Thread: Working out with Gloves

Don't you just like to feel the cold steel in your hands when you lift? It's like when I played college baseball, I never wore batting gloves because I felt like I had more control of the bat when I could feel it. I don't know maybe that's just me. Straps are good if you are trying to really concentrate on like your back and you can use heavier weight. Lets face it your back is a hell of a lot stronger than your forearms, Right?!?!

Originally posted by aztecwolf
hey dude what do you think of those cuts the team made?

I am at loss at the direction Marty is going?? He keeps cutting good players as in last years disaster. Gee, I wonder why our defense sucked??? Lets ask Junior or Harrison.

I don't know, Wiley hasn't really produced and few other names are hurt all the time.
Tim Dwight from my home state is a great returner and great on special downs, but come on, he's no reciever. They give him and Flutie who is my age new deals???
I have been a fan since the late 70's but it's getting hard.

Are they staying or leaving SD in your best guess??

i don't know if they are, pardon the pun, bolting or not? But the team is gonna be pretty abysmal once again, but oh well it is the plight of a san diego sports fan

cena's gym = no gloves allowed .

Just got my gloves, feels great, but Im thinking about taking a par of scissors and cut of the part that supports the wrist.

Any thoughts? My wrists will get weaker if I dont, but are there any upsides to haveing the wristsupport that Im missing?

The wrist support is about the only thing I miss from gloves. I use tape now when my wrist get sore, works better anyway.

There is actually a good reason why some people might wish not to use gloves. The heel of your palm has a high concentration of pressure sensors. The more pressure they sense, they greater neural stimulation you get to your pressing muscles. Sort of a survival reflex to save you from the weight that is trying to choke you and steal your lunch. This doesn't really apply to pulling movements. When Phred says he uses gloves on his pushes to spread the load across his palms, he may actually be hindering his lifting ability.

This does not apply to pulling movements. Use gloves if you like, don't if you don't.

As a side note, the heels of your feet are the same way. Squats or DL with no shoes or flat, hard shoes can give you the same benefit. Arnold says don't wear shoes when squatting so that you "get a feel for the Earth." This is mysticism horse-pucky. But, none the less, it still may help you lift more weight. It might also help you get kicked out of the gym for not wearing shoes.

(something catchy),
-Kyle

I don't use gloves, but I can't think of any reason not to. I like my calusses. Also, I happen to do squats in bare feet. I workout at home. I do all of my lifting and warming up in bare feet, except for my jogging. I don't know if it helps my squatting, but it certainly feels most comfortable to me.

I was unaware of the sensor effect in the palms. I was getting soarness in the area near the thumb portion of my palm when bench pressing. I tend to not grip the bar, but rather let it be craddled in my palms. I was taugth that you get more isolation of the muscles if you lift (push) with a loose grip. However, I have noticed that on my last set, to grind out the 6 or 7th rep, if I hold the bar tightly, I seem to have more intencity and get the extra rep. This may reflect the sensor effect mentioned by Dirtyley.

I will use my light gloves and a tight grip next time I do bench presses to see if I get more reps. thanks for the insight.

Phred