Workout Gloves: Benefits & Drawbacks

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Workout Gloves Benefits Drawbacks
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• Workout gloves are a surprisingly polarizing
  training accessory. A lot of gym goers consider
  gloves to be a compulsory training aid. But just
  as many others wouldnt be seen dead in them,
  viewing gloves as an affront to their grit and
  hardiness.
• So, what is the reality?

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• Heres an objective consideration of the benefits
  and drawbacks of wearing workout gloves.
• Weight Lifting Workout Gloves Benefits
• Grip Strength
• Greater Comfort
• Wrist Support
• COVID Protection

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Weight Lifting Workout Gloves Benefits

• Grip Strength
• Gloves can improve your grip. Your workout will
  cause you to sweat, which will make your hands
  quite slippery. It can then be hard to get a firm
  grip on the barbell, especially when doing bar
  grip exercises such as pull-ups and deadlifts. 

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• Greater Comfort
• Gym workouts tax your muscles and your endurance.
  So, if theres something that can make the
  experience a little less painful, why not take
  advantage of it? After all, the whole point of
  working out is to make you stronger and fitter,
  not to become a masochist. 

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• If youve had the experience of gripping cold
  steel on a frosty morning, then you can
  appreciate the benefit of having your hands
  encased in soft leather. 
• Gloves will also protect your hands from cuts and
  calluses. While some people may consider calluses
  a workout badge of honor, what they really are is
  a painful distraction that can derail your
  workout. And besides, its only human nature to
  be more motivated to do an activity that is going
  to cause as little pain as possible. 

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• Youre already going to have to contend with
  aching muscles and a pounding heart why add to
  the stress with ripped up hands? Workout gloves
  will make your training more bearable.
• Nearly all workout gloves will provide you with
  extra padding, but they will differ as to the
  location and thickness of that padding. The last
  thing you want is a glove that is overly padded,
  so much so that the effective circumference of
  your grip is too wide for a secure hold. Your
  grip should feel natural, not artificial.

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• Wrist Support
• The level of wrist support you get from a pair of
  workout gloves will depend on the brand and style
  of glove that you purchase. Wrist pain is an
  occupational hazard for many gym goers. This is
  especially the case when your workout involves
  dynamic barbell moves that require pronation of
  the hand. This positioning forces you to pull
  your hand back into a potentially compromising
  angle. 

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Weight Lifting Workout Gloves Negatives

• Grip Issues
• Even though we have listed improved grip as the
  first benefit of wearing gloves, there are
  situations where wearing gloves can actually be
  detrimental to your grip. This can occur when you
  are working out with a thicker-than-normal
  pull-up bar during your pull-up workout.

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• Limited Control
• There are certain moves where gloves can actually
  restrict the feel that you need to properly
  execute an exercise. These include dynamic
  barbell moves, where you rest an Olympic bar in
  the palm of your hand, loaded towards your
  wrists. With workout gloves, its difficult to
  keep the bar sitting in your palm, as the
  smoothness of the gloves tends to force the bar
  to move onto the fingers. When this happens, the
  entire alignment of the exercise can be
  compromised. 

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• Becoming Dependent
• We all have our pre-workout rituals. If you are a
  glove wearer, putting them on will be part of
  that ritual. But what happens on the inevitable
  occasion when you leave your gloves behind?
  Suddenly your ritual, and your mind, is mixed up.
  Your mindset going into the workout is critical
  to your success. 

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• Calluses
• Yes, gloves can prevent calluses caused by direct
  skin contact with the bar. But they may also have
  the opposite effect. If the material gets bunched
  in your palm, it can lead to pinching when you
  are grabbing the bar. The added friction that
  this creates may cause calluses to form.