Why Should You Use Workout Gloves?

I (Juliane) only started wearing workout gloves about a year ago, but now I can't workout without them! If you are considering them here are some reasons they will benefit your workout....(besides the fact that they make you look tough:)

1. They protect your hands from calluses and blisters which is especially important when you get into heavier weights and if you do a lot of pull-ups and deadlifts.

2. They help your grip strength which distributes some of the weight to your forearms instead of your hands, so you can lift a little longer and heavier before your grip gives out.

3. The padding on the gloves takes the pressure off your hands and makes lifting heavier weights a little easier on the hands through the protection.

4. Some gloves also wrap around your wrists. This provides valuable support for the wrists while they support heavy weights. The material of the glove acts like extra ligaments and tendons while the wrist is bent backward. Weight lifting gloves help prevent wrist injuries in the gym.

5. They wick sweat from your hands so your hands don't slip on the bars. Plus, if you're a bit of a germ-a-phobe in the gym, you don't have to directly touch the bars and weights and can wash your gloves between workouts.

6. And last, but certainly not least, they are fun to match with your workout clothes and make you look tough! Looking good is an important component to feeling good!

I currently rotate between 4 pairs since I use them daily and don't want to wash them everyday. I most recently started using these Harbinger purple gloves. Caution: they run extremely small! I wear a medium in all the gloves but I could have gotten a large in these, hopefully they will stretch more. They do have nice padding on the palm.

                           

                        

 

I love the "old school" look of the Valeo knit lifting gloves, but the white ones get really dirty, quickly, and it doesn't come off no matter how many times I wash them. So go with the black ones.

The Go Fit gray ones are thin and don't have a lot of padding and ripped easily. They are nice for lighter days.

                                    

I'd have to say my favorite of the four are the black knit Valeo gloves which I got for a pretty cheap deal on Amazon.com

                              

What are some of your favorite lifting gloves? I'd like to test some more out so comment and leave some ideas for me!

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