Weight lifting gloves

sing809

Does anyone have a recommendation for weight lifting gloves, or is it better to embrace the calluses that I am getting? I did deadlifts and pull-ups today and my calluses are getting pretty roughed up now that the weight is getting heavier.

jo_marnes

I found gloves more of a hindrance than a help - I'm embracing my roughed up hands :-)

krokador

gloves, especially if not a perfect fit, actually seem to make my grip worse. I embrace the callouses as well.

However they do have those rubber pad things that you can use, I got a pair for free and got to try them out. They don't slip like gloves, but they feel uncomfortable and awkward to me. Probably because they were man-sized pads and I have teeny tiny hands tho xD

xcalygrl

I embrace the calluses. They kind of suck because my hands aren't as soft and smooth as they used to be, but I'd rather have calluses and muscles anyways

Sumiblue

I have leather Ocelot gloves that a trainer-friend gave to me years ago. I like them. The leather doesn't slip. I tried to go without gloves but I feel like my hands would slip more. I'm a little vain about my hands :-D

canadianlbs

i like my calluses. love shaking hands with all these men at whatever new work site i'm on, and knowing my grip is as macho as theirs.

i think if i were to try gloves, i might experiment with the good ol' standby of batting gloves. i kept buying them for my son because i got tired of seeing him standing around on second base shaking the sting out of his hands, and he never wore them. so i'd use them for biking when i wanted some shock absorption. and ballplayers probably need 'grip' just as much as a weightlifter does, so they might transfer well.

they're not that expensive and i like experimenting, so personally i wouldn't grudge the money if they didn't turn out to be right.

MissHolidayGolightly

I embrace them and shave them off when they start to flake. Been lifting for most of this year and I don't have gross hands. Chalk or the liquid kind helps your grip and reduces calluses. I use it for rows when they get heavy for me and deadlifts. When using a mixed grip for deadlifts, I don't hurt my hands nearly as much. Gloves didn't work for me and hindered my grip. They also inhibited the strengthening of my grip.

TravelsWithHuckleberry

My trainer friend really pushed me to get gloves and I think I wore them twice. I don't like the "disconnected from the bar" feeling they gave me. I use chalk at the gym, and then use a pumice stone / file in the shower.

Sumiblue

Hmm, I just thought of another reason that I really like gloves. I have pretty bad Raynaud's Syndrome and just touching cool/cold surface can set my capillaries off to spasm. Touching a cold metal bar is really uncomfortable for me. Even though the gym has heat and the bar isn't freezing it is cold enough to make me miserable.

Leadfoot_Lewis

Sumiblue wrote: »

I have leather Ocelot gloves that a trainer-friend gave to me years ago. I like them. The leather doesn't slip. I tried to go without gloves but I feel like my hands would slip more. I'm a little vain about my hands :-D

I have Nike gloves that I love - I think they're fake leather but agree they don't slip. I wear gloves for everything but Deadlifts and Olympic Lifts.

Sumiblue

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Leadfoot_Lewis

Sumiblue wrote: »

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symba1130

I got some cheapies "golds gym" for women gloves and they seem to work ok. I use them for everything but squats. I tried liquid chalk but it didn't work well for me and we are discouraged from using real chalk (although I see people do it)

spirit095

I don't wear gloves, since I feel they make my grip worse. I do have small hands, though. I have calluses and should probably start taking care of them better lol. I have a bad habit of peeling the skin off of them I lift at home, so I use chalk to help keep the bar more grippy.