Liquid Chalk vs Powder Chalk

[Arpie]

Anyone have any experience using the liquid stuff? The gym I'm going to isn't really the type thats going to like white powder on the bars/floors (even though I'd clean up after myself). A few different ones out there, wondering which works best for hot, (very) humid conditions and shitty barbells with not so good knurling.

Thanks

 

[Based and White Pilled]

Be a man and barehand that shit. Callouses are cool.

lol in all seriousness, I have no experience with liquid chalk but if chalk is a no go for you at this gym couldn't you just wear gloves?

 

[MASShole]

To me, liquid chalk got really slippery after awhile.

 

[VoodooPlata]

Be a man and barehand that shit. Callouses are cool.

lol in all seriousness, I have no experience with liquid chalk but if chalk is a no go for you at this gym couldn't you just wear gloves?

This is self-contradictory. First you tell OP to "be a man" and then you tell him to "be a sissy little hairless vagina". Which is it?

NO GLOVES.

 

[eastNYgoon138]

Liquid chalk is just chalk mixed with rubbing alcohol. Its usally overpriced so make your own instead of buying

I think it works great. If you use it to much it will dry your hands out fast. When I used to use it for climbing I would use the liquid chalk as a base layer since it get in all the little cracks and crevices of your hands then apply thepowdered chalk over it. I knew a few climbers who did the same. That also works really well for grip training


... and yea, don't wear gloves

 

[Standard]

lol in all seriousness, I have no experience with liquid chalk but if chalk is a no go for you at this gym couldn't you just wear gloves?

 

[XTrainer]

Be a man and barehand that shit. Callouses are cool.

lol in all seriousness, I have no experience with liquid chalk but if chalk is a no go for you at this gym couldn't you just wear gloves?

LOL! This is honestly what a gym manager once said when she was trying to tell me I couldn't use chalk (thankfully, we came to an arrangement).

It's like saying, why do you need food, couldn't you just eat poison? Chalk and gloves are complete opposites in effect.

 

[ronin0352]

It sounds like you're assuming they won't let you use chalk. Double-check your contract & the club rules. If there's not a rule against it, use it. If there is a rule against it, get a bag of rosin.

 

[LiKeS]

Anyone have any experience using the liquid stuff? The gym I'm going to isn't really the type thats going to like white powder on the bars/floors (even though I'd clean up after myself). A few different ones out there, wondering which works best for hot, (very) humid conditions and shitty barbells with not so good knurling.

Thanks

Less of a mess than normal chalk but works as good. Just remember to close the cap when you're done using it and carefull when you've got a cut/wound on your hands

 

[Searcher]

My gym doesn't allow chalk. I use it anyway.

 

[Urban]

My gym doesn't allow chalk. I'm discrete and polite about using it. I used a chalk ball instead of loose powder and keep everything inside a big ziploc. Nobody has ever said anything to me about it.

 

[Arpie]

Well, I'm not going to use gloves. I did ask the gym "owner", he gave me the blankest of blank stares,I thought I might have given him instantaneous down-syndrome. But then again, this is the type of gyms that teach newbies to do 10 different arm/chest exercises and nothing for the legs. Its also overflowing with borderline anorexic guys wearing belts to do curls.

I'll try bring in a chalk ball, since I can't buy liquid chalk around here.