lifters-what do you do with your calluses?

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  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Mine really bother me, so I like to remove them...but my husband says I need them. What do you do?

    I wear mine with pride. Seriously. :) Although the one that I tore open while deadlifting I tried to heal-up a little. LOL
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    gloves F my grip up so I just roll with the calluses...

    I like to grind them into a blender with protein powder and raspberry ketones...it helps my weight loss...bahahahahahaha
  • horseplaypen
    horseplaypen Posts: 442 Member
    I file them down with a foot file, because they tend to snag my hair otherwise, which is just irritating. I find I get more calluses from pullups and stuff than from weights, though.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    So far nothing. They hurt sometimes but it hasn't gotten to the point of bleeding so I'm ok for now :wink:
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    I wear my calluses with pride, and if they come off, into the skin box they go!
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    That's a keeper.
    :drinker:
  • chels0722
    chels0722 Posts: 465 Member
    I like to grind them into a blender with protein powder and raspberry ketones...it helps my weight loss...bahahahahahaha

    So that's the secret.....

    I must get on this new fad ASAP
  • cavia
    cavia Posts: 457 Member
    I show them off!

    Lifting without gloves makes me feel like a badass

    ^This. I'm proud of mine.
  • _Wild_Card_
    _Wild_Card_ Posts: 124 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otorSGl3sG0
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Mine really bother me, so I like to remove them...but my husband says I need them. What do you do?

    I name mine. Currently, I have two.
    Paddler on the left and Mad Deadz on the right.
  • krhn
    krhn Posts: 781 Member
    Use weightlifting gloves or fat gripz, these gripz widen the circumference of your grip meaning no pinches or scrapes to the rigid metal bits.... Works great on your forearms as well!
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    ^^^wears gloves. never gets calluses. never loses control of the bar. never has to spend time filing his hands. never has hand pain restricting his lifts.


    and never needs to prove he's a badass.
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    If I were getting serious calluses....I'd buy gloves. I used to have a pair but I don't recall what happened to them...I've moved a hundred or so times, so who knows (lost in the shuffle?) I haven't worn any in a long time and I only have very slight calluses, so I don't worry about them.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    I eat them like cornflakes.

    I like this answer the best...to be honest I chew them off sometimes too...ugh!
  • just_fur_luck
    just_fur_luck Posts: 141 Member
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    ^^^wears gloves. never gets calluses. never loses control of the bar. never has to spend time filing his hands. never has hand pain restricting his lifts.


    and never needs to prove he's a badass.

    If it didn't happen on a platform it didn't happen

    :tongue: :devil:
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    I file them down with a nail file over my spaghetti.
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
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    ^^^wears gloves. never gets calluses. never loses control of the bar. never has to spend time filing his hands. never has hand pain restricting his lifts.


    and never needs to prove he's a badass.

    You must have some really good gloves. Any pair I ever tried caused me to have grip issues. Half tempted to try batting gloves. LOL
  • craigjmorton
    craigjmorton Posts: 24 Member
    Nothing wrong with calluses! It means that I am gripping that bar good and tight.
  • BonaFideUK
    BonaFideUK Posts: 313 Member
    I have calluses at the base on all my fingers, I just leave them. They havent caused me any trouble so far. Also surely some hard skin there is helpful when lifting weights, at least thats what I was thinking.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i wear gloves. it doesnt protect 100% from callouses since it's hard for me to find gloves that fit perfectly. but it still doesnt leave my hands feeling like i work on a railroad.

    i've also never had grip issues with gloves either
  • pushyourself14
    pushyourself14 Posts: 275 Member
    I wear gloves and, thusfar, haven't had any callouses. :)

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