gymnastics - bars without wearing hand grips

[1deltau]

I do gymnastics but i forgot what rips mean can u tell me? Thx thats so much help!

[palacsintakat]

@1deltau it means the bar peels chunks of skin off your hand...........

[palacsintakat]

At the end: WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED!?

[bapestaicecream]

@palacsintakat Well, I am pretty sure they were by the pit, so when they fall, they don't fall on the ground, but instead in a pit of pads.

[MISSxoxoxILuvu]

I never wore grips in gym! Now that i moved to a new gym they make me wear grips! They're so weird to me! I'm just so used to doing bars without them!

[smileyface12363]

You now she should be wearing grips, She could get rips or something, and I personally hate rips...

[gymnangel89]

When I did gymnastics I wore grips. Underneath my grips I wore tape grips because I would rip soo much.

@kayteeare

its just a preference to put your thumb around the bar in womens gymnastics. When I was swinging my thumbs would be wrapped around but always in the handstand position I gripped the bar with my thumbs. Any pirouetting or hopping I would grip the bar with my thumb. Also at the top of my giants out of habit I would grab the bar with my thumb wrapped around. It just depends :-)

[MegaIlovegymnastics]

Is it painful without wearing grips

[Gymgymilovegym]

GET GRIPS

[MarisafrogK]

I have 9 rips right now and my hands kill me any time I do kips, tap swings and fly aways :( should I get grips?

[kayteeare]

Women do not grip the bar with their thumbs - bar is too wide. Men *do* use their thumbs (bar is thinner), which was tough for my son to learn because when he started gymnastics in rec, he learned the basic swing on the girls bar. :)

[GymMonkeyAz]

It kinda just depends on what the gymnasts feel comfortable with. At my old gym, I got grips in level 4 (we trained level 5 bars too) because I did more than big enough tap swings. It was the coaches decision for me to get grips but a lot of gymnasts just get them when them and the coaches think its the right time.

[XxCadence123xX]

I love that leotard!

[gymnasticsstar12345]

i hate grips i just use honey! :D

[salali6]

I've been reading the comments and I just wanted to clear something up.

Grips do NOT keep you from getting less rips. I've gotten huge rips the size of quarters on my hands and I wear grips.

They only help you GRIP the bar.

Which is why they are called GRIPS.

[lifeandgym]

@salali6  In the UK They're called handgaurds :)

[gymnasticslover154]

AND I ALSO GOT 10 GIANTS YESTERDAY NIGHT AT GYMNASTICS :)

[gymnasticslover154]

i dont wear grips im ten and im ion level 7 and do 3 giants to a flyaway

[luvgymnastics4]

Oh wow i am a level 9 and i always were grips... wow good job and i love your leos they are so cute

[actionaerialist1]

I never do bars with grips. i will often tape my wrists, but i won't use grips. It makes my bars feel off. I'm junior elite and have been for the past three years.

[gymlovr828]

when I started level 5, I was required to wear grips... I'm used to them now thoe.

[SuperTurnfreak]

ich trag die Teile nie!

[alysia700]

My gym says if ur like 100 pounds u should get grips cause it's a lot of weight on ur hands

[ivybop]

I've never gotten used to grips. I don't like the way the bunch up on my hands. I can't figure them out. I just use lots of chalk and water.

[TheHorseyGymnast]

i used to hate grips but now i cannot live without them! riley and lilly are their names :) I named my grips.

[135Gymnasticschick]

@TheHorseyGymnast lol

cute

[TheHorseyGymnast]

@135Gymnasticschick yeah. RIley is the RIght grip and Lilly is the Left grip :)

[135Gymnasticschick]

@TheHorseyGymnast

I have never heard of that!

Still cool :)

[TheHorseyGymnast]

@135Gymnasticschick lol its just their names coordinate to which hand they belong on.

[135Gymnasticschick]

@TheHorseyGymnast

I see.

Mine have silver buckle things and I

have to have them facing the inside when I hold my hands in the

front of me.

[TheHorseyGymnast]

@135Gymnasticschick lol i can't remember that. i have buckles too, but i just labeled them with pens and sharpies

[k9luva20]

couldn't live without grips

[theamazingjaide]

im a level 6 and i can not wear grips! they make me slip..... everyone says i just need to break them in....... but i cant! hahah :)

get grips or get rips.......

[gymnasticsstar12345]

i hate grips im NEVER wereing them.

[horsecrazy149]

I'm a level 6 soon to be a level 7. I get rips often and I often fell the need to let go of the bar in the middle of some things cause my grip doesn't feel right. Should I get grips?

[wardog847]

yea get some prolly size 1 and make sure they have a dowl, just swin gon them and chalk them really good for the first souple days do kips and pull overs cast to fly away stuff like that.

[greyskies34]

at my gym we got our grips when we were in lvl 5 and made our kips consitintly its best 2 get grips a bit early so ur used 2 them, but u want ur hands 2 b really tought so they withstand more difficult skills

[mileygymnastxo]

Im in level 6 and i dont wear grips, im afraid Im gonna slip off the bar! lol

[theamazingjaide]

@mileygymnastxo oh haha me too!

[tumblinasgotchalk]

i abaslutly HATE grips1 i tryed them for an intire summer broke them im and everything i always felt like i would peel off and i usualy did and i just dont like the grip that they give i would prefur to do bars with out grips! and sofar i have1 im doing level 9 this year and i dont wear grips!

[TheIcegymnast1]

i would never ever be able to do half of my bar routine without grips i cant even do giants without grips that is awsome there not wereing grips WOW WOW WOW

[flipn4gymnastics]

i can't imagine doing giants without grips, i cant even do a kip without my hands hurting so bad when im not wearing mine

[bml619]

it all depends on the persons preference and how they feel when wearing them

[iliveatgym]

i could never do a giant without grips, it scares me just to do a cast pushaway without them

[GymMonkeyAz]

you should get grips when either A, you peel off the bar offtenly, B, you get constant rips, or C, cause you just feel that you dont have eough grip on the bar.

[smileyfan16]

grips protect your hands from ripping!!!!

[benandloz]

did you fall or was it just syupposed to be that way

[tgcgymnasticsgirl]

cant wear grips.. feels weird to tap with them..

[HUGSgymnastics247]

Grips are called grips for a reason... They give you more GRIP on the bar.

[gymnasticzlife]

if you dont want to wear grips you can always wear tape :]

it'll still give you the feeling that your holding the bar and it will protect your hands more then not wearing anything at all :]

[ziinad7]

i do gymnastics without grips but i just get a little bit skin comming off and thats it

[linzee8706]

I never could wear grips...I felt like they made my hands too fat to stay wrapped around the bar.

[stovengirl]

grips are evil

[R34lH0pe]

i'd rather wear grips than get rips i did a level 3 dismount yesterday and its huge...

[DxLoveAprilxD]

how old are you?

[R34lH0pe]

sorry i dont give out personal details

[twistersgirl296]

wow i just got some new grips because i get rips so easily. But i dont think age and abiliy really matters it is how strong you are and how strong the skin on your hands are but i hate rips because my hands are way to sensitive i love grips for that reason only

[hchotties]

i have rips right now from doing that with no grips. and damn it HURTS

[R34lH0pe]

i did a level 3 dismount and got a HUGE rip NOT TO MENTION THAT I GOT 3 RLY RLY RLY RLY BIG RIPS FROM JUST DOING LEVEL 3 DISMOUNT IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE WHEN I DO GIANTS!

[DxLoveAprilxD]

you dont do giants until L5 or L6

[R34lH0pe]

i know,

[iliveatgym]

um, level 7 actually

[happyfeet559]

i hate grips, i get big rips all the time

[Fussims]

I really HATE grips, It really hurts though ~

[adla0nastia]

HURTS DAMN :/

[mishyxx]

I did some back hip circles and straddle undershoots without guards and got big rips within 10 mins :| !

[XxxhunniebeexxX]

i went on the bars without hand guards n there was a big rip in my skin after and all i was doing was forward and back hip circles!!

[RickMcCharles]

I deleted a comment that was very rude. FYI

[lvholm]

what did it say

[wowawe69]

hey rick can you plz delete my first comment. i dont know what happen to my account somebody used it....i dont know how did they get my password!...plz tnx....

[audie83]

You're disgusting. Children come to view these gym videos. Pervert.

[xplosive08]

ha???why???

[tymeonmyhands]

why what?

[xplosive08]

many gymnasts do bars without grips

[Twinige]

OUCH!! X_X