Question for other lifters

No to the glove.
From Medhi:
Gloves Kill Grip Strength – thicker bars are harder to grip. Gloves add inches to the bar which will kill your grip strength on pulling exercises like Deadlifts, Rows or Pullups. And if you can’t hold it, you can’t lift it.

Gloves Screw Your Technique – the thickness of the gloves will make it impossible to keep the bar close to your wrists on the press and bench. Your wrist will roll back as a result and this can cause wrist pain. Gloves Don’t Prevent Callus - the fact is that you will get callus on your hands whether you wear gloves or not. You’re actually much more likely to get callus because you won’t be able to Deadlift with the bar correctly in your hands. So then why lift wearing gloves? The only situations where gloves are okay is if you want to train with a ripped callus, or when it’s freezing -13°C like in my home gym. Temperatures like these are rough on the hands so I will wear gloves in the winter until the bar “warm-ups”. But once I reach my work weight, I always remove the gloves because as I’ve explained above: gloves will mess with your technique. Remember gloves aren’t allowed at powerlifting competitions, so better to build good habits from the start.

Lose the gloves and instead… grip the bar correctly on Deadlifts, Rows and Pull-ups use chalk – or an eco ball if your gym doesn’t allow chalk take care of your callus – shave them bi-monthly and moisturize

Read more: http://stronglifts.com/3-reasons-deadlifting-wearing-gloves-sucks/

Personal preference really. I like gloves--thinner ones with fingers that come just past the knuckles. I think it has helped me to not have as bad of calluses and I can't tell any difference in grip strength. I'm not a power lifter either. They make lots of styles--just try a few on at the store and go to where they have some dumbbells for sale and lift those up and see how they feel.

I take a lot of ras from other BB, but ya, I'm a p&ss and wear gloves. I do think I get a better grip and secondly, I don't know where these other guys paws have been...so they act like hand condoms.

Trust me, if you lift the heavy weight, you still have calluses.

I bought gloves. I hate them for deadlifts. I have really skinny hands. I bought smalls (the smallest I could find at ****'s), but the gloves just are not tight enough. They ruin my grip. If you aren't already, use a mixed grip. This helped me tremendously when I got over bodyweight. My husband uses chalk, but it can be so messy I haven't used it yet.

- common wisdom is that gloves hurt your grip
- I agree with it insofar as poor fitting gloves will mess with your grip. If you need gloves buy very tight ones. Did I mention they should be tight?
- that said, if you can use chalk in your gym then, use chalk. It works better than gloves.
- oh, make sure you are gripping the bar in the first knuckle of your fingers rather than in your palm

So we finished setting up a home gym a little over a month ago and I got an eco ball this week and the grip tape for my chin up bar arrived today (that thing was KILLING my hands). The eco ball has made a HUGE difference with my grip strength and that combined with mixed grip on my heaviest lift today was *amazing* during my deadlift so I would definitely recommend the eco ball and mixed grip if you need it as you go heavier.

I saw someone mention taping their bar and I was actually thinking about this today... Any thoughts on taping the bar itself? I haven't had a major issue with my bar, yes, I've got some nice calluses going, but the bar doesn't really hurt my hands as is, but if it would help with grip as I work heavier I have some tape left....

I didn't tape the bar initially for grip...it was an older bar with some rust and I didn't want it coming off on my hands...just basic hockey tape...but that vs my bar without tape (which I use for Rows now) I did find a difference even tho my new bar has the criss cross grips...but after a year I find that I will have to replace the tape it's getting quite smooth from from use and chalk and well just basic ickiness...

I like the callouses. Badge of honor.