Author Topic: GLOVES OR NO GLOVES THAT IS THE QUESTION? or is it ? (Read 4352 times)

wlf · « **on:** May 13, 2009, 12:02:59 PM »

well i have yet to find a great parkourable place (yeah dont give me crap for typing parkourable) and i was wondering i could see gloves being very useful so i dont kill my hands on fences bricks rails etc. but are they good or not ? you tell me

Jake Vigil · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2009, 12:05:14 PM »

The general consensus of the community is no.

Your hands provide much better grip than any glove can, and after a bit of training, your hands will toughen up and callous a bit, and things wont destroy your hands so much. Bar work in particular is a good way to callous your hands quickly.

Sometimes gloves can be good if you are training when it is very cold outside, but even then, you have to be very particular about your gloves, because I personally think that not having grippy hands can be much more dangerous than not having grippy shoes.

BearMills · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2009, 12:37:50 PM »

Gloves will not give you the natural feeling of parkour so yeah the community will all say no

Meshach · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:02:11 PM »

Gloves can be dangerous, your bare hands are much, much better (even if the gloves are thin).

Andy Keller · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:40:28 PM »

Yea. Pretty much everyone on here will say no gloves.

The only exception allowed by most of us is women. Women should be allowed to have soft hands if they like

Mitch Hamilton · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:53:11 PM »

For that. No.in I do however use thin gloves during winter because its so damn cold

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Dan Elric · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2009, 02:01:38 PM »

Man up and take the pain. The scars are the trophies.

Garrett Carpenter · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2009, 02:03:46 PM »

i always thought of the callouses as a right of passage.

Meshach · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2009, 02:26:35 PM »

David belle once said:

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Bare feet are the best shoes.

I think that applies to hands too.

Ben Stampahar · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2009, 02:45:12 PM »

Quote from: wlf on May 13, 2009, 12:02:59 PM

well i have yet to find a great parkourable place (yeah dont give me crap for typing parkourable)

Learn how to use the word parkour and I won't.

Meshach · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2009, 02:45:49 PM »

Quote from: Ben Stampahar on May 13, 2009, 02:45:12 PM

Quote from: wlf on May 13, 2009, 12:02:59 PM
well i have yet to find a great parkourable place (yeah dont give me crap for typing parkourable)

Learn how to use the word parkour and I won't.

+1 for having the guts to say it.

Michael Graham · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2009, 02:50:01 PM »

Quote from: Traceur1993 on May 13, 2009, 02:26:35 PM

David belle once said:
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Bare feet are the best shoes.

I think that applies to hands too.

Whatever happened to 'no glove, no love'?
Honestly.
In all seriousness, I only use gloves when I'm going to be on top of metal (Florida sun has given me second degree burns via metal)

When I do parkour, I tend to not wear gloves because I'm always trying adapt and grow and expand my horizons. Actually gloves just make me feel like a pussy.
That and the one time I tried to use gloves (albeit motorcycle gloves), I had all the grip of a dead cat. And they're supposed to grip the bike pretty well.

Jeremy Osborn · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2009, 04:26:14 PM »

callus up the hands, do a few gauntlets each day ^.^ your hands will be destroyed, but when they heal, theyll be hard as a rock

Mike Patella · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2009, 04:37:21 PM »

I always bring an old pair of modified batter's gloves with me in case I want to climb something that'll murder my palms. I tend to avoid using them when I can, but it's just another one of those things that are good to have. As you can see from the included pics, I've used them quite a bit. I'm quite terrible at sewing though...

Where's a traceuse when you need one? (I kid, I kid)

http://i43.tinypic.com/243hqub.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/512agz.jpg

wlf · « **Reply #14 on:** May 13, 2009, 04:41:06 PM »

yeah but i play a lot of video games so i need my hands

Alissa J. Bratz · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2009, 05:07:53 PM »

Quote from: wlf on May 13, 2009, 04:41:06 PM

yeah but i play a lot of video games so i need my hands

1. Unless you are a professional video game player and need your hands to earn a living, that argument is bogus.

2. Even if you are a professional video game player and need your hands to earn a living, parkour callouses should not interfere with game playing. If they do, you're doing something terribly, terribly wrong.

3. If you play a lot of video games, that's interfering with your parkour training. The time you're spending in front of the screen could be time spent outside working on rolls, landings, balance, and conditioning. Just sayin'.

Mike Patella · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2009, 05:09:42 PM »

Quote from: Muse_of_Fire on May 13, 2009, 05:07:53 PM

Quote from: wlf on May 13, 2009, 04:41:06 PM
yeah but i play a lot of video games so i need my hands

1. Unless you are a professional video game player and need your hands to earn a living, that argument is bogus.

2. Even if you are a professional video game player and need your hands to earn a living, parkour callouses should not interfere with game playing. If they do, you're doing something terribly, terribly wrong.

3. If you play a lot of video games, that's interfering with your parkour training. The time you're spending in front of the screen could be time spent outside working on rolls, landings, balance, and conditioning. Just sayin'.

Coming from someone who still plays quite a few games I can attest that what he said is a silly excuse. Be a real traceur and use your hands!

Kyle Rudolph · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2009, 05:18:49 PM »

No gloves. Ever.

Michael Graham · « **Reply #18 on:** May 13, 2009, 06:25:44 PM »

Quote from: wlf on May 13, 2009, 04:41:06 PM

yeah but i play a lot of video games so i need my hands

I used to play lower league MLG (yeah i was GOOD but I wasnt THAT good) for ps3 on CoD4 and I have a friend that works in the field all day that was top 10 halo 2 (toxsick or some shit like that, i never really payed attention, just saw all the money he brought in)
We both have very rough hands (that joke on here about jacking off a chainsaw comes to mind) and we did just fine.
I can personally attest that rough hands (even hurting hands) are just fine for gameplay.
Don't be scared of getting your hands rough. It will make you all the better at your art. :]

Mike Patella · « **Reply #19 on:** May 13, 2009, 06:32:59 PM »

Quote from: Michael Graham on May 13, 2009, 06:25:44 PM

Quote from: wlf on May 13, 2009, 04:41:06 PM
yeah but i play a lot of video games so i need my hands
I used to play lower league MLG (yeah i was GOOD but I wasnt THAT good) for ps3 on CoD4 and I have a friend that works in the field all day that was top 10 halo 2 (toxsick or some shit like that, i never really payed attention, just saw all the money he brought in)
We both have very rough hands (that joke on here about jacking off a chainsaw comes to mind) and we did just fine.
I can personally attest that rough hands (even hurting hands) are just fine for gameplay.
Don't be scared of getting your hands rough. It will make you all the better at your art. :]

If anything, you'll appreciate it more. Twiddling your thumbs isn't exactly great exercise... on the other hand, traversing the urban jungle is. Roughness aside, stronger hands results in less fatigue, allowing you to further focus on the task at hand. (whether that be popping Ruskies, aliens, or what have you)

Aside from potential injuries, (which can be avoided by being extra careful) i see no way in which parkour sans gloves can be detrimental to gaming.

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