Do You Wear Gloves When You Work Out?

[maximus0823]

Not much. Only when I do pull-ups on my improvised pull-up bar at home. Haha. Iwas kalyo din.

[yuber13]

Nope never used one. Preference ko lang to really "feel" the weights. Downside lang e calluses sa kamay.

[elmiedo001]

Always. For safety purpose

[bonanas]

Sa kapal ng mga kalyo ko dahil sa taon ng pagwe weight training, para na din ako naka gwantes.

[www.01]

tried it, but it didnt feel right.

[whitewalker01]

Good Morning, Everyone!

 

In my case, I never do - because doing so is better for my forearm grip and bar familiarization given my fitness objective. To give this context, I'm training for competitive powerlifting.

 

Let's step back a bit.

 

The purpose of a glove is to prevent the formation of callouses - because the coarse texture of the bar will not make contact with the skin.

However, by preventing contact with the skin, the glove also forms an additional round/layer around the bar - increasing the bar's circumference. If you are pulling an object, it now becomes a bit harder to do so because it is now comparably larger than before (because of the layer provided by the glove).

If you don't wear gloves, your hands will become used to the circumference of the bar (i.e., in a deadlift or a bench press) and the muscles in your forearm will respond (albeit over time) by strengthening themselves in response to regular contact to the bar for that bar circumference (the one without the glove). Callouses will form, but you will be familiar with the bar's weight by then and you'll be able to lift it properly and comfortably (i.e. around the time that you're doing 1x bodyweight deadlifts, 1.5x bodyweight deadlifts, 2x bodyweight deadlifts, etc).

 

Besides, they're not allowed at powerlifting competitions:

http://stronglifts.com/3-reasons-deadlifting-wearing-gloves-sucks/

 

So, because of my fitness objective, I don't ever use gloves.

[rbfmale]

No, it has an effect on my grip.

[stromileswift]

Before I did but not anymore...the thing with gloves is that it gets so stinky when you sweat on it...the downside now is my calluses are so thick my hands are so rough to touch...

[jinnyboy]

Imbes gloves mas ok ata thick grips kaya lang saan kaya pwede bumili nun

[phatballlz]

I think the question can be paraphrased to "Are you a pussy?".

[EnduranceDS]

I used a custom-bult Wristband grip belt.

[soulkeeper32]

Before I used hand gloves pero lumuluma sya at nagkakaamoy lalo na sa mga bakal na may kalawang. Then I decided to make my own

 

hand grip, yung rubberized thing nilalagay sa handle bar ng bike ginawa ko nagcut lang ako sa gitna para magopen then ok na

 

comfortable na sya gamitin. heheheh

[seandevlin]

No gloves. I can't have a proper feel of the bar.

[singsing]

Madalas oo

[mikeskillz]

No para may kalyo