In a single run of cwmcarn last weekend I managed to go from calloused hands to having blisters with the tops ripped off. Rim tape kept them comfy the next day, it actually did a better job than did micropore last time I used that. It seems to have enough stiffness to stop it just bunching together and sliding down my thumb.
Sam yeah got the bike yesterday and taking it completely standard — Totems coming later. Plunge hands one after the other into a tray of heated sand. Saw that in a Bruce Lee film, so it must work. It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search.
So I climb. It keeps my hands pretty rough, but for my day job I am a desk jockey now. I was wondering, are there exercises can I do to keep my hands rough so they don't get torn to shreds when I do get out? Is there anything I can do to keep them rough other than manual labor or climbing? I don't think anything works the hands in exactly the same way as climbing. I think that a training board or minimally Metolius Rock Rings are the best bet for keeping hands in shape.
If there is no place to hang them up invert the system and use them as handles for a Farmer's Walk, a great exercise in itself. If this is still too much for the office you can at least give your forearms a serious pump with a heavy gripper. To toughen up the skin on your hands you want to be climbing or generally doing things that scuff up the skin i. There really isn't any short cuts to this.
I keep ripping the skin off of the pads of fingers and strappel tape doesn't seem to do anything to help. In reply to Big Z: Just climb and take adequate rests. Like this your fingers will last a little longer per session. In reply to tHc i've been taking 2 or 3 days in between each session so they don't hurt when i start climbing on the walls, but as soon as i hit the bouldering room thats when the pain ensues!
In reply to Big Z: I'm assuming you mean indoors? Basically your fingers will toughen up, but you'll find that when you climb a lot you're often limited by the amount of skin left on your fingertips. Gloves are pointless, you can't really climb in them. Also they'll get shredded just as quick as your skin will. You can usually get 'climbing specific' moisturiser, eg Climb On and Tip Juice at the wall, which helps some. However any cheap moisturiser will help. Simple athletic tape across your hands may be a good solution.
Just put one strip around your hands right below where your fingers attach to your hands. Make sure the tape is loose enough to expand all of your fingers. Be sure to keep calluses under control. This is a big one. You need strong skin on your hands, but as your calluses get too big, they are more likely to tear off in the middle of a workout. There is a sweet spot as far as calluses go. Strong enough to support you without pain, not too big that the whole things tears off once you start moving on the pull up bar.
You can get an actual callus shaver to help with hand maintenance. They are pretty safe and general it is difficult to shave too much off. The other recommendation for keeping calluses under control is a pumice stone. You can get these at drug stores.
The best way to use them is to just keep them in the shower and the last thing you do before you get out is grab it and rub it across your soft, water-soaked hands.
The top few layers of the callus dead skin will be exfoliated. Be careful callus shaving or pumice stoning too much before a workout that requires a lot of pull up bar work.
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