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- From: brian@odin.scs.uiuc.edu (Brian Eugene Ackerson)
- Subject: Re: CALLOUS ON HAND
- References: <26444@megatest.UUCP> <1992Nov21.203600.12963@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:12:43 GMT
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- paul@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Paul Lalonde) writes:
- >Well, speaking for myself, I'm glad the callouses' are there, because my
- >hands would be quite raw after working out five times a week if they weren't.
-
- I agree. There are some exercises like deadlifting that almost
- require callouses before you are able to lift any serious weight
- (otherwise, the pain is too great).
-
- >However, if the callouses bother you, the simplest thing to do I think is to
- >get weight gloves at your local sports shop. They totally eliminate the
- >bar friction and callous forming (at the expense of a loss of "feel" for the
- >bar).
-
- In my expericence, gloves don't work. My callouses are not caused
- by any kind of friction. Rather, they are caused by the pinching and
- stretching of the skin on my hands in doing pulling exercises.
-
- Brian Ackerson
- brian@odin.scs.uiuc.edu
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