Schiek Model 540 Lifting Glove Review
Over the past ten years I have gone through many pairs of lifting gloves. I find them necessary because lifting consistently 5-6 times a week can leave your hands extremely rough. Nothing is worse than having your lifting schedule interrupted because a callus on your hand tore open and the only way to keep it from bleeding while working out is fixing it up with some good old duct tape (this is a good remedy when necessary).
While women love a man’s hands they do not like the feeling of huge calluses touching them. Every girl I have ever dated has always complained about my calluses because from time to time I would lose or forget my gloves for a training session. After one heavy back workout without gloves and you are left with unwanted calluses. To get rid of them you have to pick at them or cut them off which can leave you hands even rougher for a short time. When you touch a woman she should respond affectionately and not with a “WTF is wrong with your hands?” I much rather feel her caring touch than be left alone with mine
With all that said, I have found the Schiek 540 Lifting Gloves to be the best lifting gloves I have ever used. Their construction is nothing but pure quality and their functionality is made with the serious weight lifter in mind.
I personally like having gloves with wrist support because they provide greater stability while doing heavy presses. I was also extremely impressed that they are designed to be cleaned in a washer machine. There is nothing worse that funky smelling gloves except maybe an old wet shoe. The last pair of gloves I had were destroyed in the washing machine which was a complete waste of $40.00. These have held up extremely well after multiple washes.
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