Do you wear gloves when you weight train?

[sarita]

I have always lifted weights without gloves, I have some pretty big callouses on my hands. It doesnt bother me though. I have never worn gloves when lifting. I am curious to know, how many of you wear gloves when lifting? Do you use them during all of your exercices, or just some? Does it really make a difference? Also, what do you look for in a glove before buying? Thanks. Sarita.

 

[jenscats5]

I wear gloves when I lift, not during cardio....I find I have a better grip when I wear gloves.....

 

[scorpiogirl]

I wear them too. I really don't want the calluses. Helps with grip. Really, I just look for comfort when I buy a pair.

 

[que_66]

If it involves lifting, pushing, pulling I wear gloves. I lift a lot of stuff at work so I don't really need more callouses on my hands & I don't wear them during cardio.

As a matter of fact I bought a smaller pair yesterday because I've lost weight in my hands over the last year and the old pair was getting loose. Even after being washed in hot water.

 

[Sassy69]

Back in the day, the size of my callouses was a "bigger dick" thing along w/ the rest of the guys I used to lift with. We'd wear the gloves but the complete palm area would be completely shredded and thus useless - but definitely a fashion statement.

I stopped wearing gloves when I went thru my little PL stint as the weak link in a good PL pull was your grip - thus straps and all the other little gadgets did not help you.

At this point I'm now on a kick to compete in BB but maintaining my "femininity" -- thus shredded hands do not a pretty competitor make.

Not to mention I"m currently job hunting and probably a rock hard, shredded and choppy handshake would probably be a deal-breaker w/ a hot tech firm.

 

[*Bunny*]

I do now .. I wore my callouses with pride when I started lifting though .. I have pretty good success with Harbinger gloves ... I feel my lifts suffer without them these days ... I want to keep my hands 'pretty' so I use the gloves

 

[nikkita]

I used to workout without gloves but my hands had a lot of callouses. Now I workout with gloves and the appearance of my hands has improved (together with hand creams and treatment).
However it took me a while to get used to the gloves.

 

[Bsalet]

In the beginning I didn't, just because I thought I wouldn't need them, but I did. I would get calluses on my hands and they would become sore. So now I wear them and I have notice the difference in the grip of the weights, it's a lot better.

 

[needtogetaas]

gloves an rist raps.when you lift like me you need them both.

 

[sarita]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I'm increasing my weights, but my hands do hurt a bit afterwards. Sometimes I feel like I cant grip the weight enough, like its going to slip- I think I will give the gloves a try.
Sarita.