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Cleaner
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posted June 28, 2000 05:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cleaner   Click Here to Email Cleaner     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 8790283
I never have been able to. Seems to improve grip but I like the feel of the bar in my hand. Lately I have been tearing up my callouses(sp). What do you guys use and why?

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scott825
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posted June 28, 2000 06:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for scott825     Edit/Delete Message
At my gym you would get joked real bad
for wearing workout gloves.I like the feeling
of steel in my hands when I lift hard.

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ryry
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posted June 28, 2000 06:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ryry   Click Here to Email ryry     Edit/Delete Message

i wear gloves so i don't get callouses. it helps to improve grip, specially if you sweat like a mofo like me.

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RippedNBuff
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posted June 28, 2000 06:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RippedNBuff   Click Here to Email RippedNBuff     Edit/Delete Message
I like the feeling of the bar dude so I have to skip the gloves. When I did use them though I found that gripping was actually harder because the glove can slip if you are lifting a lot of weight.

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THE STEEL BEAST
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posted June 28, 2000 06:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for THE STEEL BEAST   Click Here to Email THE STEEL BEAST     Edit/Delete Message
GLOVES ARE A JOKE

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FlexB
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posted June 28, 2000 06:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FlexB   Click Here to Email FlexB     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 71392430
I don't understand why someone would make fun of you if you wear gloves (as long as they aren't some gay ass colors)! I hate getting callouses (spelling)or "rough hands" so I always wear them.

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Slopain
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posted June 28, 2000 06:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Slopain   Click Here to Email Slopain     Edit/Delete Message
I wear them on back days chest days but thats about it, let them laugh - women don't like the nice sandpaper feel of bumpy dead skinned hands. If it came down to a choice Id rather impress the ladies at my pad/the club than the big guys at the gym anytime.

Slopain

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FlexB
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posted June 28, 2000 06:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FlexB   Click Here to Email FlexB     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 71392430
I'm with ya slopain.........fuck the guys, it's all about what the women want. My girl hates rough hands.

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Latimer
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posted June 28, 2000 06:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Latimer     Edit/Delete Message
I never wear gloves anymore. Call me crazy but I'm proud of my callouses. I don't want soft hands.

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Romeo
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posted June 28, 2000 06:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Romeo   Click Here to Email Romeo     Edit/Delete Message
well i always think that if a women touches a guys hand and it is rough then that will tell her that she is with a real man...not a girly man...no offense guys..

peace romeo

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underguy77
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posted June 28, 2000 06:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for underguy77   Click Here to Email underguy77     Edit/Delete Message
I wear them so I dont tear up my hands...but it took a while for me to get used to them.

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The Ranger
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posted June 28, 2000 06:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for The Ranger   Click Here to Email The Ranger     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 67366885
No Gloves for my dick skinners!!! Nope....Just sweat, pain, and hard scarred hands!!! Hell Yeah!!!

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moe dank
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posted June 28, 2000 06:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for moe dank   Click Here to Email moe dank     Edit/Delete Message
Hell yeah gloves. In my experience women dont like the hard, rough, fucked up looking hands. To each his own i guess, but i had a girl that loved me to play with her cause i had soft hands. Say what ever you want "my duty is to please that booty!"

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RC
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posted June 28, 2000 07:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RC     Edit/Delete Message
used to wear gloves but one day was doing barbell shrugs and the damn bar kept slipping so I said fuck it took them off and haven't used them since, I like my callouses it just shows how hard I'm working in the gym

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havoc
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posted June 28, 2000 07:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for havoc   Click Here to Email havoc     Edit/Delete Message
No gloves.

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FlexB
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posted June 28, 2000 07:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FlexB   Click Here to Email FlexB     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 71392430
Romeo: "Girly-Man"

This from a guy who couldn't get it up when he had a chance to get some pussy from some girl one night.

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WarLobo
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posted June 28, 2000 07:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for WarLobo   Click Here to Email WarLobo     Edit/Delete Message
NO gloves, and how are you all gripping the bar anyway? I've never gott'en big calluses. I make sure my palm does not "roll up" and pinch, get a better grip this way and does not tear up your hands. Maybe you all got some baggy skin hands or something....

Late

Lobo

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BIGBADFKR
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posted June 28, 2000 07:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BIGBADFKR     Edit/Delete Message
NOPE

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skydancer
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posted June 28, 2000 07:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for skydancer   Click Here to Email skydancer     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 76679089
well guys...I wear gloves...you wouldn't want this lady touching you with rough hands now would you??

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ryry
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posted June 28, 2000 07:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ryry   Click Here to Email ryry     Edit/Delete Message
sky,

you can touch me any day... with or w/o the gloves

[This message has been edited by ryry (edited June 28, 2000).]

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skydancer
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posted June 28, 2000 07:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for skydancer   Click Here to Email skydancer     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 76679089
oh my...

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Cleaner
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posted June 28, 2000 08:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cleaner   Click Here to Email Cleaner     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 8790283
My callouses are at the base of the palm before the fingers start. I gets me when I do heavy shrougs, curls, and up right rows.
I will tell you the wife hates it. Suck when your plaming some breast and she's like get the sand paper out of here.
I try and use them but after about two lifts they come off. I'm thinking about wrapping the bars in tape.

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ryry
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posted June 28, 2000 08:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ryry   Click Here to Email ryry     Edit/Delete Message

cleaner,

you tried wrist straps?

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Cleaner
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posted June 28, 2000 08:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cleaner   Click Here to Email Cleaner     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 8790283
No, I hear it weakens the grip over time?
I don't know - Been lifting as heavy as I can handle since I got on this board, that might have something to do with it.

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slabcat
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posted June 28, 2000 08:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for slabcat   Click Here to Email slabcat     Edit/Delete Message
No gloves, like the feel in my hands. Do use straps on back day and for shoulder shrugs.

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bikinimom
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posted June 28, 2000 08:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bikinimom   Click Here to Email bikinimom     Edit/Delete Message
Muscles and Vascularity are VERY SEXY, calluses, however, are NOT.

Sorry guys, I may grunt like a man, but I still squeal like a girl!

My behind may be hard but my skin is still soft!

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Slopain
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posted June 28, 2000 08:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Slopain   Click Here to Email Slopain     Edit/Delete Message
hehe thats funny with a handle like Romeo calling other people girly... just an observation.

Slopain

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pizza man
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posted June 28, 2000 08:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pizza man   Click Here to Email pizza man     Edit/Delete Message
MY wife and i only wear gloves when were swinging with another couple and we dont know how their aids test came out!!!!!!

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Slopain
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posted June 28, 2000 09:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Slopain   Click Here to Email Slopain     Edit/Delete Message
You wear gloves when your fucking/sucking each other?

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pizza man
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posted June 28, 2000 09:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pizza man   Click Here to Email pizza man     Edit/Delete Message
no not really, it ruins the taste.

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cm3504jm
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posted June 28, 2000 09:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cm3504jm   Click Here to Email cm3504jm     Edit/Delete Message
Try this!!!!

Instead of wearing the 1/2 gloves that sell for 14.00, go out to your local Home Depot and get some full leather working gloves.
They cost about 9.00, last longer that those Harbinger things, prevent callouses,you can grip 100% better, and they look old school when they're soaked with sweat, and boy can they stink! Works great when you want to use the squat rack-everyone takes a big hike.... Afterwards throw them in the trunk and when you get home, you can use them to do yard work. Great for opening beer bottles and strangling gophers.

Save your hands!

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Twisted_Steel
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posted June 28, 2000 09:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Twisted_Steel   Click Here to Email Twisted_Steel     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 754174
Gloves?? hehe. No seriously I go open hand. Grip improves that way, plus it allows for easy chalk use. Secondly, i dont plam my girlfriend body, i use my fingertips. So the calouses dont irritate her

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Slopain
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posted June 28, 2000 09:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Slopain   Click Here to Email Slopain     Edit/Delete Message
hehe Maybe thats my problem my girl has got a big ol fat tight ghetto booty ass... I need to palm that mutha.

Slopain

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Cleaner
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posted June 28, 2000 09:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cleaner   Click Here to Email Cleaner     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 8790283
Twisted,
Alway figured you for a finger kinda guy.
Yeah I palm - gotta grab it.

Oh I forgot got you like little ones. HEHEHE

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DrZaius
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posted June 28, 2000 10:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DrZaius   Click Here to Email DrZaius     Edit/Delete Message
I hate wearing gloves, I like tearing up my hands working out. Gives you a feeling of accomplishment.


Peace

DrZ

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denmaur
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posted June 28, 2000 11:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for denmaur   Click Here to Email denmaur     Edit/Delete Message
I like working out without gloves. I can tell how hard I've been training by how think my calouses are. But my hands sweat alot when I bench and my hands slip on the bar. Since my gym doesnt have chalk I have to use gloves. But only for benches.

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MONSTROSITY
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posted June 28, 2000 11:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MONSTROSITY   Click Here to Email MONSTROSITY     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 270
Gloves suck, soft hands are not important to a MAN. I would be chased out the gym door by my buddies if I wore them. Unfortunately, the majority of GAYS wear gloves at our health club. So I may be a little biased. I don't aim to degrade GAYS, I know in an eralier post someone bagged on GAYS and everyone ripped his head off. I guess there's a lot of GAYS frequenting these boards.

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Jay Z
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posted June 28, 2000 11:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jay Z   Click Here to Email Jay Z     Edit/Delete Message
i don't wear them

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E2
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posted June 29, 2000 12:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for E2   Click Here to Email E2     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 54337564
NO gloves, and lots of chalk to dry out those hands and make them even rougher.

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Pokemon
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posted June 29, 2000 01:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pokemon   Click Here to Email Pokemon     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 209.167.1458.325
Only Michael Jackson wear gloves "Just Beat It"

I live for pain, I thrive in misery

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Frackal
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posted June 29, 2000 01:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Frackal   Click Here to Email Frackal     Edit/Delete Message
Gloves

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bignate73
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posted June 29, 2000 01:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bignate73   Click Here to Email bignate73     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 65081685
i probably should have when i ripped the shit out of my hands last week deadlifting. live and learn. i havent had gloves since i started lifting though. ill ride it out and get the battle wounds i think. hehe.

plus its like my hand is ribbed....ewwwwwww.....hehe.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 29, 2000 04:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
Hell yeah i wear gloves. my hands are fucked up enough as it is.

and besides, chalk is a big nono in my gym...

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thiassi
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posted June 29, 2000 04:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for thiassi   Click Here to Email thiassi     Edit/Delete Message
My gloves have built in support for wrist. I take them off and use straps for shrugs.

L8R

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Mr H
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posted June 29, 2000 10:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mr H   Click Here to Email Mr H     Edit/Delete Message
Gloves...calluses SUCK

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Mr H
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posted June 29, 2000 10:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mr H   Click Here to Email Mr H     Edit/Delete Message
Gloves...calluses SUCK!!

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Capt'n_Crunch
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posted June 29, 2000 11:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Capt'n_Crunch   Click Here to Email Capt'n_Crunch     Edit/Delete Message
I dont wear gloves because I am too poor and too cheap to buy some. My calouses are so bad, that sometimes after I work out it hurts just to make a fist. Got them on all my fingers and all over the palms and my hands feel like rocky sandpaper. I just bite them off.

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weez
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posted June 29, 2000 11:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for weez   Click Here to Email weez     Edit/Delete Message
capt....bite them off..heh heh. No gloves for me either. I usually cut off a few layers. If you can remember to put cream on your hands after you shower (i.e. girlfriend tells you to) that helps them from getting so hard and painful.

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B_Funk
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posted June 29, 2000 12:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for B_Funk   Click Here to Email B_Funk     Edit/Delete Message
I used to wear gloves, but I got tired of them staining my hands black. Now I use straps for everything. Just so that there is a little layer between my hand and the bar.

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FlexB
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posted June 29, 2000 12:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FlexB   Click Here to Email FlexB     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 71392430
B-Funk: You should always wash gloves about 2 times before you wear them to get that black shit out. Also wash them about once a week to get the stank out.

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Big Buck
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posted June 29, 2000 12:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Big Buck   Click Here to Email Big Buck     Edit/Delete Message
Hell yeah I wear gloves, but not all the time. Especially when I deadlift. When I lift heavy on deadlift I rip the calluses of my hand, so I have to wear gloves. Women don't like the rough hands either.

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Mr H
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posted June 29, 2000 05:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mr H   Click Here to Email Mr H     Edit/Delete Message
>>Women don't like the rough hands either.<<

Hmm...well if my girlfriend touched me and had a sandpaper-like texture to her hand I don't think I'd like it.

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king89123
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posted June 29, 2000 05:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for king89123   Click Here to Email king89123     Edit/Delete Message
FUCK GLOVES. LIKE E2 SAID, LOTS OF CHALK. HOW MANY OF YOU WEAR SHAWN RAY'S GLOVES. LOL,
BWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TrickyTrav
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posted June 30, 2000 04:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for TrickyTrav     Edit/Delete Message
No gloves aloud in my GYM!

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lips
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posted June 30, 2000 09:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lips   Click Here to Email lips     Edit/Delete Message
Smooth hands, rough hands, makes no difference to me as long as he knows how to use them!!!

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kram696969
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posted July 01, 2000 07:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kram696969   Click Here to Email kram696969     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 15497701
i wear them, i don't care what anyone says

kram-mark
just do'in my best...

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