Gloves in the Gym?

[DownUnder.]

I never wear gloves in the gym, my hands have blistered/calloused/ripped a million times over and are now as hard as steel!

Apart from when i start trying to do heavy sets on deadlifts or shrugs, they rip the callous right off, flesh upwards and leaves me painful for the rest of the day.

Do you where gloves? Any notice in difference since starting?

[Dale19]

Gloves make everything harder in my experience.

You need to keep on top of your hands, mine become really painful if I don't. Just soak them and use a pumice stone or knife to get rid of a couple of layers. Don't get rid of too much though or they won't be tough enough.

[Ordinary_Chap]

If you're causing that level of damage to your hands you should wear them buddy.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing gloves. I keep meaning to do it but forgetting and my hands are rough as you like with a lot of damaged skin.

[DownUnder.]

See, mine are really rough. Just seems certain lifts, deads and shrugs in particular, seem to get all the dead skin and rip it away as a whole. Anything I can do to prevent this liftwise or is it a case of stump up?

ETA: I do sweat A LOT in the gym, more so than most people seem to. Thought this might not be helping?

[Tony Starks]

Try lifting straps if you don't like gloves.

I've just started using them and they've made heaps of difference, all of my lifts (deads & shrugs) have gone up and my technique has improved too.

[Shinobi]

My hands were getting terrible and really raw after deadlifts so I got some gloves and my hands are starting to look normal again now and because I bought some tight ones I don't realise I am wearing them tbh. Much better overall. I would advise not to but the cheap York ones though I had a set years ago and they deteriated very quickly and left cheap leather shavings everywhere on my equipment.

[Buzz word]

Gloves are rubbish. I only use them when I am doing a lift where I don't worry too much about grip. They make the bar diameter bigger so holding anything is harder. I only use my gloves for something like bench where the cushioning is nice.

Deadlifts I do with alternate grip and chalk. You get callouses but it's no problem. Wrist straps take grip too far out the equation for me.

[Bolognese]

I use gloves for deadlifts, shrugs and chins. My hands where getting battered before I started using them. They are pretty well fitted so are hardly noticed.

Would recommend.

[goldblum]

Only reason to wear gloves is if you sweat so much it makes your lift unsafe.Other than that they offer an unnatural level of grip and

are pointless.Unless you're Madonna.

[didelydoo]

Use chalk, gloves are a waste of time. If chalk isn't allowed, go somewhere else
Straps should only be used when you want grip out of the equation.

[LordGrover]

I found straps hid my poor grip and technique. I'd never use them nor gloves again. I worked hard to improve my grip strength so they're not necessary. A block of climbing/gym chalk is pence and works very well.

[obob]

Bolognese said:

I use gloves for deadlifts, shrugs and chins. My hands where getting battered before I started using them. They are pretty well fitted so are hardly noticed.

Would recommend.

Which ones?

[UncleRic]

Buzz word said:

Gloves are rubbish. I only use them when I am doing a lift where I don't worry too much about grip. They make the bar diameter bigger so holding anything is harder.

Good for grip strength and forearms then, Shirley?

[Buzz word]

UncleRic said:

Good for grip strength and forearms then, Shirley?

For sure. There are variations on exercises by wrapping towels around for just that purpose. It depends what you want the exercise to be about. I prefer to do wrist curls and hangs fo improve those elements. When I am deadlifting I am not aiming to work those parts but accept they are being used. I won't go to straps though as if my grip becomes limiting I want to fix that.

[BliarOut]

Dale19 said:

Gloves make everything harder in my experience.

You need to keep on top of your hands, mine become really painful if I don't. Just soak them and use a pumice stone or knife to get rid of a couple of layers. Don't get rid of too much though or they won't be tough enough.

Conversely they make everything easier for me. If you're struggling for grip you're not pushing as much weight as you could

[Bolognese]

obob said:

Bolognese said:

I use gloves for deadlifts, shrugs and chins. My hands where getting battered before I started using them. They are pretty well fitted so are hardly noticed.

Would recommend.

Which ones?

These: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Golds-Gym-GG-G2323-Trainin...

You can get better quality ones im sure but they have been good so far.

[fatpasty]

goldblum said:

Only reason to wear gloves is if you sweat so much it makes your lift unsafe.Other than that they offer an unnatural level of grip and

are pointless.Unless you're Madonna.

agree with gold blum

[obob]

Shinobi said:

My hands were getting terrible and really raw after deadlifts so I got some gloves and my hands are starting to look normal again now and because I bought some tight ones I don't realise I am wearing them tbh. Much better overall. I would advise not to but the cheap York ones though I had a set years ago and they deteriated very quickly and left cheap leather shavings everywhere on my equipment.

Which gloves?

[ApexJimi]

Shiek

[Dale19]

BliarOut said:

Conversely they make everything easier for me. If you're struggling for grip you're not pushing as much weight as you could

Well for example on deadlifts, anything above 120kg I could feel the gloves slipping, whereas I can pull 230 with chalk and alternate grip, and my grips nowhere near letting go. I use a light dusting of chalk for back assistance stuff on heavy sets.

I cant see why they would be needed for pushing exercises, they'll just make getting heavier dumbells into position harder. So while i'm definitely not strong, they really do make things harder for me.