Free Weights! Gloves or no Gloves?

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AnthonyThrashD
AnthonyThrashD Posts: 306 Member
edited November 2014 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you wear gloves when you lift or do you go all natural?
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  • maoribadger
    maoribadger Posts: 1,837 Member
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    Watching this. I tend to go no gloves til it gets heavy then use gloves for grip as Ive got small hands and struggle with the bar
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
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    no gloves.
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
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    No gloves.
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
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    No gloves.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    I wear gloves... my hands tend to get very sweaty without them.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
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    no gloves, but gel-covered weights are really slippery.
  • elysedorm
    elysedorm Posts: 15
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    Gloves you don't get other people's sweat on your hands.
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
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    I started using gloves on dead lifts once I got to 305lbs, my hands were getting ripped open too much and my gym doesn't allow chalk
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
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    No gloves. I used to use them years ago but eventually found that they interfered with proper bar position in my hands.
  • MagnumBurrito
    MagnumBurrito Posts: 1,070 Member
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    No gloves. Shave calluses
  • TheDoughnutTheif
    TheDoughnutTheif Posts: 349 Member
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    Gloves for DL and back extensions
  • c_aw
    c_aw Posts: 128 Member
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    gloves all the way, i want nice soft hands :)
  • SWWIS
    SWWIS Posts: 94 Member
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    No gloves. Only chalk.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,951 Member
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    AnthonyThrashD wrote: »
    Do you wear gloves when you lift or do you go all natural?

    I like feeling the weight in my hands, same basic reason I don't use the bartex pads when I squat. I always figured that gloves were going to reduce my grip strength anyway. Then I watched my coach DL 515 without an issue, with gloves. I was like... damn... guess they don't suck.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
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    I don't wear gloves for grip, I wear them to not get blisters
  • AnthonyThrashD
    AnthonyThrashD Posts: 306 Member
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    Thanks all! Tomorrow will be first time I try free weights. I bought gloves, but noticed nobody wore them in the bodybuilding videos I've watched.
  • maoribadger
    maoribadger Posts: 1,837 Member
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    Best of luck
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,951 Member
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    AnthonyThrashD wrote: »
    Thanks all! Tomorrow will be first time I try free weights. I bought gloves, but noticed nobody wore them in the bodybuilding videos I've watched.

    Have fun. It's fun. You can get some anger out.
  • MsHarryWinston
    MsHarryWinston Posts: 1,027 Member
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    No gloves. I've started to get calluses! I havnt had a callus in YEARS! It feels pretty cool actually.
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
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    No gloves; you can't feel the weight as well with them. Plus, I like calluses.

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