Weightlifting Gloves: Your Opinion

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Give your reasoning for or against the use of gloves.

 

[The Monkey Man]

They are for chicks only -

 

[GFR]

They dont help with anything for me.

 

[The Monkey Man]

I usually only need one

HEEEE, HEE!

 

[Seanp156]

They're pointless, after a few weeks your hands will get calloused and you won't need them. I guess if you REALLY want to have "soft" hands, they're somewhat useful, but I'd rather not have to bother with them whenever I go to the gym. They can help with grip a LITTLE when your hands get sweaty, but I usually just wipe my hands. Chalk is probably the best thing for grip, although I've never used it.

 

[ABLQ2]

I use them because my hands sweat profusely. i actually use reciever gloves..

 

[TheCurse]

if you dont use gloves then you are a pussy.

 

[Mudge]

Makes it harder for me to hold the bar because the gloves effectively add thickness to the bar. I use straps for shrug work, and at any other time I dont have calous problems without a glove being used. Keep a good solid grip on the bar, if you let it slip then it will start ripping up your hands.

 

[Ddevildownn]

I only wear gloves for bench press, mainly because if my hands slip they will be right where I am going to rack the bar onto, quite a painful situation. Nice thick gloves also keep the outside of my palms comfortable while doing close grip bench press. Gloves for just about anything else for me just complicates things.

 

[MyK]

never worn em!! kinda like condoms, you can't feel shit!

 

[GFR]

never worn em!! kinda like condoms, you can't feel shit!

refer to the STD thread

 

[MyK]

refer to the STD thread

I have no Idea what your talking about!

 

[GFR]

I have no Idea what your talking about!

Its one of my exciting and thought provoking threads.

 

[MyK]

Its one of my exciting and thought provoking threads.

I was trying to be funny!

 

[GFR]

I was trying to be funny!

I was laughing

 

[MyK]

I was laughing

oh ok, and by the way, just so everyone knows!! i voted NO in that poll!!!

 

[GFR]

oh ok, and by the way, just so everyone knows!! i voted NO in that poll!!!

you were the first vote..........................but I wont say what it was.

 

[MyK]

you were the first vote..........................but I wont say what it was.

whatever, I thought you were the first vote since it was your poll! I looked without voting

 

[GFR]

whatever, I thought you were the first vote since it was your poll! I looked without voting

I havent voted yet.......

 

[MyK]

I havent voted yet.......

me neither

 

[P-funk]

I don't wear gloves. Like Mudge said, it messes up my grip. Plus, I like to feel the weight in my hands. If my hands are sweaty I use chalk.

 

[largepkg]

I wear gloves. Like Mudge said (even though he doesn't wear them) when my grip starts to slip with any heavy weighted exercise it tears my hands apart. I do not use straps because I like the indirect work it gives my forearms, so slippage occurs often. Yes, my hands are already calloused to some degree but without the gloves they would be completely covered and that's not good for my social agenda.

 

[MyK]

I wear gloves. Like Mudge said (even though he doesn't wear them) when my grip starts to slip with any heavy weighted exercise it tears my hands apart. I do not use straps because I like the indirect work it gives my forearms, so slippage occurs often. Yes, my hands are already calloused to some degree but without the gloves they would be completely covered and that's not good for my social agenda.

do the callouses hurt your cock from your constant masterbation??

 

[largepkg]

do the callouses hurt your cock from your constant masterbation??

I find that between the lotion and the Vaseline my hands stay quite soft.

 

[19 inchpump.]

I only wear gloves to jerk off with, foo

 

[Squaggleboggin]

I wear gloves. I'd rather not risk slipping because I go heavy all the time. As far as chalk, is it a different kind from usual chalk? Where can I go to get some, and is it expensive because it's 'special'?

 

[DICE]

I only wear gloves to jerk off with, foo

This ass clown is trying to start shit cause he cant be a man and post pics , so hes just trash talking me. I apologize for this idiot. Gloves don't help you jerk off anyway.

 

[King Silverback]

I agree with Brother Mudge and Brother Patrick, I do not use gloves at all!!! They actually make my grip feel weaker!!!

 

[Arnold]

I wear gloves. When I was younger I did not use them, my hands were very calloused and I used chalk.

Why I use gloves now:

1. Chalk is messy and depending on where I am it's not always available or they do not allow it.

2. My wife does not like to be rubbed with calloused hands.

3. I am not a blue collar worker and I don't want my hands to make me look like I am.

 

[clemson357]

I don't wear gloves. I like the callouses.