Gloves- Do You Row In Them ??

[[old] CAROLE MAC]

Do you wear them? I don't I just put up with the segs but at the competition on Sunday I noticed quite a few wearing gloves .<br /><br />I can understand peeps wearing them to train in but for a race .. mmm what do you think ???

[[old] little weed]

segs? what's that? sorry, dumb newbie again !!!!<br /><br />i drape flannels over the handle bar to help keep my hands dry for anything over 15 mins. it helps, but doesn't eliminate, blisters.<br /><br />jane

[[old] CAROLE MAC]

sorry Jane segs must be a northern Brit word.. it is the hard skin left where blisters once were......

[[old] PaulS]

<!--QuoteBegin-CAROLE MAC+Jan 26 2005, 05:43 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(CAROLE MAC @ Jan 26 2005, 05:43 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Do you wear them? I don't I just put up with the segs but at the competition on Sunday I noticed quite a few wearing gloves .<br /><br />I can understand peeps wearing them to train in but for a race .. mmm what do you think ??? <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />How about defining "peeps", seems obvious, but my guess may be incorrect. <br /><br />As for gloves, having seen your racing kit, a nice pair extending well up the forearm would fit right in.

[[old] CAROLE MAC]

oops I appear to be talking a different language ..... peeps ... people ... <br /><br />and Mr Smith what colour would you suggest ? BLACK OR <span style='color:red'>RED</span> ..... GGG

[[old] Coach Gus]

<!--QuoteBegin-CAROLE MAC+Jan 26 2005, 07:15 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(CAROLE MAC @ Jan 26 2005, 07:15 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--> BLACK OR <span style='color:red'>RED</span> ..... GGG <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />GGG??<br /><br />As is string, string, string?<br />

[LindaM]

No gloves here. I've got some good segs ("calluses" does seem like too long a word for such little things). I have been known to use bubble wrap between me and the handle for the last 5 - 10 K of a half marathon though.

[[old] seat5]

I haven't worn gloves yet. Recently I've gotten huge blisters on top of my callouses, about 8 on each hand, but much bigger on the right hand. On really long rows if I get huge painful puffy ones, I put terry wrist bands around my palms and that cushions them, and they don't pop. <br /><br />I used to wear glvoes to bike, but found they sort of pulled between the fingers and I just don't like them. I am hoping this last batch of blisters just hardens up nicely and I stop getting new ones. My violin teacher just tsks tsks if he sees my palms.<br /><br />Has anyone tried vasoline or lotion or anything to prevent them forming? I thought I had seen someone mentionn that, but it doesn't really sound like it would work, to me. Sounds like your hands would just slip all over the place.<br /><br />I don't think I got blisters like this from the C handle. But, then again, I didn't row as much when I had that handle, which could very well explain that.<br /><br /><br /><br />Carole,-- pink, of course, to go with the hat and stocking!!!

[[old] TLCoons]

Yes; I unabashedly wear gloves! They keep me working out by keeping my hands feeling comfortable while I'm on the erg and looking lady-like when I'm off the erg.<br /><br /><br />TLC<br />- not an erg racing competitor but a fierce protector of the rights of delicate digits<br /><br />

[[old] Afterburner]

Nah, gloves are for wusses*duck* <br />Personally I prefer to be able to "feel" the handle. Any blisters are dealt with by simply putting some athletic tape over them, works like a charm.<br />Makes my harp teacher grumpy when I show up with mangled hands periodically (admittedly usually from on water, not erging) but I don't worry bout it. Plus you get the benefit of having the cool tough hands thing going. <br /><br />Heather Johnson<br />F20 150lbs 5'7" 2k 7:32.2 20min 5057 30min 7481 100k 9:07:27.7

[[old] Bufflehead]

Well, at least I'm not alone! <br />I got into the habit of wearing gloves when I started lifting and rowing. My hands were a mess if I didn't wear anything. I have relatively small hands (size 5 1/2 surgical gloves), so they help me keep a grip as well as prevent blisters. It took a while to find a brand that was comfortable for the long haul, but I've tried to go without them and it's just not worth it for me. Go ahead - call me a pansy!

[[old] Mary P.]

No, no, never! On-the-water rowers get mericlessly ridiculed for wearing gloves, so there's plenty of peer pressure not to even try them on the erg. Have plenty of callouses from sculling and sweep rowing. The model D's handle material seems to maintain these callouses, if not build them up a bit more - model C handle had opposite results. I avoid blisters by trimming callouses down a bit. <br /><br />Mary<br />[I admit to having very, very dry, cold hands; elevator buttons that work by conductivity are a problem on low humidity days. People have cauaght me breathing on the elevator call button, after pressing the button a few times failed to make it light. No wonder blisters are a rare problem.]

[[old] PaulS]

<!--QuoteBegin-Mary P.+Jan 27 2005, 08:55 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Mary P. @ Jan 27 2005, 08:55 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->No, no, never! On-the-water rowers get mericlessly ridiculed for wearing gloves, so there's plenty of peer pressure not to even try them on the erg. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />But it's always good natured ridicule.... <br /><br />We've got a couple gals that wear them for a 114 mile row they do in two days, and no-one gives them a bad time, in spite of their also being lightweights. <br /><br />Makes sense for them to practice with the gloves as well. The thing to avoid is relying on thegloves to cover up the problem with strangling the handle.

[[old] little weed]

i'm going to give up on the flannel thing and go bare-knuckled for a week or so! i'm getting blisters again, and in new places, so i think it's affecting my grip.<br /><br />jane

[[old] rowingcat]

<!--QuoteBegin-Bufflehead+Jan 27 2005, 11:42 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Bufflehead @ Jan 27 2005, 11:42 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well, at least I'm not alone!  <br />I got into the habit of wearing gloves when I started lifting and rowing.  My hands were a mess if I didn't wear anything.  I have pretty small hands (size 5 1/2 surgical gloves), so they help me keep a grip as well as prevent blisters.  It took a while to find a brand that was comfortable for the long haul, but I've tried to go without them and it's just not worth it for me.  Go ahead - call me a pansy! <br /> </td></tr></table><br />I also started wearing gloves when I started lifting weights some 30 years ago and just kept on after I started getting serious about rowing> Ex husband used to row also and kept sweating up the handlebar something fierce so it would stay sticky and moist for some time. I also need them especially for the longer rows.