why do guys wear those workout gloves?

I still get calluses with gloves and /or straps

Calluses can interfere with rubbing one out.

Or enhance the experience

I don't usually wear gloves, but my boyfriend does.

I have no clue what anyone else at the gym wears (or doesn't wear). I'm beginning to think I'm the only one who is completely oblivious to everyone else in the world lol.

I don't care either way....just as long as you don't have bleeding freakin hands.

That being said, when I started lifting with a bar, I HAD to wear gloves cuz I'm a sweathog...

Nothing outdated about it...just personal preference.

ANd every woman in my gym that lifts real heavy wears them, too. *shrugs*

I get why people think that lifters are aholes.

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I get why people think that lifters are aholes.

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tossed out the window \m/

I just started lifting and I don't need them because I don't lift very heavy yet. If I got to the point where my hands were calloused because I have sensative easily scarring skin then yes I would wear them because some of the bars at my gym are rough and due to my sensitivity to infection and scarring I would need to.

My boyfriend doesn't heavy lift often so not an issue. If he had callouses I think I'd mind a little how it felt, but be proud of him for lifting so either way I don't care.

<--- This guy wears gloves. Has benched 415 wearing gloves. Has deadlifted 550+ wearing gloves. OHP 185 for reps wearing gloves. Squats 450+ wearing gloves. Strangely, has never dropped a bar. Even more strangely, does not have calluses.

When new people come to train with me, the first thing I tell them to get is gloves. And you know what we do after that? We start yanking big weight. We don't spend time telling each other that "it'll stop hurting when the calluses get harder". We don't spend time filing our calluses when we get home. We just keep putting weight on the bar without being limited by hands that hurt.

But I have a question for the OP. When did it become a thing for one man to question what another man is wearing? That sounds like some Mean Girls type shish to me. I have no worldly idea what the other guys in the gym are wearing. I don't even see the other people in the gym. I'm there to move big weight, not check out the current men's fashions

But to each their own, I guess. Hang around, enjoy the view.

I'm not gonna say who or by whom, but somebody round here got served a big bowl of shut the fck up

On an unrelated note, what gloves do you use Dav?

I'm not gonna say who or by whom, but somebody round here got served a big bowl of shut the fck up

On an unrelated note, what gloves do you use Dav?

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Yep..I wear gloves too.

I'm not gonna say who or by whom, but somebody round here got served a big bowl of shut the fck up

:bigsmile:
Yep..I wear gloves too.

<--- This guy wears gloves. Has benched 415 wearing gloves. Has deadlifted 550+ wearing gloves. OHP 185 for reps wearing gloves. Squats 450+ wearing gloves. Strangely, has never dropped a bar. Even more strangely, does not have calluses.

When new people come to train with me, the first thing I tell them to get is gloves. And you know what we do after that? We start yanking big weight. We don't spend time telling each other that "it'll stop hurting when the calluses get harder". We don't spend time filing our calluses when we get home. We just keep putting weight on the bar without being limited by hands that hurt.

But I have a question for the OP. When did it become a thing for one man to question what another man is wearing? That sounds like some Mean Girls type shish to me. I have no worldly idea what the other guys in the gym are wearing. I don't even see the other people in the gym. I'm there to move big weight, not check out the current men's fashions

But to each their own, I guess. Hang around, enjoy the view.

This. I don't wear gloves myself.....but wouldn't care if others do. Frankly I think I could DL a bit more if I did. Pain in my hands tends to give out before grip strength itself.

For safety...a solid grip is essential for proper form. A sweaty palm on heavy bench will distract your concentration if your hands start slipping. There are different hand placement positions to pinpoint the muscle you want to develop and the last thing you want to be concerned with is your hands slipping. As they say, the key to success is a solid foundation.
On that point I will switch out to Lifting Straps for deadlifts, barbell shrugs, dumbell shrugs, bent over rows and even for back machines so I can go heavy and keep proper form.
It don't matter what people think, it's about your safety first...

I wear gloves but still develop calluses...
also....Chalk is not allowed in most gyms

Gloves have feelings too.

The only time it affects me really, is when they leave all of that black leather or whatever clogging up all the knurling.