35 AM
I only wear gloves for gardening
omgooses
10-07-2009, 05:29 AM
is there a benifit to them besides having soft hands, like wrist support?
it seems like one of the few that goes bare-handed, so am i missing out on something?
I wear them because my girlfriend doesn't appreciate scratchy and dry callouses that dont normally occur from my job in IT!
roman209
10-07-2009, 06:09 AM
Gloves increase the size of your hands and therefore **** up your grip. Go watch some westside videos and see if they are wearing gloves - no. Go watch some videos of the pro bodybuilders and they are more often than not wearing gloves either. Or the gloves they wear have wrist support.
You are goign to get callouses with or without gloves. You can reduce the severity by the way you grab the bar.
Gloves are a fashion statement in general.
archepic
10-07-2009, 06:09 AM
They want to show that they are serious and dedicated.
kbdub
10-07-2009, 07:02 AM
Investing in a pumice stone or callous shaver and a few seconds of maintenance during your shower will keep callouses away. I prefer a grip with bare skin and chalk.
RHINO240
10-07-2009, 07:48 AM
Anything that allows for more weight to be pushed, pulled, curled etc. is a benefit to a bodybuilder. Whether it be gloves, straps, belts, wraps - it is a benefit to anyone wanting to build muscle. Powerlifting is a different story.
Anyone who wont use these things because they think it makes them a pu$$y is a dummy!
crupiea
10-07-2009, 07:54 AM
Your not missing anything. just go without.
Beatbox Rocker
10-07-2009, 08:12 AM
Anything that allows for more weight to be pushed, pulled, curled etc. is a benefit to a bodybuilder. Whether it be gloves, straps, belts, wraps - it is a benefit to anyone wanting to build muscle. Powerlifting is a different story.
Anyone who wont use these things because they think it makes them a pu$$y is a dummy!
^^ This
I sweat alot when I lift and my palms end up wet/clammy so I find I get a much better grip with gloves.
Plus a side bonus. I lost my gloves a while back and lifted for a week or 2 without them. I noticed I had to use straps for heavy shrugs and back training but don't need them when I have gloves.
And I do have the ones with wrist wraps and they definitely work. I severly hurt my wrist in a bar table jumping accident when I was drunk a while back and they kept me training around the injury.
wolfdragon
10-07-2009, 08:26 AM
I wear the ones with wrist support. I have had surgery on my left wrist. And yes they keep it from acting up a lot. If you don't have a job were your hands get messed up then I would suggest gloves. It's not like your cheating.
BRUTUSPLAC
10-07-2009, 09:04 AM
I only wear gloves in the winter because all my weights are cold in my garage gym and i dont like sticking to them,
YES i have a big heater i warm up in my gym for 10 mins but that doesnt WARMUP my dumbs
Wildtim
10-07-2009, 09:11 AM
In short
"everyone" doesn't wear gloves.
If you feel you will get some benefit out of wearing them go ahead.
Anyone who accuses you of being a pussy because you wear gloves is insecure in or missing their manhood.
Do what you gotta do to get bigger.
Have fun!
Keetman
10-07-2009, 09:39 AM
.........I severly hurt my wrist in a bar table jumping accident when I was drunk a while back and they kept me training around the injury.
Hmmmm......I've had a few of these "accidents".
Hygiene plays a role too. When sharing equipment, you don't want to be mixing your raw skin with other people's raw skin.
C5VetteLS1
10-07-2009, 11:14 AM
Gloves increase the size of your hands and therefore **** up your grip. Go watch some westside videos and see if they are wearing gloves - no. Go watch some videos of the pro bodybuilders and they are more often than not wearing gloves either. Or the gloves they wear have wrist support.
You are goign to get callouses with or without gloves. You can reduce the severity by the way you grab the bar.
Gloves are a fashion statement in general.
None of this is true or correct. "increase the size of your hands and therefore **** up your grip" This would be a similar effect of Fat Bars & Fat Grips that are sold as aids to improve ones grip.
"You are goign to get callouses with or without gloves" Not true, when I started lifting 2 years ago, I had developed bad callouses within a few months. I then bought Sheik lifting gloves from the bb.com store and have used them since. I have absolutely no callouses today.
"Gloves are a fashion statement in general." What can I say ... this is just a very unintelligent statement. I workout at home alone, who the hell am I making a "fasion statement" for?
dparty82
10-07-2009, 11:19 AM
I just recently switched from gloves to straps because of sweating a lot. My gloves would dry overnight and become very hard the next day when I went back to use them. I love the straps a lot better because you can get a "snatch" type grip on bars also. My hands can also breath now and as a result not so much sweat. Plus, straps are cheap as heck compared to gloves!
Essexlad
10-07-2009, 11:23 AM
I just recently switched from gloves to straps because of sweating a lot. My gloves would dry overnight and become very hard the next day when I went back to use them. I love the straps a lot better because you can get a "snatch" type grip on bars also. My hands can also breath now and as a result not so much sweat. Plus, straps are cheap as heck compared to gloves!
Not sure I'd advocate straps as a replacement to gloves, unless you're already doing regular heavy grip workouts. Otherwise you forearms and/or grip is going to suffer.
Am I the only one who likes having thick callouses?
animalfan
10-07-2009, 12:08 PM
Am I the only one who likes having thick callouses?
nope.
Beatbox Rocker
10-07-2009, 12:12 PM
Hmmmm......I've had a few of these "accidents".
LOL I was wondering when someone would catch that. Those "accidents" will F you up. You know its a bad fall when you get up and literally examine your body expecting to see a bone sticking out somewhere...
Beatbox Rocker
10-07-2009, 12:16 PM
None of this is true or correct. "increase the size of your hands and therefore **** up your grip" This would be a similar effect of Fat Bars & Fat Grips that are sold as aids to improve ones grip.
"You are goign to get callouses with or without gloves" Not true, when I started lifting 2 years ago, I had developed bad callouses within a few months. I then bought Sheik lifting gloves from the bb.com store and have used them since. I have absolutely no callouses today.
"Gloves are a fashion statement in general." What can I say ... this is just a very unintelligent statement. I workout at home alone, who the hell am I making a "fasion statement" for?
Haha you're so right on man
buffbrown21
10-07-2009, 12:18 PM
nope.
I have them also and my wife hates them. I tell her if she doesnt like them to go find a metrosexual type guy who uses lotion and doesnt lift (although most of mine come from pullups it seems).
To the OP, I wore gloves when I first started lifting. Mainly for the comfort factor. But I havent worn any in YEARS.
Wildtim
10-07-2009, 01:09 PM
Hygiene plays a role too. When sharing equipment, you don't want to be mixing your raw skin with other people's raw skin.
So instead of getting germs on your hands which you can wash you will get them on a pair of leather gloves that you will then shove, damp, into your gym bag allowing the bacteria to fester and grow, waiting for to infect you the next time you put the gloves on?
I do use palm pads (newgrip.com) Mostly on pushing movements, because the knurling on my bar causes pain during heavy pressing, I'm not worried about my grip here so why not pad a tad. Of course it might be because I moisturize :) that I get this pain.
Funnily enough the calluses I have from lifting pretty much match the ones I have from actually working for my living, so they don't bother me.
yankeemarko1
10-07-2009, 01:41 PM
"Gloves are a fashion statement in general." What can I say ... this is just a very unintelligent statement. I workout at home alone, who the hell am I making a "fasion statement" for?
Don't try to convince us your not a fashionista. We know better. :D
I have them also and my wife hates them. I tell her if she doesnt like them to go find a metrosexual type guy who uses lotion and doesnt lift(
I use lotion. Very dry in AZ. :o
Zane_Fan
10-07-2009, 04:22 PM
I wore gloves for my first 3 workouts and havent worn them since.
I like my calluses. Kinda think of them as the mark of true gym rat or something.
Keetman
10-07-2009, 04:24 PM
This whole thing is funny everytime it comes up.
I like gloves.
I hate them.
What do you know, I don't want calluses.
You're a pussy.
Silliness on a grand scale. But funny and for that I thank you.
Oh, I wear receiver's gloves for tackiness. I have a pair of lifting gloves that I got back in the day, but tbh I never liked the thick palm.....so I have a brand new pair of gloves if any body wants them!
The receiver's gloves are thin, tacki, and don't get hard after they dry out. Only problem is they wear out quicker and as the finger seams come apart, I've had to cut the finger tips off...which is funny because some are clipped and some aren't....no rhyme or reason!
Guess I'm a vagina......tough guy.
roman209
10-08-2009, 06:00 AM
None of this is true or correct. "increase the size of your hands and therefore **** up your grip" This would be a similar effect of Fat Bars & Fat Grips that are sold as aids to improve ones grip.
"You are goign to get callouses with or without gloves" Not true, when I started lifting 2 years ago, I had developed bad callouses within a few months. I then bought Sheik lifting gloves from the bb.com store and have used them since. I have absolutely no callouses today.
"Gloves are a fashion statement in general." What can I say ... this is just a very unintelligent statement. I workout at home alone, who the hell am I making a "fasion statement" for?
You should train without another layer of skin between your hand and the bar. When you close your hand the glove squashes up and therefore leads to poor grip. Its not just for things like deadlifting. It also effects your bicep curls, bench, etc because you cannot squeeze the bar as hard. Using a fat bar is completely different and you cannot compare them.
I like the way you started with 'when i first started lifting' - of courses callouses developed straight away. Every person new to lifting gets this and complains instantly. If you do not have callouses after 2 years of lifting then you must be one of the few people on the forums that does not get it. Look again i bet you the skin is harder at the base of your ring and little fingers. So its not a matter that you dont have it - you have just got used to it.
I train at home too, i use chalk instead. The gloves are a fashion statement because people think they are a useful gym accessory.
You dont have to take my advice about any of this. Do some reading from a reputable source and see what you think after that.
Xyphis
10-08-2009, 06:41 AM
Because I am a pussy
Also, something about requiring non-injured hands to work, but I'll go with pussy.
skinnyDude44
10-08-2009, 09:16 AM
yeah i never wear gloves and i already have some dead skin building up on my hands. doesnt bother me but the mrs. isnt too psyched about it lol.
gymdudeABC
10-08-2009, 09:42 AM
I wear gloves in the hope that I can fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a hand model.
yankeemarko1
10-08-2009, 09:49 AM
I wear gloves in the hope that I can fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a hand model.
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Beatbox Rocker
10-08-2009, 12:06 PM
Looks like most of the callus advocates are saying it shows their hard work in the gym
I must be mistaken cuz I always thought my MUSCLE did that lol :P
Northeasterner
10-08-2009, 12:11 PM
I don't. *shrug*
animalfan
10-08-2009, 12:15 PM
Looks like most of the callus advocates are saying it shows their hard work in the gym
I must be mistaken cuz I always thought my MUSCLE did that lol :P
yea, this kind of thing comes up every time people debate gloves/no gloves. people always insult others. it really doesn't matter to me if you wear gloves, and it shouldn't matter to you if i dont. i lift in my home gym, by myself. i'm not trying to impress anyone with my "fashionable" gloves, and i'm not rubbing my rough hands all over anyone else here either.
it's like saying if you don't wear the shoes i like you aren't a real man. who cares? lift how you want and wear what you want when you do it. i like the feel of the bar, so i don't wear gloves. one of my old training partners wore gloves all the time- so what?
the op just wanted to either a)find out if he was missing anything by not wearing gloves or b)stir the pot and get everyone going. well, hopefully he got his answer.
Keetman
10-08-2009, 12:20 PM
yea, this kind of thing comes up every time people debate gloves/no gloves. people always insult others. it really doesn't matter to me if you wear gloves, and it shouldn't matter to you if i dont. i lift in my home gym, by myself. i'm not trying to impress anyone with my "fashionable" gloves, and i'm not rubbing my rough hands all over anyone else here either.
it's like saying if you don't wear the shoes i like you aren't a real man. who cares? lift how you want and wear what you want when you do it. i like the feel of the bar, so i don't wear gloves. one of my old training partners wore gloves all the time- so what?
the op just wanted to either a)find out if he was missing anything by not wearing gloves or b)stir the pot and get everyone going. well, hopefully he got his answer.
I'd say /thread, but we all know some goof ball will ask again in a week....maybe sooner.
:D
yankeemarko1
10-08-2009, 03:11 PM
I'd say /thread, but we all know some goof ball will ask again in a week....maybe sooner.
:D
Keetman, do you think I should wear gloves now that I am lifting again?
Keetman
10-08-2009, 03:19 PM
Keetman, do you think I should wear gloves now that I am lifting again?
Depends on how much they weigh.
yankeemarko1
10-08-2009, 03:22 PM
Depends on how much they weigh.
Not as much as a mini-barbell, which of course is 175lbs.
Keetman
10-08-2009, 03:27 PM
7' barbell is 175 lbs.
Mini-barbell was less than that, although my memory is failing me.
Gloves usually weigh about 20-35 lbs without sweat.
Get it straight.
Yea I know, I'm mean.
mensagitatmolem
10-08-2009, 03:35 PM
In college we used to look for the bars that had the heaviest knurl and use em without gloves. 25+ years ago, there were quite a few bars with serious valleys cut into the bars. Have lifted with and without gloves over those years. Seems as if a few of the built up callouses don't feel like going away anytime soon regardless of gloves.
Started wearing the NewGrips gloves off and on, and after getting used to them, they don't feel too bad, and are easy to flip off and on, and still be attached. Kind of both worlds. I used to have a few sets of gloves that had the wrist wraps built in, and you could get them fairly tight, and still feel comfortable with the wrists wrapped.
stavhp
10-08-2009, 04:21 PM
i just wear them because the weight sometime pinches me and rips up my skin. Wear them now rarely as my hands have toughened up
lift4today
10-09-2009, 09:51 AM
My wife doesn't like callouses scratching her while I'm caressing her thighs and breasts...who am I to disagree...
put me in the glove wearing pussy category ;)
lpsevier
10-09-2009, 10:26 AM
I've never worn gloves in the gym.
BECOME ONE WITH THE IRON
wut?
but yeah its whatever, if you like them - wear them
Kursac
10-09-2009, 04:14 PM
I think it is odd to put all that time and money into building a great body & then not take care of your skin. I wear gloves working out, Working the farm, with anything that might damage my hands. I also moisturize my skin daily usually with something that bronzes my skin. You only have 1 body & I take very good care of it. Everyone deserves the face they have at 50
Keeptryin
10-10-2009, 11:02 AM
I think it is odd to put all that time and money into building a great body & then not take care of your skin. I wear gloves working out, Working the farm, with anything that might damage my hands. I also moisturize my skin daily usually with something that bronzes my skin. You only have 1 body & I take very good care of it. Everyone deserves the face they have at 50
ya,ummm,huh?
IRCRomeo
10-10-2009, 12:28 PM
I wear gloves to prevent my hands from getting ripped to shreds and for wrist support.
HardKore79
10-10-2009, 12:31 PM
ya,ummm,huh?That's what I said... But he's excluded.
saluted
10-10-2009, 06:20 PM
The benefit is to NOT get thick callouses from death-grip handling of barbells and dumbbells with a crapload of weight.
If they are wearing the gloves while on cardio machines, it is purely for fashion.
Exactly why I wear mine. Glad I started because I was getting a callous on my right hand.
the_dark_master
10-11-2009, 03:57 AM
what ya gonna pick at in the rest periods?
Mens hands is rough, wimmins is soft. ;)