First off, glove destroys your grip. Second, glove do shit for calluses, ask anyone that's been lifting for a while, glove or no glove calluses are there. I've got no problem with my grip, but I gotta keep my palms dry or I am going to tear another one of them calluses on my palm. Any one that's been there would know how much of a b**** it is.

mick had said it well.....if you can take it as micksolo said"Callouses or tough skin are part of the biz." then by all means

I start lifting with chalk long long time ago (1998); as things got heavier, I felt too rough on my skin, hence started using gloves. initially it was not comfortable compared to bare hand, which i feel has better grip....as time went with better grip glove with less padding and leather grip, it help to get back the grip, at least for me...and had sticked on with it ever since.

which is better? I think its individual preference.....

my personal experience, chalked worked well with lesser reps/set; but when your volume increases it takes a toll, hence glove helps.

BTW, rock climbing chalk powder should give the same effect; its magnesium carbonate.

yeah i wanted to get the eco ball because its "invisible chalk". I'm going to FF and I dont think they would like if i was spilling chalk all over their nice clean floor

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Added on December 5, 2011, 1:17 pmfirst session with the eco ball today and was very good! Basically you press the ball between your hands and chalk comes out. I wouldn't hold it too close to your eyes because it does shoot out. Good thing is it leaves no marks and no mess and works well to dry out hands.

I really noticed the difference on the deadlifts, no slippage at all but because of that I had a little skin tear but nothing that stopped me from lifting. I can probably just shave off the loose bits of skin to stop that happening next time. All in all its a big help, no mess and I also broke 2 records today, overhead press and deadlifts which I'm really stoke about. Next session is bench press which i also felt the bar slipping too so that should improve.

Very happy with eco ball.

This post has been edited by micksolo: Dec 5 2011, 01:17 PM

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This post has been edited by hoxy: Jun 13 2012, 05:14 PM

is the material in lifting weight's chalk similar to the one used for the blackboard at school? i got a lot of those in stock.

I got them at Camp5 Rock Climbing Center at 1Utama. They were 17RM each. Online from Amazon they are about $4 USD + postage so it probably works out to be the same.

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Added on December 6, 2011, 1:41 pmGym chalk is magnesium carbonate. Blackboard chalk is calcium carbonate but it can't hurt to try! I remember blackboard chalk is quite firm so it might take some effort to break it down into powder form.

This post has been edited by micksolo: Dec 6 2011, 01:41 PM