Free Weights! Gloves or no Gloves?

AnthonyThrashD
AnthonyThrashD Posts: 306 Member
edited November 2024 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
    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
    no gloves.
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    No gloves.
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    No gloves.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I wear gloves... my hands tend to get very sweaty without them.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    no gloves, but gel-covered weights are really slippery.
  • elysedorm
    elysedorm Posts: 15
    Gloves you don't get other people's sweat on your hands.
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    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
    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
    No gloves. Shave calluses
  • TheDoughnutTheif
    TheDoughnutTheif Posts: 349 Member
    Gloves for DL and back extensions
  • c_aw
    c_aw Posts: 128 Member
    gloves all the way, i want nice soft hands :)
  • SWWIS
    SWWIS Posts: 94 Member
    No gloves. Only chalk.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    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
    I don't wear gloves for grip, I wear them to not get blisters
  • AnthonyThrashD
    AnthonyThrashD Posts: 306 Member
    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
    Best of luck
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    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
    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
    No gloves; you can't feel the weight as well with them. Plus, I like calluses.

  • HealthyVitamins
    HealthyVitamins Posts: 432 Member
    gloves
  • TiberiusClaudis
    TiberiusClaudis Posts: 423 Member
    Yes
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    no
  • Ethereal_Whisper
    Ethereal_Whisper Posts: 70 Member
    I didn't when i was lifting, but i certainly wanted them. Spending 3 hours in the gym per day, my hands got very sore and blistered.
  • NotGnarly
    NotGnarly Posts: 137 Member
    ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »
    I don't wear gloves for grip, I wear them to not get blisters

    Yup same here.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    No gloves. I have and they just get in the way.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    No gloves.
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    Gloves. My hands get sweaty. I found a pair of thin "girly" ones from Target, not really good for heavy lifting since I still have hard-earned calluses, but they allow me to have a good non-sweaty grip.
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Gloves simply to avoid calluses. Not very good to tear up someone's back giving massages with callused hands. Also, I have big hands and dumbells don't have the width I need to get a good grip without them.
  • MagnumBurrito
    MagnumBurrito Posts: 1,070 Member
    wilsoncl6 wrote: »
    Gloves simply to avoid calluses. Not very good to tear up someone's back giving massages with callused hands. Also, I have big hands and dumbells don't have the width I need to get a good grip without them.

    Get some fat gripz
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