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    Gymnasts I'm always getting rips on bars. Any suggestions?

    Thank you very much! In which way can I use balloons under the tape? Do you men classical inflatable party balloons? Is it just to get the thin smooth rubber between the skin and the tape?
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    Gymnasts I'm always getting rips on bars. Any suggestions?

    I do not have a coach and I always do tape my thumbs. I just thought, somebody might have a better idea.
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    Gymnasts I'm always getting rips on bars. Any suggestions?

    My thumb is under the bar, but it is the thin metal high bar (for male artistic gymnastics), not the thick wooden uneven bar for women.
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    Gymnasts I'm always getting rips on bars. Any suggestions?

    I just get open wounds on my thumbs, where they are gliding along the bar with chalk. So there is nothing to file down.
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    Gymnasts I'm always getting rips on bars. Any suggestions?

    OK. Thank you. It looks like the ladies grips for the uneven bars, just thinner and without rolls. My main problem is and has always been the thumb at the high bar and I have used loads of tape in combination with extra thin grips for the rest of the hand. Are there maybe any better solutions?
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    Gymnasts I'm always getting rips on bars. Any suggestions?

    Sorry, could you explain what the “tape grip” is? Do you mean just taping the hands under the grip?
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    Women Press handstand with vs without paralettes / floor bars / push up stands

    I would guess you just have to give your body some time to find the new balance. Before it was the surface of your hands you could use to balance. Now your wrists are carrying you and have to do the balancing. Focus on your core body and try to centralize it above your hands/wrists. It’s just a...
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    Men Grips with rolls or not

    Yes, sorry, exactly, I mean the dowels. It seemed as nobody of the European championship used grips with dowels. I read somewhere, that if you use grips without dowels, you have to sort of form the fold, which is resembling the dowel, by yourself.
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    Men Grips with rolls or not

    I have only fought with the rolls in the grip for the high bar and always ended up using very thin leather protection grips of the inner hand. I just feel too distant from the bar and I feel that there is too much leather in my hand instead of the bar. Lately I watched the European Championships...
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