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callus Anonymous
I have some trouble with callus on my hands from the barbell and dumbbells. I read talcum helps but I can't use it because my whole apartment would get fucking white. Can you recommend something else?
>> Anonymous
take you own chalk with you. or get gloves.
>> Anonymous
Gloves. Damn.
>> Anonymous
If they really become a problem gloves or wrist-straps.
>> Anonymous
Are you really tearing the calluses off your hands, or are you just complaining about the calluses themselves?

If you're tearing the skin of your hands, you need to start using gymnasts' chalk. If you're bitching about your hands toughening up, I don't know what to tell you.
>> Anonymous
If you're taking care fo your skin to begin with, it shouldn't be a major problem. Baby powder is probably the cheapest solution, a little on your hands goes a long way when lifting.

to get rid of calluses you have already, two things will help it: Moisturizer and a pumice stone. The lotion makes sure your skin holds the correct amount of moisture, helping prevent calluses to begin with, and rubbing a pumice stone over your hands (and feet if you have problems there as well) helps remove dead skin.

basically this shouldn't be a problem if you take care of your skin to begin with.
>> Anonymous
Jesus man, get gloves.
>> SaiGAR_Loser !!2OQL1suPfp+
Golves are an immediate solution. After you finish using your hands, slap them together as hard as you can a couple times to speed up the bloodflow back to your hands to facilitate quicker recovery and healing.
>> Anonymous
Don't use gloves. Your hands won't become strong and it will hurt your progress in the long run.
>> Anonymous
no, use gloves till the blisters heal then slowly work your hands without gloves until callouses form.
>> Anonymous
who the fuck needs strong 'palms' just wear gloves
>> Anonymous
>>37904
lol ya rly
>> Anonymous
>>37904
you can't deadlift in gloves. they destroy your fingers.

you can't do olympic lifts in gloves, they destroy your fingers.

you can't do chin ups in gloves, they destroy your fingers.

you can't do anything worthwhile in gloves. so fuck gloves.
>> Anonymous
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anyone who has soft feminine hands that cant do any hard work (including lifting in the gym) is 100% a sissy NANCY BOY.

If those are your hands in the picture OP, then let them heal. You will be tougher and that wont happen again.

If you are just complaining, then toughen the fuck up. Wear gloves in situations/jobs you need to. You do not need to in the gym
>> Anonymous
>>37947
You dont make sense at all.

People who dont wear gloves are like "I am man. Man need not glove. Man need rough hand."

Well your idiots. If you handle weights frequently you need to be using gloves - all the pros do these days. Calluses can form under the gloves. Or do some exercises without gloves.

But if you're gripping a lot of rough bars, as most gyms have, you fucking need gloves or that will really kill your hands.
>> Anonymous
>>37969
calluses form because you are holding the bar incorrectly. e.g too high in the palm during deadlift so that the skin folds under the weight. As long as you are holding the bar properly there shouldn't be any problem.
>> Anonymous
>>37981
so thats one exercise you dont need gloves for. I do about 40 different exercises in a week.
>> Anonymous
wtf is this shit. Calluses are a good thing. Toughness is good. What are soft hands good for? Girly and GAY things.

Lifting in the gym with gloves is homosexual. GET BIG / LOOK LIKE A TOUGH GUY...o wait...girl hands.
>> Anonymous
>>37987
so what other exercises to do you? If you get calluses from 40lb dumbell curls then you are a pussy.
>> Anonymous
>>37996
OK: I'm a gay bodybuilder. What now?
>> Anonymous
>>38003

eat a bowl of dicks!
>> Anonymous
>>37981
Most useful reply so far, thanks. Will try another grip next time for those exercises where I have problems with my Hands.
>> Anonymous
>>38003
then wear your fucking gloves

/thread
>> Guil
>>37996
I'm pretty sure girls would rather have it your hands are soft when you're trying to rub them. Especially in special areas that are sensitive.
Theres manly hands that are large and obviously not as soft a girl but then theres fucking ridiculous hands full of callouses and cracked skin that are just gross.

If you think wearing gloves will give you skin comparable to a girl then you're retarded. I think you're just trying to overcompensate for your lack of man.
>> Anonymous
>>38030
Hey asshole. I didnt say dont take care of your skin so that it is cracked and gross. Calluses are natural.

Of course gloves will give you skin comparable to a girl. Girls in general do not do physical labor. They are soft, delicate, and beautiful. THEY *NEED* GLOVES to maintain their pretty little hands...and so do you it sounds like.
>> Hammerknife !7ITukp3Pj2
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I wear fingerless gloves, so I can be as cool as this guy.
>> Anonymous
>>38245
It's not as cool without the dog.
>> Anonymous
ZOMGSPLOTIONPONIESAUCE THE GURLZ WON'T LIEK ME IF I HAVE CALUSSSSES!!!!! I'M SMRT, FUNNI, ATTRACTIVE, AND INTERRRSTING TO TALLK TO BUT I HAVE TEH CALUSSESS, THAT'S LIEK TEH CLINCHER RIGHT THAR

Holy fucking shit people piss me off. Wear gloves? If you're having a bloody mess of your hands, just man up and deal with it, eventually they'll be carved out of stone (After deads I used to bleed all kinds, after about a month of pain every time I moved my hands it went away and my hands have never had problems since. If I can do it you can do it). Screw gloves, unless you're in a post-apocalyptic wasteland
>> Anonymous
>>37969
>>Well your idiots. If you handle weights frequently you need to be using gloves - all the pros do these days.

the fuck are you talking about? i don't even use machines, i use barbells and dumbbells and i do compound lifts, four sessions per week. your hands get calloused and you pick loose skin off. for heavy lifts you use chalk. what kind of faggot are you?

pros? what fucking pros? pro-homos? sure, i'll concede that point, gay rent-boys use gloves. you got me on that one.
>> Anonymous
>>38263
if your hands are that fucked up, tape them. gloves won't change shit.
>> Anonymous
>>37981
>>37981
>>37981

Also, since you're exercising at home (presumably), you can get some sandpaper and sand down the knurls (grips) on your bar/dumbbells.

Everything you need is in the book Starting Strength, which can be found on rapidshare.
>> Anonymous
im glad other anons are fighting the faggotry with me
>> Anonymous
>>38303
those arent OP's hands. Its the first hit on goolge
>> SAGE SAGE
Gloves or Wrist Wraps, retard.

OP is dumbfuck.
>> Anonymous
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>>38289
>>37998
see pic. Ronnie Coleman. Gloves. Looks to be 55 or 60lbs. Interesting.

>>38263
So you used to work out and bleed all up in the gym. Good job spreading your AIDS and contracting Staph infection you fucking moron.

Wearing gloves is a good idea if you lift alot. Your hands still get hardened underneath. The gloves just stop the grip of the bar from tearing up your skin when you lift. I lift with or without gloves, and have tough skin all across my hands. Still use gloves sometimes, because they're a good protective tool.
>> Anonymous
>>38395
ron coleman wear gloves and hes manly
>> Anonymous
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who would you like to be?
>> Anonymous
>>38399
nice job selecting an non-bias image!
>> Anonymous
>>38399

Uh...neither. I'm guessing the guy on the right is way stronger, but he's fat and very unattractive.

The guy on the left is a nigger. Plus, his muscles are way too big and gross.
>> Anonymous
>>38404
the guy on the left is a body builder. the guy on the right is an olympic weigth lifter and is one of the strongest people in this planet.

617lb front squat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkSN3f-a3Ok

casually doing 672lb squats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMkz0jf6dU

power snatching 463lb, this requires so much explosive power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUmajPlZ3cI
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>>38421
How about Marius Pudzianowski? Several time world strong man who has the looks of a body builder.

Proves to strong men you dont have to carry extra fat to be strong and proves body builders aren't just for show.
>> Anonymous
>>38432
that's right. actually i prefer the looks of a cut powerlifter than of a strict bodybuilder. powerlifters look organic while bodybuilders look synthetic. human bodies are meant to have imperfections. I wonder what razazadeh would look like if he cut. I bet he would be a freaking monster.
>> Anonymous
i get calluses all the fucking time, I leave them alone and peel them off when i'm bored (it's just dead skin, no blood) I have some now as a matter of fact. leave them you fag, unless you have a girlfriend that cares and get all smoochy with, then ya...go get a manicure.....faggot
>>38004
that's been my favorite insult for weeks.