I’d have to admit I only bought mine because they look mighty cool. But since I realized I felt more control and strength in all exersizes they went to the museum (ready to be put on the day Angelina Jolie joins the gym).
Ronnie Coleman wore them when he deadlifted 800 pounds.
[quote]yanreh wrote:
i apologize i should’ve used the search button.
i am actually a girl…i’ve only started lifting heavy 4 months ago. i don’t care for getting rough hands from lifting. it’s only recently that my hands hurt so bad during my deadlift pulls that i miss the lift even though i know i can pull heavier.
my net trainer told me that gloves interfere with the nerve signals sent from special pressure sensors in your hands to the spinal cord and the rest of your muscles. i am starting to question how credible this is.[/quote]
try the gloves if you want to. you won’t die. other than that just keep your calluses flat and your hands with come around in time.
on a side note i plan on taking a box of exam gloves w/ me to my next workout. i figure sooner or later i’ll make the squat rack curls thread …"you’re never gonna believe what i saw at the gym today- some freak chalkin’ up w/ gold bond, wearin’ a respirator, shower cap and changin’ his gloves after every lift…
[quote]yanreh wrote:
my net trainer told me that gloves interfere with the nerve signals sent from special pressure sensors in your hands to the spinal cord and the rest of your muscles. i am starting to question how credible this is.[/quote]
Not for pulls in my opinion/experience. For pulls I think that pain in the hands actually shuts down pulling muscles.
May be true in presses as well.
I don’t use gloves, but the nerve impulse stuff is not true in this case.
[quote]yanreh wrote:
i apologize i should’ve used the search button.
i am actually a girl…i’ve only started lifting heavy 4 months ago. i don’t care for getting rough hands from lifting. it’s only recently that my hands hurt so bad during my deadlift pulls that i miss the lift even though i know i can pull heavier.
my net trainer told me that gloves interfere with the nerve signals sent from special pressure sensors in your hands to the spinal cord and the rest of your muscles. i am starting to question how credible this is.[/quote]
Yanreh, your net trainer is correct about the nerve signals that are not only in the palms of your hands but also in the soles of your feet. The less contact between your hands on the bar and feet on the floor the more power towards your lifts. This is why many powerlifters wear flat sole shoes like chuck taylors or wrestling shoes while squating and deadlifting.
The pain you are feeling in your hands is not a pleasant thing that all of us feel-including myself-who dont wear gloves. It could also depend on what type of workouts you are doing. If it is a higher rep/set bodybuilding type of stuff you may need to go to the gloves as I tell the people I train-Im nsca/cscs-or train with it is better to train with the gloves than not train without them.
for more info on the nerve transmissons from the hands and feet check out page 78-79 of Pavel Tsatsoulines "power to the people" book it is something anyone who lifts should read. dont give up keep training hard gymrat
[quote]gymratsince73 wrote:
Yanreh, your net trainer is correct about the nerve signals that are not only in the palms of your hands but also in the soles of your feet. The less contact between your hands on the bar and feet on the floor the more power towards your lifts. This is why many powerlifters wear flat sole shoes like chuck taylors or wrestling shoes while squating and deadlifting.
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Yes, less contact=more force. Why then is is better NOT to use gloves?
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That has nothing to do with why powerlifters use those shoes. They use them because they have a lower center of gravity so they don’t role, and because they are thinner and closer to the ground for the deadlift.
Now its true that there are sensors in the heel that shut down hip power which is why you don’t want to put your heels up on a board.
Its also true that you can exert more force on a thin handle bar than on a thick handle bar, but thats probably because it doesn’t slip or break your grip. Having your grip slip does reflexively shut down contraction.
Gloves dont break any routine and they may improve it. The real problem is that bars are to thick for small handed people.
I’ve been contemplating going with the gloves, but just found an old mouse mat with a soft compound foam backing.
I’ve ripped off top of the mat, cleaned the foam up, cut it in half and now have 2 twice-palm size foam grips which i wrap around the bar. the foam really grips the bar, and my hands get real good purchase - no slips due to sweaty hands, and i save my calluses for the shovel in the backyard reno on the weekends.
cheers
SW
Skin against steel will make your hands STRONGER! My wife digs my tough hands…
[quote]tom63 wrote:
Lifting gloves are for girls or pansies. The question you must ask yourself is, do you have a vagina and boobs.[/quote]
Uh no. Nice try big guy but gloves are not for girls. They are for metros and weaklings. A vagina and boobs does not equal weak and needs gloves.
I do not wear gloves and have been lifting heavy for about a year and a half now. I only use chalk on max attempts. When I am done lifting I wash my hands and put lots of cocoa butter on them. Keep in mind that a big part of lifting the heavier weights is having a strong grip in order to hold on to the bar/dbs. If you are wearing gloves it’s like cheating on the grip strength factor.
I may not have the smoothest hands around but I have three apf state records. It’s all about choices my dear.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
Ronnie Coleman wore them when he deadlifted 800 pounds.[/quote]
As memory recalls, he used straps.
Gloves definitely gave me a false sense of strength in my earlier years. The first time I stopped using gloves, it became painfully obvious I had no grip strength. My bench press and deadlift went WAY down.
they will make lifting harder since your hands cant wrap around the bar as well. probably good for grip, but terrible to move more weight. try using an under/over grip for DLs and perhaps chalk for other lifts. Gloves will keep your hands all nice but probably wont alleviate pain much. pummice or other abbrasives work well for that. its when the callous is about to crack open that you feel pain, so keep them in check and you will be fine.
For a few months, I wore those cheap gloves with the cotton netting on the back. Din’t make a rat’s-ass worth of difference. I still got calluses. My hands still hurt a bit when I pulled, chinned, and shrugged heavy. They provided zero carryover. The only difference I got was that, after a couple weeks, the cotton and leather gloves had absorbed enough sweat and skin oils to become a bacterial Mardi Gras. Because of this, they got real funky smelling; so much so in fact, that my hands smelled funny hours after my workout- even after I had taken the skanky gloves off and washed the everlovin’ hell out of my hands.
Therefore, it is my opinion that gloves do not make you a big puss-ah, but they may make your hand stinky. Barehanded is the way to go.
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Zap Branigan wrote:
Ronnie Coleman wore them when he deadlifted 800 pounds.
As memory recalls, he used straps.
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I just checked the video. He uses both gloves and straps.
Gloves are not for weaklings. They have their place, but no need to go overboard with them.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
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Zap Branigan wrote:
Ronnie Coleman wore them when he deadlifted 800 pounds.
As memory recalls, he used straps.
I just checked the video. He uses both gloves and straps.
Gloves are not for weaklings. They have their place, but no need to go overboard with them. [/quote]
Only flaw in the logic - thats 800 lbs. More than any of us will probably ever lift. Second flaw - how can you have straps without gloves?
Just some food for thought 
Edit: although yes, in places they do have their place - I agree there.
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Second flaw - how can you have straps without gloves?
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I’m sorry, what? There are plenty of wrist straps out there that you use without gloves. What flaw are you talking about?
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Only flaw in the logic - thats 800 lbs. More than any of us will probably ever lift. [/quote]
Also, how is that “800lbs more than any of us will probably ever lift?” I DL well into the 400s and I’m not even that strong with it yet. That tells me it’s more like 300 and some change more than me.
I have no idea what I was smoking when I made that glove comment. I retract that.
As far as the deadlifting goes, I stand by many of us not being able to DL 800… maybe I’m just blinkered?
I think when it comes down to it, if you don’t wear gloves you are a big pussy 
[quote]randman wrote:
I think when it comes down to it, if you don’t wear gloves you are a big pussy ;)[/quote]
Don’t forget to wear a belt too, especially when curling in the squat rack or doing cardio.