Circuit workouts, do you wear lifting gloves?

[berry99]

I just started with Cathe workouts in the beginning of the year and was on a GS rotation, so I hadn't tried any circuit workouts before yesterday. I decided to ease into this type of workout with Cardio and Weights. It was a nice change of pace and I liked it, but I sweat alot and my dumbbells have metal grips. Toward the end of the workout the DBs were really sliding around. It seems like it would be kind of annoying to wear gloves, but I think it would be more annoying to drop a DB on my head .

Do you wear gloves during the strength parts of circuit workouts??

Karin

 

[dutchgirl]

I don't. I wouldn't want to wear gloves during the cardio portions of a circuit workout. And pausing to take them on and off would probably bug me too much.

I do get very sweaty hands. What I do is to keep a towel right by the weights I'll be using. Then when cued to pick up weight, I quickly blot my hands on the towel. I'll repeat this every time there is a weight change.

I confess that sometimes between sets I'll also dry my hands on my shirt. Gross, and sometimes necessary.

 

[40something]

You'll have to get a pair and see how you like them. I just use a towel to wipe off the weights if they get slippery, but gloves are fairly inexpensive.