Many people ask:I am a beginner in fitness, should i buy gloves?
It depends on what you are trying to do. What kind of gloves should i buy?
Because when doing heavy training there will be times when you are gripping the bar, or even holding dumbbells.
For so many gripping movements, the hands will be prone to calluses, and this is when many people regret not buying gloves when they first started learning to train heavy.
But... If you like having calluses on your hands
You can certainly do without the gloves.
Everyone pursues different results, depending on what you want to achieve?
Reference for the selection of heavy training gloves:
1. Material:
Usually the material of heavy training gloves, will choose leather gloves, and to wear-resistant mainly.
I have actually worn many types of gloves, after all, for me gloves are a consumable item, but if you buy good quality gloves, you can use them for about three years and still be very durable.
Leather gloves, especially genuine leather, do not easily lose their paint and have a good texture, so they are not inconvenient to clean. The gloves should also have a special woven nylon material inside, so that they are breathable and do not feel stuffy, and they can stretch the elastic fabric, as it is very important for heavy trainers to be able to stretch their knuckles freely during training.
2. Style:
Some grips do heavier training and the wrist joints can be uncomfortable, it would also be recommended that fitness beginners who are learning to train heavily at first, buy gloves with wrist guards would be good protection.
After all, if you pull more than the weight you have been loaded with, you will be using the muscles of your wrist, which can be easily injured if not well protected.
I have a good friend who was hesitant to buy gloves with wrist guards. Because she saw that many gloves without wrist guards were prettier and more fashionable, and her boyfriend immediately told him: You should definitely buy gloves with wrist guards because you need to protect your wrists, after all you are a novice!!!
Little did i know that my best friend, after a few days of heavy training
Told me: "I'm so happy that my boyfriend gave me good advice on how to bench press again without making my wrists feel compressed. I used to buy gloves without wrist guards, but it wasn't until a while ago that my weights started to increase and i was doing hard lifts that i noticed my wrists were a bit uncomfortable... I put the wrist guards on immediately and the discomfort was gone. That's the definition of a brace: "To protect you from injury".
3. Protective pads:
I've bought many brands of gloves and i've overlooked how important this is! Heavy training gloves can put your palm muscles and the muscles underneath your knuckles in close contact with each other due to the pressure of the weight or the movement of the training.
If your gloves are weak in this area, you will find that your palms will hurt when you push or pull, as the thickness of the flesh on each hand is different.
