Ladies: what type of gloves do you wear when you lift?

I got a pair of Nike lifting loves and they save my poor palms! I also use a wrist support that wraps over the glove and onto the wrist to help with my sadly lacking grip strength...not sure if it does actually help. lol

I have quite a few friends who think the gloves make it harder to grip the bar...I do not have that issue.

I have a pair of gloves from Reebok that are apparently supposed to be meant for men. It fits though, so I don't care - especially since the ladies' gloves were so thin -.- I love them and I think they really help for me, because some of the heavier dumbbells at my gym are a teen bit rusty (probably due to lack of use at my women-only gym) .........

No gloves! Gloves I find can impede some of your goals in terms of strength, etc plus callouses are very useful - especially for grip!

If yours are getting too big/thick you CAN file them down say every 2 weeks or so to keep 'em nice and you can also moisturize

^^^ This. I wear my callouses with pride and find a better connection with strength training not wearing gloves.

Only when I don't want to leave finger prints lol

Wearing gloves doesn't make you less of a lifter, but they tend to not help when it comes to wanting to increase grip and forearm strength.

Think of it this way: In the gym gloves could help prevent callouses and provide a false sense of accomplishment for grip strength, but they take away from a true grip/forearm workout. So with gloves you seem stronger than you actually are.

Throw in a real life situation where say...You have to hold onto something real tight - no gloves, weaker grip. So then what?

Is it better to use gloves and have the smell of sweaty leather permeate your clothes/gym bag after a while, have no callouses but a weaker grip? Or is it better to develop callouses and take care of them like you would teh rest of your skin - and when a situation comes where REAL strength is required you'll know you have it covered without gloves?

No gloves, love my callouses :P My bf wears them though. He loves them. I've seen some at Best Buy that looked nice. They were Nike and Underarmor

No gloves! Gloves I find can impede some of your goals in terms of strength, etc plus callouses are very useful - especially for grip!

If yours are getting too big/thick you CAN file them down say every 2 weeks or so to keep 'em nice and you can also moisturize

How would gloves impede strength goals? Is it because there is less friction in the grip if you're wearing gloves?

I bought Harbinger ones on Amazon and I love them.

Gloves in my previous experience provide support, not just comfort but support in a way that impedes slightly on strength goals depending on what yours are since they help with grip in a way and so your hands on their own have less of a workload

Whenever I'm at the gym and smell something particularly foul, I look for someone wearing gloves. Oh yes, they stink. Really bad. Don't get them.