 Next question is from carnivoregirl84. What are the pros and cons of wearing gloves when lifting? I'm a musician and it's important for me to maintain flexibility in my hands and fingers. Yeah, so let's start with the obvious, right? Do you guys remember the meme that was when viral, like, I don't know, like probably four or five years ago and it was like a glove, but it looked like underwear? Oh. Don't you guys remember that one? No. Look up Glove Meme Underwear. You guys will see. I know you have just seen this. What did the meme say? I don't think it said anything. I think it said something like what you look like wearing gloves in the gym. You know what I'm saying? It looks like underwear. Mark Wahlberg pulls it off. He wears like gardening gloves. The white receiver gloves or whatever. Okay, so let's talk about the obvious. You wear gloves, you're less likely to get calluses. Your skin is going to stay softer. People think, you know, that's important for them. So that's the obvious. But let's talk about the not so obvious. So I, as a kid, used to be a glove wearer when I worked out. And I wore, oh, there it is, hander pants. That's great. It does look like that. That's hilarious. Hander pants. So when I was a kid, I wore the gloves that were the mesh, like top. The fingers cut off. And the fingers cut off. And that was because of Rocky. I'm going to be honest, right? I watched Rocky. I think we all went through a phase of that. Yeah. Well, they were popular back then. They were. Bodybuilders were rocking them back then. Until you realize how badly stink. Yeah. And they get rid of them. But here's the thing. I hate wearing gloves now because I'm more connected to the bar and to the weights when I don't have gloves on. Because there's a lot of nerve endings in your hands. And you want to feel what's going on. And I feel like I can, I have better technique and form and connection to the weight with my hands without gloves than when I have gloves on. Here's something else that's less, that's not discussed often. When you wear gloves, you actually increase the circumference of the bar when you grip. So that may mean that it's harder for you to hold on to a bar. So it would be, it's similar to grabbing a thicker barbell, right? So if you grab a thicker barbell, it's harder to hold on to a heavy weight when your hand is like this versus when your hand is closed. Oh, I would challenge that though. I would challenge that because I would say the difference of that circumference and making it more difficult is negated by the little bit better grip because you're using leather. I think you get just as good of a grip. Not better. I don't think, no, I know, well, okay, let's compare it with chalk. Sorry, I always use chalk. So chalk versus gloves, I get just as good of a grip. Yeah, okay, that's, yeah. Chalk's the move. I'm talking about bare-handed, bare-handed versus gloves. With sweat, I get it. You get a better grip with gloves for sure, but you know, so I think what you're saying is kind of negated by that. I think that splitting hair is the difference on it. But I'm curious what you guys think on her. So she specifically is a musician and she's concerned about flexibility in her hands and fingers. Yeah, I don't know. I don't think it makes a difference with flexibility. Yeah. I could see it affecting your skin. I mean, I definitely have calluses from not wearing gloves. Right, that's the only thing I would maybe consider wearing gloves if your fingertips and your fingers get calluses on it and that affects... More flexibility without the gloves, I would think. You would what? You'd have more flexibility without the gloves. Also, more range of motion, more connectivity. Yeah, but again, I think that's also splitting hairs too. I think you're not going to lose much by wearing gloves either. I'll ask you this question, Justin, because you're the musician of the group. Depending on the instrument that you play, don't you develop calluses from playing the guitar? Sure. Oh, big time, yeah. Yeah, so I think it might be a detriment to have. And it's advantageous too, right? Because otherwise, there's always a period you go through where you're playing for a while and then it just digs into your skin. And sometimes I've gotten to the point too where I've even cut the tips of my fingers and then it would set me back for a while. But yeah, just like anything else, I think your skin adapts to what stimulates your body. You ever seen like a violinist's neck? You ever seen that? They get like this thick patch of skin. Oh, because they're constantly pinching that. Yeah, dude. Oh, interesting. Yeah, they actually actually a name for it. So I mean, I guess if the calluses that you get from weightlifting affect your playing whatever instrument you're playing. Negatively. Yeah, negatively than you absolutely should wear gloves and I think that's a smart strategy. If it doesn't affect you playing your instrument, then I think it's more beneficial to not wear gloves. I'm going to argue this, like chalk. If your gym doesn't allow chalk, join another gym, just kidding. If you can't use chalk in your gym, they have liquid chalk, which you can use. I feel way more connected to the weight when my skin is touching the barbell and the dumbbells versus wearing gloves. I've tried gloves recently and I just don't feel as in control of the weight and the muscles I'm trying to isolate or feel that when I'm fully connected. And I think it's similar for like any gear that you wear. Now, sometimes gear is necessary. Like you can't go barefoot if you have weak, if you have poor ankle mobility in your feet are weak. But if your feet are strong and you got great ankle mobility, like you're going to feel more connected barefoot than you wear shoes when you do exercises for your lower body. So I think it's similar with gloves. And if you're just starting out and calluses don't matter to you, you're like, whatever, if I get calluses, I get calluses. I would argue do it without gloves because I feel like if you do something for a long time with gloves, it'll be hard to transition versus starting out without gloves and doing it the whole time that way.