Are you a gear queer?
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addisondisease2
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Are you a gear queer? What do you lift with, how often?
Bench suits, squat suits, belts, gloves, straps, wraps?
I use - How Often:
Chalk - all day every day pretty much
Wrist Wraps on Oly lifts and Bench - Oly lifts: always... Bench: ~80% or more,
Belt - not recently, have really enjoyed raw lifting over the last 6 months or so.
Also I'm thinking of buying a squat suit, cause I'm gay like that and want to squat in a unitard in my curl bro gym...any suggestions?
Bench suits, squat suits, belts, gloves, straps, wraps?
I use - How Often:
Chalk - all day every day pretty much
Wrist Wraps on Oly lifts and Bench - Oly lifts: always... Bench: ~80% or more,
Belt - not recently, have really enjoyed raw lifting over the last 6 months or so.
Also I'm thinking of buying a squat suit, cause I'm gay like that and want to squat in a unitard in my curl bro gym...any suggestions?
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I wear chalk more than lipstick
Wrist wraps for anything above 135ish overhead...no belt, no gloves, no straps. I am looking into knee sleeves... just havn't made the commitment and I don't have any knee issues at the moment. 0 -
i have never tried chalk, although i hope to have ti find out about it in the near future. i use straps on all my back sets. just put together a contraption consisting of a chain,a pull-down cuff set and some clips (can't think of the official rock climbing term atm) so i can do reverse hypers. ill be adding some velcro strips and clips so i can make some handle-thingys to carry a set of plates around (helps condition my shoulders). i'm gonna need another bag just to bring all the equipment i'm slowly gathering together. 0
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chalk every day for me. Also, knee sleeves for squatting & deadlifting. I have these rubber hand insert thingies for pullups because I do a LOT & my hands just can't handle it. Ripped a big callus off yesterday doing KB swings after actually
grrr.
That's all my equipment. I have heaps of other stuff but never use em LOL.0 -
only chalk right now0
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I use belts, wrist straps (my boyfriend and I combined have about ten different sets), bench shirts, squat suits, we carry around bags of chains, 2x4's taped together (board benching), chalk, bands, I have 2 shirts, while he has like 6-8 different shirts, he uses elbow sleeves here and there, as well as the four pairs of knee wraps for squats and leg presses.. I'm a gear "*kitten*" as they call it. 0
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Straps for heavy pulls, and a belt when I go for my heavy sets on squats but thats it. I used to wear gloves, but I think I get a better grip without.0
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only chalk right now
me too.0 -
i feel like a wanker but i like my stuff n things at the gym, gloves to fight the callouses (man hands), pads and gloves with inserts for boxing, journal (cause im retentive about tracking) hrm, interval timer, does perfume count? sometimes the guys in the gym are a bit on the nose (dirty miners i dont think they all shower after work before the gym)
i dont understand straps im just starting out on the free weights so im not needing straps yet
and im not going into gym shirts/ shorts or which shoes i like to wear when (:0 -
My phone to track my work out (Jefit Pro app), water bottle, and a towel for my brow.0
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chalk, WL shoes, belt over 90%1rm and strap my bad wrist.0
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Pants and water and chalk all that I require!0
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Pants and water and chalk all that I require!
pants that are too long
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Pants and water and chalk all that I require!
pants that are too long
gym shorts were in the wash :grumble: lol0
