When training in the gym, you will wear fitness gloves, so how to choose your own fitness gloves.
In the gym, many people will wear fitness gloves for training, see this scene, it is inevitable to have questions, fitness must wear strength training gloves? Is it really protective? Now let's talk about the benefits of fitness gloves and how to choose them.
I believe many fitness beginners will ask, "should I buy fitness training gloves?
For example, some people are not used to wearing gloves for strength training because they have no sense of mastery; on the contrary, some people feel insecure without gloves because they sweat. Therefore, it is necessary to wear fitness gloves.
Why wear fitness gloves?
1. Good skid resistance and grip strength
Antiskid is the most important function, because if you are in heavy training, fitness equipment accidentally slip hands, it is very dangerous. Especially those who are easy to sweat, they need it more.
Because the fitness gloves in the palm of the position, there is anti-skid design, generally have foam or silicone pad. When you lift the bar or hold the dumbbell, the grip strength is better, not affected by sweat and sliding, the effect of exercise will be improved at the same time, making the exercise process safer.
2. Feel more comfortable.
Usually do strength training, will use a lot of hand strength, such as: push, hard lift … Some people may not be used to it, but if you feel uncomfortable, it is suggested that you can wear fitness gloves. Otherwise, you will feel uncomfortable during exercise, which will easily kill your motivation.
After all, the heavy training equipment is almost hard and cold. It is recommended to wear heavy training gloves to protect our hands and avoid scratches and injuries.
3. Wrist protection Fitness beginners often make mistakes in strength training of hand movements. Fitness gloves have the function of wrist protection, which can increase the wrist support, stabilize the wrist and reduce the probability of injury. It is suggested that people who are just in contact with fitness can start with it.
4. Delay the production of thick cocoon and prevent skin breaking and infection There are a lot of "grip" movements in strength training. In the long run, it is easy to make the palm skin frayed, blistered and even cocooned! Since you want to train hard to make your body look good, you should not be careless with your hands. The palm position of fitness gloves, in addition to anti-skid effect, also has thickening design, wearing gloves can let you delay thick cocoon, blisters.
How to choose fitness gloves?
Since the fitness gloves are so important, in order to reduce hand friction and strengthen better grip, we must also pay attention to the selection of suitable gloves. We must consider these three selection principles: size, style and material.
1. Size:
The common strength training gloves don't cover the fingers, so you don't have to worry about the length. However, you should choose a suitable palm width to avoid loosening the gloves during exercise, but there is no anti-skid effect.
2. Style: Wristband
There are many styles of fitness gloves, such as full finger, half finger, wrist guard, protective pad And so on, depending on your sports needs, choose your own gloves, if you like boxing, then boxing gloves are essential. It's better to have four more layers to protect your wrist and thumb joints. If you don't need to do this, it's better to use the four more layers to protect your wrist.
3. Material: antiskid, breathable
There are many kinds of fitness glove materials, so the selection of material must grasp these two points: anti-skid, perspiration, and leather gloves are more wear-resistant, longer vitality, but it is not easy to clean, pay attention to keep dry and ventilated. Never put it in the strong sun, or bleach it or dry it by machine. If it is not cleaned properly, it is easy to smell of sweat for a long time. In addition, another kind of material is chloroprene rubber. Although it is not ventilated, it is easy to clean, so you can choose according to your preference.
As for the thickness of gloves, it depends on your strength training intensity. People with strong training level can choose thicker gloves; those with low weight can choose thinner inner layer. Of course, these gloves must be breathable, flexible and elastic, so as not to make you feel hot and uncomfortable during heavy training.
At this time can fully understand the benefits of wearing gloves, wearing fitness gloves can play a good role in anti-skid. In addition, wearing gloves is more important to prevent accidental injuries, because we may not be able to do many sports, and wearing gloves is a good preventive measure.
As for other common fitness equipment: wristbands, tension bands, knee pads, the same principle, depending on the purpose of personal strength training, as well as training intensity, to determine whether you need to buy.