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    I need help toning/building calluses on hands.

    Posts: 109
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Yeah, I'm a whimp. So, anyone have anything for me?

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    • Posts: 348 Member
      1. Toning doesn't exist.

      2. You want calluses? dead-lifts, rock climbing, farmers walks, dig holes.

      3. Want to get strong? do Starting Strength, 5x5, New rules to lifting. Pick one and get fit

      4. You don't want calluses? use lotion.
    • Posts: 6,294 Member
      I use gloves because I don't want calluses. I know that makes me not-so-bad-*kitten* but whatever.
    • Posts: 2,169 Member
      I use gloves because I don't want calluses. I know that makes me not-so-bad-*kitten* but whatever.

      This...I don't have to have hands like a construction worker just because I can lift like one! :laugh: :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 3,343 Member
      I don't quite know what you want, how to tone AND how to build calluses??

      Toning = building muscle and lowering body fat levels so you have definition. How much definition depends on how long your body fat % is.

      Deadlifts are quite good at creating calluses. If you don't want them you can either wear gloves or moisturise. I don't do either and get some quite bad calluses straight after a workout, but they're mostly gone a few hours later. I can still see / feel them but they're not that bad.
    • Posts: 4,519 Member
      Along with what everyone else said, your gloves should match your purse.
    • Posts: 348 Member
      Along with what everyone else said, your gloves should match your purse.

      Haha I see what you did there
    • Posts: 2,169 Member
      Along with what everyone else said, your gloves should match your purse.

      Of course they have to match - kicking butt is so much more fun if you are colour coordinated....:love:
    • Posts: 734 Member
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      This...I don't have to have hands like a construction worker just because I can lift like one! :laugh: :flowerforyou:

      ^^^ this too. My hands are so small I sometimes struggle with grip and gloves really improved this as well as stopping blisters
    • Posts: 3,255 Member
      My callouses are hard earned and I never moisturize or "shave" them, all my friends who do end up tearing. Good callous builders are pull ups, deadlifts, any bodyweight exercise on the rings & heavy power cleans.
    • Posts: 6,239 Member
      The best way to tone up your palm calluses is through low weight, high rep lifts (the lower and higher respectively, the better).
    • Posts: 4,868 Member
      Along with what everyone else said, your gloves should match your purse.

      Hey now.. My gloves match my outfits... cause if they didn't I'd have a heart attack that I wasn't 100% matching from head to toe.

      To OP:
      Personally I hate when my hands get torn up from lifting.. so I bought gloves and it's much better. Also stops my hands from slipping when I'm holding the bar.

      As far as "toning" goes, what exactly are you looking for... that is such a broad term that it could mean almost anything.
    • Posts: 348 Member
      The best way to tone up your palm calluses is through low weight, high rep lifts (the lower and higher respectively, the better).

      Oh man this got me good!

      +1 internets
    • Posts: 908 Member
      Along with what everyone else said, your gloves should match your purse.

      And you can't wear the white gloves after labor day.....
    • Posts: 2,521 Member
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      Oh man this got me good!

      +1 internets

      It got me too!
    • Posts: 4,021 Member
      You want callouses? Two words: kettlebell snatches.
    • Posts: 2,317 Member
      Calluses are cool. I like to pick mine and throw them at people.
    • Posts: 3,255 Member
      :laugh:
      Calluses are cool. I like to pick mine and throw them at people.
      :laugh:

      gross, but I pick mine and leave my dna on the floor.
    • Posts: 1,816 Member
      I heard you get pretty good calluses making sammiches and holding laundry baskets.
    • Posts: 840 Member
      I heard you get pretty good calluses making sammiches and holding laundry baskets.

      ^^^^ This and ironing. Don't forget ironing.
    • Posts: 186 Member
      You want callouses? Two words: kettlebell snatches.
      What she said!
    • Posts: 127 Member
      I get that folks dont want gnarly hands so wear dainty gloves when lifting... what i dont get is why some people wear them when doing cardio! :)

      ... they must have read the same copy of Men's Health that recommended wearing a 8inch wide powerlifting belt when doing seated bicep curls :)

      Deadlifting gave me my callouses, i love em.. nature's armor plating.
    • Posts: 777 Member
      Because wearing gloves during cardio burns more calories...just like racing stickers increase a Honda Accord's HP by 3.
    • Posts: 2,177 Member
      Because wearing gloves during cardio burns more calories...just like racing stickers increase a Honda Accord's HP by 3.


      Chrome, Chrome adds HP plus makes ***t hella fast.
    • Posts: 2,177 Member
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      ^^^^ This and ironing. Don't forget ironing.


      when you do the dishes they will get soft so they will be easier to scrape off.
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