Free Weights! Gloves or no Gloves?

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  • 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
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    No gloves.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    no gloves
  • PwrLftr82
    PwrLftr82 Posts: 945 Member
    No gloves.

    What's up with all the callous hate?!
  • giorgioc722
    giorgioc722 Posts: 65 Member
    I ruined my hands years ago doing auto body work and never using lotion. Only recently have I started to finally get them back to not looking like I had zombie hands. Prefer no gloves, but my girlfriend REALLY does not like my hands >_>;
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    I know right? They are a sign of all the hard work you put in....
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    elysedorm wrote: »
    Gloves you don't get other people's sweat on your hands.


    Plus all the other stuff
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I have gloves, but I feel douchey wearing them for some reason, so I haven't used them yet. I don't think that way of other people, though, I'm just weird that way.
  • Danny_Boy13
    Danny_Boy13 Posts: 2,094 Member
    I go at it raw without protection... B):D
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    PwrLftr82 wrote: »
    No gloves.

    What's up with all the callous hate?!
    I dunno, I'm often callous and people hate it. Savages.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    I wore glove on heavy pulling lifts when I first started. Those lifts just really hurt my hands and the gloves helped. Eventually my hands toughened up enough not to need them which was good because I never really liked them.

    I would say use them when you have to but try to wean yourself off them when you can comfortably. If you would avoid a lift because of discomfort then gloves are great. Not sure why they get so much hate.

    Callouses can be filed when they get thick and rough feeling.

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