FACT: Everybody secretly wants to (or already do) wear lifting gloves. Everybody has been deluded and shamed into thinking lifting gloves are feminine and weak then parrot that belief to each other. Everybody gets friction burn from crinkling palms. Yes you can overcome it but it takes months so you're either a beginner making yourself miserable and not getting anywhere because of the pain or if you're a seasoned lifter and decide to give them up, it will seriously impede your routine and progress. Plus it makes things like bench press so much safer with better grip.
>b-but you're coping you just don't want calluses.
I still have calluses on my fingers from fingerless gloves, they don't bother me at all so cope. Time to end the meme, there's nothing wrong with lifting gloves.
I wear lifting mittens that are super thick in the palm and fingers so I have to grip hard on everything.
(this is a lie, I don't wear anything because its never seemed necessary)
t. Dyel
> I don't wear anything
Like the ancient Greeks in their all-male nude gymnasiums?
imagine trying this hard to justify being a pussy
could never be me
this post brought to you by team calluses
I don't wear lifting gloves and have no desire to I just don't see the reason. Any discomfort from the knurling is very minimal.
the only people I ever see wearing lifting gloves are buff guys in their 40s or older. They clearly know what they're doing. Might give it a try.
because they are on gear and do meme volume x infinity, don't need to lift heavy again because of gear
what the frick does that have to do with whether or not gloves are worth using
no you don't
Counterpoint: I don't want to wear lifting gloves because I like the feeling of bar knurl biting into my hands, and my hands get too hot in gloves.
I also don't care if you want to wear gloves.
I don't lift weights so it can be a safe, non-engaging activity that preserves my body. I lift because it's dangerous, there's real risk and it damages my body (which overcompensates and becomes stronger). Clearly you don't, so you won't go far. If I had to guess I'd say your physique and lifts are unimpressive.
What do you need soft hands for, to jerk your boyfriend off? Fricking pussy. Calluses are a mark of honour. When older men involved in construction see my hands they immediately recognise the work I put in every week. It's like a trophy. Why you'd want to omit this for the tiny amount of pain present in the adjustment period is beyond me. I guess some of you are just built to be pussies.
>I don't lift weights so it can be a safe, non-engaging activity that preserves my body.
it can be engaging AND safe. it's not difficult.
>I lift because it's dangerous, there's real risk and it damages my body
OOooo you're so strong and tough and manly said no one ever. also you're doing it wrong if you're constantly at high risk of injury.
>guess I'd say your physique and lifts are unimpressive.
well i have belly fat but i look great in a shirt and tank and my lifts are quite above average
>What do you need soft hands for, to jerk your boyfriend off?
real original and i don't need soft hands, i need pain free hands.
>When older men involved in construction
i work physical labour too anon, and i don't wear gloves for that.
>tiny amount of pain
it's not a tiny amount. its burning to the point i physically can not grip the weight. i've tried playing through the pain but all it does is impede my progress.
All right, maybe I was a bit too aggressive. I value my calluses because they remind me of how far I've come. Also, maintenance on them with a simple nail clipper isn't difficult. Clip them when they start sticking out too far so they don't get torn off when lifting. I just like being a minimalist and not bothering myself with more equipment, I don't wear a belt ever when lifting, I don't have a benching shirt, I don't take pre, etc.
If you do construction then why would you wear gloves? Doesn't the work damage your hands more than lifting ever would? Are you doing heavy deadlifts with an aggressively knurled bar every day or something?
it's not so much an issue of calluses, like i said in post, i do in fact have calluses, on my fingers from fingerless gloves. it's the burning and knurling that's an issue for me.
>I just like being a minimalist and not bothering myself with more equipment,
trust me brother, i wouldn't wear gloves if i didn't have to.
>If you do construction then why would you wear gloves? Doesn't the work damage your hands more than lifting ever would?
i work at a supermarket, constantly picking up and opening heavy boxes. i get a fair few cuts not just on my hands but arms as well. no i don't like/need gloves for that but a lot of people do.
>Are you doing heavy deadlifts with an aggressively knurled bar every day or something?
i wish a knurled bar was the most of my problem, i also have rubber grip dumbbells (dial in weight ones) and the rubber burns my fricken hand like crazy too. i curl 20kg dumbbells if you must know.
I don't see how lifting could make your hands that painful. One thing I know for sure is that wearing gloves won't help cause you're not conditioning your palms and fingers to the stress. I've never worn gloves ever and I never get pain when lifting.
well, it does. mad friction burn. and wearing gloves prevents it fully.
what friction? I'm struggling to think of which barbell exercises have the bar rolling around in your hands and tears your skin. Even with dumbbells I can't think of anything.
A rubber grip could potentially do it, but I would just say grip the bar harder so it doesn't roll around?
the bar doesn't roll. i'm holding it tight enough. it burns from crinkling my palm.
I'm assuming deadlifts or BB rows. If you're folding the bar correctly, there's minimal contact between the bar and your palms. It should be in your fingers.
i'm talking dumbbell exercises, with my rubber tipped dumbbells.
I do callisthenic in addition to lifting I should probably gloves but don't. From the middle of my palm out to my fingers is just one big callous. I no longer need pot holders for anything under 400.
I've always had thick skin on my hands and only developed minimal callouses from lifting. Gloves are for people who's bodies aren't build for lifting heavy shit. I never get cuts and needles bend against me. The papercutgay fears me. Eat your protein and vitamins a, c, and e while wearing your gloves chuds. You'll never achieve the skin thickness of my gorilla paws
>Gloves are for people who's bodies aren't build for lifting heavy shit.
i bet i lift heavier than you
Shitposting aside I really do have thick hand skin and never really got callouses from lifting weights even without gloves. I have really tight and oily skin in general from my med blood so it ends up being very thick. Anyone else relate?
Lifting gloves suck but gardening gloves are secretly OP and are explicitly banned in powerlifting meets for a reason. Those fingerless gloves with the hard plastic to I guess look "cool" completely miss the point. It's not even cheating because straps tie your forearms to the bar while these just as if you have anything sticky on your fingers , without making a mess.
I use them for pull ups and suicide grip overhead presses since those get shakey when you get heavy.
Keep in mind people that are aggressively anti-gloves are gym noobs trying to fit in. Same with belt nazis, double-overhand only and so on. It's very obvious when you're aware of it.
Keep in mind people that are aggressively anti-gloves are gym noobs trying to fit in.
true, i know.
didnt read
i dont want calluses so i wear gloves
well if you took the time to read instead of trying to sound cool and un-caring, you'd see this is a pro glove thread dipshit.
didn't read
still wearing gloves
Dangerously based
I like getting my good feel feedback from my muscles not my fricking skin
Girls like feeling my callouses and playing them with their nails
that would aggravate my autism sensory issues.
Lifting with gloves is like having sex with a condom. It just doesn't feel as good. Not that I would know since I've never had sex, but it sounds like a fair comparison.
It's not even like having sex with a condom, it's like wearing a condom to jerk off. What's the point?
No, it's like having sex and the magnum broke so the poor baby is born by a prostitute lady so now you gotta strangle an infant.
protecting your wiener from the callouses
I need them only for pullups so there's no point in buying some.
>wear lifting gloves
t. 40 year old boomer that does circuits on 4 different machines
I know who you are
This thread is the IST equivalent of troony grooming.
The lifting glove conundrum is easy to find an answer to. Do you wear shoes to protect your feet from rough terrain? Then you should also wear gloves to protect your hands from rough situations
I do wear gloves to protect my hands when needed. There's nothing in a gym I need hand protection for. It would hamper more than help me.
It's gets up to 110F and my barbell is outdoors. I need something to keep my hands from burning or I work out at night.
whenever I see a guy wearing gloves in the gym I imagine him going home to his 486 pentium and loading up video vixens, taking those soft supple hands out of his driving gloves (he switched from his lifting gloves to his driving gloves after the gym), cracking open a sleeve of snackwells, and going to town on his little pink pecker over the sweet sounds of candy dulfer's saxuality album. then some franzia and some nighty nite, back to the 9 to 5 tomorrow, dale's back from bermuda and rumor has it big layoffs coming down the pipe!
>i have homosexual fantasies when i see people working out with gloves
good for you, anon
I've been lifting with my bare hands for so long now that I don't feel a thing on it anymore. I could probably inject a needle on my hand and feel nothing at all at this point. This shit feels like a rock by now. My mom complains when I caress her skin because it hurts her
>my mom
>when I caress her skin
hol up
>he doesn't hug his mother
Just learn how to correctly grip the bar. If the bar doesn't move in your hand, you don't get calluses.
LOOK AT THE FRICKING KNURLING ON THIS BAR AND TELL ME WHY THE BARS AT YOUR GYM ALL FEEL SMOOTH.
BET YOU BUY GLOVES THE SECOND YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
>FACT: Everybody secretly wants to (or already do) wear lifting gloves.
speak for yourself homosexual
You are coping like crazy. I intentionally do forearm curls with a piece of wood to roughen up my hands. Here is what they look like. No massive calluses.
You made yourself believe that the pain from calluses is so insane that you wont be able to work out. You are a pussy and you should kys
i do 40 kilo forearm curls.
you do forearms curls with a stick.
shut the frick up homo
I do this shit you braindead moron. Post body gloveboy because i know anyone wearing gloves is a skinnyfat middleaged dipshit
i admitted to having belly fat. ill post forearm. this pic is from year ago.
>that forearm
I'll take the belly if I can have that hand around my throat pinning me against a nearby wall.
ha well thanks, glad you like.
bruh......... sounds hot ngl, would love to watch from outside the window
>because i know anyone wearing gloves is a skinnyfat middleaged dipshit
lol
>low quality 5" wrist forearm pic
>>low quality 5" wrist
>from the National Library of Medicine, the average women’s wrist size is between 5.5 inches and 6.5 inches (13.97 cm to 16.51 cm).
>According to US anthropometric data taken from Marine Corps personnel, the average male wrist size is 6.85 inches (17.39 cm).
Look at this tard, he doesn't even know what an average sized wrist is HAHAHAH
what I'm saying is your wrist is smaller than that of a woman's, get a clue homosexual
And what I'm saying is your cope is so deep and severe, that you list numbers that are completely impossible.
Might as well insult my height by saying I'm 2 foot tall.
imagine giving an absolute frick, im literally a dyel and i weat gloves CUZ I WANT TO AND I DONT CARE, homie just wear gloves if you want, sheesh
>homie just wear gloves if you want, sheesh
i do, the thread is about removing the stigma
OP I do not see a single motherfricker under the age of 40 wearing lifting gloves at my gym.
smart 40 yo's
>Self burn but-
You defended Planet Fitness lifters.
>reddit meme
>reddit spacing
please just go back
I wear kind of a wrist wraps because I kb snatch a lot and at some point it just gets annoying and irritating on my wrist.
homosexual
>gloves
I've tried them. they make it harder to get your hand round the bar and your grip slips much more.
>friction burn
wtf is this lol?
>callouses
1. hold the bar correctly
2. file them down and moisturise a couple times a week, no problem.
my hands are smooth and soft and never tear.
Wearing gloves if uncomfortable and creates a mental disconnect between your hands and whatever you're lifting, even outside the gym.
My hands are really soft and dont callous so I wear lifting gloves
Don't fight it. Let it happen. All the morons will be socially pressured into doing stupid shit and you will be able to at a glance tell, who has a brain and who doesn't.
I have never gotten calluses from the gym. All you have to do is grip the bar tightly so that instead of pinching your skin, the skin just rests on top of the bar while your fingers are wrapped around.
I wear lifting gloves. Used to have calluses that felt like my knuckles were on the inside of my hands and looked pretty disgusting, but I liked the edgy feeling of being manly or whatever cringe nonsense. Started using moisturizer on my face regularly because it was drying out in the winter, and it had the effect of softening my calluses. My gf started commenting more on how soft my hands were and wanted me to touch her more often, so now I wear the gloves. Also, I'm a medical resident now and don't want patients to feel uncomfortable seeing gross hands.
I definitely need to start doing something, whether these gloves or just talcum. The way 2-3 callouses get protruded so nothing else ever touches the barbell and fricking hurt like total c**ts has been totally raping my pull ups and SLDL lately.
I'm tired of wasting potential back and hams gains because of moronic skin patches.
I like my fricked up hands.
They're part of the male aesthetic.
I just don’t see a purpose for them. That being said if you like lifting gloves then wear them and stop caring what people think about it
This is the first time I have ever heard gloves being criticized at all. Who fricking cares ?
it's a very old meme by this point actually the whole attitude that only pussies wear gloves. In my experience once you start doing enough, you have two choices, wear gloves, or get your skin removed to the point of exposing dermis and hypodermis.
I do CrossFit and for things like toes to bar, muscle ups, etc if you don’t have something on your hands they WILL get torn up badly. I don’t care for gymnast grips, so knuckle gloves work great because I can feel the barbell, feel the pull up bars, still get solid grip but also not rip up my hands.
inb4 muh CrossFit will injure you
Inb4 comment about kipping/butterfly pull-ups, don’t do them. Regular only.
Why did you mention CrossFit then kek
But yes I understand, weighted pull-ups/chin-ups on rings absolutely rape my fingers, especially since I've started using liquid chalk
Post Chinese hand OP
I don't want to wear gloves, I like my calluses and grip strength.
>it's impossible to deviate from the average
>proof my below average intelligence
you make a strong argument
Man my hands used to get so fricked up when rowing but you could never wear gloves because they would get wet and slip
I enjoy the burn I feel on my hands
>heh. I injure myself on PURPOSE so I'm le heckin badass!
Always funny when desperate gays say this.
Based
When I put on my lifting gloves I feel already stronger
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My gfs complained about my calluses when I was younger. Now my hands are nice and soft and girls compliment me for it. Every gay bragging about his calluses ITT is probably an incel.
Nah, I'm cheap af. But if you grip the bar right, you shouldn't be ripping up your hands.