All advanced male gymnasts wear grips. Almost all advanced female gymnasts do, as well.
It can be troublesome, even traumatic the first day putting them on.
Gymnasts Anastasia Karpova and Kristina Kruglikova (Russia) and Moldir Azimbay (Kazakhstan) test out their first pairs of grips while training for the Nadia Comaneci International Invitational in Oklahoma City. …
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My strategy is to go slow. Finish the normal workout bare handed, and then take a few turns at the end in grips.
Introduce hand guards in the off-season.
The best documentation on this topic I’ve seen was written by John Howard, the prolific editor of Gymnastics Zone.
His Complete Guide to Using, Buying and Caring for Gymnastics Grips is just one of the dozens of topics he’s covered. Much of that content is free, but the best is summarized in his eBooks available at cost.
related – How To Order the Correct Size Gymnastics Grips. Order from AmGym.com if you want very detailed help in sizing.
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