Monday, December 17, 2012

The Sport of Ugly Hands

Calluses after high intense workout

Crossfit and calluses are long living friends. If you do Crossfit long enough you will end up having ugly hands. Crossfit is a high intensity workout that will make you have big calluses on your hands. The following are the causes of calluses:-
  •          Kipping or butterfly pull-ups
  •          Snatches
  •          Kettle bell swings
  •          Rope climb

Why taking care of calluses is important?


Most athletes are proud of having calluses and think that having it is a sign of working-out hard.  But what they don’t know that calluses will rip off and tear some skin with it. That will affect their performance during the WOD (workout of the day). Therefore, taking care of your hands and removing calluses before they tear of some skin is a critical issue to keep building your strength and having good technique. 

This is a brief video tutorial of how to remove calluses without tearing some skin off:-


These are the links for the gymnastics and crossfit gloves:-


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