Posted: 11/6/2004 11:13:01 PM EDT
Will these support my girly wrists during weight training? Harbinger Big Grip Wristwrap Weightlifting Glove Item no: 940179 Our Price: $39.99 The Harbinger® Big Grip™ Wristwrap weightlifting glove showcases a patented WristWrap® that's designed to stabilize your wrist joint with adjustable but gentle pressure to keep your wrist in the proper position while you train. Link Sorry, picked the wrong glove. 
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i sprained my right wrist around 5 times in HS during the course of soccer and baseball seasons, and once severely after a dirtbike wreck. So i have to wear gloves with a good wrap. Harbinger does make a good glove that has a strong wrap. Sports Authority carries them. |
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I've broken both wrists when I was younger, on separate occasions. There's no way I'd allow my wrists to be "supported" by a glove rather than allow them to get strong again by lifting without support. They need to get stronger, not be reliant on gloves. Just lift lighter if you need to, but try to allow your wrists the same respect as whatever muscle group you're focusing on. |
| When you lift without supporting devices such as gloves, the stabilizer muscles come into play and become stronger therefore negating the usage of supports down the road. Start out with a little bit lighter weights to develope the stabilizer muscles and the calluses necessary to go heavy. |
Dirtbike injury I can accept, but not soccer... 
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Yeah ditch the gloves and work through the discomfort and your wrists will eventually strengthen to compensate. If you are benching, try a thumbless grip (arnold style), it takes some of the compression force from you hand down into your wrist. Also, thick calouses are excellent for extra grip. As a rule, try to avoid all weightlifting crutches (gloves, straps, belts) if you can. |
Impossible, eh? I guess I've been hallucinating all these years. If you can't deadlift or shrug heavy weight without straps then you need develop your grip strength more before even increasing your lift. It's muscle development just like anything else. Specific exercises and equipment can target it. Besides, what's the point of lifting something if you can't hold onto it without help? |
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The only problem I have is with tricep extensions. I tweaked my right wrist when I first started working out in the mid 70's and since then I have had to be very careful with it. I'm cool with everything else. I always thought the gloves were overkill, but after 30 years my joints are not what they used to be. Lucky for me I jack with my left hand. 
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Quoted: Will these support my girly wrists during weight training? spm.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/p596053reg.jpg Harbinger Big Grip Wristwrap Weightlifting Glove Item no: 940179 Our Price: $39.99 The Harbinger® Big Grip™ Wristwrap weightlifting glove showcases a patented WristWrap® that's designed to stabilize your wrist joint with adjustable but gentle pressure to keep your wrist in the proper position while you train. Link I wear these type gloves, not for wrist support, but for hand protection, its helps prevent rubbing on your hands while working out(my dumbells are kinda old and the bar is rough). You can find this type glove for a much lower price than $40, I would shop around. |
+1 Same thing with rough bars... lifting without gloves develops callouses and soon rough bars don't bother you at all... you can lift without having to pack gloves every time you go to a gym |
+1! I was doing shrugs yesterday with 60lb dumbbells in each hand. Since the 60 pounders dont get used that much my hands were just about raw from the diamond cut grip pattern. (the ones used most dont get worn down) Didn't take long for it to become uncomfortable. |
only 410 but I've gone to 500 off plates no straps, no gloves, no thanks... sounds heavy to me... and the diamond gripped trap bar in the pic is less than 6 months old...how much are you deadlifting that gloves are a must? Dave Fisher pulled close to 700 w/o gloves or straps at the last meet and Scott Lynch pulls triple his body weight w/o gloves or straps (about 520)
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