Calluses/Lifting gloves

Harbinger Pro Wrist wraps. I never get callouses

It also helps to use a foot pumice stone on your calluses in the shower to help keep them smoothed down and tear free.

I'm a computer geek so other than the caluses I get from lifting/push ups/pull ups my hands are pretty fragile lol. I tear the crap out of them without gloves. I did find some thinner ones from UA that are comfortable which help. the thicker padded ones made things worse.

Cutaway_Collar wrote: »

Gloves are not recommended. It's best to lift without.

I've often heard and read this over the years and call it BS.

Sometimes I wear gloves and sometimes I don't. When I do it's mainly for comfort, not for grip. For grip, I use straps which people also say not to use. Yeah, they may impair the full development of your grip strength but they won't help you lift the weight. Same for gloves. If the weight is too heavy, gloves and straps won't help you to move it.

So, IMO, if you like them and you think that they help you in some way to lift, use 'em. If you don't, don't.

BTW, I still get calluses whether I use them or not. Can't avoid them even if you use the palm grip, as I do. Just an inevitable part of lifting. Use sandpaper board to help reduce & dress them.

pennystaplessnyder wrote: »

Am I the only one who LIKES to have calluses???

I was just coming here to say that I'm kind of proud of my calluses. I worked hard for them and they protect my skin.

just use chalk, you can keep it in a little tupperwear in your gym bag

someone will be along here shortly to show you the ripetoe bar grip ing video where he shows you exactly how to grip the bar. These techniques will help with or without gloves. Before I got hurt I was resorting to gloves because I was lifting in cold temperatures but found that a layer of chalk protects my hands from the cold bars and improves my overall grip instead of making it harder to grip heavy weights with gloves.

the calluses protect your hands but ocasionaly they need trimmed back because the larger they get the more likely they are to tear. I haven't done this with a barbell but I have done it with tools several times and its never fun.

If you have to wear gloves going to a sporting goods store and finding a pair that fits your hands would be the best way. I have the golds gym gloves that you probably own. I got them after removing half the skin on the palm of my hand when a blister popped and I didn't want to grip bars at my local gym with that open wound and they are anything but a good fitting pair of gloves but they were only $7 so they stay around in case I need them for anything.