Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Guys please, wearing gloves does not make you a pansy, and not wearing gloves does not make you a bad ass mofo. Maybe he doesn't want calluses or sandpapery hands. Anyways, back to the question, when I use gloves I use some Reebok gloves that I found for a fairly good price, unfortunately I can't remember what it was. They serve the purpose fine in my opinion.
What kind of gloves do you use...
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OKIE
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I can understand why some people don't wear gloves, but it doesn't make you tougher...trust me. There is no correlation between lifting w/ gloves and toughness, it is a preference. When you go to pull out a pan out of the oven, do you wear a mit or do you just bear-hand it? If you want to show everyone how tough you are, then try welding without any gloves. Then you'll be a real bad ass. Some guys don't want callusses, plain and simple. It is not because it hurts to lift w/o them. I also think it is foolish not to wear any sort of wrist wrap while doing some pulling lifts, because they enable you to lift more weight when your grips give out. Hey, Michael Jackson wears a glove, and he's BAD!
benchmonster
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You are right Okie, he is BAD!!
I am working my way up to the pulling out the pan barehanded thing. I am not quite that tough, but with the help of Cell-tech, I can get there.
Seriously guys, a lot of what has been said here has been in fun. Not the leg warmers stuff, though. I am dead serious about that.
And regarding straps, if you don't ever use them, you will develop a much stronger grip. I used straps almost exclusively while younger, and developed a very strong upper back, and a terrible grip, by doing so. I am still running to catch up from that mistake.
No gloves do not make you a panzy. . . automatically, but they are not allowed in competitions, and I don't care what you guys say. Having a sandpaper like hand is manly. Women don't have hands like that, so it must by default be manly.
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I am working my way up to the pulling out the pan barehanded thing. I am not quite that tough, but with the help of Cell-tech, I can get there.
Seriously guys, a lot of what has been said here has been in fun. Not the leg warmers stuff, though. I am dead serious about that.
And regarding straps, if you don't ever use them, you will develop a much stronger grip. I used straps almost exclusively while younger, and developed a very strong upper back, and a terrible grip, by doing so. I am still running to catch up from that mistake.
No gloves do not make you a panzy. . . automatically, but they are not allowed in competitions, and I don't care what you guys say. Having a sandpaper like hand is manly. Women don't have hands like that, so it must by default be manly.
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OKIE
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benchmonster said:
Cell-tech will get you there, but The Beast will make you tougher than gorilla cum. I agree w/ you on the leg warmers thing. I still say wrist wraps are good for some situations. No matter how strong your grip is, your back and leg muscles will be stronger. Your workouts can suffer when your grip gives out. By using wraps you can get more reps out with increased weight even after your grips fail. I'm not saying you need grips on all your pulling lifts, but they can ber beneficial, especially towards the end of a gruling back workout.
my new gym doesn't allow chalk, I feel like a queer wearing gloves.
I use the brown paper towels they have in the weight room, wrap em around the bar, its like makeshift chalk.
I also put paper towes over my traps before doing standing calf raises on a machine otherwise those pads fuck up my traps with red marks.
I use the brown paper towels they have in the weight room, wrap em around the bar, its like makeshift chalk.
I also put paper towes over my traps before doing standing calf raises on a machine otherwise those pads fuck up my traps with red marks.
Imnotdutch
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1. I used to be a lumberjack.....I and others would work at low temperatures in nothing but jeans and T-shirts. The harder you work the warmer you get. Having said that, when it was time for a break several layers of clothing went on. I was responding to your analogy......
2. And he thinks he needs gloves beacuse he has soft hands. This isn't strictly true.
3. Yes.....but quite entertaining watching people get all upset about such a simple thing
4. I wont even dignify that with a decent answer. Why do you have to resort to sarcasm?
5. Surely the correlation between the thickness of skin on your hands and the punishment that your hands will take exists? Or do you mean 'tough' as in being a double-hard bastard? If you mean the latter you are using it in a different context to most people in this thread.
2. And he thinks he needs gloves beacuse he has soft hands. This isn't strictly true.
3. Yes.....but quite entertaining watching people get all upset about such a simple thing
4. I wont even dignify that with a decent answer. Why do you have to resort to sarcasm?
5. Surely the correlation between the thickness of skin on your hands and the punishment that your hands will take exists? Or do you mean 'tough' as in being a double-hard bastard? If you mean the latter you are using it in a different context to most people in this thread.
Quite a few of us compete in PL'ing. Gloves are not permitted.
So, most PL'ers do not train with them.
Some of my non-PL'er weight training buddies where gloves and
these seem to help their lifting.
Haz, if you are not a PL'er or OL'er and you like the gloves, I say
wear them. However, I have to draw the line with those leg
warmers.
So, most PL'ers do not train with them.
Some of my non-PL'er weight training buddies where gloves and
these seem to help their lifting.
Haz, if you are not a PL'er or OL'er and you like the gloves, I say
wear them. However, I have to draw the line with those leg
warmers.
No leg/shin warmers? Lots of strongmen wear them to keep their calves warm as well as to help with their shin splints. 
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