How long did it take you to get used to your grips?

[Cinzia Hooyer]

I have just used grips for the first time ever and I was wondering wat the usual time is to get used to them.

 

[pamred4]

It depends on lots of things eg.
Lengths of bar rotations
Level of the user
Type of grips
From personal knowledge my grips take about 2 weeks to 'wear in'

 

[Turk]

I've had mine since August and still hate them. I didn't wear them to compete last time and I mostly train without them, unless I'm having another of my attempts at growing to like them! One of the coaches at my old gym said some people just never do, so I'm okay with it for now. I'll probably wish I didn't hate them when I start doing harder skills and getting bigger rips, though!

 

[Ponyshine]

I found them really hard to use at first (I kept slipping of the bar), but after a few days/weeks (can't remember the exact length of time), they were fine. Now it's hard to do bars without grips! Some elite Chinese gymnasts do their routines without proper grips, so it is doable!

 

[Gymnast9272]

For me... I hated them at first but once you wear them in you won't even notice them. For me I'd say it took about a month. But it really just depends.