gloves?

RE: gloves? (rippedchick)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:18:22 GMT

ORIGINAL: Godzmarine

NO

http://www.beastskills.com/contrastbaths.htm

http://www.beastskills.com/calluses.htm

Man I love that guy. I'm trying to lock down some of those skills.

RE: gloves? (Godzmarine)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:01:36 GMT

NO

http://www.beastskills.com/contrastbaths.htm

http://www.beastskills.com/calluses.htm

RE: gloves? (Solomon Grundy)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:39:18 GMT

I used to lift without gloves in high school and at university. I had some pretty epic calluses. Then I took a gymnastics class and found out how painful torn calluses are. I started wearing gloves and now do so out of habit.

RE: gloves? (bulkingup)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:44:39 GMT

ORIGINAL: deadlysuperstar

ORIGINAL: bulkingup

Someone referenced steinbeck????
He's my favorite writer of all-Time!

Heh heh, I might upload a video I made back in HS. It was called "The Blue Pearl" and it was a home video adaptation of The Pear I did for AP Englishl. Complete with Coyotito, Juanita, and I had my Canadian friend play the veternarian and he had such a strong French accent and low grasp of the English language, when asked if he could help a poisoned Coyotito on a shoestring budget, he said, "What do I look like, a Vegetarian?"

Comedy gold. I was like 6'3", 150lbs in that video and I did my own stunts.

HaHaHa!
Sounds classic...you really should upload it!
Yeah I love anything Steinbeck wrote...
I've been reading "Travels with Charley"...which was published in 1961...only 7 years before he died.
It's an awesome book about he and his dog(Charley) traveling the american roadsides..."Discovering america"...its really cool and gives great insight into the economic and political landscape of the 1960's...really cool read!

RE: gloves? (Yet)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:33:58 GMT

Post it! Also, what do you deadlift?

RE: gloves? (bulkingup)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:36:39 GMT

ORIGINAL: deadlysuperstar

ORIGINAL: Stillseeingreen

Gloves seem pointless, unless you really want soft hands or something.

Yeah, I'm like Curley from Of Mice and Men, I wear gloves to keep my hands soft for my girl...

Someone referenced steinbeck????
He's my favorite writer of all-Time!

RE: gloves? (Beefcake)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:13:16 GMT

I got tired of calicous breaking and bleeding all the time so I wear gloves now and love them.

RE: gloves? (MassCrusader)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:47:17 GMT

I don't think using gloves is a huge issue, they aren't bad for keeping the callouses down, but when they get nasty you need to chuck them or else they are self defeating. I don't use them personally and I would like to use chalk instead. IMO, never use wrist wraps unless you are lifting an absolute incredible amount of weight that you can just barely hold on to. I've never used them and I don't intend to. Same goes for weight belts, they are a crutch you don't want to lean on because they will make you weaker and not stronger if you rely on them.

RE: gloves? (Stillseeingreen)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:04:34 GMT

The longer you lift without gloves, the less you need them. When I first started lifting my hands looked like they were infected with leprosy (almost bleeding from the lifting). Now I just have a bunch of rough spots on my hands that have no feeling. Why get gloves? Just be patient and grow your own.

RE: gloves? (mr. 209)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:20:53 GMT

to quote the bible, "if you use gloves, make sure they match your purse"

RE: gloves? (boomersooner1331)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:49:20 GMT

they can help with BB shrugs, but i just man up and grip the **** out of them

RE: gloves? (Khalek)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:46:55 GMT

i use gloves as my gym doesnt allow chalk. But I found that my hands don't hurt as much when doing shrugs - the almost dead skin hurts like hell.

I love em - but thats just me.

RE: gloves? (boomersooner1331)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:12:50 GMT

yeah i've just quit using gloves altogether. i just grip it, and go. much better.

RE: gloves? (TheSilverFox)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:05:01 GMT

placebo effect.... i bet you could lift the same amount of weight on certain lifts. shrugs and deadlifts.. maybe NOT as much, i can see how gloves might help there. i just chalk up and we're good to go

RE: gloves? (Forsaken3400)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:49:16 GMT

w.e i lifted a lot more using gloves but than lost em and arent bothered to buy new ones lol