Weight lifting gloves improve your grip on weights. Hands get sweaty during a workout. When they do, your hands can slip. This can be annoying if you are doing pull-ups and keep falling off the bar. It is also dangerous if you are holding heavy weights over your body. Weight lifting gloves make workouts safer.

Lifting weights over long periods of time results in calluses and blisters on the hands. Some people find these unattractive and use weight lifting gloves to preserve the appearance of their hands. Even those people who don't mind tough hands can still benefit from weight lifting gloves. A tiny blister can prevent a weight lifter from using his hands that day. Weight lifting gloves prevent blisters.

Weight lifting gloves relieve pressure placed on your hands when lifting heavy weights. This allows you to move beyond the limitations of your hands. The chest and back muscles on most people can handle much more weight than their naked hands can support. Weight lifting gloves increase the pressure capacity on your hands.

Not all weight lifting gloves wrap around your wrists. But the Purpose Glove does this too. This provides valuable support for the wrists while they support heavyweights. The material of the glove acts like extra ligaments and tendons while the wrist is bent backwards. Weight lifting gloves help prevent wrist injuries in the gym.

Weight gloves with wrist straps can make you stronger. They do this by distributing the weight being lifted across the forearms instead of making your fingers hold it all. This is especially effective in pulling exercises like deadlifts or upright rows. Weight gloves with wrist straps allow you to lift much more weight than you could with just your hands.

SHOULD YOU BE USING WEIGHT LIFTING GLOVES?

Short answer, YES. But ….It is really all up to you.

Most lifters truly believe they need gloves and that they help all around with their grip and serve as wrist protection in the gym.

I personally believe you should use gloves when you definitely need them, when your hands are already injured or if you feel wearing gloves benefits your lifting. 

If you have knee problems, you are going to wrap your knees before going on a marathon – right?

Anyone that feels comfort from the use of gloves and the relief of any stress or tension deserves to lift comfortably and safely.

Most heavy lifters out there already do use gloves because they believe it benefits their lifting. 

However, if you feel wearing gloves do not benefit your lifting or just hurt your workout. Simple, do not wear gloves during these exercises!

We would recommend everyone to try weight lifting gloves, just do not let your gloves become an extension of you in the gym for every single lift.