AH!! Calluses!!

[.A.E.D.]

I dont have them yet, but i can see how i could get them in the near(ish) future... is the only way to aviod them by using weight lifting gloves?

i wanna keep my hands soft and girly, not rough and manly!

[carame1aura]

I dont have them yet, but i can see how i could get them in the near(ish) future... is the only way to aviod them by using weight lifting gloves?

i wanna keep my hands soft and girly, not rough and manly!

I wear gloves and it keeps my hands perfectly girly :-p I used to never wear gloves and I definitely had callouses.

[hvivona]

You definitely need gloves if you want to keep soft hands. I never work out without them

[NoPinkDBsPlz]

You need gloves if you don't want callouses. I refuse to wear them and my hands are gnarly...

I like them though. My boyfriend says they're icky, but whatever. If he wants to enjoy deadlift booty, he can deal with deadlift hands.

[Amanda76]

I still callous a little through my gloves, but things are FAR worse when I don't wear them!

[coconuttree2009]

I still callous a little through my gloves, but things are FAR worse when I don't wear them!

Same here. I just ordered a pair of gel padded ones, hopefully it is going to help.

[Amanda76]

Same here. I just ordered a pair of gel padded ones, hopefully it is going to help.

I use harbingers with gel padding...the gel is definitely better than straight suede.

[medjen]

I don't use gloves, and my calluses aren't too terrible. I keep them relatively small with a pumice stone at the end of my shower. My hands aren't super soft, but they're hardly rough and manly.

[Emoore]

Proud posessor of rough, gnarly, manly hands here!

[Ecnewyx]

Just my two cents on gloves:

Padded gloves always felt weird because I lost the tactile feedback from the bar.

I bought my ex the Nike gloves (which are basically just a thin layer of leather) and those seemed to work pretty well at preventing callouses.

My two cents on callouses:

They are awesome.

[Rowyn]

I "wear" my callouses with pride, lol! They only get so big, anyway.

[BestYearEver]

I "wear" my callouses with pride, lol! They only get so big, anyway.

^^^ This

[Dive_Bum]

Callouses = proof of busting ass :P

[Linds33]

I wear my callouses with pride as well

I find that gloves impede my grip when lifting heavy, especially when deadlifting. I do have small callouses but who cares?

I will say that the bars we have at home are quite rough in the grip area so it will sometimes hurt for me to do heavy deadlifts. If your gym allows chalk this can help and if you own your own bars you can file down the grip area so it isn't so sharp.

[Simpy]

I have always worn gloves and I still get a bit calloused. Now I'm lifting sans gloves on my heavy deads and it friggin sucks. My hands are so sensitive after all those years in the gloves.

[Rowyn]

Now, what to do about the bar callous on my back, lol. I can't see it in the mirror, but I can def feel it!

[ironbelle]

I used gloves once. They get stinky. There was this awful smell in my gym bag that stunk up the truck. Gloves went in the trash. I don't wear gloves and will start using my straps again. I use straps for heavy rows, pulldowns and DB shrugs. I want to start doing deadlifts to pack on muscle soon and know my callouses will increase.

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[viridian]

Ped Egg + Moisturizer.

End of story. :P

Can you see the callouses? Yes. But you cant feel them and my hands are still perfectly soft.

[.A.E.D.]

Thanks!!

[FleurDeLis]

PUMICE STONE sand em' down in the shower.

[kimm4]

Proud posessor of rough, gnarly, manly hands here!

No kidding and I wear gloves!

Mine are awful...but it shows my hard work!

[ExclusiveStarr]

My Harbinger gloves are too thick so I don't even bother wearing them and as a result I have callouses. It's nothing a pumice stone and moisturizer can't fix.

[LisaSkinnoble]

I'm pretty new to lifting (just 11 weeks - but, yay me!), and about 8 weeks into it (we train 6 days a week), I got some gloves. Nike, not leather, but a synthetic material with just a bit of padding. I really like them. I suppose I don't lift near the weights that some of you do, so I don't find the gloves interfere.

But the problem is, the fingers don't go quite high enough. They fall just below the middle knuckle, so I still have some callouses to contend with.

Because I give my Mr. Flexy a massage every night, I want soft hands. I use an Avon callous cream (intended for feet, I suppose) that's cheap as borscht and works great.

[laurac]

I'm pretty new to lifting (just 11 weeks - but, yay me!), and about 8 weeks into it (we train 6 days a week), I got some gloves. Nike, not leather, but a synthetic material with just a bit of padding. I really like them. I suppose I don't lift near the weights that some of you do, so I don't find the gloves interfere.

But the problem is, the fingers don't go quite high enough. They fall just below the middle knuckle, so I still have some callouses to contend with.

Because I give my Mr. Flexy a massage every night, I want soft hands. I use an Avon callous cream (intended for feet, I suppose) that's cheap as borscht and works great.

Welcome to the "mens" side of the gym. Whether you lift heavy or light the use of gloves I think is a matter of preference. I don't have a real strong grip and find that when I am using heavier weights the gloves give me more grip than without.

My gloves also are only 1/2 finger and I get the callouses but figure it is something to contend with I use Lubriderm constantly to keep the hands soft.

Good luck on your lifting and don't let those men bully you around, before you know it they will be looking at you and laughing at their friends because you are lifting more than them!!!!

[DropDeadFemale]

callouses = the natural glove

even without gloves my hands manage to stay soft