Fitness gloves and hand protection
Our selection of Fitness Gloves features the Gorilla Wear Palm grip pad, along with our tips for protecting your hands during weightlifting and cross-training: classic gloves, fingerless gloves with wrist support, grip pads, and lifting straps, depending on the exercises and the feel you want.
Protected hands, a secure grip.
Protecting Your Hands
The bars, dumbbells, and pull-up bars can cause calluses on your palms, which may crack during hanging exercises. Fitness gloves protect the skin, improve grip when hands sweat, and make holding more comfortable. Some models come with a wrist support strap, useful during presses and heavy movements.
Fitness Accessories
Fitness accessories also come in:
All accessories can be found on the fitness accessories page.
Three Formats
Fingerless gloves cover the entire palm for maximum comfort during guided and free weight training sessions. Grip pads, like the Gorilla Wear Palm, are simple pads that you hold in your palm, offering minimal protection while maintaining direct contact with the bar: they can be put on and taken off in an instant between sets. Cross-training straps protect against blisters during pull-ups and toes to bar.
The Fit
A glove should be fitted, without excess material in the palm that would hinder grip and cause friction. You measure the hand circumference at the joints to choose your size. Some users prefer chalk, which dries the hands and maintains direct contact. Gloves should be washed regularly by hand and left to air dry.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Gloves or grip pads: what to choose for weight training?
Gloves cover the entire palm and provide good protection but thicken the grip. Grip pads, like the Gorilla Wear Palm, fit between the hand and the bar: you maintain a fine grip while avoiding calluses.
Do weight training gloves decrease grip strength?
A thick glove increases the diameter of the grip and reduces the feel of the bar, especially during heavy pulls. For these exercises, a thinner protection is preferred, or you can remove your gloves to work on your grip.
What size fitness gloves should you choose?
You measure the hand circumference at the finger joints, excluding the thumb, and then follow the brand's size guide. The glove should fit snugly without compressing: too big, and it will bunch up and cause friction.
How to avoid blisters in cross-training?
Blisters and calluses that crack come from the friction of the skin on the pull-up bar. Straps or grip pads protect the palm, and you should regularly file down calluses to prevent them from tearing off.
How to wash fitness gloves?
Wash them by hand in warm soapy water after a few sessions, to remove sweat and odours. They should then air dry, away from radiators that would harden leather or synthetic materials.
