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I've recently begun lifting weights, and I've noticed some calluses forming on my hands. Are they harmful or dangerous? Do I have to treat them or I can leave them be?
What's the WORST that could develop from a callus?
>> Anonymous
uh..nothing. a callus is a callus. nothing else.
>> Anonymous
you could rip them off....but you don't need to, it's just skin
>> Anonymous
If they just started, they'll get bigger.

And they do nothing, it's just tougher skin.
>> Anonymous
It's just a sign of hard work. You can file them down if it bothers you.

http://stronglifts.com/how-to-minimize-callus-formation-treat-ripped-calluses/
>> Anonymous
Worst thing that could happen is ripping them open, which hurts like hell.
>> Anonymous
>>265700
no it doesnt hurt like hell u pussy!
>> Anonymous
Wear gloves. Anyone who says doing so isn't manly isn't working out enough. All the pros wear gloves.

I had some fairly fresh calluses on my fingers from climbing. The next day I wanted to work out outside, so I put on sun screen, went to a park, and was working out on different bars. I hit a rough spot on one bar I was climbing, felt a burning sensation. Got off and looked down and had torn off three calluses on three different fingers.

I can't grip anything (this is day 3) very well and lifting weights is out of the question, except for things like leg press, squats, etc.

Just wear the damn gloves and prevent calluses.
>> Anonymous
>>265700
>>265703

Fresh calluses are more like blisters and yes, they hurt like hell when you rip them open.

If you let them mature, they end up looking like normal skin and don't tear.

They're pretty useful to have on your palms, you can pick up all sorts of things that would be painful to soft hands. You won't always have gloves handy in real life.
>> Anonymous
>>265703
Pros wear gloves because they're fucking lifting 500+ lbs. Unless you're doing that, wearing gloves is unnecessary and simply weaken your grip strength.
>> Anonymous
pumice stone
>> Anonymous
>>265716
>>265703
Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't wear gloves you faggots. it says so right in his book.
>> Anonymous
Have never worn gloves. Plenty of calluses, but they get tougher as your work out more and eventually don't bother you. The only time I use chalk or anything is when I'm climbing for more then an hour. Get tougher.
>> Anonymous
I'm a bass played and my fingertips are all hard and rough. But when I started lifting heavier, I started wearing gloves since I really didn't like having callouses on my palms, and they don't really come in handy, whereas my hard fingertips do. Though I've heard you can help prevent callouses forming on your palm if you have perfect gripping technique. Or something, dunno I might be wrong.
>> Anonymous
>>265703
What? Pros never use gloves. They use chalk.
>> Anonymous
I don't see too many guys wearing gloves in the Olympics.
Chalk.
>> Anonymous
>>265992
thats because they want to REDUCE friction with their hands.

gloves, and hands (sans chalk) cause friction, and make the clean and jerk, and the snatch hella difficult
>> Anonymous
>>266001

>snatch
oh laud
>> Anonymous
I'm a builder and I can't say that I've experienced problems with this sort of thing.Daily exposure will do it I suppose.If you don't to manual labour as an accupation I suggest the gloves
>> Anonymous
>>266001

Chalk dries out the skin to allow for a better grip on the bar.

The bar doesn't rotate in the hands during the clean and jerk or the snatch.

The olympic bar rotates on the ends to let the plates spin, but the bar doesn't rotate in the grip.

Gloves are for pussies. Chalk is what pros use.
>> Anonymous
>>266015
im not saying you're wrong, but dont they put chalk in gloves so that your hand slides in?

in my mind, drying out your hands reduces friction. if i wanted to hold on to something, id want a thin layer of sweat on my hands, i.e. the spitting on both palms and rubbing together.
>> Anonymous
>>265992
>>265989
Look up videos of pros working out. Cutler, Coleman, Jackson, Priest, any of those guys. They all wear gloves during real work outs. Some of them don't wear them during photo shoots for magazines. But most pros wear gloves.

Gloves don't weaken your grip, neither do straps or anything else.

People that tell you not to use straps, belts, gloves, or anything like that are just trying to make themselves feel manly because "they don't need help." And they don't, considering they're probably lifting light weight with bad form 8 times a month.
>> Anonymous
>>266001
>>266015

look it up. gymnasts use chalk to reduce friction, rock climbers use it to increase friction. both of you are wrong.

TIME PARADOX DIVIDE BY ZERO OH SHIT-
>> Anonymous
>OH SHI-
fix'd
>> Anonymous
>>266020
A lot of gymnasts who work on bars and rings use grips and chalk. Look up "Gymnastic Grips" or just watch the Olympics.

I assume the kind they use reduce friction, allowing them the least amount of resistance while navigating the bar.
>> Anonymous
>>266019
They do, they really do.

A guy who maxes out with straps very likely can't lift the same weight raw. Gloves and straps do not allow you to develop grip as much as lifting raw.

>>266020

We're not talking about gymnasts and rock climbers. Lifters use chalk to remove moisture from the grip. Gloves are not needed.


Slippy, sweaty hands can make it a pain in the ass to lift.
>> Anonymous
>>266033

They use chalk to increase friction on the rings. Its pretty fucking key to have a dead solid grip on those things.
>> Anonymous
Those are spiders...
>> Anonymous
Sometimes makes it hurt to fap.

If you don't file down your calluses you could use lots of hand lotion to soften them.
>> Anonymous
>>266036
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUHFBmeaIrk
friction on the bars is fail tho