rip

I barely have any skin left on my hand. Its horrible. My rips literally don't heal. Today at practice, i couldn't hold on to the bar so i peeled off and landed head first, and it just gets me soo mad. My coach made me sit out. Do you know how frustrating it is when your doing your favorite...

Yikes! Those are no joke! DD has a 50¢ piece sized rip on her palm! She cried a bit (Im told), but got taped up and got to work. Unfortunately, she has a tomorrow. I guess we shall see how it goes!:)

Hey everyone, just wanted to say that I got my first rip last night!! I'm really excited!! :)

I came across this wax/putty called rip guardian while looking for grips online. Searching the old chronicler posts, I see it was mentioned a few times but it had been a while. I was just curious if anyone is using it currently. From the pictures and videos, it looks very similar to the wax that...

My L4 DD was introduced to kips this summer at camp and has wanted one ever since. She is really close. She says her closest ones are when the bar is just about at her waist but, her back is arched. How can she be sure to lean over? Also, what do grips do and how do they help? DD has a lot of...

I was working on the uneven bars today doing some back hip circles and going up to high bar, and when I got to high bar and flipped over, I guess my hands weren't chalked up good, because I got some pretty bad rips just above the palms of my hands. I bled pretty bad for a few minutes. It was...

I have worn grips up until a few weeks ago when the wristband on my grips started coming unsewn. I haven't gotten a new pair yet. Since then I have been ripping continuously. I've just had one rip and it rerips at least once a week. Today that same rip ripped again and I got two new ones. How...

Check out the following (extremely creative) arrangement of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Greg Laswell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWj8fxTlC-w Now check out Glee's version of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fugv9kja-2I Laswell was never contacted for...

Does anyone have any tips for healing and preventing rips? I am getting new grips but I wont have them for a while, and I am ripping pretty badly. I would also appreciate any advice for how to protect my rips while I am on bars. Thanks!

My dd gets rips all the times on her hands during the bars practice. Yesterday she had a meet and she could not compete on bars cause her hands were bleeding :-( it was so sad!! Her coaches do not let her use tape at practice NOR at meets, or any other sort of protection. I do not understand...

So this week at gym I got my first rip so I thought I should get some advice about calluses, blisters and rips. Firstly, I have heard both not to moisturise your hands and to moisturise them as much as possible. I suppose not moisturising would keep the calluses which are what you are aiming...

Have a pretty basic question. Can I tape up DDs hand some to help prevent rips. Will it get in the way of the rest of her practice?The gym is getting hotter, and she came home with her first rips. I know it is part of the sport and she needs to learn to deal with it, but she is 5 and that sort...

Hi everyone! I just joined this site today! :) I've only been doing gymnastics for about 5 weeks and I'm 17. So I'm a complete beginner. I hope I'm allowed to post here because it does say "gymnasts only" and I don't know if I count as one! I went on the bar for the second time yesterday. I...

Hi all, I used to rip really badly all the time. Well, it's started again. I just wanted to know what your policies are on doing bars while the girls have rips. I did USAG level 7 last year and am training 8 right now. I rip probably twice a week, and a lot of the time, I can fight through it...

Everyone in my group at gym has rips all over there hands ( we do use grips aswell ) and im the only one who doesnt get them. we all have had grips for over 4 years now. Why dont i have rips aswell!? i havnt had a rip in atleast4 years ever since i got my grips everyone always says why dont you...

Always on bars i get rips alll the time i try everything to get rid of them and they hurt alot any way to not get them at all or that they will be less painfull??

So I know that rips are a normal part of gymnastics, but I have never had one this big before. I mean it's HUGE, and really deep too. It came at practice on Monday, and I have a meet in two days! It's starting to heal, but there's still part of the callus that it ripped from that could easily...

Last class, I got a nasty rip. However, I cleaned it, cut the ripped-off skin off, and bandaged it. It healed quickly. This morning, however, I went to go put on my coat, and the Velcro sliced the rip. Now the rip has these tiny, jagged edges that are too small to be cut down and they are...

is it normal to get cuts from grips..i have actual slices on my wrist..not rips actual cuts..wondering if i need different grips

Let's talk about rips. What do you usually put on rips? Neosporin? Bag of Balm (sp?)? Chapstick? Something else?? Like I'm talking about when they go to bed at night. DD got a real nasty one....probably the worst I've seen yet. So nasty it turned my stomach just lookin' at it. It was on the...