Comments on: Weight Belts and Gloves – Do You Need Them? http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/ Level up your life, every single day. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve Kambhttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-11348 Steve Kamb Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:15:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-11348  hey Lance! Thanks for the comment; my apologies, I certainly didn't intend to offend...the article has been edited to better reflect my views. Hope you stick around the community. Cheers! -Steve   hey Lance!

Thanks for the comment; my apologies, I certainly didn’t intend to offend…the article has been edited to better reflect my views.

Hope you stick around the community. Cheers!

-Steve 

]]> By: Lance Magichttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-11337 Lance Magic Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:23:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-11337 I love your site. I'm gay and being a somewhat militant homo because of the horseshit I have had to deal with all my life, I wonder.. does the comment about rough hands and big arms apply to me too? (sarcasm intended) I can't be mad at you if you''re STR8 and you want to illiterate how manly shit is like dick-powder to Pavlov's bitch. I just get pissed that I live in what is still an exclusively hetero-inundated world where it is assumed that everyone fits into these tiny little asphyxiating gender roles and archetypal roles. Whatever. I still like your site. You have a lot of comprehensive information here.   I love your site. I’m gay and being a somewhat militant homo because of the horseshit I have had to deal with all my life, I wonder.. does the comment about rough hands and big arms apply to me too? (sarcasm intended) I can’t be mad at you if you”re STR8 and you want to illiterate how manly shit is like dick-powder to Pavlov’s bitch. I just get pissed that I live in what is still an exclusively hetero-inundated world where it is assumed that everyone fits into these tiny little asphyxiating gender roles and archetypal roles. Whatever. I still like your site. You have a lot of comprehensive information here.  

]]> By: Gwheeler6http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-9024 Gwheeler6 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-9024 Hi i agree i started training  when arnold was at hes peak no pain no gain .spit and saw dust gym wind was blowing in the gym as the windows fan light would not shut bitter out side ice on the mirrors and just a small stereo they were the days . could hardley walk out of the gym as legs were sore from squating. just train harder no gloves or belt hardcore.  Hi
i agree i started training  when arnold was at hes peak no pain no gain .spit and saw dust gym wind was blowing in the gym as the windows fan light would not shut bitter out side ice on the mirrors and just a small stereo they were the days . could hardley walk out of the gym as legs were sore from squating.
just train harder no gloves or belt hardcore. 

]]> By: Finrosshttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7178 Finross Sat, 07 May 2011 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-7178 Even with gloves I still developed calluses. To do without them would make it far worse and I for one don't like the discomfort of hard skin on my hands. It is manly to go hunting for your food too, but far more sensible to go to the supermarket instead. I like sensible. Even with gloves I still developed calluses.
To do without them would make it far worse and I for one don’t like the discomfort of hard skin on my hands.
It is manly to go hunting for your food too, but far more sensible to go to the supermarket instead.
I like sensible.

]]> By: Finrosshttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7179 Finross Sat, 07 May 2011 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-7179 Even with gloves I still developed calluses. To do without them would make it far worse and I for one don't like the discomfort of hard skin on my hands. It is manly to go hunting for your food too, but far more sensible to go to the supermarket instead. I like sensible. Even with gloves I still developed calluses.
To do without them would make it far worse and I for one don’t like the discomfort of hard skin on my hands.
It is manly to go hunting for your food too, but far more sensible to go to the supermarket instead.
I like sensible.

]]> By: Bzholendhttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-6279 Bzholend Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-6279 I disagree with you on the use of gloves for a few reasons. One is that some men don't want to have callous hands regardless of the manly appeal of walking around with rough hands. Even though the aesthetic appeal of smoother hands may not be worth the price of training gloves, the most important reason for gloves is infection control. Gloves should be worn for the user's safety and everyone else's safety as well. Whether someone is just carrying germs (we all are) or serious viral/bacterial particles, everyone should wear gloves to prevent the spread of infection. I disagree with you on the use of gloves for a few reasons. One is that some men don’t want to have callous hands regardless of the manly appeal of walking around with rough hands. Even though the aesthetic appeal of smoother hands may not be worth the price of training gloves, the most important reason for gloves is infection control. Gloves should be worn for the user’s safety and everyone else’s safety as well. Whether someone is just carrying germs (we all are) or serious viral/bacterial particles, everyone should wear gloves to prevent the spread of infection.

]]> By: Steve Kambhttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3611 Steve Kamb Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:47:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-3611 Hey JC! I see where you're coming from, and I think you do make a valid point. However, I guess I"m just old school in that I love lifting weights knowing that there wasn't a single artificial thing helping me along the way. I love feeling the steel of the bar on my rough hands as I pull that weight up for deadlifts. I figure if my grip gives out before the rest of me, it's because my body isn't fully prepared to lift more than that. Adding in gloves and straps do allow you to lift more, more quickly, but it's also more weight on your joints and bones that you normally wouldn't have if you were doing it naturally. To each his own, but I still lift glove free; I was up to about 315 or so for 3 sets of 5 on deadlifts before I got sick and backed off...working my way back up now (did 3x5x265 the other day). -Steve Hey JC!

I see where you’re coming from, and I think you do make a valid point. However, I guess I”m just old school in that I love lifting weights knowing that there wasn’t a single artificial thing helping me along the way. I love feeling the steel of the bar on my rough hands as I pull that weight up for deadlifts.

I figure if my grip gives out before the rest of me, it’s because my body isn’t fully prepared to lift more than that. Adding in gloves and straps do allow you to lift more, more quickly, but it’s also more weight on your joints and bones that you normally wouldn’t have if you were doing it naturally.

To each his own, but I still lift glove free; I was up to about 315 or so for 3 sets of 5 on deadlifts before I got sick and backed off…working my way back up now (did 3x5x265 the other day).

-Steve

]]> By: JChttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3610 JC Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-3610 I know this is a really old post, but aren't gloves a good thing sometimes? If your hand/wrist strength is holding you back and wearing gloves with weight hooks or straps can help you lift heavier weights with a fuller range of motion... why not use them? You can work on hand strength and callus on the side with tools specifically for those. I know this is a really old post, but aren’t gloves a good thing sometimes? If your hand/wrist strength is holding you back and wearing gloves with weight hooks or straps can help you lift heavier weights with a fuller range of motion… why not use them? You can work on hand strength and callus on the side with tools specifically for those.

]]> By: JChttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3609 JC Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:15:24 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-3609 I know this is a really old post, but aren't gloves a good thing sometimes? If your hand/wrist strength is holding you back and wearing gloves with weight hooks or straps can help you lift heavier weights with a fuller range of motion... why not use them? You can work on hand strength and callus on the side with tools specifically for those. I know this is a really old post, but aren’t gloves a good thing sometimes? If your hand/wrist strength is holding you back and wearing gloves with weight hooks or straps can help you lift heavier weights with a fuller range of motion… why not use them? You can work on hand strength and callus on the side with tools specifically for those.

]]> By: Squats: Why You NEED to do them, and how to do them right | Nerd Fitnesshttp://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/06/03/weight-belts-and-gloves-dont-waste-your-money-or-time/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Squats: Why You NEED to do them, and how to do them right | Nerd Fitness Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:11:46 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=1697#comment-430 [...] Oh, and DON’T even think about wearing a weight belt (unless you’ve experienced serious back injury in the past).  Read why here. [...] [...] Oh, and DON’T even think about wearing a weight belt (unless you’ve experienced serious back injury in the past).  Read why here. [...]

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