Gloves?
- Thread starter grr
- Start date
Egoist
Master Don Juan
do you want girly hands you girly man!?!?!
seriously, 90% of the time gloves are a sign of a new dude at the gym. There are times when you need them, like its been mentioned, but mostly you dont need them.
seriously, 90% of the time gloves are a sign of a new dude at the gym. There are times when you need them, like its been mentioned, but mostly you dont need them.
You really shouldn't give a f-uck what other's think of you and get them if you feel they help. Girly hands, blablablabla are just a bunch insecurities and fears of judgement from other, insecure people. They really don't matter.
flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
um, no, girly hands is what other people call weak hands...blabla said:
like calling a 90 pound wimp, a weakling isn't supposed to make them insecure, its supposed to tell them to get stronger. Most people with intellignece won't tease a person that is incapable of doing better, but pampering and soothing people that are fully capable is what makes AFC's in the first place...
brucevangeorge
Banned
I'm soooooooo INSECURE! If I call a 90lb kid (thanks to poster for this) a wimp, then I am incesure myself! I am unsure of how heavy I really am and I am just soooo AFRAID of that little skinny dude one upping me! Yup! You got me!! What can I say?blabla said:
Pu$$y.
flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
"Here in England everyone uses gloves"
Can somebody else prove that?
I don't use gloves for several reasons.
-I like knowing the feeling of the bar in my hand
-I am less clumsy without gloves on
-I'm always working on the firm but gentle grip(Which may be your problem grr, loosen your grip on the bar, it gives your arms a greater capacity to reach a lower stress limit
-The more you use your hands, the more comfortable you are with them in other aspects. If you wore gloves to play darts, and pool, and diving, biking, and boxing, than sure, use gloves when you train. "train the way you play"
Rubbing, and teasing your muscle should work fine as well. Blisters form when the friction cause hotspots under your skin, your body goes to work to heal the source. As your hands develop, the healing skin always has waste products that your body cleans out slowly, creating callouses. If you maintain your training, the callouses should become tougher, or create malignant 'tumors', nothing to be afraid of, it's just a way of saying dead skin that doesn't heal. Change your grip, as a constantly rubbed 'hotspot' creates pus blisters,
Gloves sap sweat from your hands, the culprit that causes loosening grip. If you remember to powder(chalk) your hands and bring a towel with you your problem can be avoided. If it's a grip problem, practice before a deadlift, have the bar on the floor, and test to see how easy it is for your hands to begin to slip.
Other than touching girls, if you use your hands for anything else, I think gloves only hinder any possible progress. Plus increasing my grip weight, strength, and sensitivity are a plus to my supplemental training
fingerrrr exercises
Can somebody else prove that?
I don't use gloves for several reasons.
-I like knowing the feeling of the bar in my hand
-I am less clumsy without gloves on
-I'm always working on the firm but gentle grip(Which may be your problem grr, loosen your grip on the bar, it gives your arms a greater capacity to reach a lower stress limit
-The more you use your hands, the more comfortable you are with them in other aspects. If you wore gloves to play darts, and pool, and diving, biking, and boxing, than sure, use gloves when you train. "train the way you play"
Rubbing, and teasing your muscle should work fine as well. Blisters form when the friction cause hotspots under your skin, your body goes to work to heal the source. As your hands develop, the healing skin always has waste products that your body cleans out slowly, creating callouses. If you maintain your training, the callouses should become tougher, or create malignant 'tumors', nothing to be afraid of, it's just a way of saying dead skin that doesn't heal. Change your grip, as a constantly rubbed 'hotspot' creates pus blisters,
Gloves sap sweat from your hands, the culprit that causes loosening grip. If you remember to powder(chalk) your hands and bring a towel with you your problem can be avoided. If it's a grip problem, practice before a deadlift, have the bar on the floor, and test to see how easy it is for your hands to begin to slip.
Other than touching girls, if you use your hands for anything else, I think gloves only hinder any possible progress. Plus increasing my grip weight, strength, and sensitivity are a plus to my supplemental training
fingerrrr exercises
brucevangeorge
Banned
Then you are all pretty boys.MuayThai said:
Afraid of a little discomfort? Afraid you little baby hands will maybe get a little dirt, sweat and scraped skin?
Next thing you know it will be okay to use moisturizing lotion on your hands after every set of dumbell curls. Not deads or heavy rows, or even bench cause that is too discomforting!
MindOverMatter
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- May 21, 2004
- Messages
- 1,888
- Reaction score
- 12
Go with the gloves.
If wearing gloves makes it more comfortable for your hands to handle heavier loads at the gym and you put up bigger numbers (and ultimately make better gains), then by all means wear the f*ckin gloves man. Unlike straps, gloves don't hold the weight for you, YOU DO. So it doesn't really matter if you wear them or not, your grip is holding the weight in your hands, not the gloves. All they are doing is making the bar feel more comfortable and not scarring your hands. As for straps, the only time you should ever bother with those is if you are doing an exercise shrugs for example, where your wrists tend to reach failure before the muscle group you are trying to train (in this case, traps)
The goal at the end of the day isn't to impress people by showing them your callouses, it's to build a bigger, better body that can lift insane amounts of weight. So in that case, what's a bigger bragging right? Showing somebody the scars on your palm, or looking like a tank? Trying to look like a bada*ss with no gloves, or doing a giant proper form deadlift? What's more important? you make the call and get your priorities in check.
peace
If wearing gloves makes it more comfortable for your hands to handle heavier loads at the gym and you put up bigger numbers (and ultimately make better gains), then by all means wear the f*ckin gloves man. Unlike straps, gloves don't hold the weight for you, YOU DO. So it doesn't really matter if you wear them or not, your grip is holding the weight in your hands, not the gloves. All they are doing is making the bar feel more comfortable and not scarring your hands. As for straps, the only time you should ever bother with those is if you are doing an exercise shrugs for example, where your wrists tend to reach failure before the muscle group you are trying to train (in this case, traps)
The goal at the end of the day isn't to impress people by showing them your callouses, it's to build a bigger, better body that can lift insane amounts of weight. So in that case, what's a bigger bragging right? Showing somebody the scars on your palm, or looking like a tank? Trying to look like a bada*ss with no gloves, or doing a giant proper form deadlift? What's more important? you make the call and get your priorities in check.
peace
Egoist
Master Don Juan
blabla said:
you know sh!t about fitness or working out, just stop commenting, man.