I can’t do a set of hanging leg raises, because my calluses hurt when I’m trying to hold on. Do I need to tough it out or is there a better solution? I don’t own gloves, because I want to develop good grip.
Well, you could just use the gloves for the hanging leg raises only and then incorporate more grip training into your workouts. Other than that just tough it out.
No offense man, but this is the most un hardcore thing I have ever read on here. You mine as well said your vagina hurts when you doing bosu ball crunches.
solution to your problem:
Hold onto the bar with your fingers not the cushion of your palm where the calluses build up. That takes away all pain for me.
Get the sand out of your vagina and be a man.
Haha…I did feel like a pussy for not finishing them, but I kept losing my grip. Aight, I’ll try just holding on with my fingers. That ab sling sounds interesting…
Okay, I have another question. When I do the leg raise if I start swinging does that mean I’m going too quickly and need to slow down? Is it a grip issue?
when you start swinging your useing momentum, its not a grip issue.
Even when I first started lifting my hands never hurt that much that I couldnt hold on. You need to man up. And don’t bitch out by getting gloves.
Ronnie Coleman wears gloves. He even uses lifting straps.
One thing I realized yesterday was that my tempo has been bad on my workouts. I’ve been using momentum too much to do my lifts. I’m going to start focusing more on tempo and it might mean a reduction he weight and reps, but I’m obviously not working the muscle correctly.
Anyway, I do think I’m doing the leg raise a bit too quickly. I’ll try and slow it down and improve the technique.
lol…I should have know better than to ask this question here. 
[quote]Digity wrote:
I can’t do a set of hanging leg raises, because my calluses hurt when I’m trying to hold on. Do I need to tough it out or is there a better solution? I don’t own gloves, because I want to develop good grip.[/quote]
??? How does not wearing gloves make your grip stronger? I wear 'em 'cause I can hold onto a bar longer if it hurts my calluses less, so as a result my grip develops endurance.
Gloves do make your grip stronger…but wearing gloves doesn’t help you develop a strong grip (with bare hands). I want to develop good grip with my bare hands.
[quote]Digity wrote:
Gloves do make your grip stronger…but wearing gloves doesn’t help you develop a strong grip (with bare hands). I want to develop good grip with my bare hands.[/quote]
Ooooookay. Glad to hear that your machismo gets in the way of good judgment.
[quote]BF Bullpup wrote:
Digity wrote:
Gloves do make your grip stronger…but wearing gloves doesn’t help you develop a strong grip (with bare hands). I want to develop good grip with my bare hands.
Ooooookay. Glad to hear that your machismo gets in the way of good judgment.[/quote]
No, I’m following DeFranco’s advice. I’m on the WS4SB program and he emphasizes developing hand muscles for good grip. Developing hand muscles isn’t very macho. I do like the idea of having good grip, because in REAL LIFE people don’t go around wearing gloves. They do stuff with their BARE HANDS.
If anything, wearing gloves would let me lift more and do more, which would actually feed my ego. In a sense, one could argue that wearing gloves is trying to be macho.
Wearing gloves isn’t a ‘real’ man vs a ‘non’ man issue. Some wear gloves for reasons that revolve around work and business and not wanting to have ‘nasty’ weight lifting hands when shaking/greeting clients. Others wear them to help prevent the pain or tearing into hands. Some wear them for better grips on different bars where they are worn down from use.
In the end yes gloves can help you hold/grip better, and even help prevent pain from some bars (big deep grooves) and pain from calluses. But without good grip strength you’ll always suffer when doing exercises/lifts that need good grip strength.
The article for chinups gives some good exercises:
http://www.T-Nation.com/article/bodybuilding/keep_your_chin_up
As far as ‘swinging’ like its been mentioned before you’ve lost ‘control’ of the exercise and good form. Slow, steady and swing free is what you want. We have the arm slings at our gym, and I’m still a man even if I use them. Just because I can’t grip for 3 or 4 sets of 25 doesn’t mean anything. No one knows what you’ve worked out before or should they even care. You should focus more on completing the exercise, done right, vs if you have gloves or use a sling.