lifting gloves? SRS

[FitnessBlue]

Sensitive hands and feels?



Seriousness who cares what you wear? Be yourself.

Was playin along, I wear gloves and no fuks givin. Nobody has givin me a hard time about it and it's actually quite common. Some gyms don't allow chalk.

[mjf100215]

I agree with these guys. Personally, I use chalk and hate gloves. I get a better grip than with gloves and don't have the extra material making the bar thicker.

If you want gloves, wear gloves.

[thelojones]

File down your calluses so they don't get too big and tear.

Get lifting straps for the weights that are too heavy for your grip.

I have a big palm and short fingers and carpal tunnel, pair that with the dumbbells above 55 in my gym have a larger diameter grip so it makes holding them real difficult and my fingers give out. But months ago they gave out on 55 pounds now they give out on 90 and above and i use lifting straps on those.

[dmacdonal9]

Try holding over 600 lbs with gloves on dude.....watch glove rip into pieces along with your bicep.

Yep, that's the problem. It's fine when you start, but when things get heavy, and that greasy sweat-soaked leather starts twisting around in your hand, you're asking for trouble.

[Medtreker]

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In a personal note, I find the most disgusting thing in the world is shaking a mans hand, and it feels like a womans. Maybe a few callouses will do you some good.

lol. Just close your eyes and pretend it's a woman, least that's what someone told me once. What about shaking a woman's hand that feels like a guy?? Lol at you.

[Medtreker]

Enjoyable thread, metamorphed into If you can shrug over 500lbs...gtfih. Lol

I lift with gloves.love cheep ones too. I get calluses through them!

Side story, put down a new floor last year in daughter's bedroom. Wood. Ripped up old carpet first. Had to remove all the old padding staples,, like a hundred or so. Used a big plyers, pulling and twisting them out. Forgot to put on gloves, get bout halfway and feel like a breeze on my hand. Look down to see All my calluses ripped off and dangling, like my palm melted.lol

[21infantry]

I don't think the op has the issue with gloves being shredded or a blown bicep. For the love of humanity he works out at planet fitness. Weight is not the issue. Have a bunch of advanced lifters, arguing about gloves, when it took you guys 5+ years to get there. If op gets to that level, I am sure he will have it figured out.

[induced_drag]

I don't think the op has the issue with gloves being shredded or a blown bicep. For the love of humanity he works out at planet fitness. Weight is not the issue. Have a bunch of advanced lifters, arguing about gloves, when it took you guys 5+ years to get there. If op gets to that level, I am sure he will have it figured out.

That is my point. As a relative newb, my advice was to just let his hand toughen up a little. Just keep his hands dry with a towel and use a little chalk if his gym allows. It will happen pretty quick.

YMMV, but I see wearing gloves a little silly (Unless you are a hand model maybe). I personally hate the feeling of anything between my hands and what I am lifting. The heavier the weight, the more this becomes true.

[bodyhard]

I don't think the op has the issue with gloves being shredded or a blown bicep. For the love of humanity he works out at planet fitness. Weight is not the issue. Have a bunch of advanced lifters, arguing about gloves, when it took you guys 5+ years to get there. If op gets to that level, I am sure he will have it figured out.

My problem with the OP's post is that he wasn't asking if gloves would hinder his lifting ability, i.e. would his grip be more slippery, get in the way, etc etc. He was more concern if he wore them (because his hands hurt) he would not "fit" in.

[21infantry]

That is my point. As a relative newb, my advice was to just let his hand toughen up a little. Just keep his hands dry with a towel and use a little chalk if his gym allows. It will happen pretty quick.

YMMV, but I see wearing gloves a little silly (Unless you are a hand model maybe). I personally hate the feeling of anything between my hands and what I am lifting. The heavier the weight, the more this becomes true.

I agree, with this! I am a relative noob myself 7 months. Wore gloves for the first month, forgot them at the gym, never replaced them. Don't regret that decision. My calousous I consider my proof of hardwork plus a little muscle

[21infantry]

My problem with the OP's post is that he wasn't asking if gloves would hinder his lifting ability, i.e. would his grip be more slippery, get in the way, etc etc. He was more concern if he wore them (because his hands hurt) he would not "fit" in.

I feel ya. Got the same vibe from the op. Bottom line, my concerns with equipment is how will it effect my lifts.

[djflex]

If they help , wear them. Thats why they are made .

I keep a pair but almost never use them. Only time is if i have a cut on my hand or some slippery bars

[DirtyD79]

I never wear them. I just don't like the feel of them when I'm lifting.

[Plateauplower]

Hey, what is the consensus on lifting gloves? I have seen people make fun of them so I don't want to be the dumbass in the gym who wears lifting gloves but doesn't look like he lifts....but.... My hands are getting calluses and the bishes are starting to hurt. Today when I was doing stiff legged dead lift my grip was slipping and it was hurting. Also when I was doing shrugs and bent over rows I am starting to lose grip. Anyways, what is the general consensus on lifting gloves...are people going to clown me because I wear them or is there some other better option that I have not though of yet?

Thanks in advance for replies.

For heavy pulling like DB rows, or DLs where grip strength is the limiting factor in getting the work in I started using versa grips. I also feel like the save some strain on my elbows for these. They are out of the way when not needed, and don't get stinky like imagine gloves would from sweat.

[pvsampson]

In a personal note, I find the most disgusting thing in the world is shaking a mans hand, and it feels like a womans. Maybe a few callouses will do you some good.

Oh no.My hands have gone soft from having them in fish tanks a lot.When I am alone,and close my eyes,they can sometimes feel like a woman's.

I do over 600 for shrugs

Seems legit.

[Medtreker]

Body of a man, hands of a woman. Never leaves home...

[Corbi]

4 plates cold, then 5, then 6, my pr was hit last time at 595.

That's is also my bad, 595 is my top, not 600+. Still a great pr. I'll admit that my range of movement decreases at that point but it's still clean and I am not swinging around. Never recorded myself lifting before but I should get at it since you guys aren't the first to want to see this.
Give me some time to provide as shoulder day is a week away and I need a buddy there to film.

You are full of $hit, I can count on zero fingers the number of guys I would even think could maybe shrug 600.

[djflex]

Glute shrugs?

[JimmyJonny]

I use gloves on one exercise and thats seated cable rows. It's that little v-bar grip and it's brutal on me.

My main excuse is working outside in construction, I don't push no pencil all day.

[OzChops]

... I don't push no pencil all day.

That's lucky.

[IdleD]

I wear gloves (still got callouses). 0 fuks given what others may or may not think.

[BOSS_David]

Always worn gloves, proud of my soft hands ... and the ladies absolutely love them .

Seriously though ... preference. Do what you want, f@#k what people think and just lift.

[hmmmm16417]

in for 600 lb shrug .... probably looks like this...

[itsagoodday]

I wore gloves the first year or so that I lifted, and I still had callouses. I stopped using them, and got more callouses. Since I started competing in powerlifting, I would never train in them again because I can't use them in competition.

And I'm so ashamed of my manly callouses that I no longer shake hands with people, I just grab them and kiss them full on the mouth.

Not srs.

[GunnarRaudi]

Mate wear the gloves if you want, do you actually give a rat's ass what anyone thinks? Chalk I found to be better, but that's me. Or use a solution of Condie's crystals on your hands, it'll harden them up a treat (potassium permanganate if you want to be technical, 1 teaspoon in a gallon of water, 2-3 times a week. get it at your chemist.)
Cheers from Mick

[GKC45]

I wore gloves the first year or so that I lifted, and I still had callouses. I stopped using them, and got more callouses. Since I started competing in powerlifting, I would never train in them again because I can't use them in competition.

And I'm so ashamed of my manly callouses that I no longer shake hands with people, I just grab them and kiss them full on the mouth.

Not srs.

[drudixon]

Hands on a cold bar is one of the fastest ways to cool down (re Stanford cooling glove).

I find myself putting my hands on a bar end between sets. Helps I think. That's reason enough for me not to wear them.

[hmmmm16417]

When I started I wore gloves as stated earlier. The leather padded ones that have a strap that wraps around the wrist. But now that I think about i used them more to support my weak wrists than to prevent callouses. My wrists would ache after benching without them in the beginning.

[Ch0pp4]

If you want to wear gloves, then wear gloves. Whatever makes lifting easier for you or gives you a better grip.
I sometimes wear gloves for some exercises or if my hands are feeling sweaty. Don't worry what other people think about using gloves. You are in the gym for yourself, not for others. The only dumbass in the gym is that who does not mind his own business and have a negative opinion if someone simply wants to use gloves whether or not they think they are good or bad or the current gym fashion style.
If you think someone views you as a dumbass because you want to wear gloves, then watch him. Most likely, he will be the dumbass who does not put his weights away or doesn't wipe his nasty sweat off the equipment.


If you want to get to the point of not using gloves, then gradually use gloves less and less where you get more comfortable not using them and then slowly develop a callus on your hands.

[CropDusterMan]

Generally, I always train without gloves, but I have used them on and off lately as my hands have been getting sore from a lot of mechanic work and welding.
I can't say I'd think any less of someone who wears them, I've joked with people before, but ultimately, do what makes you happy and feels right.

I was always opposed to lifting straps too, as i felt you'd develop better grip without them, but I have recently begun using a strap on my left hand to help me
through a bout of "golfers elbow" from deadlifts and curls...it helps with seated rows and pulldowns too.