Calluses Aren't Manly

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I can’t believe any MAN that would wear gloves to the gym in order to protect their skin (I wear mine on CGBP because they have a wrist wrap built in, but thats the only time I wear them). You know what I think to myself when I hand my COC gripper to a guy and they mention that the knurling on the handles “hurts” or “it’s rough!”?..TWAT!!!

I remember when I realized a few years ago that I never had the OPPORTUNITY to work either construction or landscaping. I wanted THOSE muscles, and I wanted THOSE (nasty, rough, beat-up, sandpaper feeling) hands. Imagine being able to strike a match on your palms…man THAT would be the day.

If I see a dude with soft supple hands all I imagine is that he sits in his moms basement playing video-games and brushing his ‘My Little Pony’ toy.

Remember that girls look at guys hands, so yours better look fucking MANLY

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[quote]carbiduis wrote:
I can’t believe any MAN that would wear gloves to the gym in order to protect their skin (I wear mine on CGBP because they have a wrist wrap built in, but thats the only time I wear them). You know what I think to myself when I hand my COC gripper to a guy and they mention that the knurling on the handles “hurts” or “it’s rough!”?..TWAT!!!

I remember when I realized a few years ago that I never had the OPPORTUNITY to work either construction or landscaping. I wanted THOSE muscles, and I wanted THOSE (nasty, rough, beat-up, sandpaper feeling) hands. Imagine being able to strike a match on your palms…man THAT would be the day.

If I see a dude with soft supple hands all I imagine is that he sits in his moms basement playing video-games and brushing his ‘My Little Pony’ toy.

Remember that girls look at guys hands, so yours better look fucking MANLY[/quote]
At risk of being an “internet tough guy” I shave my calluses down, lotion both my hands and feet, use special cleansing soaps on my face and trim my pubes, sometimes shave them completely (I leave my chest and stomach hairy FWIW and my back isn’t hairy to begin with, not yet anyways).

I bet I pull more ass than you and have kinkier sex with the ass I pull. Just saying. And I do love grooming “my little pony” though I like to think of it as a wild stallion.

I’ve met ladies who love a 5 o’clock shadow for the rough masculinity it espouses on an angular jaw line, women who love the fact I like wearing jeans and cowboy boots at least as often as shoes, women who love the body a barbell and some plates builds, women who love my strong slightly scarred hands’ appearance, women who love a managed callus or two but I’ve never met a woman who loved having sandpaper rubbed all over and in her naked body.

When I see knarly hands with dead skin spots, flaky palms, calluses like warts and dirty fingernails, I think “celibate”. Not that I check out dudes hands often, but sometimes you shake them and just have to look.

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[quote]eeu743 wrote:

[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
^ this is what I mean. my gf’s father has been a roofer for over thirty years, the guy’s hands are like bear claws covered in sandpaper. great guy, father and husband. but I guess calluses don’t fit too well with the metrosexual stereotype? hence my friend’s comment.

[quote]eeu743 wrote:
So basically, you wanted to say that you have calluses and are manly.[/quote]

hah no wtf, then the thread would’ve gone like:

“Calluses Are Manly”

“… I have them and I don’t care what you think.”

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lol yeah ok. You definitely didn’t make the majority of the first post about how your hands are thick, bumpy, and feel like sandpaper. Or that your girlfriend likes it. Or that you don’t lift with gloves. Or that you thought it was pretty manly. With a little comment about how they don’t come from curling in the squat rack, which wouldn’t be hardcore which you totally are.
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I’m slow, bear with me. I thought I just made a statement “I have calluses” and went into how I got them and how they are. and like others said, it’s a sign that you’re dedicated and you lift heavy shit. the curls in the squat rack thing was a reference to that… I mean you can’t get calluses from lifting light.

I’m talking about the manliness (or not) of calluses dammit!!
← not the manliness of the fro!!

side note: gf’s coming over tonight so I figure what the hey I’ll try shaving the calluses down. holy hell I didn’t expect to pick SHEETS of skin out my razor. and my hands feel much nicer.

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[quote]DJHT wrote:
What about hairy palms? Is that manly?[/quote]

jesus that’s disgusting. reminded me of that pic of the boob with worms in it…

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[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:

[quote]eeu743 wrote:

[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
^ this is what I mean. my gf’s father has been a roofer for over thirty years, the guy’s hands are like bear claws covered in sandpaper. great guy, father and husband. but I guess calluses don’t fit too well with the metrosexual stereotype? hence my friend’s comment.

[quote]eeu743 wrote:
So basically, you wanted to say that you have calluses and are manly.[/quote]

hah no wtf, then the thread would’ve gone like:

“Calluses Are Manly”

“… I have them and I don’t care what you think.”

[/quote]

lol yeah ok. You definitely didn’t make the majority of the first post about how your hands are thick, bumpy, and feel like sandpaper. Or that your girlfriend likes it. Or that you don’t lift with gloves. Or that you thought it was pretty manly. With a little comment about how they don’t come from curling in the squat rack, which wouldn’t be hardcore which you totally are.
[/quote]

I’m slow, bear with me. I thought I just made a statement “I have calluses” and went into how I got them and how they are. and like others said, it’s a sign that you’re dedicated and you lift heavy shit. the curls in the squat rack thing was a reference to that… I mean you can’t get calluses from lifting light.

I’m talking about the manliness (or not) of calluses dammit!!
← not the manliness of the fro!!

side note: gf’s coming over tonight so I figure what the hey I’ll try shaving the calluses down. holy hell I didn’t expect to pick SHEETS of skin out my razor. and my hands feel much nicer.[/quote]

Do your heels next, you can get some serious chunks of skin, like 1/8 inch thick

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Guys, if you don’t trim your calluses, they will eventually just tear off! And nobody wants that. Especially if you were going for a deadlift rep PR or something and had to stop due to blood lubricating your grip.

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]DJHT wrote:

[quote]Loudog75 wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Older men, especially those that were in the service, will judge a man by his hands and the calluses on it.

I was told this years back, and have since experienced and seen it to be very true. Callused hands are a sign that you are probably working hard and unafraid to get your hands dirty.

No gloves for me.[/quote]

^^all of this is true… also, workout gloves are just so stupid looking. They should be worn by girls who want to keep their hands soft and thats about it.[/quote]

Thanks, I’ll keep this in mind next time I put my workout gloves on.[/quote]

I prefer welding gloves myself.[/quote]

Haha, welding gloves at the gym would be hilarious.

I don’t know about you guys but I’d rather impress women with my hands than old, blue collar service dudes.
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…hmmm.

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[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:

[quote]eeu743 wrote:

[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
^ this is what I mean. my gf’s father has been a roofer for over thirty years, the guy’s hands are like bear claws covered in sandpaper. great guy, father and husband. but I guess calluses don’t fit too well with the metrosexual stereotype? hence my friend’s comment.

[quote]eeu743 wrote:
So basically, you wanted to say that you have calluses and are manly.[/quote]

hah no wtf, then the thread would’ve gone like:

“Calluses Are Manly”

“… I have them and I don’t care what you think.”

[/quote]

lol yeah ok. You definitely didn’t make the majority of the first post about how your hands are thick, bumpy, and feel like sandpaper. Or that your girlfriend likes it. Or that you don’t lift with gloves. Or that you thought it was pretty manly. With a little comment about how they don’t come from curling in the squat rack, which wouldn’t be hardcore which you totally are.
[/quote]

I’m slow, bear with me. I thought I just made a statement “I have calluses” and went into how I got them and how they are. and like others said, it’s a sign that you’re dedicated and you lift heavy shit. the curls in the squat rack thing was a reference to that… I mean you can’t get calluses from lifting light.

I’m talking about the manliness (or not) of calluses dammit!!
← not the manliness of the fro!!

side note: gf’s coming over tonight so I figure what the hey I’ll try shaving the calluses down. holy hell I didn’t expect to pick SHEETS of skin out my razor. and my hands feel much nicer.[/quote] Yep. And you should still have enough dead skin to protect your hands.

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This was another one of those threads where the first dozen posts agreed with the OP, then someone comes in from the opposing side, then the next 10 agree with that new guy, then it slowly winds its way one way or the other.

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
I can’t believe any MAN that would wear gloves to the gym in order to protect their skin (I wear mine on CGBP because they have a wrist wrap built in, but thats the only time I wear them). You know what I think to myself when I hand my COC gripper to a guy and they mention that the knurling on the handles “hurts” or “it’s rough!”?..TWAT!!!

I remember when I realized a few years ago that I never had the OPPORTUNITY to work either construction or landscaping. I wanted THOSE muscles, and I wanted THOSE (nasty, rough, beat-up, sandpaper feeling) hands. Imagine being able to strike a match on your palms…man THAT would be the day.

If I see a dude with soft supple hands all I imagine is that he sits in his moms basement playing video-games and brushing his ‘My Little Pony’ toy.

Remember that girls look at guys hands, so yours better look fucking MANLY[/quote]
At risk of being an “internet tough guy” I shave my calluses down, lotion both my hands and feet, use special cleansing soaps on my face and trim my pubes, sometimes shave them completely (I leave my chest and stomach hairy FWIW and my back isn’t hairy to begin with, not yet anyways).

I bet I pull more ass than you and have kinkier sex with the ass I pull. Just saying. And I do love grooming “my little pony” though I like to think of it as a wild stallion.

I’ve met ladies who love a 5 o’clock shadow for the rough masculinity it espouses on an angular jaw line, women who love the fact I like wearing jeans and cowboy boots at least as often as shoes, women who love the body a barbell and some plates builds, women who love my strong slightly scarred hands’ appearance, women who love a managed callus or two but I’ve never met a woman who loved having sandpaper rubbed all over and in her naked body.

When I see knarly hands with dead skin spots, flaky palms, calluses like warts and dirty fingernails, I think “celibate”. Not that I check out dudes hands often, but sometimes you shake them and just have to look.

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You have your lotions, er, I mean, Moisturizers. I have sweat. I would use them but I don’t need to if it’s not winter, and even then I only require it on the back of my knuckles. So is bath and body works where you do most of your scouting?

I bet you do pull more ass, I bet you are also older. And TBH right now I could not care less. I use my fingertips on her skin which remain pretty smooth, even through the guitar/bass playing that I do. I’d rather wear gloves to bed than gloves to the gym lol.

Do you wear gloves to the gym? Quincy Milktoast.

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callouses aren’t manly. or at least mine aren’t.

girls lifting with gloves for fear of becoming manly…

lolz.