Deadlifts with lifting gloves

hastur · Sep 20, 2010

Originally Posted by mmadha

I agree gloves are for wimps, but nobody on here mentioned how to correct your form so callouses do not form in the first place or at least minimally. Callouses occur when the barbell slides from the middle of you palm, where noobs grip the bar, to your fingers, where for pulling exercises, is the more natural location for the barbell. Minimize callus formation by griping the bar closer to the fingers than the palm and use chalk if your hands are sweaty.

regardless of how your grip is, you're gonna get calluses from deadlifting, it's simply part of pulling heavy weight off of the floor with your hands

everyone should keep their calluses in check, though, with a pedegg or a pumice stone, to prevent them from tearing off when they get too bad

bloody holes in your hands usually means you can't grip anything for quite awhile~

Mr Herbert · Sep 20, 2010

if your callouses get too big you can soak your hands in warm water and cut them off with a razer blade. they shouldnt rip if they arent too big.

file them down with a nail file or something.

also, chalk and wraps serve different purposes. chalk stops you from slipping when your sweaty. wraps let your lift more when your grip is the limiting factor. neither will stop callouses.

it sounds like you have a lot to learn. go and hit up some of the powerlifting or weightlifting forums - but just read, dont post.

Lagrangian · Sep 20, 2010

Here, a nice DL grip for your consideration.

Chalk up when necessary, man up and you're ready!

Then again, if calluses are your only concern while lifting, maybe deads just aren't for you... I mean, deadlifts hard and they make you hurt.
Like hell. But that's how you get stronger.

ramuman · Sep 20, 2010

Originally Posted by TrH

Here, a nice DL grip for your consideration.

Chalk up when necessary, man up and you're ready!

Then again, if calluses are your only concern while lifting, maybe deads just aren't for you... I mean, they're hard and they make you hurt.
Like hell. But that's how you get stronger.

My calluses have never hurt. They might be a nuisance and require picking off, but they're just hardened dead skin - no?

ramuman · Sep 20, 2010

Originally Posted by Mr Herbert

if your callouses get too big you can soak your hands in warm water and cut them off with a razer blade. they shouldnt rip if they arent too big.

file them down with a nail file or something.

also, chalk and wraps serve different purposes. chalk stops you from slipping when your sweaty. wraps let your lift more when your grip is the limiting factor. neither will stop callouses.

it sounds like you have a lot to learn. go and hit up some of the powerlifting or weightlifting forums - but just read, dont post.

Just read this: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Mark_Rippetoe

Don't waste your time on any of the forums listening to broscience and online hardasses.

Lagrangian · Sep 20, 2010

oh crap, grammar mistake. I meant deadlifts are hard..

dissapointedengineer · Sep 20, 2010

Originally Posted by blackwar12

I want to start incorporating deadlifts into my workout. However, from what I've been reading and watching it seems that everyone says that grip strength is key for deadlifts, and thus lifting gloves are not ideal since it results in a weaker grip. I lift with lifting gloves primarily because I don't want calluses on my hand; I want them pretty smooth in other words.

Would it be advisable to perform deadlifts with lifting gloves? Or should I just stay away from it if due to my unwillingness to have callused, rough hands ?

If you are willing to rule out certain movements b/c you "don't want calluses" then don't lift.

Almost every back exersise (pulling exercise) will give you calluses - bb row, pullups/downs, db rows, ESPECIALLY deadlifts.

Use straps. And you will get calluses. Get over it.

entrero · Sep 20, 2010

+1 on Rippetoe
-1 on broscience

Superfluous Man · Sep 20, 2010

Throw some rosin on your hands and get to it.

BBSLM · Sep 20, 2010

Originally Posted by Kajak

chicks dig calloused hands.

Ive found this to be surprisingly true; although probably more so here in the South, but still.

Pennglock · Sep 21, 2010

Originally Posted by blackwar12

Would it be advisable to perform deadlifts with lifting gloves?

Only if you can find a pair to match your handbag.

Man of Wealth and Taste · Sep 21, 2010

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

You sound like the biggest queer in the world. Please do not sully deadlifts by trying them. Stick to bicep curls.

Am I to late to recommend the shake weight?

blackwar12 · Sep 21, 2010

Dang, so much hate here guys! Are deadlifts really *that* hard? I incorporate compound exercises into my workout (squat, bench press, and weighted pull-ups among all others), but I specifically have been avoiding deadlifts simply because I really do NOT want calluses. I noticed a couple years ago when I started lifting that they were "growing" on my hand, and gloves put a quick stop to that. I don't think my performance has dropped any, besides lack of dealifts, and on top of that I don't have to deal with having rough calluses.

If using gloves are for wimps and queers, I'd hate to know what you guys think about people who go to the gym to just work out their biceps doing curls in the squat rack. No offense, but I don't want anything to ever come close to the calluses on the bottom of my feet to be on my hands. I prefer not to be a burly, wild, grizzly lumberjack of a man :| ...

rjmaiorano · Sep 21, 2010

Originally Posted by blackwar12

Dang, so much hate here guys! Are deadlifts really *that* hard? I incorporate compound exercises into my workout (squat, bench press, and weighted pull-ups among all others), but I specifically have been avoiding deadlifts simply because I really do NOT want calluses. I noticed a couple years ago when I started lifting that they were "growing" on my hand, and gloves put a quick stop to that. I don't think my performance has dropped any, besides lack of dealifts, and on top of that I don't have to deal with having rough calluses.

If using gloves are for wimps and queers, I'd hate to know what you guys think about people who go to the gym to just work out their biceps doing curls in the squat rack. No offense, but I don't want anything to ever come close to the calluses on the bottom of my feet to be on my hands. I prefer not to be a burly, wild, grizzly lumberjack of a man :| ...

We hate them.

Simply, there is nothing wrong with calluses.

bbaquiran · Sep 21, 2010

I did curls in the squat rack last night.

But I also squatted, pressed and did chins.

Deadlifts with lifting gloves

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